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Title: August Zaleski papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1981
Collection Number: 80163
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Polish
Physical Description:
29 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope
(13.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, dispatches, memoranda, and reports, relating to interwar Polish diplomacy, conditions in Poland and diplomacy
regarding Poland during World War II, and postwar Polish emigre life.
Creator:
Zaleski, August, 1883-1972
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.
[Identification of item], August Zaleski Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title] , Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1883, Sept. 13 | Born, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1906-19l2 | Attended London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 1926-1932 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1935-1938 | Senator |
| 1939-194l | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 194l-1947 | Chief of the Civil Chancery of the President of Poland (government in exile) |
| 1947-1972 | President of Poland (government in exile) |
| 1972, Apr. 7 | Died, London, Great Britain |
The August Zaleski Collection documents the activities of August Zaleski and Ewelina Zaleska from 1919 until 1981. The collection
consists of two parts. Part I contains those papers of August Zaleski which were received by the Hoover Institution before
1984. Part II contains those Zaleski papers which were received by the Hoover Institution after 1984.
The materials of Part I are divided into seven series. Two of them, CHRONOLOGICAL FILE-I and WRITINGS-I, were organized by
Zaleski's naval aide-de-camp Marjusz B. Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski who also compiled inventories for the first seven folders of
the CHRONOLOGICAL FILE and for the whole series WRITINGS. The materials of Part II are divided into nine series. Three of
them (CORRESPONDENCE, ALPHABETICAL-II; CORRESPONDENCE OF AUGUST ZALESKI AND EWELINA ZALESKA WITH RELATIVES AND FRIENDS; CORRESPONDENCE,
CHRONOLOGICAL-II) were fully organized, and two others (GENERAL and WRITINGS-II) only partially organized by Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski.
Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski also compiled inventories for these series and portions of series.
Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski's order has been largely preserved for all portions of the collection organized by him, and his inventories
have been incorporated into the register.
An Index provides access to names and subjects listed in the register. The only access points which appear in the register
but do not appear in the Index are the Polish government and Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych of Part I. Ministerstwo Spraw
Zagranicznych of Part II appears in both register and Index.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poland -- Emigration and immigration
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Refugees
Anti-communist movements
Poland -- Foreign relations -- 1918-1945
Statesmen -- Poland