Alfred Poninski papers, 1917-1942

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Summary

Creators:
Poninski, Alfred
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoirs, reports, notes, and printed matter relating to Polish-Soviet and Polish-Romanian relations, and to religious persecution in the Soviet Union.
Extent:
2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Polish and French
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alfred Poninski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, memoirs, reports, notes, and printed matter relating to Polish-Soviet and Polish-Romanian relations, and to religious persecution in the Soviet Union.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1896 June 18
Born in Koscielisko, Posen (Poznan) province, Poland
1914
Began work as a journalist
circa 1910-1914
Attended a gymnasium at Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) and studied law at the University of Berlin
1919-1920
Assistant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw
1918 October
Appointed press attaché at the Polish legation in Berlin
1921-1926
Served in diplomatic posts in Brussels and Paris
1921
Married Janina Nowodworska
1925
Author, "Les Traditions de la Diplomatie Polonaise," Revue d'Histoire Diplomatique
1926
Author, La Question Polonaise Depuis 1830 Jusqu'à la Grande Guerre
1935-1941
Counselor of legation to Romania
1926-1933
Counselor of legation to the Soviet Union
1942-1945
Ambassador to China
1941-1942
Consul general, Istanbul, Turkey
1947-1950
President of the Polish Democratic Society, Sydney
1946
Moved to Australia
1950s
Vice-president of the United Council of Migrants and of the New Australians' Cultural Association, and a council-member of the State division of the New Settlers' League of Australia, the Australian Council for International Social Service, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs
1950-1951
Founding president of the Federal Council of Polish Associations in Australia
1967-1968
Author, "Poland in the Second War" (series of articles in Wiadomosci Polskie)
1953-1963
Regular contributor, Tygodnik Katolicki, Melbourne
1968 March 25
Died, Sydney, Australia
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1981.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alfred Poninski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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