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Jaruzelski (Wojciech) papers
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  • Title: Wojciech Jaruzelski papers
    Date (inclusive): 1939-2014
    Collection Number: 2019C32
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In Polish
    Physical Description: 158 manuscript boxes, 11 oversize boxes (78 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Wojciech Jaruzelski was a military officer, politician and leader of Poland during the Solidarity movements of the 1980s. The Wojciech Jaruzelski papers contains correspondence, speeches, writings and notes, interviews, photographs and albums.
    Creator: Jaruzelski, W. (Wojciech)
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

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

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2018.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Wojciech Jaruzelski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Born in 1923, in Kurów, Poland, he was a military officer, politician and leader of Poland during the Solidarity movements of the 1980s. He died in Warsaw, Poland in 2014.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Wojciech Jaruzelski papers contain correspondence, speeches, writings and notes, interviews, photographs and albums.

    Arrangement Statement

    Collection has been arranged into series, within each series the description is at an inventory level of documents. Scope and contents notes are used primarily to describe the contents of the folders/boxes.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Communism -- Poland
    Martial law -- Poland
    Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980
    Poland -- Politics and government -- 1980-1989