Register of the Leon Mitkiewicz Papers

Prepared by Zbigniew L. Stanczyk

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Phone: (650) 723-3563

Fax: (650) 725-3445

Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Register of the Leon Mitkiewicz Papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Prepared by:: Zbigniew L. Stanczyk
Date Completed:: 2002
Encoded by:: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications

Descriptive Summary

Title: Leon Mitkiewicz papers,

Date (inclusive): 1918-1969

Collection number: 65001

Creator: Mitkiewicz, Leon

Extent: 10 manuscript boxes (4 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Diary, correspondence, writings, and printed matter, relating to Polish foreign relations with Russia, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic States, and other countries, 1914-1944; the Warsaw uprising of August 1944; and World War II Allied diplomacy.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Language: Polish.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Leon Mitkiewicz Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (11 reels).

Accruals

Increments may have been received since this finding aid was prepared. Please check Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ to find the full extent of the collection.

Biographical Note

1896	Born, Zambrow, Poland
1914-1917	Cavalry officer, Russian Army
1918-1921	2nd Legion Infantry Division
1921	General Staff, 2nd Lancers Regiment
1925	General Staff Academy graduate
1925-1935	War Academy lecturer, Field service
1935-1938	Chief of Staff Army Inspectorate
1938-1939	Military attaché, Kaunas, Lithuania
1940-1941	General Staff member
	Chief of Second Intelligence Bureau
1943	Deputy Commander, 1st Army Division
1943-1945	Polish Military Mission, Combined Chiefs of Staff, Washington
1972	Died, New York

Scope and Content Note

Leon Mitkiewicz's papers are a unique source of documentation for scholars studying World War II, as they bear testimony to his knowledge of and expertise in the history of 20th century Poland. They relate mainly to his twenty-five yearlong military service as a high rank officer in Poland's General Staff and as a military attaché to both Lithuania and the United States. Of particular significance are his duties in the Polish Military Mission in Washington until its liquidation in 1945, which are documented in the biographical file.

In the post-war years, Mitkiewicz devoted himself to writing. Having witnessed some of the most important events of the century, he left excellent descriptions of their unfolding; they constitute the core of this collection.

These papers are supplemented by many other collections from the same period housed at the Hoover Institution, such as the papers of Wladyslaw Anders and Izydor Modelski, and the records of Poland. Ambasada (United States) and Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych, to mention but a few.

The Mitkiewicz collection was acquired by the Hoover Institution in 1974. A large portion of his papers is also housed at the Sikorski Institute in London.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945--Poland.

Baltic States.

Baltic States--Foreign relations--Poland.

Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovakia--Foreign relations--Poland.

Poland.

Poland--Foreign relations--Baltic States.

Poland--Foreign relations--Czechoslovakia.

Poland--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Poland--History--20th century.

Soviet Union.

Russia (Federation)

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Poland.

Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.

Series Description

box 1

Biographical File, 1945-1976.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, clippings, notes, typescripts documenting the life and career of Leon Mitkiewicz, arranged alphabetically by subject

box 1

Correspondence, 1939-1958.

Scope and Content Note

Letters arranged alphabetically by name of corespondent

box 1

Diary, 1942.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript

box 1-2

Subject File, 1933-1945.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, clippings, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, arranged alphabetically by subject

box 3-10

Writings, 1943-1967.

Scope and Content Note

Typescripts, notes, and clippings relating to Mitkiewicz's military career, particularly when he was a military attaché and to his relationship with General Sikorski; Polish military action against Czechoslovakia; the Wars of 1920-1921 with Russia; the Warsaw Uprising, 1944; and Poland's relations with Russia, Lithuania, and Germany; arranged chronologically by title

Container List

Box 1

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1945-1976

General

Box/Folder 1 : 1

General

Box/Folder 1 : 2

Invitations

Box/Folder 1 : 3

Photostats

Box/Folder 1 : 4

Stationery

Career and military service.

Note

See also SUBJECT FILE/ Combined Chiefs of Staff (U.S. and Great Britain) and Intelligence services - Poland

Box/Folder 1 : 5

General

Box/Folder 1 : 6

Polish Military Mission in the United States, 1945

Box/Folder 1 : 7

Childhood

Box/Folder 1 : 8

Mitkiewiczowa, Stefania

Press, 1970-1971

Box/Folder 1 : 9

General

Box/Folder 1 : 10

Placowka Star

CORRESPONDENCE, 1939-1958

Box/Folder 1 : 11

Arnold, H. H., 1944

Box/Folder 1 : 12

Bellona, 1943

Box/Folder 1 : 13

Biddle, Anthony, 1941-1942

Box/Folder 1 : 14

Bissel, Clayton, 1944

Box/Folder 1 : 15

Charwat, Franciszek, 1939

Box/Folder 1 : 16

Clarke, A. W., 1941

Box/Folder 1 : 17

Coleridge, R. D., 1944

Box/Folder 1 : 18

Cornwall, Marshall, 1940

Box/Folder 1 : 19

Davidson, Major, 1941-1942

Box/Folder 1 : 20

Davis, Donald, 1945

Box/Folder 1 : 21

Dill, J. G., 1943-1944

Box/Folder 1 : 22

Gibson, A., 1949

Box/Folder 1 : 23

Giedroyc, Jerzy, 1958.

Note