This collection is located on-site.
This collection includes a note, in Bilinski's hand, dated 1919; an undated invitation to Bilinski from Sir Percy Wyndham of the British Legation in Warsaw; and an announcement of the death of Bilinski's wife, Jozefa, in 1920.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Leon Bilinski Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Materials found in Leon Bilisnski's "Wspomnienia i dokumenty," Warszawa : F. Hoesick, 1924-1925, in general book collection (943.6 B49 https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/1817453?counter=1).
Papers: Date of acquisition--1980.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers Accessioned 1980.
Papers Processed 10/--/80.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection (cataloged0.
2020-02-26 PDF removed. jg
2021-07-26 authorities revised, notes revised and expanded, bio note added. ksd
Leon Bilinski (1846-1923), Polish-Austrian statesman of the Bilinski family. Had several important political functions in the Habsburg Monarchy and independent Poland: he was President of Austrian State Railways (1893-1895), Minister of Finance of Austria (1895–97, 1909–11) and Minister of Finance of Austria-Hungary (1912-1915), Governor of the Austrian-Hungarian Bank (1900-1909), Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912−1915), Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland (1919), president of the Supreme National Committee (1914−1917) and Governor of Galicia (1895−1897)