Witold S. Sworakowski papers, 1868-1977

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Summary

Creators:
Paris Peace Conference (Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1919-1920) and Sworakowski, Witold S.
Abstract:
Statistics, writings, translations, notes, maps, and printed matter, relating to the ethnography of Upper Silesia in 1910; Polish boundary questions, 1918-1945; the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; communism in Eastern Europe after World War II; and the authorship of the 1917 abdication proclamation of Tsar Nicholas II.
Extent:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 slide box, 4 microfilm reels, 1 phonotape reel (4.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
Mainly in Polish and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Witold S. Sworakowski Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1903, January 16
Born, Suceuava (Bukovina), Rumania
1931-33
Member, Research Institute on Nationality Problems, Warsaw, Poland
1934
Graduated from Academy of Political Science, Warsaw, Poland
1934-36
Member, World League of Poles Abroad
1936-1945
Legation Secretay and Vice Consul with the Polish Foreign Service in Riga, Prague, Kovno, Curitiba, New York and Chicago
1947
Hoover Institution fellow
1947-1952
Research associate and curator, Hoover Institution
1952-55
Assistant professor, Stanford University
1955-1965
Associate professor, Stanford University
1955-1967
Assistant Director, Hoover Institution
1965
Author, The Communist International and Its Front Organizations
1967-1969
Associate Director, Hoover Institution
1970-79
Consultant to the Director, Hoover Institution Emeritus professor, Stanford University
1973
Author, World Communism: A Handbook
1979
Died, Stanford, California
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1979.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Witold S. Sworakowski 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:
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hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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