Register of the Jan Fryling papers
Finding aid prepared by The Hoover Institution Library and Archives staff
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Title: Jan Fryling papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-1977
Collection Number: 77070
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Polish
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, speeches and writings, notes, clippings, correspondence, and photographs relating to political events in Poland,
Polish foreign relations with China and India, Poland's role in World War II, and activities of Poles in the United States.
Creator:
Fryling, Jan
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 1977.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jan Fryling Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
Diplomats -- Poland
Polish people -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
China -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- China
India -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Poland -- Foreign relations -- India
POLISH EMBASSY IN CHUNGKING
1944-1945
box 1
Decoded telegrams from London, from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Exile, addressed to Ambassador Poninski
1944 February-November
box 1
Correspondence and reports from Chungking
1944-1945
box 2
Correspondence and reports of Jan Fryling, unofficial representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Exile, in
India and West Bengal; Calcutta-Darjeeling
1950-1955
box 2
General correspondence, New York
1961-1973
box 3
Jan Fryling's writings for Radio Free Europe; literary programs, weekly book reviews, reviews of plays
box 4
Writings for the émigré press in London; background material, notes, working copies, miscellany
DIARIES
1944-1973
Scope and Contents
Diaries cover Jan Fryling's years in Nationalist China, as councilor of the Polish Embassy in Chungking (1944-1945); later
as unofficial representative of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Exile, in India and West Bengal, and later, his
years in New York; as executive director of the Jozef Pilsudski Institute in New York; writer and contributor to the Polish
émigré press in London and Radio Free Europe.