Polish studies, 1948-91

Containers:

Box 7-11

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

The papers in this series relate to contemporary social and political life in Poland, Polish migration abroad and to Poles in Australia. The series includes correspondence with Polish academics and personal friends, 1955-85; correspondence and other papers relating to the Polish University Abroad (London), 1950-90; typescript drafts and correspondence re Zubrzycki's book Polish immigrants in Britain (The Hague, 1956); typescript drafts of articles on Poland and eastern Europe for Current Affairs Bulletin with correspondence, 1956-64; correspondence with the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, 1965-85 correspondence with Lech Paszkowski, 1957-91; and papers relating to: the help Poland Live Appeal, 1981-83; Australian National University lectures and conferences on Poland, 1982-83; the Polish hunger strike in Canberra, 1984; the Macquarie University Polish Studies Foundation, 1984-91; the Polish Rural Foundation, 1985-87; Polish people and culture in Australia edited by Roland Sussex and J. Zubrzycki, 1985; Soldiers and peasants: the sociology of Polish migration by J. Zubrzycki (London, 1988); the Polcul Foundation (Sydney), 1985-90; and the Australian Solidarity With Poland Fund, 1989-91

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were either donated to the Library (under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme) by Zubrzycki or purchased from him in several instalments between 1993 and 1999. The initial consignment of records was received by the Library in January 1982 and has been added to several times since this date most recently in 1999.

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