Manfred Kridl Papers, 1925-1974

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Kridl
Bib ID:
4077720 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Kridl, Manfred, 1882-1957; Kalecki, Oskar, 1891-1973; Jakobson, Roman, 1896-1982; Kohn, Hans, 1891-1971; Miłosz, Czesław, 1911-; Lechoń, Jan, 1899-1956; Wittlin, Józef, 1896-1976; Znaniecki, Florian, 1882-1958; Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972; Slonimski, Antoni, 1895-1976; Wierzyński, Kazimierz, 1894-1969
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
5000 items (30 boxes; 1 folder of negatives on glass plates)
Language(s):
Polish .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Permission of donor's family required to use. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

These papers, which concern mostly Kridl's years in the United States, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Among the correspondents are Oskar Kalecki, Roman Jakobson, Hans Kohn, Czesław Miłosz, Leszak Serafinowicz (Jan Lechoʹn), Kazimierz Wierzyʹnski, Jʹosef Wittlin, and Florian Zaniecki; there are one or two items each from Vladimir Nabokov, Harlow Shapley, and Antoni Slonimski. The manuscripts include lectures and articles by Kridl; there are also personal and family documents. There are about 100 photographs from Warsaw during the 1944 uprising and immediately after World War II. Printed materials include copies of books by Kridl.

Arrangement

Material is arranged into eight series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Permission of donor's family required to use. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Elizabeth K. Valkenier. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1979.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1979.

Papers Processed 06/--/79.

Papers Revised 01/--/80.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Polish literary historian. Kridl taught at the universities of Brussels and Wilno (Vilnius) in the 1920s and 1930s. He came to the United States in 1940, and taught at Smith College in 1940-1948. In 1948-1955 he was Adam Mickiewicz Professor of Polish Studies at Columbia University. He was the author or editor of numerous works on Polish literary history.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Articles CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lectures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letters (correspondence) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Poland -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Polish literature -- Foreign countries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID