[LONDON GOVERNMENT]. A collection of memorabilia, photographs, letters, related to the headquarters of the Polish government in exile at 43 Eaton Place, London

[LONDON GOVERNMENT]. A set of memorabilia, photographs, letters, related to the headquarters of the Polish government in exile at 43 Eaton Place in London. They come from a donation made before her death by Ewelina Zaleska, wife of August Zaleski (President of the Polish government in exile from 1947-1972) to Maria Stroud (a staff member at the headquarters of the Polish government in exile in London during the presidency of Edward Raczynski). The set includes:

1) Edward Raczynski'sautograph, folded in blank on a print of the thanks of the President of the Republic, ca. 1980; part-b. print on stiff paper, embossed image of the white eagle in the crown at the top, condition bdb.; dimensions: 150x100 mm.

Edward Bernard Raczynski (1891-1993) - Polish diplomat, politician and writer, president of the Polish Republic in exile from 1979 to 1986. He came from a family of prominent landowners of Greater Poland. From 1919 an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he was at diplomatic missions in Copenhagen, London and Geneva. From 1932, he represented the Republic of Poland as a permanent delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva, then ambassador of the Republic of Poland in London, and from 1941 to 1943 as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Co-organizer and member of the Council of Three.

2) Offering catalog, showing the seat of the Polish government-in-exile in London - the mansion at 43 Eaton Place (now in private hands), 28 May 2000; includes a detailed description of the mansion and color. Photographs depicting its interiors; 8 nlb. st. (including two fold-outs), softcover; format: 4o.

3) 4 color photos depicting Maria Stroud, of Polish descent, acting as administrator of the building, in the interiors of the seat of the government-in-exile, 1980s; st. bdb., on one of the photos the sticker is partially torn off; photo dimensions: 131x88 mm.

4) Correspondence of Maria Stroud - list of contact numbers for ministers of the government in exile at Christmas, no date (period of Kazimierz Sabbat's third government, 1979-1983).

The phone numbers of the following are listed: Kazimierz Sabbat (Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs), Bohdan Wendorff (Undersecretary of State), Mieczyslaw Skowronski-Sas (Minister of Exile Affairs), Stanislaw Borczyk (Minister of Treasury), Boleslaw Dziedzic (Minister of Justice), Lt. Col. Roman Czerniawski (Minister), Edward Szczepanik (Minister of Domestic Affairs), Tadeusz Lasko (Undersecretary of State), Maj. Gen. Maksymilian Lorenz (undersecretary of state), Przebój-Stawicki; single-sided manuscript, st. bdb., edge folds, soiling; sheet dimensions: 203x329 mm.

5) Correspondence of Maria Stroud - list of contact numbers (private numbers) to ministers of the government in exile during the Christmas holidays, dated 23 December 1981.

Telephone numbers given to the following: Lt. Col. Roman Czerniawski (Minister), Tadeusz Lasko (Undersecretary of State), Edward Szczepanik (Minister of Domestic Affairs), Aleksander Snastin (Deputy Minister), Bohdan Wendorff (Undersecretary of State), Stanislaw Borczyk (Minister of Treasury), Brig. Gen. Jan Zygmunt Berek (Minister of Military Affairs), Kazimierz Sabbat (Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs); one-sided manuscript, st. bdb, edge folds, traces of folding; sheet dimensions: 203x329 mm;

6) Christmas and New Year greeting card on the centenary of Jozef Pilsudski's birth - on the card a reproduction of an autographed photograph of the Marshal, 1967; Polish and English; st. db., folds; dimensions: 112x151 mm.

7) color. photo, probably depicting Maria Stroud's son, who, disregarding the solemnity of his location, rode his bicycle into the institution's grounds; pre-1990; on verso, handwritten, humorous note; st. db.; dimensions: 101x149 mm.