Register of the Jane Leftwich Curry collection
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Title: Jane Leftwich Curry collection
Date (inclusive): 1945-2006
Collection Number: 2002C66
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Polish
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, audiovisual materials
(4.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Sound recordings and transcripts of interviews, clippings and other printed matter, conference materials, and miscellany,
relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasting to Poland, the media in Eastern Europe, and political conditions in Poland, Ukraine
and Georgia. Sound use copies of sound recordings available.
source:
Curry, Jane Leftwich, 1948-
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 2002.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jane Leftwich Curry collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content Note
The Jane Leftwich Curry Collection consists of
Sound recordings of interviews of Polish communist political and media officials, relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasting to Poland, as
well as transcripts of interviews with political figures from Georgia and Ukraine. The
Subject Files series includes various clippings and articles reflecting the political and economic scene in Poland before and during 1989
political transition.
Collection also contains reports, memoranda, and statistical data relating to public media in Poland. Of particular interest
are surveys and studies conducted by Public Opinion Research Center, documenting the impact of media and propaganda on Polish
citizens in the late 1980's through the 1990's.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1980-1989
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980
Audiotapes
Ukraine -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Radio broadcasting -- Poland
Georgia (Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Mass media -- Europe, Eastern
Radio Free Europe
Curry, Jane Leftwich, 1948-
Interview transcripts
2006 October-November and undated
box 1, folder 3
Chikovani, Tamar
Scope and Contents note
See also: Sound Recordings of Conducted Interviews
box 1, folder 6
Dolidze, Anna
Scope and Contents note
See also: Sound Recordings of Conducted Interviews
box 1, folder 11
Kakabadze, Gela; Nikolaishvili, Gela; and Zesashvili, Giorgi
box 1, folder 16
Khaindrava, Goga (Giorgi)
box 1, folder 29
Rostomashvili, Natalia, and Sopiko Samkharadze
box 1, folder 30
Shengelia, Lela, and Malkaz Gvilava
Ukraine
2006 October-November
box 1, folder 40
Woman dealing with exit polls
box 1, folder 44
Campaign director (Yushchenko block)
box 1, folder 45
Arkhypchuk, Sergii
2006 November 27
box 1, folder 53
Chubarov, Petro
2006 November 6
box 1, folder 56
Horova, Lesia (Oleksandra)
2006 October 29
box 1, folder 57
Hubska, Viktoriia
2006 October 25
box 1, folder 60
Katerynchuk, Mykola
2006 October 27
box 1, folder 63
Kredis, Vitalii
2006 October 29
box 1, folder 65
Kryndyk, Ostap
2006 November 1
box 1, folder 66
Kulyk, Irina
2006 November 12
box 2, folder 1
Lasovsky, Vladyslav
2006 October 31
box 2, folder 2
Lukyanenko, Levko
2006 October 31
box 2, folder 3
Lytvynenko, Oleksandr
2006 November 1
box 2, folder 4
Nebozhenko, Vikto
2006 November 8
box 2, folder 6
Petrov, Kyryl
2006 November 8
box 2, folder 7
Podgorna, Viktoriaa
2006 October 28
box 2, folder 8
Pohrebinskyi, Myhaylo
2006 October 25
box 2, folder 9
Ponamarchuk, Dmitri
2006 November 6
box 2, folder 13
Skrypin, Roman
2006 November 8
box 2, folder 14
Soboleva, Tatiana
2006 November 2
box 2, folder 15
Sydoruk, Feder
2006 November 2
box 2, folder 17
Stetskiv, Taras
2006 October 31
box 2, folder 18
Taran, Segiy
2006 October 30
box 2, folder 20
Voronovych, Mariana
2006 November 3
box 2, folder 22
Zolotari, Yevhen
2006 October 27
Subject file
1945-1994
Scope and Contents note
Includes research centres' reports, RFE reports, articles, and conferences papers related to media in Poland, also political
parties brochures, newspaper clippings on political and economic conditions in Poland,
Życie Partii journal articles, publications, and a videocassette
Media in Poland
1970-1993
Scope and Contents note
Includes research centers reports, conferences and studies on media in Poland
box 2, folder 23
East-West Relations Research Center Symposium
1970
box 2, folder 24
Newspapers in Poland
1990s
box 2, folder 25
Media censorship in Poland
1980s
Public Opinion Research Center
box 2, folder 27
Polish TV News vs. RFE News
box 2, folder 29
"Radio and TV Commission" paper by Matt Iłowiecki
1994 October 25
box 2, folder 30
East-West Journalists Conference
1990 October 12-13
box 2, folder 31
"Restructuring of Television in East and Central Europe", paper for the colloquium of Center for Communication and Information
Studies
1993 October 20-23
box 2, folder 32
"Civil Society and Media Democratization in East-Central Europe" paper for the Conference on Civil Society, Political Society,
and Democracy
1993 September 16-18
box 3, folder 2
International journalists
1990
box 3, folder 3
Radio Free Europe research reports
1992-1993
box 3, folder 4
Press Research Center article
1992 July
box 3, folder 5
"Press," Public Opinion Research Institute Bulletins
1992-1994
Political parties materials
1989-1993
Scope and Contents note
Includes brochures and rosters, pamphlets, minutes of meetings, and articles
box 3, folder 6
Communist Party of Soviet Union roster brochure
box 3, folder 7
Senate of the Republic of Poland brochure
box 3, folder 8
Voting sessions in Senate
1992-1993
box 3, folder 9
State Council of Poland newspaper clippings
1980-1986
box 3, folder 10
State Council Bureau research paper, "Społeczno-polityczne i Prawne Warunki Pracy Radnych w ich Własnej Ocenie"
box 3, folder 11
Articles relating to the political scene in Poland
1990s
Organizing Committee for 1989 Round Table Negotiations (minutes)
Polish economic conditions materials
1971-1987
Scope and Contents note
Includes clippings, articles, related to political and economic conditions in Poland
box 4, folder 1
Administrators on administration
1980-1985
box 4, folder 4-5
Employment, salary and pensions, selection of managers
1978-1985
box 4, folder 6
Health and pharmaceuticals
1980-1987
box 4, folder 7
Party, administrative and economic reform
1981-1987
box 4, folder 8
Party apparatus position, statistics
1982-1985
box 4, folder 9
Structures of control within party
1981-1987
box 4, folder 10
European and US economic policy, financial aid, involvement
1978-1987
box 4, folder 11
Turnover 1980/81
1981 December 13
box 4, folder 12
Economic Crisis: 1956, 1970, 1976. Economic reforms
1945-1980
box 4, folder 13
Stories of decision-making
1977-1987
box 5, folder 1
Bureaucratic response to criticism
1983-1986
box 5, folder 2
Intellectual criticism of policies and decision-making
1977-1987
box 5, folder 3
Party elite government criticism of policies and decision-making
1981-1987
box 5, folder 4-8
Public opinion on reforms, system, state institutions, and problems
1980-1987
box 5, folder 9
Workers' criticism of policies and decision-making
1981-1985
box 6, folder 1
Bureaucracy and authority
1978-1987
box 6, folder 2-3
Corruption and misadministration
1978-1987
box 6, folder 4
Government statements on controlling bureaucracy
1983-1986
box 6, folder 5
State programs on overcoming the economic crisis
1981-1987
box 6, folder 6-7
Factories management, managers, self-management, and impact of bureaucracy
1981-1986
box 6, folder 9
Solidarity proposals
1981-1982
box 6, folder 10
Role of experts
1978-1985
box 6, folder 11
Rada Wzajemnej Pomocy Gospodarczej
1980-1984
box 6, folder 12
Hungarian reform
1986-1987
box 6, folder 13
Other communist countries
1983-1985
Journal articles
1968-1980
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles from
Życie Partii and other journals
box 7, folder 1
"Aktualne Problemy Kierowniczej Roli Partii,"
Życie Partii No. 6
1968
box 7, folder 2
"Kadry Nie Rosną Same,"
Życie Partii No. 2
1971
box 7, folder 3
"Statutowe Zasady Przyjmowania,"
Życie Partii, No. 2
1972
box 7, folder 4
"Rozmowy Indywidualne w Partii,"
Życie Partii, No. 4
1977
box 7, folder 5
"Wśród Pracowników Aparatu,"
Życie Partii, No. 4
1977
box 7, folder 6
"Tendencje Rozwojowe Łódzkiej Organizacji Partyjnej,"
Życie Partii, No. 10
1977
box 7, folder 7
"Partyjna Ocena Administracji Gminnej," "Aktywność Członków Partii w Radach Narodowych i Urzędach,"
Życie Partii, No. 2
1979
box 7, folder 8
"Doskonalenie Kadr w Urzędach,"
Życie Partii, No. 4
1980
box 7, folder 9
"Rola Kadr i Polityka Kadrowa PZPR,"
Życie Partii, No. 6
1980
box 7, folder 10
"W Ocenie Kandydatów,"
Życie Partii, No. 9
1980
box 7, folder 11
"Istota i Mechanizmy Pracy Partyjnej,"
Życie Partii, No. 10
1980
box 7, folder 12
"Z Prac Komisji Wnioskowej VI Plenum KC,"
Życie Partii, No. 11
1980
box 7, folder 13
"Polityka Kadrowa", "Rola Aparatu Partyjnego,"
Życie Partii, No. 2
1981
box 7, folder 14
"Aby Nie Zmarnować Szansy," "Dla Dobrego Imienia Partii," "Niewinni Dyrektorzy,"
Życie Partii, No. 4
1981
box 7, folder 15
"Konieczny Oręż,"
Życie Partii, No. 6
1981
box 7, folder 16
"Nad Przemianami w Aparacie," "Korupcja i Odpowiedzialność,"
Życie Partii, No. 9
1981
box 7, folder 19
Miscellaneous articles and publications
box 7, folder 20-21
Articles and publications by Kazimierz Kąkol, minister of the Office for Religious Affairs
box 7, folder 22
"Azadlyk Means Freedom", "Romania: Searching" DVD
undated
box MC22
Azadlyk Means Freedom; Romania: Searching
Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette.
Sound Recordings
2002-2004
Scope and Contents note
Includes interviews with Polish communist elites about the role of Radio Free Europe in Poland. 82 compact sound cassettes
Poland
2002-2004
Physical Description: 82.0 sound_cassettes
box 8
Bożyk, Paweł, interview
11 July 2002
Access
Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009247
box 8
Cechanowicz, Artur, interview
Access
Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009252
box 8
Chanishvili, Nani, interview
Access
Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0000238
box 8
Ciosek, Stanisław, interview
21 March 2002
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009253
box 8
Czechowicz, Andrzej, interview
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009255
box 8
Dolidze, Anna, interview
Access
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box 8
Frelek, Ryszard, interview
17 March 2002
Access
Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009261
box 8
Hirovani, Tamara, interview
Access
Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009240
box 8
Jaruzelski, Wojciech, interview
20 March 2002
Access
Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009262
Scope and Contents note
The last cassette (parts 3&4), which appears to be from a separate interview on 11 March 2002, is effectively blank.
box 8
Kania, Stanisław, interview
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009268
box 8
Kikalishvili, Davit, interview
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009244
box 8
Kiszczak, Czesław, interview
07 August 2004
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box 8
Klimczak, Władysław, interview
02 July 2002
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box 8
Kozik, Zenobiusz, interview
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box 8
Kruszewski, Krzysztof, interview
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0000237
Scope and Contents note
This interview was recorded at 2x normal cassette speed.
box 8
Kubiak, Hieronim, interview
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009286
box 8
Kurtz, Andrzej, interview
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box 8
Kwiatkowski, Stanisław, interview
11 August 2004
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009403
Scope and Contents note
The interview is in Polish; Curry includes a brief descriptive voice stamp in English.
box 8
Kąkol, Kazimierz, interview
12 March 2002
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box 8
Maciszewski, Jarema, interview
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box 8
Ramishvili, Levan, and Conquest, Robert, interviews
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box 8
Łopatka, Adam, interview
20 March 2002
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box 9
Conquest, Robert, and Schwartz, Stephen, interviews
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Scope and Contents note
Part 1: Robert Conquest
Part 2: Stephen Schwartz
The audio quality is poor. This is due to the interviews being badly recorded off the telephone.
box 9
Former Men of Conflict
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Use copy reference number: 2002c66_a_0009441
box 9
Irma interview
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Scope and Contents note
Irma speaks in another language. A translator conducts the interview between Irma and Curry.
box 9
Matwin, Władysław, interview
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box 9
Matyniuk, Andrzej, interview
13 March 2002
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box 9
Morawski, Jerzy, interview
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box 9
Natia interview
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box 9
Political prisoners interview
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box 9
Rakowski, Mieczysław, interview
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box 9
Sobczak, Joanna, and Strzeżewski, Michał, interviews
30 November 2001
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box 9
Sobczak, Joanna, interview
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box 9
Starewicz, Artur, interview
26 January 2004
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box 9
Starewicz, Artur, interview
27 February 2004
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box 9
Szaciło, Tadeusz, interview
18 March 2002
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box 9
Szczepański, Maciej, interview
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box 9
Szulczewski, Michał, interview
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box 9
Tartarkiewicz, Anna, interview
31 May 2002
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box 9
Tejchma, Józef, interview
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box 9
Toeplitz, Krzysztof, interview
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box 9
Urban, Jerzy, interview
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box 9
Waszczuk, Jerzy, interview
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box 9
Werblan, Andrzej, interview
09 July 2002
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box 9
Wiatr, Jerzy, interview
18 March 2002
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Scope and Contents note
This interview is about the impact of Radio Free Europe in Poland and on the government.
box MC19
Sound recordings
Physical Description: 28 compact sound cassettes.
