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Title: Antoni Wincenty Kwiatkowski papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1969
Collection Number: 71013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Polish and Russian
Physical Description:
45 manuscript boxes, 42 card file boxes, 1 scrapbook, 2 oversize packages, 5 envelopes, 6 oversize boxes
(37.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, research and reference notes, clippings, and photographs, relating to Marxism-Leninism,
dialectical and historical materialism, communism and religion, and the Communist International. Includes an autobiography
and biography.
Creator:
Kwiatkowski, Antoni Wincenty, 1890-1970
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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[Identification of item], Antoni Wincenty Kwiatkowski Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library &
Archives.
Monsignor (Stanislaw) Antoni Wincenty Kwiatkowski (1890-1970) graduated from the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological
Academy in 1914. After graduating, he worked for various Polish organizations in Moscow, including the Polish Society in Support
of Victims of War, and the Polish Union of Workers in Kharkov.
After the Bolshevik occupation of Ukraine, Kwiatkowski was imprisoned in Kharkov and Moscow. After numerous interventions
of the Polish Workers Union, he was released and returned to Poland, where he devoted his life's work to Sovietological research.
Kwiatkowski initiated the founding of the Institute of Scientific Research of Communism in Warsaw, of which he was a long-time
manager.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, research and reference notes, clippings, and photographs, relating to Marxism-Leninism,
dialectical and historical materialism, communism and religion, and the Communist International. Includes an autobiography
and biography.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism
Communism and religion
Dialectical materialism
Communist International