Register of the Polish Information Center (New York, N.Y.) records

Finding aid prepared by Zbigniew L. Stanczyk

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Polish Information Center (New York, N.Y.) records

Date (inclusive): 1940-1945

Collection Number: 48018

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In Polish and English

Physical Description: 82 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (35.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Clippings (primarily from American sources), correspondence, administrative files, press reviews and summaries, bulletins, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to World War II, the German and Soviet occupations of Poland, the persecution of Jews in Poland, and the spread of communism in Eastern Europe.

Creator: Polish Information Center (New York, N.Y.)

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 82 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1948

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Polish Information Center (New York, N.Y.) records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternative Form Available

Also available on microfilm (67 reels).

Historical Note

Polish government information and propaganda agency.

Scope and Content Note

The Polish Information Center was founded in 1940 and remained active until 1945. It consisted originally of staff responsible for Poland's presence at the World Fair in New York in 1939; indeed, its first director, Stefan Gotfryd Ropp, was curator of the Polish Pavilion. He remained in his post for the first three years of the center's existence, and was a major force in the creation of a Polish lobby influential in U.S. military, financial, and political circles, particularly to counter American isolationism before the United States entered the war.

Originally called Centrum Informacji Prasowej, the center at first was funded with the proceeds from the sale of objects that couldn't be returned to war torn Poland. In its first year, it operated unofficially, but with the declaration of war by the United States, it had to fulfill certain requirements from the Justice Department. Later, the center became a branch of the Ministry of Information and Documentation. The center's main offices were located on Fifth Avenue, in the heart of New York City, but it eventually had representatives in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh.

The center had a well-educated and skilled staff, involved in the collecting and dissemination of information on Poland and on matters relevant to Polish interests in the United States. Ropp himself wrote regular reports for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which are excellent examples of his visionary ideas. In the magazine he founded, New Europe, he wrote of a new post war continent, united and free of ideological divisions. This publication was considered one of the most intellectual and most effective instruments of allied propaganda in the United States.

In 1943, the center's structure underwent significant changes and its budget was increased. The broadening of operations found immediate reflection in the way materials were collected: for instance, specialized firms were hired to deliver clippings from hundreds of American newspapers. These clippings constitute three fourths of the collection held at Hoover, and point at issues and events that were of vital interest to the Polish raison d'être. Organized by subject and date, they document developments as they happened, especially for 1943 and 1944 (for other years, the coverage is uneven and in short runs).

The year 1943 was of critical importance to Poland's diplomatic efforts to save its international position after it broke off relations with the Soviet Union and after the death of General Sikorski. Polish politicians found themselves under permanent attack from the American left, which required intensification of their propaganda efforts.

Also in 1943, Ropp was moved to London to head the Biuro Prac Kongresowych responsible for planning the peace conference and a new post-war Poland. Still, the office grew steadily, gradually attracting some of the best minds working for the Polish cause on American soil: from 35 experts in 1943, it employed 51 in 1944.

In 1944, at the peak of its activities, the center had at its disposal a budget of a million dollars. It published weekly bulletins in several languages, as well as numerous brochures on Polish history and politics. During the first six months of the year, over one hundred thousand short publications were distributed, not only in the United States but also in Central America, South Africa, and Australia. Among the recipients of those bulletins and daily reports were the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, etc. Additionally, some 500-700 letters with inquiries were received and answered each month.

Specialized departments were responsible for the press, radio, exhibits, lectures, films, and cooperation with the United Nations. The Radio Department, for example, delivered programs to numerous English-speaking radio stations, in addition to the 27 Polish-American stations that received regular weekly programs. The center also sponsored the production of some 22 films, and organized several traveling exhibits a year.

Very little in the collection at the Hoover Archives covers the work of those specialized departments operating within the center, such as the German Section (Dzial Niemiecki) directed by Joseph Frejlich, which dealt with the activities of German and German-American circles in the United States. Employees would attend meetings of such groups on the East coast and report back to London. Fortunately, Frejlich also deposited his papers at Hoover, and they should be considered a good complement to the center's records.

The year 1945 brought big budget cuts, and half of the employees were laid off. The center shared the fate of many other Polish diplomatic posts, as the loss of diplomatic recognition of the London government by the Western Allies resulted in the termination of its operations. By decree of Poland's President, Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, on July 3, 1945, the center was officially shut down.

Its office files were divided among the Pilsudski Institute in New York and the Hoover Institution, which acquired the records described in this register in 1948. Traces of the center's activities can be found in almost all of the other Polish wartime collections at the Hoover Institution in the form of documents, periodicals, and monographs, particularly, as noted above, among the records of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Preparatory Work Concerning the Peace Conference, as well as of the Polish Embassy in Washington.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Sound recordings

Poland -- Emigration and immigration

Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees

Polish people -- United States

World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda

World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland

World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Jews -- Poland

Propaganda, Polish

BULLETINS 1941-1946

Scope and Contents note

Publications issued by the Polish Information Center, arranged alphabetically by title.

box 1, folder 1

L'Agence télégraphique polonaise PAT: Le bulletin polonais 1943 July-August

Biuletyn Codzienny PAT 1943

box 1, folder 2

January-April

box 1, folder 3

October

box 1, folder 4

Informacje Ogolne 1946 June-October

box 1, folder 5

Poland Fights 1943 October

box 1, folder 6

Polish Feature and News Service, nos. 1-83 1941-1943

CABLES 1942-1944

Scope and Contents note

News dispatches in the form of telegrams from London, arranged chronologically.

1942

box 2, folder 1

July

box 2, folder 2

August

box 2, folder 3

September

box 2, folder 4

October

box 2, folder 5

November

box 2, folder 6

December

1943

box 2, folder 7

January

box 2, folder 8

February

box 2, folder 9

March

box 2, folder 10

April

box 2, folder 11

May

box 2, folder 12

June

box 3, folder 1

July

box 3, folder 2

August

box 3, folder 3

September

box 3, folder 4

October

box 3, folder 5

November

box 3, folder 6

December

1944

box 3, folder 7

January

box 3, folder 8

February

box 3, folder 9

March

CLIPPINGS 1942-1945

Scope and Contents note

Clippings organized alphabetically by code letters for subjects established by the Center, and therein chronologically.

General

1943

box 4, folder 1

July

box 4, folder 2

August

box 4, folder 3

December

1944

box 4, folder 4

March

box 4, folder 5

April

box 4, folder 6

May

box 4, folder 7

November

Catholic

General. Contains references to the role of the Catholic Church toward Jews

General 1943

box 5, folder 1

February

box 5, folder 2

March

box 5, folder 3

April

box 5, folder 4

Church and peace

box 5, folder 5

Church and war

box 5, folder 6

France

Germany

box 5, folder 7

General

box 5, folder 8

Nazism

box 5, folder 9

Poland

box 5, folder 10

Post-war reconstruction

box 5, folder 11

Soviet Union - Communism

Czech

box 6, folder 1

1942 December

1943

box 6, folder 2

February

box 6, folder 3

March

box 6, folder 4

April

German

box 6, folder 5

1942 December

1943

box 6, folder 6

February

box 6, folder 7

March

box 6, folder 8

April

A. Poland - Political affairs (Polskie sprawy polityczne)

1943

box 7, folder 1

February 16-28

March

box 7, folder 2

1-15

box 7, folder 3

16-31

April

box 7, folder 4

1-15

box 7, folder 5

16-30

May

box 7, folder 6

1-15

16-31

General

box 7, folder 7

Atlantic region

box 7, folder 8

Midwest region

box 7, folder 9

Pacific region

box 7, folder 10

Jewish

June 15-30

General

box 7, folder 11

General

box 7, folder 12

Atlantic

box 7, folder 13

Midwest

box 7, folder 14

Jewish

July

1-15

General

box 7, folder 15

Atlantic

box 7, folder 16

Midwest

box 7, folder 17

Jewish

16-31

General

box 7, folder 18

Atlantic

box 7, folder 19

Midwest

box 7, folder 20

Pacific

box 7, folder 21

Jewish

August

box 7, folder 22

1-15

box 7, folder 23

16-31

box 7, folder 24

September

box 7, folder 25

October

box 7, folder 26

November

1944

August

box 7, folder 27

Polish Army in Italy

box 7, folder 28

Warsaw Uprising

box 7, folder 29

- Warsaw Uprising September

October

box 7, folder 30

General

box 7, folder 31

Warsaw Uprising

B. Poland - Political affairs (Polskie sprawy polityczne)

1942

box 8, folder 1

General

box 8, folder 2

Jewish

1943

January

1-15

box 8, folder 3

General

box 8, folder 4

Jewish

16-31

box 8, folder 5

General

box 8, folder 6

Jewish

February

General

box 8, folder 7

Atlantic

box 8, folder 8

Midwest

Jewish

box 8, folder 9

1-15

box 8, folder 10

16-28

March

1-15

General

box 8, folder 11

Atlantic

box 8, folder 12

Midwest

box 9, folder 1

Pacific

box 9, folder 2

Jewish

16-31

General

box 9, folder 3

Atlantic

box 9, folder 4

Midwest

box 9, folder 5

Pacific

box 9, folder 6

Jewish

April

1-15

General

box 9, folder 7

Atlantic

box 9, folder 8

Midwest

box 9, folder 9

Jewish

16-30

General

box 9, folder 10

Atlantic

box 9, folder 11

Midwest

box 9, folder 12

Pacific

box 9, folder 13

Jewish

May

1-15

General

box 10, folder 1

Atlantic

box 10, folder 2

Midwest

box 10, folder 3

Pacific

box 10, folder 4

Jewish

16-31

box 10, folder 5

Atlantic

box 10, folder 6

Midwest

box 10, folder 7

Pacific

June

1-15

box 10, folder 8

Atlantic

box 10, folder 9

Midwest

box 10, folder 10

Pacific

16-30

General

box 10, folder 11

Atlantic

box 10, folder 12

Midwest

box 10, folder 13

Pacific

box 10, folder 14

Jewish

July

1-15

General

box 11, folder 1

Atlantic

box 11, folder 2

Midwest

box 11, folder 3

Pacific

box 11, folder 4

Jewish press

box 11, folder 5

Sikorski's death

16-31

General

box 11, folder 6

Atlantic

box 11, folder 7

Midwest

box 11, folder 8

Jewish press

August

1-15

General

box 12, folder 1

Atlantic

box 12, folder 2

Midwest

box 12, folder 3

Jewish

16-31

General

box 12, folder 4

Atlantic

box 12, folder 5

Midwest

box 12, folder 6

Pacific

box 12, folder 7

Jewish

September

1-15

General

box 12, folder 8

General

box 12, folder 9

Atlantic

box 12, folder 10

Jewish

15-30

General

box 12, folder 11

Atlantic

box 12, folder 12

Midwest

box 12, folder 13

Pacific

box 12, folder 14

Jewish

October

General

box 13, folder 1

General

box 13, folder 2

Atlantic

box 13, folder 3

Midwest

box 13, folder 4

Pacific

box 13, folder 5

Jewish

November

General

box 13, folder 6

1-15

box 13, folder 7

16-30

box 13, folder 8

Polish

box 13, folder 9

December

1944

box 13, folder 10

March

box 13, folder 11

October

box 13, folder 12

November

C. Poland - Economic affairs (Polskie sprawy ekonomiczne)

box 13, folder 13

1942 November-December

1943

box 13, folder 14

March-August

box 13, folder 15

September-October

D. Poland - Various affairs (Polskie sprawy rozne)

1943

May 16-31

box 14, folder 1

General

box 14, folder 2

Jewish

June

box 14, folder 3

1-15

box 14, folder 4

16-30

July

box 14, folder 5

1-15

box 14, folder 6

16-31

August

box 14, folder 7

1-15

box 14, folder 8-9

16-31

box 15, folder 1-3

September

box 15, folder 4

October-November

box 15, folder 5

1944-November

E. Russia (Rosja)

1942 November-December

box 15, folder 6

Atlantic

box 15, folder 7

Midwest

1943

January

1-15

box 15, folder 8-9

Atlantic

box 15, folder 10

Midwest

16-31

box 15, folder 11

Atlantic

box 16, folder 1

Midwest

box 16, folder 2

Pacific

February

1-15

box 16, folder 3

Atlantic

box 16, folder 4

Midwest

box 16, folder 5

Pacific

box 16, folder 6

- Atlantic 16-28

March

1-15

General

box 16, folder 7

Atlantic

box 17, folder 1

Midwest

box 17, folder 2

Pacific

box 17, folder 3

Jewish

16-31

General

box 17, folder 4

Atlantic

box 17, folder 5

Midwest

box 17, folder 6

Pacific

box 17, folder 7

Jewish

April

box 17, folder 8

- Atlantic 1-15

16-30

General

box 17, folder 9

Atlantic

box 17, folder 10

Midwest

box 17, folder 11

Pacific

box 17, folder 12

Jewish

May

General

Atlantic

box 17, folder 13

1-15

box 17, folder 14

16-23

box 18, folder 1

24-31

box 18, folder 2

Midwest 16-31

box 18, folder 3

Pacific 16-31

box 18, folder 4

Jewish 16-31

June

1-15

General

box 18, folder 5

Atlantic

box 18, folder 6

Midwest

box 18, folder 7

Pacific

box 18, folder 8

Jewish

16-30

General

box 19, folder 1

Atlantic

box 19, folder 2

Midwest

box 19, folder 3

Pacific

box 19, folder 4

Jewish

July

1-15

General

box 19, folder 5

Atlantic

box 19, folder 6

Midwest

box 19, folder 7

Pacific

box 19, folder 8

Jewish

16-31

General

box 19, folder 9

Atlantic

box 19, folder 10

Midwest

box 19, folder 11

Pacific

box 20, folder 1

Jewish

August

1-15

General

box 20, folder 2-3

Atlantic

box 20, folder 4

Midwest

box 20, folder 5

Pacific

box 20, folder 6

Jewish

16-31

General

box 20, folder 7-8

Atlantic

box 21, folder 1

Midwest

box 21, folder 2

Pacific

box 21, folder 3

Jewish

September

1-15

General

box 21, folder 4

Atlantic

box 21, folder 5

Midwest

box 21, folder 6

Pacific

box 21, folder 7

Jewish

16-30

General

Atlantic

box 22, folder 1

16-21

box 22, folder 2

22-24

box 22, folder 3

25-27

box 22, folder 4

28-30

box 22, folder 5

Midwest

box 22, folder 6

Pacific

box 22, folder 7

Jewish

October

box 23, folder 1

1-3

box 23, folder 2

4-6

box 23, folder 3

7-9

box 23, folder 4

10-12

box 23, folder 5

13-15

box 24, folder 1

16-20

box 24, folder 2

21-24

box 24, folder 3-4

25-31

November

box 25, folder 1

1-2

box 25, folder 2

3-5

box 25, folder 3

6-10

box 25, folder 4

11-14

box 25, folder 5

15-17

box 25, folder 6

18-20

box 26, folder 1

21-24

box 26, folder 2

25-30

December

box 26, folder 3

box 26, folder 4

2-6

box 26, folder 5

7-9

box 26, folder 6

10-14

box 26, folder 7

16-31

1944

January

1-15

American

Atlantic

box 27, folder 1

1-5

box 27, folder 2

6-9

box 27, folder 3-4

10-15

box 28, folder 1

Midwest

box 28, folder 2

Pacific

box 28, folder 3

Canadian

box 28, folder 4

Jewish

box 28, folder 5

16-19

box 28, folder 6

20-25

box 28, folder 7

26-31

box 28, folder 8

February

box 28, folder 9

March

box 29

April

May

box 29, folder 1

1-15

box 29, folder 2

16-31

June

box 29, folder 3

1-15

box 29, folder 4

16-30

box 29, folder 5

August

box 29, folder 6

September

box 29, folder 7

November

F. Germany (Niemcy)

1942

box 30, folder 1

November

box 30, folder 2

December

1943

January

box 30, folder 3

1-15

box 30, folder 4

16-31

February

box 30, folder 5

1-15

box 30, folder 6

16-28

March

box 30, folder 7

. 1-15

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports on Germans in the United States

box 30, folder 8

16-31

April

box 31, folder 1

1-15

box 31, folder 2

16-30

May

box 31, folder 3

1-15

16-31

box 31, folder 4

Atlantic

box 31, folder 5

Midwest

box 31, folder 6

Pacific

June

1-15

General

box 31, folder 7

Atlantic

box 31, folder 8

Midwest

box 31, folder 9

Pacific

box 31, folder 10

Jewish

16-30

General

box 31, folder 11

Atlantic

box 31, folder 12

Midwest

box 31, folder 13

Pacific

box 31, folder 14

Jewish

July

1-15

box 32, folder 1

Atlantic

box 32, folder 2

Midwest

box 32, folder 3

Pacific

16-31

General

box 32, folder 4

Atlantic

box 32, folder 5

Midwest

box 32, folder 6

Pacific

box 32, folder 7

Jewish

August

1-15

General

box 32, folder 8

Atlantic

box 32, folder 9

Midwest

box 32, folder 10

Pacific

box 32, folder 11

Jewish

16-31

box 32, folder 12

Atlantic

box 32, folder 13

Midwest

box 32, folder 14

Pacific

box 32, folder 15

September 1-15

October

box 32, folder 16

1-15

16-30

box 32, folder 17

Atlantic

box 32, folder 18

Jewish

box 32, folder 19

November

G. Atlantic Charter, Four Freedoms, Lend-Lease (Karta Atlantycka, Four Freedoms, Lend-Lease)

box 33, folder 1

1942 November-December

1943

January

box 33, folder 2

1-15

box 33, folder 3

16-31

February

box 33, folder 4

1-15

box 33, folder 5

16-28

March

box 33, folder 6

1-15

box 33, folder 7

16-31

April

box 33, folder 8

1-15

box 33, folder 9

16-30

May

box 33, folder 10

1-15

16-31

box 33, folder 11

Atlantic

box 33, folder 12

Midwest

box 33, folder 13

Pacific

June

1-15

box 34, folder 1

Atlantic

box 34, folder 2

Midwest

box 34, folder 3

Pacific

16-30

box 34, folder 4

Atlantic

box 34, folder 5

Midwest

box 34, folder 6

Pacific

July

1-15

box 34, folder 7

Atlantic

box 34, folder 8

Midwest

16-31

box 34, folder 9

Atlantic

box 34, folder 10

Midwest

box 34, folder 11

Pacific

August

1-15

box 34, folder 12

Atlantic

box 35, folder 1

Midwest

box 35, folder 2

Pacific

16-31

box 35, folder 3-4

Atlantic

box 35, folder 5-6

Midwest

box 35, folder 7

Pacific

September

box 36, folder 1

1-4

box 36, folder 2

5-8

box 36, folder 3

9-10

box 36, folder 4

11-12

box 36, folder 5

13-15

box 36, folder 6

16-19

box 36, folder 7

20-23

box 37, folder 1

24-30

October

box 37, folder 2

1-4

box 37, folder 3

5-10

box 37, folder 4

11-15

box 37, folder 5

16-31

box 37, folder 6

November

box 37, folder 7

December

H. Post-war Europe (Europa po zakonczeniu dzialan wojennych)

1942

box 38, folder 1

November

December

box 38, folder 2

1-15

15-31

box 38, folder 3

Atlantic

box 38, folder 4

Midwest

box 38, folder 5

Pacific

1943

January

box 38, folder 6

- Midwest 1-15

16-31

box 38, folder 7

Atlantic

box 39, folder 1

Midwest

box 39, folder 2

Pacific

February

1-15

General

box 39, folder 3

Atlantic

box 39, folder 4

Midwest

box 39, folder 5

Pacific

box 39, folder 6

Jewish

16-28

box 39, folder 7

Atlantic

box 39, folder 8

Midwest

box 39, folder 9

Pacific

March

General

box 39, folder 10

Atlantic

box 39, folder 11

Midwest

box 39, folder 12

Jewish

April

1-15

box 39, folder 13

Atlantic

box 39, folder 14

Midwest

box 39, folder 15

Pacific

16-30

General

box 40, folder 1

Atlantic

box 40, folder 2

Midwest

box 40, folder 3

Pacific

box 40, folder 4

Jewish

May

1-15

General

box 40, folder 5

Atlantic

box 40, folder 6

Midwest

box 40, folder 7

Pacific

box 40, folder 8

Jewish

16-31

box 41, folder 1

Atlantic

box 41, folder 2

Midwest

box 41, folder 3

Pacific

June

1-15

box 41, folder 4

Atlantic

box 41, folder 5

Midwest

box 41, folder 6

Pacific

16-30

box 41, folder 7

Atlantic

box 41, folder 8

Jewish

July

box 41, folder 9

1-15

box 41, folder 10

16-31

August

box 41, folder 11

1-15

box 41, folder 12

16-31

box 41, folder 13

September-November

box 41, folder 14

1944

I. Post-war United States and Pacific (Stany Zjednoczone i obszar Pacyfiku po zakonczeniu dzialan wojennych)

box 42, folder 1

1942 December

1943

January 16-31

box 42, folder 2

Atlantic

box 42, folder 3

Midwest

box 42, folder 4

Pacific

February

1-15

box 42, folder 5

Atlantic

box 42, folder 6

Midwest

box 42, folder 7

Pacific

16-28

box 42, folder 8

Atlantic

box 42, folder 9

Midwest

box 42, folder 10

Pacific

March

1-15

General

box 43, folder 1

Atlantic

box 43, folder 2

Midwest

box 43, folder 3

Pacific

box 43, folder 4

Jewish

16-30

box 43, folder 5

Atlantic

box 43, folder 6

Midwest

box 43, folder 7

Pacific

April

1-15

box 43, folder 8

Atlantic

box 43, folder 9

Midwest

16-30

General

box 43, folder 10

Atlantic

box 43, folder 11

Midwest

box 43, folder 12

Pacific

box 43, folder 13

Jewish

May

1-15

box 44, folder 1

Atlantic

box 44, folder 2

Midwest

box 44, folder 3

Pacific

16-31

box 44, folder 4

Atlantic

box 44, folder 5

Midwest

box 44, folder 6

Pacific

June

1-15

box 44, folder 7

Atlantic

box 44, folder 8

Midwest

box 44, folder 9

Pacific

16-30

General

box 44, folder 10-12

Atlantic

box 45, folder 1

Midwest

box 45, folder 2

Pacific

box 45, folder 3

Jewish

July

1-15

box 45, folder 4

Atlantic

box 45, folder 5

Midwest

16-31

box 45, folder 6

Atlantic

box 45, folder 7

Midwest

box 45, folder 8

Pacific

August

1-15

box 45, folder 9

Atlantic

box 45, folder 10

Midwest

box 45, folder 11

Pacific

16-31

box 45, folder 12

Atlantic

box 45, folder 13

Midwest

box 45, folder 14

Pacific

September 1-15

box 46, folder 1

Atlantic

box 46, folder 2

Midwest

box 46, folder 3

Pacific

October

1-16

box 46, folder 4

Atlantic

box 46, folder 5

Midwest

box 46, folder 6

Pacific

17-24

box 46, folder 7

Atlantic

box 46, folder 8

Midwest

box 46, folder 9

Pacific

25-31

box 46, folder 10

Atlantic

box 47, folder 1

Atlantic

box 47, folder 2

Midwest

box 47, folder 3

Pacific

November 1-15

box 47, folder 4

Atlantic

box 47, folder 5

Midwest

box 47, folder 6

Pacific

December 15-31

box 47, folder 7

Atlantic

box 47, folder 8

Pacific

1944

box 47, folder 9

January-March

box 47, folder 10

November

J. Profiles of journals (Charaktersytyki pism) 1943

box 48, folder 1

January

box 48, folder 2

February

box 48, folder 3

March

box 48, folder 4

April-May

box 48, folder 5

September-November

K. Profiles of journalists (Charakterystyki publicystow)

1943

box 48, folder 6

January

box 48, folder 7

February

box 48, folder 8

March

box 48, folder 9

April-May

box 48, folder 10

October

box 48, folder 11

November

box 48, folder 12

December

1944

box 48, folder 13

January-March

box 48, folder 14

November

LA. Jewish affairs in American press (Sprawy zydowskie w prasie amerykanskiej)

1943

June

1-15

General

box 48, folder 15

Atlantic

box 48, folder 16

Pacific

box 48, folder 17

Jewish

box 48, folder 18

- Atlantic 16-30

July

1-15

box 48, folder 19

Atlantic

box 48, folder 20

Jewish

- Jews, rescue plans 16-31

General

box 48, folder 21

Atlantic

box 48, folder 22

Pacific

box 48, folder 23

Jewish

August

1-15

General

box 49, folder 1

Atlantic

box 49, folder 2

Midwest

box 49, folder 3

Pacific

box 49, folder 4

Jewish

16-31

General

box 49, folder 5

Atlantic

box 49, folder 6

Midwest

box 49, folder 7

Pacific

box 49, folder 8

Jewish

September 1-15

General

box 49, folder 9

Atlantic

box 49, folder 10

Pacific

box 49, folder 11

Jewish

box 49, folder 12

October

box 49, folder 13

November

box 49, folder 14

1944

LB. Jewish affairs in Jewish press (Sprawy zydowskie w prasie amerykanskiej)

General.

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports on protest action against extermination of Jews in Europe

1942

box 49, folder 15

November 25-30

box 49, folder 16

December 1-10

box 50, folder 1

1942 October - 1943 February

1943

box 50, folder 2

February

March

box 50, folder 3

1-15

box 50, folder 4

16-30

box 50, folder 5

April 15-30

box 50, folder 6

May 1-15

box 50, folder 7

June 1-15

box 50, folder 8

July-August

October

box 51, folder 1

1-15

box 51, folder 2

16-31

November

box 51, folder 3

1-15

box 51, folder 4

16-30

1944

box 51, folder 5

January

box 51, folder 6-7

March 16-31

box 52, folder 1-2

September 16-30

October

box 52, folder 3-4

1-15

box 52, folder 5-6

16-31

1945

January

box 53, folder 1-2

1-15

box 53, folder 3-4

16-31

box 53, folder 5-6

March 1-15

Releases

box 54, folder 1

F8 1942 May-November

box 54, folder 2

F9 1942 November-December

box 54, folder 3

F10 1942 August-December

box 54, folder 4

F12 1942 April - 1943 January

box 54, folder 5

F14 1942 September - 1943 January

box 54, folder 6

F19 1942 October - 1943 February

box 55, folder 1

F21 1943 February-March

box 55, folder 2

F22 1942 December - 1943 March

box 55, folder 3

F25 1943 January-March

box 55, folder 4

F32 1943 February-May

box 55, folder 5

F33 1943 March-May

box 55, folder 6

F41 1943 April-July

box 55, folder 7

F44 1943 May-August

box 55, folder 8

F51 1943 June-October

box 55, folder 9

F52 1943 July-October

box 55, folder 10

F54 1943 September-October

box 55, folder 11

F66 1943 October - 1944 January

box 56, folder 1

F58 1943 November

box 56, folder 2

F59 1943 July-November

box 56, folder 3

F60 1943 August-October

box 56, folder 4

F61 1943 September-December

box 56, folder 5

F62 1943 September-December

box 56, folder 6

F63 1943 October-December

box 56, folder 7

F64 1943 October-December

box 56, folder 8

F65 1943 December - 1944 January

box 56, folder 9

F67-68 1944 January

box 56, folder 10

F69 1943 October - 1944 February

box 57, folder 1

F70 1943 October - 1944 February

box 57, folder 2

F73 1943 December - 1944 March

box 57, folder 3

F74 1943 November - 1944 March

box 57, folder 4

F91 1944 July

box 57, folder 5

F92 1944 July

box 57, folder 6

F95 1944 August

box 57, folder 7

F96 1944 August

M. International relief (Miedzynarodowa pomoc)

1943

June

1-15

box 58, folder 1

Atlantic

box 58, folder 2

Midwest

box 58, folder 3

Pacific

16-30

box 58, folder 4

Atlantic

box 58, folder 5

Pacific

July

box 58, folder 6

- Atlantic 1-15

16-31

box 58, folder 7

Atlantic

box 58, folder 8

Midwest

box 58, folder 9

Pacific

August

1-15

box 58, folder 10

Atlantic

box 58, folder 11

Midwest

16-31

box 58, folder 12

Atlantic

box 58, folder 13

Midwest

box 58, folder 14

October

box 58, folder 15

November 1-15

box 58, folder 16

December

box 58, folder 17

1944

O. Peace (Pokoj)

1942

box 59, folder 1

November

December

box 59, folder 2-3

1-15

box 59, folder 4-5

16-31

1943

January

box 59, folder 6-7

1-15

box 59, folder 8-9

16-31

box 60, folder 1

February 1-15

March

1-15

box 60, folder 2

Atlantic

box 60, folder 3

Pacific

box 60, folder 4

16-31

April

box 60, folder 5

1-15

box 60, folder 6

16-30

May

box 60, folder 7

1-15

box 60, folder 8

16-30

box 61, folder 1

June

box 61, folder 2

July

box 61, folder 3

August

box 61, folder 4

October

box 61, folder 5

December

R. France, Italy, North Africa, Middle East (Francja, Wlochy, Afryka Polnocna i Bliski Wschod)

1943

box 61, folder 6

October

box 61, folder 7

November

box 61, folder 8

December

1944

box 61, folder 9

March

box 61, folder 10

April

box 61, folder 11

November

T. Balkans and Yugoslavia (Balkany i Jugoslawia)

1943

box 61, folder 12

October

box 61, folder 13

November

1944

box 61, folder 14

March

box 61, folder 15

November

V. Vatican and Catholic world (Watykan i swiat katolicki) 1943

box 61, folder 16

July-August

box 61, folder 17

September-November

CORRESPONDENCE 1940-1945

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

General

1943

box 62, folder 1

September

box 62, folder 2

October

box 62, folder 3

November

1944

box 62, folder 4

January

box 62, folder 5

March

box 62, folder 6

April

Address file

box 62, folder 7

General

box 62, folder 8

Polish diplomatic outpost

box 62, folder 9

Christmas cards

box 62, folder 10

Envelopes

box 62, folder 11

Postcards 1944

Erdman, Jan (Polskie Centrum Informacyjne, Publishing Department) 1944

box 63, folder 1

January-March

box 63, folder 2

April-June

box 63, folder 3

July-September

box 63, folder 4

October-December

box 63, folder 5

Frydler, W. W. 1944 July-December

Inter-Allied Information Centre

box 63, folder 6

1940

1941

box 63, folder 7

January-April

box 63, folder 8

May-August

box 63, folder 9

September-October

box 63, folder 10

November-December

1942

box 64, folder 1

January-March

box 64, folder 2

April-June

box 64, folder 3

July-August

Junosza, Jozef

General

box 64, folder 4

1943

box 64, folder 5

1944

box 64, folder 6

1945

box 64, folder 7

Unanswered mail

Kozmian, Henryk

1943

box 64, folder 8

September-October

box 64, folder 9

November-December

1944

box 64, folder 10

January

box 64, folder 11

February

box 64, folder 12

March

box 64, folder 13

April

Mieczyslawska, Aniela

1943

box 65, folder 1

June-September

box 65, folder 2

October-December

1944

box 65, folder 3

January-March

box 65, folder 4

April-June

box 65, folder 5

July-September

box 65, folder 6

October-December

box 65, folder 7

Musicians and singers 1943-1944

News Bulletin on East European Affairs

box 65, folder 8

1940

1941

box 65, folder 9

January-April

box 65, folder 10

May-October

box 65, folder 11

1942 February-May

box 65, folder 12

Podoski, Roman 1944 and 1946

Poland. Konsulat (Chicago)

box 65, folder 13

1940

1941

box 65, folder 14

January-April

box 65, folder 15

May-August

box 65, folder 16

Stowarzyszenie Technikow Polskich 1943

Walczak, Jan

Carbon copies

box 66, folder 1

1943 June-December

1944

box 66, folder 2

January-March

box 66, folder 3

April-June

box 66, folder 4

July-September

box 66, folder 5

October-December

box 66, folder 6

Originals 1944

box 66, folder 7

Werminska, Wanda 1943

box 66, folder 8

Ziffer, Bernard 1944 November-December

OFFICE FILES 1941-1945

Scope and Contents note

Budget reports, certificates of employment, newspaper and magazine subscriptions, organizational charts, book and press reviews, arranged alphabetically by physical form.

General

box 66, folder 9

General

box 66, folder 10

Budget file 1941-1944

box 66, folder 11

Certificates of employment 1945 June

box 66, folder 12

Newspaper and magazine subscriptions

box 66, folder 13

Organizational charts

Reviews

box 67, folder 1

Book reviews 1942-1943

Press reviews

Daily Press Reports, New York

1943

box 67, folder 2

May

box 67, folder 3

June

box 67, folder 4

July

box 67, folder 5

August

box 67, folder 6

September

box 67, folder 7

October

box 67, folder 8

November

box 67, folder 9

December

1944

box 67, folder 10

January

box 68, folder 1

February

box 68, folder 2

March

Przeglad Prasy Periodycznej

General

box 68, folder 3

1943 May-September

box 68, folder 4

1944 January-February

box 68, folder 5

Holograph 1943 April

Typescripts 1943

box 68, folder 6

April

box 68, folder 7

May

PRINTED MATTER 1942-1945

Scope and Contents note

Newspaper issues collected by the Center, arranged alphabetically.

box 68, folder 8

General. War and Peace Aims: Extracts from Statements of United Nations Leaders, New York 1943

Newspaper issues

box 68, folder 9

American 1944

Polish-American 1943

box 68, folder 10

General

box 68, folder 11-14

Nowy Swiat

box 68, folder 15

Russian-American - Novaia Zaria, San Francisco 1942

REPORTS 1943-1944

Scope and Contents note

Reports submitted to the London authorities, arranged alphabetically by topic or by name of the submitting department.

General

1943

box 69, folder 1

September

box 69, folder 2

October

box 69, folder 3

November

box 69, folder 4

December

1944

box 69, folder 5

January

box 69, folder 6

February

box 69, folder 7

April

box 69, folder 8

July

box 69, folder 9

October

box 69, folder 10

American Friends of Poland 1944

box 69, folder 11

Catholic circles n.d.

box 69, folder 12

Film Department 1944

German Department 1944

box 69, folder 13

General

box 69, folder 14

Germans in the United States

box 69, folder 15

Jewish circles 1943 July

box 69, folder 16

Jews, Resettlement of 1944 January

box 69, folder 17

Katolicka Agencja Prasowa 1944

box 69, folder 18

Polish-American press

Polish propaganda in the United States

box 69, folder 19

- Tadeusz Hoinko (Press Department) 1942

box 69, folder 20

1943

box 69, folder 21

1944

box 69, folder 22

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland, Economic impact of

SUBJECT FILE 1936-1952

Scope and Contents note

Clippings, leaflets, brochures, arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 69, folder 23-25

America First

box 69, folder 26

American Council on Public Affairs

box 69, folder 27

American Vigilant Intelligence Federation

box 69, folder 28

Appreciate America

box 69, folder 29

Biddle, Anthony

Bor-Komorowski, Tadeusz. Polish-American clippings

box 70, folder 1

1945

box 70, folder 2-6

1946

box 70, folder 7

Bullit, William, address on Poland 1943 September 12

box 78

Cairo Conference (1943)

General note

See Teheran Conference (1943)

box 70, folder 8

Central European Union 1943-1945

Chicago Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

box 70, folder 9

General

box 70, folder 10

Brochures

box 70, folder 11

Leaflets

box 70, folder 12

Memorabilia

box 70, folder 13

Dewey, Thomas, E. 1944 September

Fight for Freedom

box 71, folder 1

General

box 71, folder 2

Lindbergh, Charles, Response to

box 71, folder 3

Friends of Aid to Russia

box 71, folder 4

Gdynia (Poland)

box 71, folder 5

German American National Alliance

box 71, folder 6

Great Britain. Parliament - Debates on Poland 1944-1945

box 71, folder 7

Greek War Relief

Grunwald.

General note

See Tannenberg, Battle of, 1410

General

box 71, folder 8

General

Clippings

box 71, folder 9

1943

box 71, folder 10

1944

box 71, folder 11

1945

Warsaw Ghetto

box 71, folder 12

1943

box 71, folder 13

1944

Junosza, Jozef

box 71, folder 14

1943-1944

box 71, folder 15

1945

Katyn Forest Massacre 1940

box 71, folder 16

General

box 71, folder 17

Press clippings

box 71, folder 18

Kopernik, Mikolaj. Typescript of a book in German n.d.

box 71, folder 19

Kot, Stanislaw, Arrest of 1938

box 71, folder 20

Kwapinski, Jan - Trip to the United States 1943 December

box 71, folder 21

Lange-Orlemanski affair 1944 May-June

Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw - Trips 1944

box 72, folder 1-3

Soviet Union

box 72, folder 4

United States

box 72, folder 5

Peace 1944 August-September

Poland

Boundaries - Soviet Union

box 72, folder 6

Ethnicity

box 72, folder 7

Polish-American meeting, Chicago 1944

Children

General

box 72, folder 8

German-occupied Poland

box 72, folder 9

Soviet Union and Middle East

Brochure, Children in Bondage.

Scope and Contents note

Clippings and manuscript notes collected for various chapters

box 72, folder 10

General

box 72, folder 11

1. German policy in occupied Poland

box 72, folder 12

2. Teaching of hatred against Poles

box 72, folder 13

3. Destruction of social reforms and institutions

box 72, folder 14

4. Destruction of religion, culture, education

box 72, folder 15

5. Economic exploitation

box 72, folder 16

6. Kidnapping of population

box 72, folder 17

7. Forced labor

box 72, folder 18

8. Demoralization of youth

9. Terror - Collective response

box 73, folder 1

General

box 73, folder 2

a. Children

box 73, folder 3

b. Women

box 73, folder 4

10. Family life under Nazi rule

box 73, folder 5

11. Children in ghettos

box 73, folder 6

Concentration camps - Auschwitz

box 73, folder 7

Constitution

Foreign relations - Soviet Union

box 73, folder 8

General

Break-up of relations 1943

box 73, folder 9

Brochure

box 73, folder 10

Clippings

Legations in the United States

box 73, folder 11

Detroit

Los Angeles

box 73, folder 12

General

box 73, folder 13

Propaganda 1944 July-August

box 73, folder 14

Treaties 1936-1937

box 73, folder 15

Underground peasant movement

box 73, folder 16

Poles - Iran 1943

Sikorski, Wladyslaw

General

box 74, folder 1

1940

box 74, folder 2

1941

box 74, folder 3

1942

box 74, folder 4-7

. 1943

Scope and Contents note

Unsorted clippings from American press on Sikorski"s death and political situation following it

box 75, folder 1-6

1943

box 76, folder 1-6

1943

box 77, folder 1

Biography

Death 1943

box 77, folder 2-3

General

box 77, folder 4

Post mortem political moves

box 77, folder 5

Gliksman, Shlomo

United States 1942

box 77, folder 6

General

box 77, folder 7

Speeches

Soviet Union

box 77, folder 8

General 1944 August-September

box 77, folder 9

Mission to Moscow, Hollywood film production 1943

Sworakowski, Witold

box 77, folder 10

General

box 77, folder 11

Clippings 1948-1952

box 77, folder 12

Tannenberg, Battle of 1410

Teheran Conference and Cairo Conference and their aftermath (1943) (1943)

1943

box 78, folder 1-2

November

December

General

box 78, folder 3-5

1-3

box 78, folder 6

7-23

box 78, folder 7

1944 January

box 78, folder 8

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration 1943-1944

box 79, folder 1

Warsaw (Poland)

box 79, folder 2

We the Mothers Mobilize for America

box 79, folder 3

World Citizens Association 1940

World War 1939-1945

Anniversaries of onset

box 79, folder 4

Fourth 1943

box 79, folder 5

Fifth 1944

Atrocities, German

box 79, folder 6

1943 January-March

box 79, folder 7

1944 August-September

box 79, folder 8

Occupied countries

box 79, folder 9

Polish contribution and war efforts

United States and Soviet Union wartime policies toward Poland 1944

box 79, folder 10

March

box 79, folder 11-13

June

box 80, folder 1-7

July

box 81, folder 1

July

box 81, folder 2-7

August

box 81, folder 8

September

PHONORECORDS 1943 and undated

Scope and Contents note

Phonorecords of music produced by the Polish government for broadcasting purpose. Originals located in Box 82.

General

onsite digital

Instrumental music by the Polish Army Band in Britain

Scope and Contents

Side A: Goralski Marsz, Trojak (Polish Highland Airs and Dances) Side B: Tysiac Walecznych (Polish Independence Songs)

Harmonia Records catalog number H-1026

Access

Use copy reference number: 48018_a_0012713

onsite digital

Instrumental and vocal music by Ignacy Podgorski and the Polish Dance Orchestra

Scope and Contents

Side A: Pobor Na Dziewczyny Polka (The draft of the girls - Polka) Side B: Niema Jak Krakowiak (Krakowiak)

Harmonia Records catalog number H-1040

Access

Use copy reference number: 48018_a_0012714

Vocal music (with piano accompaniment by J. Moliniak) issued by Radio Polskie in London

onsite digital

Boleslawski, Edward

Scope and Contents

Skowroneczek Spiewa (The Lark)

Access

Use copy reference number: 48018_a_0012717

onsite digital

Nowakowski, Marian

Scope and Contents

Choragiewka (St. Niewiadomski)

Access

Use copy reference number: 48018_a_0012718

"Poland Speaks from Britain"

onsite digital

Undated

Scope and Contents

Part 1: March of 1st Regt. of Light Cavalry Part 2: March of 2nd Regt. of Uhlans Part 3: Cavalry March Part 4: The Highlanders March Part 5: March of Zouaves - 1863

Access

Use copy reference number: 48018_a_0012721

onsite digital

1943 December 22

Access

Use copy reference number: 48018_a_0012726

Scope and Contents

Set of Twelve Krakowiaks arr. Gerrard Williams Band of H.M. Scots Guards Conductor: Captain S. Rhodes

box 82

Phonorecords (originals)

Access

Box 82 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. See above description for contents; access copies are available in our reading room.

PHOTOGRAPHS undated

Scope and Contents note

Prints from World War II of Polish refugee children in Great Britain and Africa, and scenes of training troops from Poland and Great Britain.

box 83

12 prints of Polish refugee children in Great Britain and Africa during World War II

box 83

11 prints of scenes in Poland during World War II, and depicting the Polish troops training in Great Britain