Inventory of the Aleksander Pruszynski papers

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Title: Aleksander Pruszynski papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-2019
Collection Number: 2009C30
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Multiple languages
Physical Description: 20 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (7.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, reports, personal documents, photocopies of government documents, election campaign literature, and other printed matter, relating to political conditions in Belarus and Poland. Includes photocopies of Polish secret police files.
Creator: Pruszyński, Aleksander, 1934-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials originally received in 2009 with a large increment of materials received in August of 2014 and appearing under the Incremental Materials series.

Preferred Citation

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

Biographical Note

Aleksander Pruszyński is a Polish, Canadian and Belarusian journalist and collector. He was born on May 4, 1934 in Rohoźnica, in what is now Western Belarus. Pruszyński is an ethnic Pole born of an aristocratic family and holds the title of a Count. Pruszyński's father was the famed Ksawery Pruszyński: journalist, writer and diplomat. Aleksander Pruszyński holds a triple citizenship: Polish, Belarusian and Canadian. Though his political campaigns were unsuccessful, he is well known as an electoral candidate both in Poland and Belarus. Pruszyński's primary career focus is writing and political journalism. In the 1980s he published a Polish émigré newspaper in Toronto, "The Polish Express," and still actively publishes articles and brochures primarily for the Toronto branch of the "Goniec," a weekly Polish magazine.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection is highly eclectic and primarily composed of materials documenting various elections, both in Poland and elsewhere. It also includes information on various campaigns and controversies, ephemera, posters, various monographs and writings by Pruszyński and others. The highlights of the collection are the documents housed in boxes 12 to 15 that speak to Pruszyński's involvement with the Służba Bezpieczeństwa (Polish security service). The period documented is 1950s to 1980s, from Pruszyński's work as an agent for the SB to his time as an anti-communist activist in Canada. The documents in this section are copies of the original internal documents housed at the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw.
Due to the wide-ranging nature of the materials, especially those that were originally contained in envelopes, the collection has been kept as recevied, in its original order. The envelopes have been rehoused into folders and ordered by date the materials were received from the collector. To facilitate ease of access a detailed description of the envelope content is provided. This is a multilanguage collection in Polish, Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, and English.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Secret service -- Poland
Poland -- Politics and government
Elections -- Belarus
Belarus -- Politics and government
Elections -- Poland

 

Collected Materials 1917-2009

Scope and Contents

Materials in this series are part of the first increment of the collection. The collected materials are mainly composed of articles, booklets, clippings, charts and maps. Documents are dated 1946-2009, and are in Polish and Belarussian.
box 1, folder 1

Articles 1980-2009

box 1, folder 2

Belarusian Boklets 1917-1989

box 1, folder 3

Clippings 1995-2009

box 1, folder 4

Maps and Chart 1970-2000

 

Incremental Materials 1948-2013

Scope and Contents

Materials in this series are part of the second increment of the collection. The series is mainly composed of bulletins, correspondence, various campaigns and controversies, ephemera, posters, various monographs and writings by Pruszyński. Materials are dated 1946-2012, and are presented in Polish, Belarussian, Russian, Ukrainian, and English.
 

Collected Materials 1960-2013

Scope and Contents

Materials in this series are dated 1960-2013, and are presented in Polish and Belarussian. The series is mainly composed of bulletins, correspondence, election materials, and printed matter.
box 1, folder 5-6

Bulletins 1960-2009

box 2, folder 1

Bulletins 1960-2009

box 2, folder 2

Correspondence 1993-2012

box 2, folder 3

Correspondence - Open Letters 2008-2013

box 2, folder 4

Pamphlets 1992-2013

box 2, folder 5

Personal 1986-2012

 

Printed Matter 1970-2013

box 2, folder 6

"Arche," 2008

box 2, folder 7

"Bój Warszawy," 1981

box 2, folder 8

"Dzieje, Sprawy Katynia," 1980

box 2, folder 9

Ephemera 1994-2013

box 3, folder 1

"Górny Karabach: Wydarzenia, Fakty, Liczby," 2005

box 3, folder 2

"Inteligencja, Solidarność, Władza," circa 1970

box 3, folder 3

Józef Piłsudski crica 1970

box 3, folder 4

"Judeopolonia," 1984

box 3, folder 5

"KPN: Kulisy, Fakty, Dokumenty," 1982

box 3, folder 6

"Którędy do dobrobytu," 2007

box 3, folder 7

"Las Sprawiedliwych: Polacy Zamordowani przez Niemców za niesienie pomocy Żydom," 2013

box 3, folder 8

Matusik, Janusz circa 1980

box 3, folder 9

"Peasant International in Action," 1998

box 3, folder 10

Poems 1970-2005

box 3, folder 11

"Polish Holocaust in Belarus," circa 2000

box 3, folder 12

"Polski Manifest Narodowy," 2010-2011

box 3, folder 13

"Polskie Aspekty: Stosunków Niemiecko-Sowieckich," circa 1980

box 3, folder 14

"Prawda," 1981

box 3, folder 15

"Proroctwo Św. Malachiasza," circa 1970

box 3, folder 16-17

Pruszyński, Aleksander 2003-2009

box 4, folder 1

"Raport Polska 5 lat po Sierpniu," 1985

box 4, folder 2

"Raport z Realizacji Najważniejszych Działań Rządu," 2005-2007

box 4, folder 3

"Rewolucjoniści, Rewolucja, Spadkobiercy," 1981

box 4, folder 4

"Ruch Obrony Praw," 2007

box 4, folder 5

"Stanowiska Ligi Obrony Suwerenności," 2009

box 4, folder 6

"Strategy for Belarus: Concept of the National Development," 2000

box 4, folder 7

"Użyto Broni," 1988

box 4, folder 8

"Wariacje na Temat Jaruzelskiego," 1987

box 4, folder 9

"Warszawa czasu wojny (1939-1945)," 1986

box 4, folder 10

"Wspomnienia z pracy konspiracyjnej w Sztabach Obszaru Południowo-Wschodniego Armii Krajowej," 1988

box 4, folder 11

"Zarys działań bojowych 27 Wołyńskiej Dywizji," 1983

box 4, folder 12

"Zarys Dziejów Sekcji Polskiej Radia BBC," 1995

box 4, folder 13

"Zawierzenie oraz Program Naprawy Państwa i Statut," 2010

box 4, folder 14

"Zbrodnie UB," 2001

box 4, folder 15

Wybory 2004

 

Envelopes 2003-2013

Scope and Contents

Documents in this section are highly eclectic and composed of announcements, articles, booklets, bulletins, campaign materials, clippings, conference materials, election materials, ephemera, expired passports and identification cards, memos, monographs, pamphlets, political propaganda and controversies dating from late 1940s to 2013. They also include materials on Poland's international relations, Polish presence in the European Union, and the Solidarity movement. Due to the broad nature of the materials in this series the documents have been kept in the original order that they were received in from the collector. The original envelopes have been rehoused into folders and organized by date received.
box 5, folder 1

May 7, 2003

Scope and Contents

Anti-European Union materials from 2003 against Poland's membership in the Union, presented in the form of bulletins, booklets and announcements. Materials in this folder are in Polish.
box 5, folder 2

January 20, 2004

Scope and Contents

Election materials and political controversies presented in the form of announcements, bulletins, booklets and pamphlets. Materials in this folder date from 1999-2003 and are in Polish, Belarussian and English.
box 5, folder 3

April 9, 2004

Scope and Contents

Monograph titled, "Wielkie Księstwo Józefa Mackiewicza," by Sławomir Andruszkiewicz. Folder also includes articles and a copy of the Polish-Lithuania treaty outlining agreement of political friendship and neighborly conduct. Materials date from 1994-2003 and are in Polish.
box 5, folder 4-5

October 23, 2004

Scope and Contents

Mainly Belarussian articles, bulletins, campaign materials and political ephemera. Also includes booklets, email correspondence and pamphlets as well as one of Pruszyński's Belarussian publications and an article titled, "Wykaz części majątków polskich w republice litewskiej w latach 1919-1939." Materials are mostly from 2004 and are presented in Polish, Belarussian and English.
box 5, folder 6-7

circa 2004

Scope and Contents

Mainly Belarussian materials comprised of articles, booklets, bulletins, conference materials, election materials, and historical journals. Materials date from 1996-2004 and are mainly in Belarussian with some Polish materials.
box 6, folder 1

circa 2004

Scope and Contents

Mainly Belarussian materials comprised of articles, booklets, bulletins, conference materials, election materials, and historical journals. Materials date from 1996-2004 and are mainly in Belarussian with some Polish materials.
box 6, folder 2

November 9, 2005

Scope and Contents

Comprised of articles, anti-Iraq War propaganda, conference materials, election materials, magazines, notes, and Pruszyński's Canadian passport. Includes monograph titled, "Bigos Polsko-Białoruski lub zaburzańskie portrety." Materials date from 2003-2005 and are in Polish, Belarussian and Ukrainian.
box 6, folder 3

November 14, 2006

Scope and Contents

Composed of bulletins, election materials, ephemera, newsletters, newsprint, Pruszyński's press pass, and reports. Materials date from 1999-2006 and are in Polish and Belarussian.
box 6, folder 4

June 23, 2007

Scope and Contents

Comprising of Polish materials such as bulletins, magazines, newspapers, quarterlies, and Solidarity materials. Includes publication titled, "Wolność słowa i odpowiedzialność za słowo. Rola mediów." Materials dated from 1994-2007 and are in Polish.
box 6, folder 5

July 23, 2007

Scope and Contents

Composed of articles, conference materials, and election materials. Includes monographs on the topics of Cold War, anti-Russian mentality in Ukraine and Belarus, democracy versus authoritarianism, and Polish-Jewish relations. Materials dated from 1990-2007 and are mainly in Polish, with some Belarusian and English materials.
box 7, folder 1

July 23, 2007

Scope and Contents

Articles, conference materials, and election materials. Includes monographs on the topics of Cold War, anti-Russian mentality in Ukraine and Belarus, democracy versus authoritarianism, and Polish-Jewish relations. Mainly composed of Polish materials with some Belarusian and English materials dated 1990-2007.
box 7, folder 2

October 3, 2007

Scope and Contents

Bulletins, email correspondence, materials on Polish-Jewish relations, newsprint, and report of the Polish American congress. Materials date from 2003-2007 and are in Polish and Belarussian.
box 7, folder 3-4

December 3, 2007

Scope and Contents

Mainly composed of articles and Pruszyński's writings: "Open Forum-Belarus: prospects in the XXI century," "Polacy Żydzi kto komu co winien?" "Białoruś, droga do dobrobytu." Materials date from 2000-2007 and are presented in Polish, Belarussian, and English.
box 7, folder 5

December 6, 2007

Scope and Contents

Comprised of bulletins, election materials, news clippings, quarterlies, and a religious booklet. Also, includes information on the Kuropaty massacre and Poland in the European Union. Materials date from 1994-2007 and are presented in Polish and Belarussian.
box 8, folder 1-2

December 6, 2007

Scope and Contents

Comprised of bulletins, election materials, news clippings, quarterlies, and a religious booklet. Also, includes information on the Kuropaty massacre and Poland in the European Union. Materials date from 1994-2007 and are presented in Polish and Belarussian.
box 8, folder 3

September 18, 2008

Scope and Contents

Mainly composed of conference materials, newsprint and Pruszyński's writings, some of which have appeared in earlier folders. Materials date from 2000-2008 and are presented in Polish and Belarussian.
box 8, folder 4

March 23, 2009

Scope and Contents

Various political materials: bulletins, ephemera, monographs and pamphlets. Mainly in Belarussian with some Polish materials from 2008-2009.
box 8, folder 5

May 1, 2009

Scope and Contents

Composed of bulletins, correspondence, ephemera, information booklets, monographs, newsprint, and pamphlets. Materials presented in Polish, Belarussian, Russian and Ukrainian, dating from 1997-2009.
box 9, folder 1-2

May 1, 2009

Scope and Contents

Composed of bulletins, correspondence, ephemera, information booklets, monographs, newsprint, and pamphlets. Materials presented in Polish, Belarussian, Russian and Ukrainian, dating from 1997-2009.
box 9, folder 3

June 24, 2009

Scope and Contents

Mainly composed of publications and articles: "20 Lat Polskiej Transformacji," "Polacy-Żydzi, Bilans Wieków współżycia," "Krajowy Program Reform 2005-2008," "Przestrzeganie praw mniejszości polskiej na Litwie." Includes election materials, magazines, quarterlies and Pruszyński's Canadian passport. Materials are in Polish.
box 9, folder 4

July 15, 2009

Scope and Contents

Mainly composed of publications and pamphlets: "Kobiety w różnych religiach," "Kobieta i jej misja w Katolicyzmie," "Kwestia Ukraińska Dzisiaj," "Odgrzebać Prawdę Historyczną spod Gruzów zafałszowań," "Niszczenie Polski i Kościoła Dzisiaj, " "Wojna w 1920 roku: Przyczyny katastrofy wrześniowej, " "Źródła współczesnego ekumenizmu i Trybalizm," "Wypędzeń Niemców z Polski po II Wojnie Światowej nie było! Niemcy kłamią!!!" Materials are presented in Polish and are dated 1995-2009.
box 9, folder 5

August 8, 2009

Scope and Contents

Mainly composed of election materials, newsprint, pamphlets and writings. The pamphlets and writings touch on the topics of independence of Poland from Russia and the Warsaw Uprising. Materials in this folder are from 1978-2009, and are presented in Polish.
box 10, folder 1-2

August 12, 2009

Scope and Contents

Comprised of articles, bulletins, correspondence, an interview with Adolf Pilch, and various publications: "Kronika dni Powstania," "Noc, Nieczaj, Zdzisław Nurkiewicz," "Żołnierze Baszty," "O Wyborze prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej," "Aktywność kobiet w życiu publicznym czyli: Bez kobiet ani rusz." Materials in this folder are from 1990-2009, and are in Polish.
box 10, folder 3-4

November 10, 2009

Scope and Contents

Composed of bulletins, catalogues, conference materials, newsprint, and Polish constitution booklet. Materials in this folder are from 1993-2009, and are presented in Polish, Belarussian, and Russian.
box 10, folder 5

December 3, 2009

Scope and Contents

Comprised of bulletins and quarterlies as well as documents on European Union, Energy Law of April 1997, Judaism, Solidarity and Tadeusz Cichocki. Materials in the folder are from 1993-2009, and appear in Polish, Belarussian and Russian.
box 11, folder 1

June 26, 2010

Scope and Contents

Comprised of political ephemera and election materials as well as writings on the Katyń massacre. Materials dated 1994-2010, in Polish and Belarussian.
box 11, folder 2

June 3, 2011

Scope and Contents

Various materials pertaining to Donald Tusk, Jerzy Popiełuszko, music notes, newsprint, Polish presence in the European Union, Solidarity, as well as information regarding obtaining Polish citizenship. Materials are dated 2008-2011, and are presented in Polish and German.
box 11, folder 3

October 31, 2011

Scope and Contents

Folder composed of anti-Semitism materials, bulletins, election materials, examples of voting ballots, newsprint, pamphlets, Polish partisan armies, and political parties. Materials are dated 2000-2011, and are presented in Polish.
box 11, folder 4

January 15, 2012

Scope and Contents

Comprised of bulletins, newsletters, newsprint, magazine, and materials regarding protests. Documents in folder are dated 1988-2012, and are presented in Polish and Belarussian.
box 11, folder 5

April 30, 2012

Scope and Contents

Folder composed of bulletins, correspondence, open letters, pamphlets, propaganda poems, and Solidarity quarterlies. Also included are materials covering the Edward "Moher" Mizikowski trial, and materials on the Polish presidential plane catastrophe of 2010. Materials date from 1946-2012, and are presented in Polish, Belarussian and Russian.
box 12, folder 1

August 30, 2012

Scope and Contents

Consist of a copy of anti-Obama propaganda, a photocopy of a hand written memoir, pamphlets, poems, political ephemera, and religious wirings. Materials are dated 2007-2012, and presented in Polish, English and Belarussian.
box 12, folder 2

August 13, 2013

Scope and Contents

Mainly composed of a monograph written by Mirosława Sochacka entitled "Byliśmy Falszywą Prawdą." Folder also includes materials on Solidarity. Materials in this folder are all in Polish and are dated 2009-2013.
 

Służba Bezpieczeństwa 1950-1985

Scope and Contens

Materials in this section speak to Pruszyński involvement with the Służba Bezpieczeństwa, (Polish security service.) The documents cover a period of about 35 years from the early 1950s to mid-1980s. They focus on Pruszyński's work as an agent for the SB to his time as an anti-communist activist in Canada. Additionally, some of the documents focus on the members of the Pruszyński family. The documents are internal and have been declassified and their originals are housed at the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw.
box 12, folder 3

Copies of Identification Cards 1957, 1986

box 12, folder 4-5

Internal Documents - Instytut Pamięci Narodowej BU 0208/1107, O/Wa WK-9954 circa 1950

box 12, folder 6

Internal Documents - IPN BU 0330/327, O/Wa WK-9954 1965-1968

box 13, folder 1-5

Internal Documents - IPN BU 002081/3, O/Wa WK-9954/13 circa 1950

box 14, folder 1

Internal Documents - IPN BU 002081/13, O/Wa WK-9954/13 circa 1950

box 14, folder 2

Internal Documents - IPN BU 443/42, O/Wa WK-9954 1968

box 14, folder 3

Internal Documents - IPN BU 01251/519, O/Wa WK-9954 1968

box 14, folder 4

Internal Documents - IPN BU 1638/15405, O/Wa WK-9954/13 1968-1989

box 14, folder 5

Internal Documents - IPN BU 0204/233, O/Wa WK-9954/13 1969

box 14, folder 6

Internal Documents - IPN BU 01136/353, O/Wa WK-9954/13 1974-1975

box 14, folder 7

Internal Documents - IPN BU 0716/150, O/Wa WK-9954 1978-1985

box 14, folder 8

Internal Documents - IPN BU 00334/289, O/Wa WK-9954 1979-1983

box 14, folder 9

Internal Documents - IPN GD 003/166, O/Wa WK-9954/13 1980

box 14, folder 10

Internal Documents - IPN BU 0141/3, O/Wa WK-9954 1980-1982

box 15, folder 1

Internal Documents - IPN BU 2418/1, O/Wa WK-9954 1980-1984

box 15, folder 2

Internal Documents - IPN BU 1357/64, O/Wa WK-9954/13 1981

box 15, folder 3

Internal Documents - IPN BU 1585/14521, O/Wa WK-9954/13 1983

box 15, folder 4

Internal Documents - IPN BU 0222/243, O/Wa WK-9954 1985

 

Incremental materials received in 2015

box 16

Incremental materials received in 2015

box 17

Incremental materials received in 2015

os_folder 1

Posters 2014

 

Incremental materials received in 2016

box 18

Material not yet described

box 19

Material not yet described

 

2019 Incremental materials 1981-2019

box 20, folder 1

Political brochures and flyers 2017-2018

box 20, folder 2

Printed matter 1981-2019

box 20, folder 3

Printed matter 2008-2018

box 20, folder 4

Printed matter 2018

box 20, folder 5

Miscellaneous papers 2018-2019

box 20, folder 6

Passport 2008

os_folder 1

3 posters 2018, undated

os_folder 1

Ballot 2019 May 26