A collection of documents related to the diplomatic activities of Ignacy Skrzynski, Polish diplomat, contract worker and later honorary counselor at the Polish Embassy in Paris [autographs by Józef Beck, Marian Seyda, Oskar Halecki].

A collection of documents related to the diplomatic activities of Ignacy Skrzynski, Polish diplomat, contract worker and later honorary counselor at the Polish Embassy in Paris [autographs by Jozef Beck, Marian Seyda, Oskar Halecki].

Ignacy Skrzynski was the grandson of Ignacy, a member of the Galician National Sejm. He was born into the landed gentry family of Zdzislaw and Celina Celestyna Seweryna, née hr. Dunin-Borkowski, h.h. Swan (1853-1934). He had a brother Wladyslaw (born 1873), ambassador of the Second Republic to the Vatican in 1921-1937.

General condition of documents: -good / + sufficient. Traces of folding, rust spots here and there, tears.

The collection contains the following documents in chronological order:

Letter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Legal and Administrative Department. Presidential Department. Date. Warsaw, May 19, 1919. Content: [...] I appoint you as of May 19, 1919. Secretary second class of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]. Signed in place of the Minister, I. J. Paderewski. Dimension 31 x 21 cm.

Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Date. Warsaw, dn. 30 May 1919. [To Mr. Ignacy Skrzyński. I notify you that by decree dated May 24, 1919. Mr. Chief of State has appointed you to the post of 2nd class secretary to the Polish Republic's envoy to the Holy See. Signed in lieu: Minister of Foreign Affairs, autograph, stamp. Dimensions 37 x 23.3 cm.

Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Date. Warsaw, dn. 30 May 1921. Applies to: Provisional Assignment to the Post of the Republic of Poland to the Holy See as Legation Secretary, Second Class. Signed: To the Minister Director of the Department, autograph. Dimensions 36 x 23 cm.

Letter from the Vatican Secretary to I. Skrzynski, informing of a private audience with the Pope (Benedict XV). Date. Vatican City, June 3, 1921; autograph: Giuseppe ? Dimension 33 x 23 cm.

Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Warsaw April 19, 1923. Assignment of I. Skrzyński to the R. P. post in London as of May 1, 1923. Signed by the Undersecretary of State. Typescript on Ministry stationery. Dat. Warsaw 19 IV 1923. 1 p. Dimensions 35.5 x 22 cm.

Letter signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marian Seyda (1879-1967). Dated. Warsaw, dd. October 27, 1923. Dismissal from post in view of downsizing. Signed: Minister of Foreign Affairs, autograph. Dimensions 35.5 x 22 cm.
Marian Seyda (1879-1967) Polish politician, historian, journalist and publicist associated with the national movement, in the Second Republic member of the Legislative Sejm and of the first term, senator of the second and third terms, member of the Committee of Ministers for National Affairs on behalf of the National Party from November 8, 1939.

Letter from the Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dat. Warsaw 30. X. 1923. refusal to leave for a diplomatic post in Brussels. Typescript 1 p. Dimension 22 x 14.3 cm.

Agreement between Mr. Alfred Chłapowski, Ambassador of the R. P. in Paris acting on behalf of the Embassy of the R. P. in Paris, and Mr. Ignacy Skrzyński regarding the service relationship...]. Signature of Alfred Chłapowski and Ignacy Skrzyński. Date. Paris, dn. April 15, 1925. p. 4. Dimension 31 x 21 cm.

Second, expanded piece of the agreement between Mr. Alfred Chłapowski, Ambassador of the R. P. in Paris acting on behalf of the R. P. Embassy in Paris, and Mr. Ignacy Skrzyński on the official relationship...]. Signature of Alfred Chłapowski and Ignacy Skrzyński. Date. Paris, dn. April 15, 1925, on the adjacent sheet another extension of the contract until 1929. P. 6. Dimension 31 x 21 cm.

[Autograph of Minister Jozef Beck] Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Diploma for the Bronze Medal for long service. [On the basis of the law of January 8, 1938...grants to Mr. Ignacy Skrzynski...a bronze medal for long service. Dat. Warsaw on April 1, 1938 In p. d. autograph handwritten signature of Jozef Beck - then Minister of Foreign Affairs. Printed 1 p. Dimensions 29.5 x 21 cm.
Jozef Beck (1894-1944) - Polish politician, diplomat, close associate of Jozef Pilsudski, a certified colonel of artillery of the Polish Army, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1933 to 1939.

Letter of recommendation from the French Embassy to I. Skrzynski as honorary attaché of the Polish Embassy in Paris. Rome, October 21, 1938. Dimension 32 x 22 cm.

HALECKI Oskar (1891-1973) - Handwritten letter to Ignacy Skrzynski. [Inc.: Highly esteemed Mr. Counsellor...] Dat. Les Sables-d'Olonne, 25/XII 39. 1 p. Dimensions 24 x 16 cm.
Oskar Halecki (1891-1973) - Polish historian, medievalist, Byzantinologist, professor at Warsaw University and foreign universities, member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, emigration activist, member of the Cracow Circle of the Historical Society.

Certificate of the Polish Embassy in Paris, certifying that Count Ignacy Skrzynski arrived in France on November 25, 1925 and settled in Paris, where he remained continuously as Honorary Counselor to the Polish Embassy. It also certifies his residence in Boulogne sur Seine. Dat. Vichy, September 1940. Signed: Charge D,Affaires Wieslaw Dabrowski.

Letter from Organisation Internationale Pour Les Refugies O. I. R. regarding Ignacy Skrzynski with instructions to assist in obtaining a travel document, in the absence of a national passport by the subject. Signed by the official M. Donzeau. Document dated. Paris, August 17, 1950. dimensions 27 x 21 cm. Also attached is a certificate of the same date. Typescript 1 pp.