Overview
Papers of Wacław Grubiński, the Polish writer, playwright, and theater critic.
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1972
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in Polish, English, and Russian.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
1.5 linear feet (1 box)Includes Wacław Grubiński's correspondence with family members, colleagues, political activists, and Aleksander Janta (donor). Correspondents include: Mieczysław Grydzewski, Adam Grzymała-Siedlecki, Julian Krzyżanowski, Antoni Pająk, August Zaleski, and others. Also with a few third party letters, especially between Janta and others concerning Grubiński. Compositions includes autograph manuscripts of Grubiński's journals from 1962-1971, and typescripts of his memoir, Miedzy młotem a sierpem = Between hammer and sickle and his play, Kochankowie = Lovers, among others. Also included are printed articles and clippings saved by WG and a few photographs.
Biographical / Historical
Wacław Grubiński, Polish short-story writer, novelist, playwright of the "Warsaw School," and theater critic, was born in Warsaw in 1883 and died in London in 1973. He wrote narrative prose such as Pocalunek (The kiss, 1906), Czlowiek z klarnetem (Man with a clarinet, 1927), and Listy pogańskie (Pagan letters, 1938); produced and published over 10 one-act and full-length plays such as, Kochankowie (Lovers, 1915), and Niewinna grzesznica (The innocent sinner, 1926); and also wrote his memoirs about his deportation to the Soviet Union during World War II and his condemnation to death (later commuted to 10 years of imprisonment) for publishing a comedy about Lenin in 1921Miedzy młotem a sierpem (Between Hammer and Sickle, 1947).
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Correspondence
- II. Compositions by Wacław Grubiński
- III. Other materials
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
94M-43. Bequest of Professor Aleksander Janta; received after: 1974.
Separated Materials
The other papers received in the Aleksander Janta bequest have been cataloged into separate finding aids as:
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for additional information.
Processing Information
Processed by: Gwido Zlatkes, with assistance from Bonnie B. Salt.
See curatorial file for additional detailed lists of these materials prepared by Gwido Zlatkes, but not used in this finding aid.
- Title
- Grubiński, Wacław. Wacław Grubiński papers, 1915-1972: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01945
Repository Details
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