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Title: Leopold Tyrmand papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1985
Collection Number: 86015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Polish
Physical Description:
25 manuscript boxes, 4 envelopes, digital media
(10.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, diaries, correspondence, notes, and printed matter, relating to social conditions in Poland, cultural conditions
in communist countries, popular culture in the United States and other Western countries, standards of sexual behavior in
the United States, and American conservative thought. Includes fictional writings.
Creator:
Tyrmand, Leopold
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 1986.
[Identification of item], Leopold Tyrmand Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1920, May 16 | Born, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1938-1939 | Student, Department of Architecture, L'Academie des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
| 1941 | Wilno, Soviet occupied zone, arrested and sentenced for 25 years for political activities |
| 1942-1944 | Voluntary labor, Germany |
| 1944 | Concentration camp prisoner, Norway |
| 1946 | Chief-correspondent, Polish Press Agency, Norway |
| 1946 | Returned to Poland |
| 1947-1948 | Assumed various positions as journalist |
| 1949-1953 | Joined Tygodnik Powszechny |
| 1954 | Wrote Dziennik, 1954 |
| 1955 | Author, Zly |
| 1956 | Organized First Jazz Music Festival |
| 1959 | Author, Seven Long Voyages |
| 1961 | Author, Filip |
| 1964 | Suspended from publishing |
| 1965 | Traveled around Europe |
| 1966 | State Department invitation to U.S. |
| 1967 | U.S. permanent residence |
| 1967 | Published first essays, New Yorker Magazine |
| 1968-1969 | Lecturer, Slavic Literature Department, Columbia University |
| 1970 | Author, Notebook of a Dilettante |
| 1970 | Editor, Kultura Essays, Explorations in Freedom |
| 1971 | Married Mary Ellen Fox |
| 1972 | Author, Rosa Luxemburg Contraceptives Cooperative |
| 1976-1980 | Associate Director, Rockford College |
| 1977-1985 | Editor, Chronicles of Culture |
| 1978 | Author, Media Shangri-La |
| 1981 | Appointed Vice-President, Rockford College
Edits, Rockford Papers |
| 1985 | Author, Ugly, Beautiful People |
| 1985, March, 19 | Died, Fort Myers, Florida |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Conservatism
United States -- Politics and government
Polish people -- United States
American literature
Polish literature
Poland -- Social conditions
Communism and culture
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century
Sex customs -- United States
United States -- Civilization