Ignace Jan Paderewski
A Register of His Papers in the Hoover Institution ArchivesIgnace Jan Paderewski
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| 1860 Nov. 6 | Born, Kurylowka, Podolia, Ukraine |
| 1872 | Studied music, Warsaw Conservatory |
| 1876 | Taught piano, Warsaw Conservatory |
| 1880 | Married Antonina Korsak, who died a year later |
| 1882 | Studied in Berlin under Friedrich Kiel |
| 1884-1887 | Studied in Vienna under Theodor Leschetizky Taught at Strasbourg Conservatory |
| 1887-1891 | Made first public appearances as a pianist in Vienna, Paris, London, and New York |
| 1893 | Composed "The Polish Fantasia" for piano and orchestra (Opus 19) |
| 1896 | Established the Paderewski Fund in support of musical compositions in the United States |
| 1898 | Settled in Riond-Bosson near Morges, Switzerland |
| 1899 | Married Helena Gorska |
| 1901 | Composed the opera Manru |
| 1909 | Director, Warsaw Conservatory |
| 1910 | Presented the City of Krakow with a monument commemorating the victory of the Poles over the Teutonic Order upon the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald |
| 1915 | Member and representative to the United States, General Committee for Polish Relief (organized in Switzerland in January) |
| 1917 | Member and representative to the United States, Polish National Committee; frequently urged Woodrow Wilson to include Poland in his Fourteen Points |
| 1919 | Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Poland; delegate, Paris Peace Conference |
| Resigned November 27 and returned to Riond-Bosson | |
| 1920 | Delegate plenipotentiary of Poland to the League of Nations |
| 1921 | Resumed musical career in Europe and the United States |
| 1938 | Author (with Mary Lawton), The Paderewski Memoirs |
| 1939 | President, Polish National Council (Rada Narodowa) of the Polish Government-in-Exile, Paris |
| 1940 | Left Europe for the United States |
| 1941 June 29 | Died, New York City |
SERIES DESCRIPTION
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1889-1983
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CORRESPONDENCE, 1894-1941
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SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1910-1941
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SUBJECT FILE, 1687-1948
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PRINTED MATTER, 1922-1966
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OVERSIZE MATERIAL, 1917
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MEMORABILIA, n.d.
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PHOTOGRAPHS, 1923-1945?
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CONTAINER LIST
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1889-1983
Affidavit re attack of Jewish organizations, 1941, and defamatory fliers
Announcement for the inauguration of a bronze statue by Milo Martin to the memory of Paderewski, Morges, Switzerland, 1948 July 3
Financial papers. Affidavits, bank statements, bills, correspondence, income assessments, income tax returns
General
Estates
Paso Robles
Santa Maria
Sao Paulo
List of decorations
Miscellany. Includes notes, table arrangements
Subject file
Audience with Pope Pius XI, 1925 January 15. Notice and clipping
Birthday, 80th. Acknowledgments for birthday greetings, and tribute by Gustave Doret (in French)
Concert tours
Correspondence, 1923-1936. Includes letters relating to other musicians or music in general, including Ernest Schelling
Incoming, including Alfred Cortot, William S. Hawk, Vladimir Horowitz
Outgoing. See also CORRESPONDENCE/Engles, Musaceous, Musikurs, Schelling, Steinway, Urchs
Programs and income figures, 1924-1927?
Death
Certificate
Condolences, notices, and resolutions, 1941-1983
Eulogies
Polish Government-in-Exile (London)
Strakacz, Sylwin. Biography prepared for the Polish press
Syski, A., Arlington National Cemetery
Delegation assignments
Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Letter of resignation as delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, addressed to Jozef Pilsudski, 1920
League of Nations, 1920. Telegrams of acceptance, late 1919? and of resignation, 1921, addressed to Prince Sapieha
Family. Mainly correspondence with or about
Gorski, Waclaw (son of Helena Paderewska by first marriage), 1922-1928?
Kodrebski (distant relative), 1926
Paderewska, Helena (Mrs. I. J. Paderewski), 1925-1926
Paderewska, Maria (sister). Paderewski's telegram on her behalf to Maxim Litvinov, 1936
Paderewski, Alfred (son), 1891
Paderewski, Jan (father). Document signed by Jan Paderewski, 1889 (in Russian)
Paderewski, Jozef (half-brother), 1924-1939
Wilkonska, Antonina (sister). Includes legal documents, 1941
Honorary degrees. See CORRESPONDENCE, Columbia University and Harvard University
Memberships. Correspondence
Bohemian Club, San Francisco, 1921
Institut de France, Paris, 1926
Name Day. Congratulatory message signed by Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland, 1941 February 1
Travel
Departure from Switzerland and travel through France and Spain en route to the United States, 1940 September. Correspondence and clippings, including re arrival in the United States, 1940 November 6
Miscellany
Will and testament, 1930. Holograph and photostat positive copy of entire document and related papers
CORRESPONDENCE, 1894-1941.
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General
Drafts of letters and telegrams addressed to different people on the same sheet, including Bishop Adamski, King Albert of Belgium, Mrs. Szymon Askenazy, Albert Blondel, Adolphe Boschot, Raoul Choussaud, Jan Ciechanowski, Marja Cielewiczowa, Count Clauzel, P. Czescik, Jozef Dowboz Musnicki, Mrs. Drohinska, Hamilton Fish, Waclaw Gorski, Princess Gortschakoff, Adam Grzymala-Siedlecki, Henri Guisan, Joseph Haller, August Hlond, J. Horodyski, Count Jancoyski, S. W. Jarakomski, Tadeusz Jentys, Reverend Kasaczun, Jan Koch, Mrs. Krajewska, Stanislaw Kruczek, Mary Lawton, Maxime Leroy, Irene Loevenberg, Mr. Martinet, Stanislaw Milaszewski, J. Modzelewski, Andrzej Moszczynski, Jozef K. Orlowski, Jozefowa Pilsudska, Andre Poniatowski, Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Jan Romaszkiewicz, Theodore and Mrs. Roosevelt, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Colonel Smigielski, Jan F. Smulski, Mr. Sobinski, Wladyslaw Sobanski, Marquise de St. Paul, Stefan Starzynski, Maurice Sternberger, Mrs. Venizelos, Mr. Wielowieyski, Woodrow and Mrs. Wilson, and August Zaleski, 1921-1941
Miscellany (incoming)
Unidentified. Includes a letter to a Norwegian journalist, 1924?
Aballi, Sanchez, n.d.
Adamowski, Antoinette and Joseph, 1923-1929
Adamowski, Gertrude and Tim, 1925-1929
Adatci, Count, 1924
Addor, Barbey, 1934
Aikins, James A. M., Sir, 1924
Albert I, King of the Belgians, and Queen Elisabeth, 1929-1940. Includes letter from Court Marshall regarding the Queen's intercession with Berlin to facilitate Prince Ladislas Radziwill's departure from German-occupied Poland
Alexandry, Baron d', n.d.
Amster, Marc, 1935
Astor, John Jacob, n.d.
Association of Polish Students, University of Madison, Wisconsin, 1929
Bank Zwiazku Spolek Zarobkowych, 1924
Bannister, L. Ward (Mile High Club, Denver), 1923-1926
Barthelemy, A. (Union League Club, Chicago), n.d.
Beck, James M., 1925
Beck, Louise C., 1924
Behmeyer, L. E., 1924
Benes, Edvard, 1935
Benham, W. B. (University Club, Dunedin), 1927
Berthelot, Philippe, 1921-1928
Besson, Bishop, 1926
Blazejowski, Boleslaw, 1935
Bliss, Anna B., 1924-1926
Blodgett, Eleanor, 1921-1929
Blondel, Albert, 1924-1934
Bojnowski, L., 1941
Bok, Edward W., n.d.
Borchard, Mr., 1928
Borglum, Gutson, 1929
Bourn, Agnes and William, 1923-1926
Bratianu, Elise and Jean, 1924-1927
Burbank, Luther, 1921
Burnham, Hubert, n.d.
Burton, Theodore E., 1928
Call, Mr., 1928
Cambridge University (Dr. Seward, Dr. Stewart), 1926
Car, Mr., 1921
Cartier, Baron de, 1925
Carton de Wiart, Adrien, 1926
Cazalet, Victor A., 1925
Chabrie, Robert (Journal des Debats),1929
Chlapowski, De, 1925-1929
Chlusewicz, Colonel, 1927
Ciechanowski, Jan, 1923-1941
Cieplak, Archbishop, 1925
Clauzel, Count, 1926-1934
Clay, P. T. (Sherman and Clay), 1923-1926
Coffey, Herbert V., n.d.
Columbia University (Murray Butler, Frank D. Fackenthal, Levering Tyson), 1921-1922
Comite International pour le Placement des Intellectuels Emigres, 1933
Condon, Robert E., n.d.
Congres General de l'Enfant, Polish Committee (Witold Chodzko, M. Gromski), 1925
Coolidge, Calvin, 1924
Corboult, Miss, 1934
Cumming, Joseph M., n.d.
Czartoryski, Witold, 1923
Daily Mail, n.d.
Daladier, Edouard, n.d.
Damrosch, Walter, 1923-1935
Daniels, John (English Speaking Union), 1928
Daniels, Josephus, 1923
Davis, Norman H., 1926?
Deering, Frank and Mrs., 1924-1926
Deschamps, Eugenie, 1928-1929
Dobrzycki, Rector, 1925
Doret, Gustave, 1934-1936
Downes, Olin and Marion A. (Boston Sunday Post),1923-1932
Drobinski, I., Mrs., 1923
Drummond, Eric, 1929
Dubowski, Ignacy, 1928
Duer, Sophie Lawrence, 1939
Dunham, Josephine and Theodore, 1925-1929
Dworzak, J., 1922
Dydejczyk, 1924
Dziennik, Edmund A., 1928
Eames, Henry Purmort, 1926
Echo de Paris, L', 1933
Eden, Anthony, 1936
Emerson, Mary Hopkins, 1936
Encyclopedia, 1926. Includes letter to unidentified minister regarding Wydzial Narodowy Polski w Ameryce
Engles, George, 1923-1929
Farnell, Mrs., n.d.
Ferrell, Garland (Wichita Daily Eagle),1923
Fisher, Harold H., 1927
Fisher, Herbert (Oxford University), 1928
Flagler, Anne Lamont, 1923
Foch, Ferdinand, 1920-1928
France Pologne, 1923
Fronczak, F. E., 1924
Fuchs, Helene, 1922
Fulcher, Maurice, 1923
Gabrilovitch, Mr., 1926. Relates to Theodor Leschetizky
Gandhi, Mohandas, 1939. Includes a transcript of a statement by Gandhi on Poland
Garbarek, Feliks, 1926
Garfield, H. A., 1926
Gasiorowski, W. (Kolegium Zwiazku Narodowego Polskiego), 1926
Gaspari, Cardinal, 1922
Gibson, Hugh and Ines, n.d.
Gilchrist, H. L., 1933
Giraudoux, Jean, 1940
Glasgow, Lord Provost of, 1925
Golde, Edith Sullivan, n.d.
Goral, B. X., 1922
Gorzynski, Monsignor, 1925
Graham, Ronald, Sir, 1925
Grappin, Henri, 1926
Gregory, D. J., 1925
Gronkowski, Reverend, n.d.
Grudzinski, Ludwik, 1925-1928
Gryncewicz, Joseph, n.d.
Haig, Douglas, Sir, 1925
Haiman, Mieczyslaw (Polish Roman Catholic Union of America), 1940
Halecki, O., 1940
Haller, Joseph, 1923
Hamilton, Ian, 1925
Hanotaux, Gabriel, 1929-1940
Hartwell, Dr. and Mrs., n.d.
Harvard University (Thomas W. Lamont, A. Lawrence Lowell), 1926
Hauke-Nowak, n.d.
Hedinger, 1924-1929
Hempel, General and Mrs., 1929
Hemphill, William, 1924
Hlond, August, 1939
Holiday, W. R., n.d.
Hood, C. H. (Minneapolis Club), n.d.
Horodyski, J., 1925-1941
House, Edward M., 1923-1931
Houston, Herbert, n.d.
Hovart, Izabella, 1928
Howard, Esme, Sir, 1925
Hrehorowiczowa, n.d.
Hymans, Paul, 1940
Iwanowski, S., 1924
Jeffries, Joseph M. N., 1926
Jentys, Tadeusz, 1924-1934
Jezierski, Norbert, 1927
Jusserand, Jean Jules, 1921-1922
Kaczynski, Monsignor, 1929-1941
Kamienski, B. S., 1921-1923
Karszo-Siedlewski, Tadeusz, 1936
Kazimierczak, Andrzej, 1926
King, Bradley, 1921
Klarkowska, Anna, n.d.
Klobukowski, A., 1919
Kolszewscy, 1921
Korfanty, Wojciech, 1924-1937
Koscisz, Jozef, 1936
Koskowski, Boleslaw, 1929
Kossak, n.d.
Kotarbinski, Jozef and Lucyna, 1924
Kraczkowski, Jan P., n.d.
Kubicki, Franciszek, 1939
Kulisz, K., 1928
Kwapiszewski, Michal, 1920-1941
Lambert, Alexander, 1929
Landau, Rom, 1934
Lansing, Robert, 1921
Lar, George, 1940
Lasocki, Zygmunt, 1925
Laudon, Sir, n.d.
Laurence, Sister, 1922
Lazare-Levy, 1935
Lempke, Herman, 1921
Le Pan, A., 1922
Leroy, Maxime, 1935. Relates to Francis Plante
Letellier, Henri (Le Journal), 1925
Lewandowski, E. P., 1936
Leygues, Georges, 1929-1933
Lhevinne, Joseph, 1922
Liga Morska i Kolonjalna, 1935
Lloyd George, David, 1920-1935
Lopot, Professor, 1936
Loucheur, Louis, 1929
Lubomirski, Prince, 1920
MacAdoo, W. G., 1923-1926
McCormick, Chauncey, 1924
Mangeot, Mr. (Monde Musical),1923-1930
Marlborough, Duchess of, 1928
Mason, Madeleine Manheim, n.d.
Messmer, Sebastian, 1921?
Meyer, Eugene, Mrs., n.d.
Mickiewicz, Marie, 1921
Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw, 1940
Milaszewska, Wanda, 1935
Mizerski, Stanislaw (Towarzystwo Uczestnikow Powstania Wielkopolskiego), ca. 1925
Modzelewski, J., 1927
Morgenthau, Henry, 1921-1932
Morning Post (London), 1926
Moscicki, Ignacy, 1935
Moton, R. R. (Tuskegee Institute), 1923
Motta, Giuseppe, n.d.
Muhlstein, n.d.
Mullaney, B. J., 1928
Muret, Henri, 1925
Musaceous, 1923-1926
Musikurchs, 1924-1928
Mussolini, Benito, 1925-1939
Nansen, Mr. and Mrs., 1921. Includes list of Polish refugees in India
Napieralska, Emily (Polish Day Committee), 1925-1934
Nelson, Congressman, 1928
New York Times, 1935
New York Tribune, 1923-1925
Niewiadomski, Stanislaw, 1927-1929
Northcliffe, Lady, n.d.
Nossig, Alfred and Mrs., 1925-1936
Noulens, J., 1919-1939
Noussane, Henri de, 1925
Nowicki, Consul, 1920
O'Donnell, James, 1929
Olchowicz, Konrad, 1929-1935
Opienski, Henryk, 1921-1924
Oraczewski, Monsignor, 1923. Includes letters to Mr. and Mrs. von Moschzisker and others relating to Oraczewski
Orlowski, Jozef K., 1921-1935
Owens, Mayor, 1941
Perlowski, 1926?
Pernod, Maurice and Mrs., 1925
Petain, Henri Philippe, 1939-1940
Phillips, Charles Joseph, 1921-1923
Piekarski, Felix A., ca. 1925
Pierne, Gabriel, 1923
Pilet-Golaz, Marcel, 1940
Pizzardo, Monsignor, 1929
Plante, Francis, 1924-1929
Polignac, Marquis de, 1924
Polish American Congress (B. Celichowski), 1925-1926
Polish Army Veterans Association (Dziob; S. Z. Stachowicz), n.d.
Polish Falcons of America (F. J. Klosowicz, Teofil A. Starzynski), 1926-1941
Polk, Frank L., 1923
Poniatowski, Andre, 1933
Ponzone, Count, n.d.
Popiel, Adam, n.d.
Posner, Stanislas, 1929
Pourtales, Guy de, 1929-1934
Przezdziecki, Henryk, 1931-1935
Rabska, Wladyslawowa, 1925
Raczkiewicz, Wladyslaw, 1941
Raczynski, Edward, 1925
Ratajski, Cyryl, 1924-1934
Rawlings, Bernard, 1925
Renie, Henriette, 1936
Reymond, Arnold, 1940
Reyntiens, Alice, n.d.
Rhode, Paul P., 1922-1929
Robinson, Mrs., 1921?
Rond, General le, 1925
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1939-1940. Includes letter relating to the Polish Red Cross in Vichy France
Rosenthal, Manzycy, 1935
Rosset, Miss, 1934
Rothermere, Lord, 1932
Rubinstein, Arthur, 1926
Ruiz, Eduardo, 1921
Rybnik (Poland). City Council, 1936
Rzeczpospolita, 1924. Correspondence regarding the financing of the newspaper. Includes a letter from Wydzial Narodowy Polski w Ameryce
Sands, Robert Cornell (Strollers University Club), 1925
Sarolea, Charles, 1933
Satterlee, Herbert and Mrs., 1921 or 1922
Sauerwein (Le Matin?), n.d.
Sawicki, Joseph F., 1923-1926
Schaad, Herman, 1929
Schaw, Henry H., 1922
Schelling, Ernest and Lucy, 1921-1940. Includes letter of Peggy Schelling
Schrembs, Joseph, 1923
Sears, Sarah, 1929. Includes a telegram also addressed to Mrs. Bradley
Seyda, Marjan, 1920
Seymour, Professor, n.d. Relates to Colonel House's papers
Sforza, Carlo, 1933
Sikorski, Wladyslaw, 1926-1941
Sinclair, Upton, 1941. Includes a reprint of an address by Sinclair, "To The Conquered Peoples of Europe"
Siwinski, G. W., 1925
Skirmunt, K., 1925-1939
Skolimowski, 1929
Skrzynski, Aleksander, n.d.
Smulski, Jan F. and Mrs., 1921?-1928
Sobanski, Wladyslaw, 1923-1940. Includes correspondence with Piotr Drzewiecki and Prince Sapieha, and memoranda on conditions in occupied Poland
Sokal, Mr. and Mrs., 1929
Southam, Herbert, n.d.
Speyer, James, 1923-1936
Sroczynski, n.d.
Stapp, Philipp B., 1926-1927
Starzynski, Stefan, 1936
Steinway family, 1924-1929. Includes correspondence with Edwin B. Orcutt
Stojowski, Mr. and Mrs., 1922-1925
Stowarzyszenie Kupcow Polskich w Stanach Zjednoczonych, 1941
Strakacz, Sylwin, 1924-1926
Stronski, Stanislaw, 1923-1924
Swiecicki, J.? A., n.d.
Szajnert, Juliusz, 1921 or 1922
Szaniawski, A. F., 1925
Szlagowski, Antoni, 1929
Szopinski, D., 1928
Szyller, Mr., 1924
Tadlewski, 1929
Tardieu, Andre, n.d.
Tavern Club (Boston), n.d.
Tedeschini, Monsignor, n.d.
Teodorowicz, Archbishop, n.d.
Times, The (Los Angeles), 1922
Titulescu, N., 1925
Tomkowski, 1941
Tremaine, Mr. (Aeolian Company), 1929
Treowen, Lord, 1925
Tucker, Mona House, 1923
Tymieniecki, Bishop, 1931
University of Glasgow (Mr. Bayne; Sir Donald MacAlister; G. Milligan), 1925-1934. Includes letter to Hugh Ryan
University of Poznan, 1936
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (Krakow) (Zdzislaw Jachimecki; Rostworowski), 1925
Urchs, Emma and Ernest, 1923-1928
Usher, Mr., 1926
Valloben? 1934
Vallotton, Henry, 1935-1940
Van der Stucken, Frank, 1928
Vanderbilt, George, Mrs., 1923
Vaulx, Foulon de, Mrs., 1924?-1926
Vaxelaire, Max, 1940
Vendome, Duchesse de, 1939
Venizelos, Eleutherios,1921-1928
Wade, H. H., 1939
Walcott, Frederick, 1928
Wander, Eugene, 1923-1925
Warszawskie Towarzystwo Muzyczne, 1894
Wedel, Baron de, 1925
Weld, George Francis, 1922
Weygand, Maxime, 1920-1940
Wiadomosci Literackie, 1935
Wieckowski, Jan, n.d.
Wieniawski, Adam, 1925
Wilcox, Captain, 1925
Wilson, Woodrow and Mrs., 1914-1924
Witkowski, Edward S., 1935-1936
Witos, Wincenty, 1936
Wojtalewicz, Reverend, 1922-1923
Wolowska, H. B., 1941
Woods, Arthur and Helen, n.d.
World, The (New York), 1923
Wroblewski, A., 1923-1924
Wurzburger, Alexander, 1924
Zaleski, August, 1939
Zamoyski, Adam, 1924-1928?
Zawadzki, Wladyslaw, 1927?
Zeissler, Fannie, 1925
Zgorzelscy, Jozef and Maria, 1935
Zjednoczenie Polskie Rzymsko Katolickie (Stanley Adamkiewicz; Stefanowicz), 1924?-1926
Zulonga, Ignacio, n.d.
Zwiazek Narodowy Polski (M. Blenski, J. Magdziarz Skarbnik, Kazimierz Zychlinski), 1921-1924
Zwiazek Ziemian Powiatu Wegrowskiego, 1929
Zychlinska, Mrs., 1934
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1910-1941
Untitled essays and notes, including on the history of Polish merchants, Polish politics, literature, and jazz, n.d. Includes dedication on funeral wreath for Mr. Venizelos. Holograph (in Polish, French, and English)
Message from Riond-Bosson, Switzerland, to Polish Americans, n.d. Typescript (in Polish)
Message from Rochester, New York, to volunteer officers and soldiers of the Polish Army in the United States, n.d. Typescript (in Polish)
Message upon the anniversary of the Wielkopolskie uprising, n.d. Typescript telegram (in Polish)
Speech, Geneva, Switzerland, n.d. Holograph (in French)
Speech honoring Jan Ciechanowski, France, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech on the occasion of the unveiling of the John Ruskin Monument, Chamonix, France, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in French and English)
Speech, Polish Sejm, n.d. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of the towns of Vevey and Morges, Switzerland, n.d. Holograph (in French)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of the town of Tolochanaz, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in French)
Speech, Venice City Hall, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in French)
Speeches upon conferring, on behalf of the President of Poland, Polish decorations on Americans and Polish Americans, Chicago and New York, n.d. Includes correspondence and lists. Holograph and typescript (in Polish and English)
"Tempo Rubato," n.d. Holograph (in English)
Message to Polish Merchants' Convention, Krakow, Poland, 1910? Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Chopin Centenary Festival, Lvov, Poland, 1910 October 23. Holograph and printed copy (in Polish) and printed copy of English translation by Laurence Alma Tadema
Speech to Polish Americans, 1915 May 27. Holograph (in Polish)
"Poland: Past and Present," speech, Polish Benefit Concert, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 February 5. Printed copy
Speech after the Act of 1916 November 5. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech upon the death of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 November 27. Printed copy (in Polish)
"Remarks on Poland," speech, Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City, 1917 May. Printed copy
Speech, Polish Army in the United States, 1917 October 6. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Liga Narodow, Geneva, Switzerland, 1919? Typescript (in French)
Speech, opening meeting of the Polish Council of Ministers, Warsaw, Poland, 1919 January 14. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, third meeting of the Polish Constituent Sejm, 1919 February 2. Typescript (in Polish)
Speeches, 10th, 18th, 40th, 81st, and 97th sessions of the Polish Sejm, 1919 March 5 - November 12. Printed copy of official record (in Polish)
Speeches, 9th session of the Council of the League of Nations, Paris, 1920 September 16-20. Printed copy of official record (in French and English)
Speeches, 11th session of the Council of the League of Nations, Paris, 1920 November 14 - December 18. Printed copy of official record (in French and English)
Speeches, 5th, 13th, 15th, and 27th plenary meetings of the League of Nations, Paris, 1920 November 17 - December 16. Typescript excerpts of minutes (in French and English)
Speech, Century Club, Boston, 1921? Holograph and typescript (in English)
Speech, Chicago, Illinois, 1922? Holograph (in Polish)
Tribute to Pope Pius XI after his accession to the pontifical throne, 1922 February 8. Typescript statement from Paso Robles to the United Press (in English)
Speech, Woodrow Wilson memorial, 1924 March? Holograph (in English)
Speech on the occasion of the transfer of Henryk Sienkiewicz's ashes to Poland, Vevey, Switzerland, 1924 October 24. Printed copy (in French)
Notes on Polish politics, 1924 November. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Poznan High School, 1924 November. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech, Poznan University, Poland, 1924 November. Holograph, typescript, and correspondence (in Polish)
Speech, reception given by President and Mrs. Cyryl Ratajski, Poznan, 1924 November. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of Poznan, Poland, 1924 November. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech, Poznan City Hall, 1924 November 24. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech at Katowice railroad station en route to Poznan, 1925. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech, League of Nations banquet, Geneva, Switzerland, 1925. Holograph (in French)
Speech, Polish delegation to the League of Nations banquet, Geneva, 1925. Holograph (in French)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1925. Holograph (in French)
Speech, London Press Club, 1925 July 13. Holograph, typescript, and correspondence (in English)
Speech, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1926. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Conseil Communal de Morges, Switzerland, 1926. Holograph and typescript (in French)
Speech, 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, Paris, 1926 July. Holograph (in English)
Message to the Polish Association in Sydney, Australia, 1927 April 15. Holograph, typescript, and correspondence (in Polish)
Speech, American Legion, 1928. Holograph and typescript (in English)
Speech commemorating Jan F. Smulski, Chicago, Illinois, 1928. Holograph and typescript (in Polish and English)
Speech, Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City, 1928 May 16. Holograph and typescript (in English)
Open letter to Senator Borah, 1931 November 30. Typescript (in English)
"Poland and Peace," speech broadcast by NBC, American Polish Chamber of Commerce, Civic Forum, and Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1932 May 18. Holograph, typescript, and printed copy (in English) and printed copy of French translation. Includes invitation from the Council on Foreign Relations
"Poland's So-Called Corridor," Foreign Affairs, 1933 April. Printed copy
Preface to Charlotte Kellogg, Mrs. Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, 1933. Holograph and correspondence with Charlotte Kellogg
Introduction to the home publication of Colonel Snively's letters to his family during World War I, 1933 November? Holograph, typescript, and correspondence with Marjorie K. Snively
Speech honoring Bishop Besson, Riond-Bosson, Switzerland, 1934 June 10. Holograph (in French)
Speech honoring the Marquis de St. Paul, French Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, 1934 August 14. Holograph (in French)
Speech honoring Anna de Noailles, Evian, France, 1935 August 25. Holograph
Statement sent to the editor of a Polish publication asking him not to make a fuss over his birthday, 1935 September 30. Typescript (in Polish)
Two essays or letters on Silesia, 1936. Holograph (one in Polish and one in English)
Essay on Polish internal politics, 1937 August 26. Typescript (in Polish)
Message from Riond-Bosson to the Polish Democratic Christian Congress and the National Workers Party, 1937 October 3. Typescript (in Polish)
The Paderewski Memoirs (with Mary Lawton), 1938. Holograph fragment and correspondence with Mary Lawton
Statement in response to Jozef Beck's speech regarding German demands, 1939. Typescript (in Polish)
Statement on Danzig, 1939 August. Typescript and correspondence with Associated Press (in French)
Message to the American people, 1939 August 30. Typescript (in English)
Message to Polish emigres in France, 1939 September. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Message to Polish Americans, 1939 September. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the Swiss people, 1939 September 23. Typescript (in French)
Message to Polish emigres in France, 1939 October 18. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Message to Wrarus Polski (Polish veterans organization), 1939 December 31. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the American people, NBC Radio, 1940 April 16. Typescript (in English and Polish)
Message to the French people, Radio Francaise, 1940 May 3. Typescript (in French and Polish)
Message to Poles in Poland, 1940 May 31. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the soldiers of the Polish Army's 2nd Division, interned in Switzerland, 1940 August 22. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the Swiss people upon departure for the United States, 1940 September 12. Typescript (in French)
Statement aboard S.S. Excambion upon arrival in New York, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in English)
Message to Polish Americans, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in Polish). Includes typescript of publication in Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Chicago, 1940 November 7
Message to the American people, 1940 November 6. Holograph and typescript (in English)
Message to the British people, Reuter's, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in English). Includes typescript of Polish translation published in Dziennik Zwiazkowy,Chicago, 1940 November 19
Radio broadcast upon his 80th birthday, asking for contributions to the Paderewski Testimonial Fund, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in English)
Discussion with Marshall E. Dimock (Immigration and Naturalization Service), CBS Radio, 1940 December 8. Typescript (in English)
Message to Polish Americans, 1940 December 25 (first page missing). Typescript (in Polish)
Message to veterans of the Polish Army in the United States, 1941 March 28. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to be read by Sylwin Strakacz, Zjazd Homiletyczny, Detroit, Michigan, 1941 April 21. Typescript (in Polish)
Speech, Polish Veterans Association Convention, Oak Ridge, New Jersey, 1941 June 22. Typescript (in Polish)
SUBJECT FILE, 1687-1948
Gdansk. Curicken, Rheinhold, Beschreibung der Stadt Danzig, 1687. Contains annotations through 1842 by subsequent mayors of Danzig
Jakobkiewicz, Joseph. Paderewski's letter of recommendation, 1921
Kazimierz III, King of Poland, 1310-1390. Vatican certificate authenticating bones of Casimir the Great, 1905 (in Latin)
Korfanty, Wojciech. Printed eulogy by Izydor Modelski and J. Malinowski, 1939
Kwapiszewski, Michal. Paderewski's letter of recommendation, 1935
Modjeska, Helena
Drawings of stage costumes for Modjeska by W. T. Benda, annotated by Modjeska, 1899
Bound notebook containing text of Acts III and IV of Adrienne Lecouvreur in Modjeska's handwriting, n.d.
Miscellany holograph items and clippings, 1871-1890?
Noailles, Anna de. Correspondence of Paderewski with various relatives of the Countess, including Constantin Bracoveanu, and others relating to the commemorative ceremony in Evian, 1935; with the Syndic of Vevey relating to another commemorative ceremony, 1936; and with the Societe des Amis et Admirateurs d'Anna de Noailles, 1935
Paderewski Testimonial Fund. Newsletters, press releases, and correspondence, including between Paderewski and Charlotte Kellogg, 1940-1941. Includes correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Polish Falcons of America, and Rada Polonii Amerykanskiej
Prisoners of war - Poland. Correspondence of Paderewski with Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland, and with General Prugar-Kettling, General Henri Guisan, and Colonel Henry Vallotton, 1940
Pro Polonia. Newsletters and appeal, 1939-1942 (in French); and correspondence of Paderewski regarding contributions, including with Mrs. Foch, 1939-1940. Includes appeal by Aide Suisse aux Prisonniers de Guerre Polonais
Rada Polonii Amerykanskiej. Correspondence of Paderewski, including with Francis X. Swietlik, 1940-1941; letter from Maurice Pate to Swietlik, 1941; and diplomatic correspondence, 1941 (in Polish)
Sikorski, Wladyslaw. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes, speeches, 1940-1941 (in English and Polish). Includes transcript of discussion with Sumner Welles
Strakacz, Sylwin. Correspondence
General, 1941-1948
Sikorski, Wladyslaw, 1936-1939. Includes a letter from Strakacz to Marshal Gamelin
Tadema, Laurence Alma. Letters to Antonina Wilkonska, 1926-1939
United States - Foreign relations - Poland. Radiogram from Robert Lansing to Paderewski communicating de iure recognition of Poland by the United States, 1919 January 26; and holograph letter from Paderewski to Lansing, n.d.
PRINTED MATTER, 1922-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Undated
1922-1940
1941
1942-1947
1948
1949-1966
OVERSIZE MATERIAL, 1917.
Charcoal drawing of Paderewski's head and shoulders by W. T. Benda
MEMORABILIA, n.d.
cabinet
Bust of Paderewski, and paperweight with his head in relief
PHOTOGRAPHS, 1923-1945?
One album containing 83 prints and 4 postcards depicting Paderewski at various events and others, including Mr. and Mrs. Bagniewski, Jan Ciechanowski, King George VI, Mr. and Mrs. Gutowski, Monsignor Kaczynski, I. Kollupajlo-La Grange, Tommy Majewski, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Lily Pons, Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Eleanor Roosevelt, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Minister Stanczyk, Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, Aniela Strakacz, Sylwin Strakacz, Tadeusz Styka, Francis X. Swietlik, A. Syski, Antonina Wilkonska, Mr. and Mrs. Witkowski, and Adam Zamoyski, 1923-1941, and scenes from his funeral at Arlington Cemetery, 1941 July 6. Includes prints depicting busts of Paderewski by Malvina Hoffman and N. Tregor
1 print depicting a portrait of Paderewski by Tadeusz Styka, 1939; 1 print depicting Paderewski with Wladyslaw Sikorski, 1941; 1 print and 2 postcards depicting lodgings of Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland during World War II, with Paderewski's portrait hung on the walls; and 2 miscellany prints, n.d.
30 prints depicting atrocities committed in Poland during World War II; 6 prints depicting Polish children being fed by the Commission for Polish Relief, Winter 1940-1941; 2 prints depicting Polish soldiers, including one being decorated by General Sikorski with the Virtuti Militari order, n.d.