This article presents the historic borders of Poland in British publications. Errors or short comings in developing maps have led to a false image of Polish geography throughout - history. The author provides selected negative and positive examples in the specication and drawing of maps
The rst part of the article presents a short biography of Zdzisław Jagodziński. The sec ond part briefly describes his archive in Polish Library POSK in London. Further, it - presents archival materials concerning PUNO stored in the abovementioned library and quotes sources conrming Jagodziński’s relations to PUNO and scholars
This article presents a short biography of Marian Jachimowicz (1906–1999) and his archive. Marian Jachimowicz was trained in preparing zoological specimens. He was also a poet, a translator and a painter. He was a man of distinction and a talented writer. This article details the life of Jachimowicz, his childhood and professional life. It also discusses his important archive, which was divided between two institutions: Ossolineum in Wrocław and the „Biblioteka pod Atlantami” (Library under the Atlantids) in Wałbrzych. Jachimowicz was an expert in Polish and Hungarian literature. He lived in Budapest, Borysław and in Wałbrzych in Lower Silesia. His manuscript collection includes photographs, documents and letters, which are stored in the Ossolineum archive and the Wałbrzych Library permanent exhibition. He was honoured with several awards for his cultural achievements. The author describes important photographs of Marian Jachimowicz at the end of this article. He also draws attention to Jachimowicz’s friends: Bruno Schulz and Julian Przyboś.
The author of this article presents a short biography of Zdzisław Broncel (1909–1998), who was a journalist, an editor, a writer and a literary critic. e author presents also the wife of Zdzisław – Hanna Broncel (1912–2004) and founded The Hanna and Zdzislaw Broncel Trust when they passed away. Finally the last part of this article presents manuscripts sources for the Zdzisław Broncel biography.
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