Halecki Oskar Papers, (1832) 1894-1973 (1976)

Oskar Halecki (1891-1973) was a world class scholar – historian, one of Poland's famous historians and scholars, a great authority on Jagiellonian Era, on Lithuania history in Eastern Europe and on Byzantine history. Between1919-1939 Professor at the University of Warsaw, 1930-1939 chairman Polish Heraldic Society; Catholic activist. He was an Expert of the Polish Delegation at the Peace Conference in Paris (1918-1919), Member of League of Nations Secretariate (1921-1924), Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cracow, 1944 – 1961 Professor at Fordham University in New York and Adjunct Professor of History at Columbia University,and also Visiting Professor in Rome, Montreal and Berkeley. Oskar Halecki was one of the founders of Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America in 1942 and the first Executive Director of the PIASA from 1942 and its President (1952-1964).

Arrangement in Series:Personal Papers; Publications; Research Notes and Materials.

The collection contains private and official correspondence of Oskar and Helena Halecki (eg. with Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski - Archibishop of Poland, with Ignacy J. Paderewski – pianist, composer and statesman, with general Wladyslaw Anders). There are also biographical data of Halecki and Szarlowski Families and photographs from official meetings and public lectures. The collection contains also manuscripts and copies of articles, books by Oskar Halecki and many notes on Polish-Lithuanian relations in 14th and 15th century, Crusade of Varna (1444) and Polish Queen St. Jadwiga d'Anjou.

Acquisition Note: Gift of Tadeusz Gromada, 1999, 2004. 
Language: English, Polish, French, German, Latin. 
Dimensions: 14 storage boxes, 96 folders; 4 ft. = 1,2 m
Local system # 050
Finding Aids: Collection inventory, database description, folder level control. 

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