Overview
- Description
- Reports, correspondence, circulars and statistics relating to immigration of Poles and to Polish national minorities, mainly immigration of Jews to the United States.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate in Buffalo
- Date
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inclusive:
1921-1930
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Poland. Konsulat (Buffalo, NY)
- Biography
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The Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Buffalo was a Polish consular office operating in the interwar period in Buffalo. The office was established in Buffalo in 1920 in the rank of Vice-Consul of the Republic of Poland, the office was subsequently elevated to the Consulate, and was acted until 1932.
Physical Details
- Extent
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77 digital images : PDF ; 73. 0 MB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in four series: 1. Reports on Polish immigration to the United States, 1927, 1928 [File 57]; 2. Reports and correspondence relating to social life and organizational structure of local emigration, 1923-1924, 1930 [File 58]; 3. Statistics of emigration from Poland, and emigration in Buffalo, 1923, 1929 [File 63]; 4. Statements of the Polish Embassy in Washington, consulate reports, correspondence, press releases: Minorities in Poland and related issues abroad, Jews in the United States, 1921, 1926, 1928 [File 194].
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- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under his control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--United States. Polish people--United States--History--20th century. Polish people--Foreign countries--Politics and government--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History--20th century. Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History--20th century. Emigration and immigration law--United States--History--20th century. Diplomatic and consular service
- Geographic Name
- United States--Politics and government--History--20th century. Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Poland--Relations--United States. Poland United States Buffalo (N.Y.)
- Corporate Name
- Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn.491. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:45:39
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