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The papers include a long letter by Anna Staniewska discussing Maciej Słomczyński's Polish translations of Shakespeare, with related correspondence of Czesław Miłosz. There is correspondence, and a manuscript by Valkenier concerning the 1961 publication in the Polish emigre press of Russian underground authors I. Ivanov and Abram Tertz. The extensive subject files are primarily concerned with 20th century Polish history, historiography and the Solidarity movement. There is a section on the 1959 U.S. Exhibit in Moscow and a number of Polish theatrical posters. Most of the books are in Polish and concern Polish history and historiography.

Polish dissident press printed materials (pamphlets, fliers, leaflets, newspapers, periodicals, posters and various ephemera) from 1976-1982. Materials in the first nine boxes were used in the preparation of "Polish Dissident Thinking: An Annotated Bibliography" edited by Jane L. Curry and J. Preibisz, covering 1976-1982.