Overview
- Description
- Memories, documents, publications, clippings, evacuation cards, certificates, ID cards, announcements, photographs, postcards, and other documents sent by readers for the competition to the newspaper "Kurier Polski" after WWII. Includes documents related to land reform, contingents, a map of the so-called Recovered Territories, and book ordinances of the City Board in Biskupiec.
- Alternate Title
- Collection of materials from the "Kurier Polski" Editorial Board: Competition "This is how People's Poland began"
- Date
-
inclusive:
1969-1970
- Collection Creator
- Kurier Polski
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Announcements. Certificates. Maps. Memories. Ordinances. Photographs. Postcards. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Extent
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1,459 digital images : PDF.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged by 88 files of materials sent by individual contestants. Organized in alphabetical order by last names of contestants.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.572. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 22:01:50
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