August Zaleski papers, 1919-1981

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Summary

Creators:
Zaleski, August, 1883-1972
Abstract:
Correspondence, dispatches, memoranda, and reports, relating to interwar Polish diplomacy, conditions in Poland and diplomacy regarding Poland during World War II, and postwar Polish emigre life.
Extent:
29 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope (13.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
Mainly in Polish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], August Zaleski Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title] , Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The August Zaleski Collection documents the activities of August Zaleski and Ewelina Zaleska from 1919 until 1981. The collection consists of two parts. Part I contains those papers of August Zaleski which were received by the Hoover Institution before 1984. Part II contains those Zaleski papers which were received by the Hoover Institution after 1984.

The materials of Part I are divided into seven series. Two of them, CHRONOLOGICAL FILE-I and WRITINGS-I, were organized by Zaleski's naval aide-de-camp Marjusz B. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski who also compiled inventories for the first seven folders of the CHRONOLOGICAL FILE and for the whole series WRITINGS. The materials of Part II are divided into nine series. Three of them (CORRESPONDENCE, ALPHABETICAL-II; CORRESPONDENCE OF AUGUST ZALESKI AND EWELINA ZALESKA WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS; CORRESPONDENCE, CHRONOLOGICAL-II) were fully organized, and two others (GENERAL and WRITINGS-II) only partially organized by Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski also compiled inventories for these series and portions of series.

Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski's order has been largely preserved for all portions of the collection organized by him, and his inventories have been incorporated into the register.

An Index provides access to names and subjects listed in the register. The only access points which appear in the register but do not appear in the Index are the Polish government and Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych of Part I. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych of Part II appears in both register and Index.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1883, Sept. 13
Born, Warsaw, Poland
1906-19l2
Attended London School of Economics and Political Science
1926-1932
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1935-1938
Senator
1939-194l
Minister of Foreign Affairs
194l-1947
Chief of the Civil Chancery of the President of Poland (government in exile)
1947-1972
President of Poland (government in exile)
1972, Apr. 7
Died, London, Great Britain
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], August Zaleski Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title] , Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US