Andrzej W. Tymowski interview transcripts, 1987-1991

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Summary

Creators:
Tymowski, Andrzej
Abstract:
Interviews with activists in KOR, Solidarnosc, and other Polish dissident movements of the 1970s and 1980s, with activists in Czechoslovak and East German dissident movements of the same period, and with observers of these movements, relating to the history of the movements, and to the social dynamics of participation in them.
Extent:
2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Polish, Czech and German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Andrzej W. Tymowski interview transcripts, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Political scientist Andrzej W. Tymowski conducted these interviews while he was at Yale University. Tymowski interviewed activists in Komitet Obrony Robotnikow (KOR), Solidarnosc, and other Polish dissident movements of the 1970s and 1980s, activists in Czechoslovak and East German dissident movements of the same period, and observers of these movements, about the history of the movements and the social dynamics of participation in them.

The descriptions of the interviewees included in the container list were taken verbatim from descriptive notes written by Tymowski.

Tymowski used this research in several publications:

"The Unwanted Social Revolution: 1989 in Poland," East European Politics and Societies 7, no. 2 (Spring 1993).

"Youth Activism in the East European Transformation," Communist and Post-Communist Studies (June 1994).

"The Unwanted Revolution: From Moral Economy to Liberal Society in Poland (The Social Origins of Reform and Counter-Reform)," PhD diss., Yale University, 1995.

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives acquired the transcripts in 1993 and 1995.

Biographical / historical:

Political scientist

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1993.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Andrzej W. Tymowski interview transcripts, [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
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