Inventory of the Wiktor Sukiennicki next hit papers

Finding aid prepared by Kayla Anderson
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Title: Wiktor Sukiennicki next hit papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1993
Collection Number: XX307
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Polish, English, Russian, German, and French
Physical Description: 31 manuscript boxes (12.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, reports, radio broadcast transcripts, and printed matter relating to twentieth-century Polish history, the history of the Communist International, and Radio Free Europe broadcasting to Poland. Includes draft and finished reports of the Polish Rada Ministrów, 1946, relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre and Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union during World War II.
Creator: previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , Wiktor, 1901-1983
Creator: Poland. Rada Ministrów
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Wiktor previous hit Sukiennicki next hit papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Polish-American historian and political scientist; research analyst, Radio Free Europe, 1952-1959.
previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , a Polish legal scholar and later a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, was the principal investigator of the Katyn Forest Massacre on behalf of the Polish government in exile.

Scope and Content of Collection

Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, reports, radio broadcast transcripts, and printed matter relating to twentieth-century Polish history, the history of the Communist International, and Radio Free Europe broadcasting to Poland. Includes draft and finished reports of the Polish Rada Ministrów, 1946, relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre and Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union during World War II.
The collection's original order and folder titles have been maintained.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- Poland
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Prisoners of war
Radio broadcasting -- Poland
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940
Poland -- History -- 20th century
Radio Free Europe
Communist International

box 1, folder 1

"Facts and Documents Concerning Polish Prisoners of War Captured by the U.S.S.R. During the 1939 Campaign," Council of Ministers, 1946

box 1, folder 2-5

"Facts and Documents Concerning Polish Prisoners of War Captured by the U.S.S.R. During the 1939 Campaign," Council of Ministers, English translation proof 1946

box 1, folder 6

"The Mass Murder of Polish Prisoners of War in Katyn," Council of Ministers, 1946

Scope and Contents note

A short report based on "Facts and Documents Concerning Polish Prisoners of War Captured by the U.S.S.R. During the 1939 Campaign," published by the Council of Ministers.
box 1, folder 7-9

Polish original text, part I 1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes three volumes of handwritten and typed notes from an unknown publication.
box 2, folder 1-2

Polish original text, part II 1941

box 2, folder 3-6

Polish original text, part III 1943-1949

box 2, folder 7

Polski Czerwony Krzyż w Katyniu 1946

box 2, folder 8-10

Additional materials, Katyn massacre 1941-1943

Scope and Contents note

Materials include copies of printed notes found on victims' bodies from the Katyn massacre and depositions from surviving officers.
box 3, folder 1-2

Additional materials, part II 1946

box 3, folder 3-5

Additional materials, part III 1942-1943

box 3, folder 6-8

Additional materials, part IV 1946-1952

box 3, folder 9

Wajs, 12-IV [12 April] 1939

box 3, folder 10

Dyjas, 1 IX- 31 XII [1 September - 31 December] 1939

box 3, folder 11

Siwicki, 9-I [9 January] 1939

box 3, folder 12

Trepiak, 22-IV [22 April] 1939-1940

box 3, folder 13

Wajda, 12-IV [12 April] 1939

box 3, folder 14

Zięcina, 22-IV [22 April] 1939

box 3, folder 15

Professor Pieńkowski, 9-IV [9 April], 1939

box 3, folder 16

Kruk, 9 IV [9 April] 1940

box 3, folder 17

Dr. Jakubowicz, 22-IV [22 April] 1939

box 3, folder 18

Solski, 9-IV [9 April] 1939

box 4, folder 1

Research studies, Wiktor previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , list of publications, 1962-1964

box 4, folder 2-3

Research studies 1-5 1962

box 4, folder 4

Research studies 6-10 1962

box 4, folder 5-6

Research studies 11-16 1963

box 4, folder 7-8

Research studies 17-21 1964

box 5, folder 1-5

"East Central Europe During World War I : From Foreign Domination to National Independence," typescript undated

box 5, folder 6

Narodowy Komitet Paryski undated

box 5, folder 7-8

"East Central Europe...," typescript in Polish, footnotes undated

box 6, folder 1-2

"East Central Europe...," part I, galleys, undated

box 6, folder 3-6

"East Central Europe...," galleys undated

box 6, folder 7-8

"East Central Europe...," notes, galleys, undated

box 6, folder 9-10

"East Central Europe...," general 1983

box 7, folder 1

"Congress of Vienna Aftermath," typed essay undated

box 7, folder 2

"Towards the World War," typed essay undated

box 7, folder 3-4

"During the Russian German War," typed essay undated

box 7, folder 5

"March 1917, Revolution," typed essay, undated

box 7, folder 6-8

"November 1917, Revolution and the Peace of Brest," typed essay undated

box 7, folder 9-10

"Last Phases of World War I," typed essay undated

box 8, folder 1

Miscellaneous 1979-1982

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten notes, typed essays, a resume, and other documents related to previous hit Sukiennicki's next hit academic career at the Hoover Institution.
box 8, folder 2

"East Central Europe..," correspondence, proofreading 1983

box 8, folder 3-4

"East Central Europe...," bibliographic and other material undated

box 8, folder 5-8

Book undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes handwritten notes, chapter outlines, and footnotes from an unknown publication.
box 9, folder 1

Book undated

Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten notes, chapter outlines, and footnotes from an unknown publication.
box 9, folder 2

Address book, 1959

box 9, folder 3

Wiktor previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , undated

Scope and Contents note

Biographical materials, including a resume, biography, publication list, work timeline, and articles related to previous hit Sukiennicki's next hit academic achievements.
box 9, folder 4

Property in England, 1947

Scope and Contents note

Includes expense reports, balance sheets, profit and loss accounts.
box 9, folder 5

Biography, curriculum vitae, 1983

Scope and Contents note

Written by Maciej Siekierski, curator of the European Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
 

Correspondence 1928-1989

box 9, folder 6

1962-1968

box 9, folder 7

1966-1969

box 9, folder 8

Family and son, 1959-1961

box 9, folder 9

1959-1980

box 9, folder 10

previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , Bohdan 1945-1950

box 9, folder 11

1980-1983

box 9, folder 12

Milosz, C., 1961-1989

box 10, folder 1-2

A-L 1959-1973

box 10, folder 3

Szkota nauk politycznych i spot 1949-1957

box 10, folder 4

Giedroyc, J. 1951-1970

box 10, folder 5

Wraga, R., 1958-1961

box 10, folder 6

Weintraub, W., 1962-1967

box 10, folder 7

N-Z 1959-1972

box 10, folder 8

Family 1941-1952

box 10, folder 9

Dabulewicz, Jadwiga, 1944-1946

box 10, folder 10

Family and son 1951-1958

box 11, folder 1-2

Family and son 1951-1958

box 11, folder 3-5

General 1945-1972

 

Family

box 11, folder 6-7

1950-1964

box 11, folder 8-9

1965-1968

box 12, folder 1-2

1969-1971

box 12, folder 3-4

1965-1975

 

Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous items include article clippings, pamphlets printed in Polish, typescripts, newsletters, and correspondence. A small portion of the materials relate to previous hit Sukiennicki's next hit academic career at the Hoover Institution.
box 12, folder 5

1928-1958

box 12, folder 6

1958-1965

box 12, folder 7

1965-1967

box 12, folder 8-10

Radio Free Europe (RFE) Polish Desk programs, Munich 1952

box 13, folder 1

RFE, 1953

Scope and Contents note

Includes typed radio program transcripts and handwritten notes.
box 13, folder 2

Printed material, 1939-1964

Scope and Contents note

Includes printed booklets in English, Polish, and Russian. Subject matter relates to France, Poland, and Russia at the beginning of World War II and American diplomatic relations with Soviet Socialist Republics.
box 13, folder 3

Duplicate payments and overpayments, 1947-1959

box 13, folder 4-5

Institute for the Study of the USSR reports, 1953-1963

box 14, folder 1-4

Institute for the Study of the USSR reports, 1953-1963

box 15, folder 1-2

Speeches, part I 1951-1961

box 15, folder 3-4

Speeches, part II 1940-1963

box 15, folder 5-6

RFE, European Federation 1953-1955

box 15, folder 7-8

Correspondence, R.F.E., trip to the USA 1951-1967

box 16, folder 1

RFE, programs, general, 1959-1960

box 16, folder 2-9

RFE, Polish Desk programs, Munich, 1953-1958

box 17, folder 1

RFE, Polish Desk programs, Munich, 1953-1958

box 17, folder 2-8

RFE, radio program transcripts, 1956-1959

box 18, folder 1

RFE, English translations 1958-1959

box 18, folder 2

Books and collections, review undated

box 18, folder 3-4

Lectures, University of Oregon 1962

box 18, folder 5-7

Skrypty do wykładów 1944-1957

box 18, folder 8-10

Współczesne problemy społeczeństwa polskiego 1950

box 19, folder 1-2

"Przełom," Wilno 1918-1919

box 19, folder 3

Polish-Russian relations throughout history, 1975-1981

box 19, folder 4-6

General 1947-1985

Scope and Contents note

Handwritten notes, typescripts, newspaper clippings and pamphlets from Droga, Nad Odrą i Bałtykiem, and Nowogródek. Materials relate to Khrushchev's accession to power following Stalin's death and include other post-World War II politics in Europe and America.
box 19, folder 7

Printed material, 1919-1943

Scope and Contents note

Includes copies of book excerpts about the Russian Revolution and the Paris Peace Conference. Printed in English, Russian, French, and German.
box 19, folder 8

General, 1963-1967

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlets, typescripts, and handwritten notes related to Poland during World War II.
box 19, folder 9-10

Kukułka 1950-1967

box 20, folder 1

Izvestia 1939

box 20, folder 2-4

"Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939," Polska 1961

box 20, folder 5

Szwestia, 1939

box 20, folder 6-10

Printed material 1917-1980

Scope and Contents note

Includes typescripts, essays, notes, and book excerpts relating to the Paris Peace Conference and the political aftermath in Russia and Germany.
box 21, folder 1-2

Comintern 1921-1922

box 21, folder 3

Polish-Soviet relations, 1939-1943

box 21, folder 4

Voina, khronika i otkliki 1914

box 21, folder 5-6

Paris Peace Conference, writings 1919-1936

box 21, folder 7-8

Printed material 1921-1976

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies of book excerpts regarding the rise of communism and fascism during the years before World War II. Printed in English, French, German, and Polish.
box 21, folder 9

"The Baltic Countries, Lithuania and the Ukraine after Brest," typescript, undated

box 22, folder 1

Comintern, Fascism in 1920s Italy, march on Rome 1922 undated

box 22, folder 2

Comintern, national-colonial question 1966

box 22, folder 3-4

Comintern, Fourth Congress undated

box 22, folder 5-6

Comintern, minor front organizations 1968

box 22, folder 7

Comintern, Soviet press, 1918-1933

box 22, folder 8

International communist movement in the 1920s, papers, typescripts 1962-1965

box 22, folder 9

"The American Native Communism," 1965

box 23, folder 1

"The American Native Communism," 1965

box 23, folder 2-6

British Revolutionary Press 1917-1919

box 23, folder 7

Belorussia, brochures, 1953-1974

box 23, folder 8

Belaruski Golas, 1976-1977

box 24, folder 1

Belarus, 1975-1977

box 24, folder 2-3

Bulgaria, upheaval 1918-1923

box 24, folder 4

Bulgaria, "Communist Putsch," typed essay, 1967

box 24, folder 5

Research studies, 1964-1965

box 24, folder 6

Periodicals, Polish, émigré 1951-1954

box 24, folder 7

Soviet periodicals, topics related to Poland 1920-1925

box 25, folder 1

Indices of Soviet periodicals, 1944-1951

box 25, folder 2

Kommunismus, 1920, articles related to Poland 1920-1957

box 25, folder 3-5

Soviet press, transcripts 1917-1919

box 25, folder 6-7

Lenin, works 1915-1922

box 25, folder 8

Russian Communist Party 1924

box 25, folder 9

Soviet Union, internal and external politics, 1954

box 26, folder 1-2

Abramovich, Mensheviks and Socialist international, parts I and II 1956

box 26, folder 3

Excerpts, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes material from Arms of Valor and The Communist Party: An Outline of History. Also includes additional excerpts from unknown publications. Printed in English and Polish.
box 26, folder 4

Comintern 1919-1925

box 26, folder 5

Kommunisticheskii International, Moscow, 1924

box 26, folder 6

American Communist, Chicago 1919

box 26, folder 7

Rote Fahne, Berlin 1923

box 26, folder 8

Soviet press on Poland, 1920-1925

box 26, folder 9

Interallied mission in Poland 1919

box 27, folder 1-3

Narodowy Komitet Paryski 1919

box 27, folder 4-5

Polish-Lithuanian relations, 1918-1921

box 27, folder 6-7

2-Oddziat, reports 1919

box 27, folder 8

Articles, Polish-Soviet War, undated

box 27, folder 9-10

Articles, Polish-Soviet War (as published by Bellona) 1919-1921

box 28, folder 1-2

Soviet annexation of East Poland 1939-1941

box 28, folder 3-4

London, Ministry of Justice, Poland post-war judicial system 1943-1944

box 28, folder 5

Deportations from Baltic states 1942-1944

box 28, folder 6

Po Prostu, periodicals 1956-1957

box 28, folder 7-8

Polish émigré press, includes Communist publication 1944-1948

box 29, folder 1

Polish émigré press, 1940-1952

Scope and Contents note

Publications include Równośc-Egalite, Robotnik, Tydzień Polski and Dziennik Polski.
box 29, folder 2

Émigré organizations, 1950-1970

box 29, folder 3

Biała księga, 1964

box 29, folder 4

Government in exile, releases, 1959-1963

box 29, folder 5

Polish constitution, history of, 1942

box 29, folder 6

Poland, constitution, 1952

box 29, folder 7

Jews, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes typed excerpts from various unknown publications covering the Jewish population in Poland.
box 29, folder 8

"Legenda i rzeczywistość," writings undated

box 29, folder 9

"The Comitern and Fascism in the Early Twenties," Wiktor previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , typed essay, 1967

box 29, folder 10

Clippings and newspaper issues, 1959-1962

Scope and Contents note

Includes a copy of New Poland that covers the new draft constitution of the Polish People's Republic and two article clippings from unknown publications.
box 29, folder 11

Plany obozów i historia Starobielsk i Ostaszków undated

box 29, folder 12

Katyn, 1943-1951

Scope and Contents note

Short reports covering Polish prisoners of war captured by Russia during the 1939 campaign, excerpts about the Sikorski-Mayski agreentment in 1941, and a copy of the official report from the United States concerning the need for a committee to conduct an investigation into the Katyn Massacre.
box 29, folder 13

Printed material 1941-1944

Scope and Contents note

Includes Naprzod ku zwyciestwu, zołnierze-Słowianie, k brat'yam ugnetennym slavyanam, and Słowianin. Printed booklets cover Slavic soldiers in World War II, the Polish Committee of Slavic London, and the Slavic Congress in Moscow.
box 29, folder 14

Katyn, printed material 1940-1981

Scope and Contents note

Includes a chapter excerpt written by previous hit Sukiennicki next hit and a typescript, both printed in Polish and related to the history of Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.
box 30, folder 1-2

Katyn 1942-1943

Scope and Contents note

Relates to the Katyn Massacre and includes investigations, reports, memoranda, essays, book excerpts, and research notes.
box 30, folder 3

Bibliography and publications, undated

box 30, folder 4

Zwiazek polskich federalistow, 1950

box 30, folder 5-6

Biographical materials, 1940-1956

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, typescripts, and photographs related to previous hit Sukiennicki next hit , in Polish and English.
box 30, folder 7

Maps, Polish prisoners of camp "Kozelsk," 1939-1941

box 30, folder 8

Biography 1971-1985

box 30, folder 9

1983-1988

Scope and Contents note

Includes typed bibliographies, correspondence, and an article written by previous hit Sukiennicki published in Kwartalnik Historyczny.
box 30, folder 10

Legal situation in Poland, 1950-1983

box 30, folder 11

Polish collection at Hoover Institution Archives, 1977-1981

box 30, folder 12

Publications 1950-1993

box 31, folder 1

Publications 1950-1993

box 31, folder 2-3

Printed material 1961-1978

Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopied excerpts from Revue d'études comparatives est-ouest and article clippings from Tydzien Polski and Dziennik Polski.