Wiktor Sukiennicki papers, 1914-1993

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Summary

Creators:
Sukiennicki, Wiktor, 1901-1983 and Poland. Rada Ministrów
Abstract:
Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, reports, radio broadcast transcripts, and printed matter relating to twentieth-century Polish history, the history of the Communist International, and Radio Free Europe broadcasting to Poland. Includes draft and finished reports of the Polish Rada Ministrów, 1946, relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre and Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union during World War II.
Extent:
31 manuscript boxes (12.7 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Polish, English, Russian, German, and French
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, reports, radio broadcast transcripts, and printed matter relating to twentieth-century Polish history, the history of the Communist International, and Radio Free Europe broadcasting to Poland. Includes draft and finished reports of the Polish Rada Ministrów, 1946, relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre and Polish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union during World War II.

The collection's original order and folder titles have been maintained.

Biographical / historical:

Polish-American historian and political scientist; research analyst, Radio Free Europe, 1952-1959.

Sukiennicki, a Polish legal scholar and later a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, was the principal investigator of the Katyn Forest Massacre on behalf of the Polish government in exile.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Wiktor Sukiennicki 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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