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General Biographical Sources for Poland
This section was prepared by Barbara Bulat, a reference librarian at the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow, Poland. Throughout the text abbreviation OIN refers to Oddzial Informacji Naukowej of the Jagiellonian Library, Krakow. Polish
Memoir Literature | War Casualities |
Cemetery Sources and Necrologies General Biographical
Sources Return to Table of Contents | Return to Expanded Table of Contents Guides to Biographical Literature Slowniki biograficzne,
spisy osobowe, herbarze, wydawnictwa genealogiczne. This selected list of 44 general biographical dictionaries, lists of persons, and 14 genealogical publications, includes monographic and serial titles, works published within journals, and even unpublished works. The works listed are described as to their content, organization, its reviews. Biographical dictionaries, lists of persons, and works containing bios of persons from particular fields of endeavor, are classified within sections devoted to each field.
Slowniki
biograficzne polskie. The section gives a brief description of the most essential works.
Brzezinska, Leokadia. Slowniki biograficzne. Informator Bibliotekarza i Ksiegarza, 1970, pp. 162-172. This is a selective list of biographical dictionaries, published in monographic form in the years 1956-1968. Included are mostly dictionaries of a more general character, with particular emphasis on literary and regional ones. Omitted from the list are highly specialized dictionaries, general encyclopedias, and essay-like works.
Wasiak,
Julia. Materialy do badan biograficznych w Archiwum Panstwowym w Lodzi. Rocznik
Lodzki, t. 21: 1976, pp. 211-223. The article provides a general description of materials avaialable in the museum.
Polish Memoir Literature | War Casualities | Cemetery Sources and Necrologies General Biographical
Sources Return to Table of Contents | Return to Expanded Table of Contents Lists of Biographical Materials in Polish Bibliographies of Bibliograpies Hahn,
Wiktor. Bibliografia bibliografij polskich do roku 1950. Dzial trzeci: Bibliografie specjalne. Rozdzial XXV: Osoby. 1. Bibliografie i biografie zbiorowe; 2. Kobiety (pp. 476-482). Listed are general biographical publications which list Poles, sources focusing on particular families, heraldry books, works focusing on women. Included are works published up to 1950 as monographs, and articles. Cross-referencing to other chapters in the "Bibliograpy" are provided.
Sawoniak,
Henryk. Bibliografia bibliografii polskich 1951-1960. The part "Grupy osob" notes publications containing biographical material regarding groups of persons, while the part "Poszczegolne osoby" registers various types of bibliographies on particular persons (not necessarily Polish). Included are monographs and journal articles published in years 1951-1960. Most of the entries are annotated. Cross-referencing to other parts of the "Bibliography" is provided.
Bienkowa,
Maria Barbara. Eychlerowa, Barbara. Bibliografia bibliografii polskich 1961-1970.
Warszawa: Biblioteka Narodowa, 1992. The chapter "Zespoly osob" lists publications containing biographical materials regarding groups of persons, while the part "Poszczegolne osoby" registers bibliographies devoted to single persons (not only Polish). Included are monographs and articles published in the years 1951-1960. Most entries are annotated. There is cross-referencing to other parts of the work.
Bibliografia
Bibliografii i Nauki o Ksiazce.
This serial publication lists biographical materials regarding groups and individual persons, not only of Polish origin. Included are books as well as articles; most of the entries are annotated. Cross-referencing to other sections of the publication are provided.
Wykaz
polskich bibliografii nie opublikowanych (planowanych, opracowywanych i ukonczonych).
Dzial V: Bibliografie osobowe. Zespoly osobowe. Osoby (pp. 147-193). This section includes planned bibliographic lists, bibliographic works in progress, or unpublished (existing only in paper or electronic manuscript form). Listed are bibliographies of groups and single persons (even those included in MA theses). The material for the bibliography was verified via a questionnaire sent out towards the end of 1994 to approx. 800 libraries and other institutions, as well as private persons. The bibliography is also available online. URL: http://193.59.172.222/cgi-bin/makwww.exe?Bm=14
Polish Memoir Literature | War Casualities | Cemetery Sources and Necrologies General Biographical
Sources Return to Table of Contents | Return to Expanded Table of Contents Historical Bibliographies Containing Biographical Material Bibliografia
historii Polski. T. 1: do roku 1795. Cz 1.: do roku 1454. Dzial ogolny. A: Bibliografie i informatory. V: Slowniki. 2. Slowniki biograficzne polskie (pp. 53-56). A selected list of 42 biographical dictionaries published up to 1960, which deal with the period up to 1944.
Bibliografia
historii Polski. T. 3: 1918-1945. Cz. 1. Okres 1918-1939. A: Dzial ogolny. III: Slowniki biograficzne (p. 22) A selection of 10 items published up to 1965, covering the years 1918-1945.
Bibliografia
historii polskiej za rok… Beginning with volume for year 1976-dzial C: Historia Polski. I: Ogolne. 4: Biografie (a. ogolne, b. poszczegolne) The work registers monographic and publications and serial titles, published in Poland or abroad, which contain biographical information on Poles. Included are biographies of groups and individuals of different historical periods, professions, regions. Some of the descriptions are annotated.
Bibliografia
historii Polski XIX wieku. I: 1815-1831.
The
section contains memoirs, correspondence, descriptions of travel from the years
1815-1831, and biographies of persons whose activity falls in those years. Included
are monographs and articles, published up to 1955 inclusively. Materials concerning
strictly the period of the November uprising, as well as memoirs devoted to special
themes (such as social life and customs), were placed in separate sections.
Bibliografia
historii Polski XIX wieku. II: 1832-1864. Czesc I. Dzial 1: Materialy ogolne. Rozdzial IV: Pamietniki, korespondencje, zyciorysy. 1: Materialy biograficzne zbiorowe; 2: Materialy dotyczace poszczegolnych osob; 3: Wspomnienia anonimowe. (pp. 101-376). The chapter includes books, articles and chapters, published from 1832 until 1965 inclusively. Subchapter 1 contains alphabetically arranged collections of biographies, biographical dictionaries from Poland and other countries which contain polonica. Items covered in volume I of "Bibliografia historii Polski XIX wieku". Subchapter 2 contains material arranged alphabetically by name. Each entry contains bibliographies, then memoirs and correspondence, and finally biographical works on the particular person. Within the above division the order is chronological, by year of publication. Items included in "Bibliografia historii Polski XIX wieku" are not repeated. In the case, when the biographical material regarding a person was exhausted in volume I, there is no entry for that person in volume II at all. On the other hand, when only a part of the material on a person has been presented in volume I, in volume II p. 1 includes the continuation, as well as a cross reference to the entry in vol. I. Memoirs and biographies which center for the most part around political events, and social, cultural, or religious issues were placed in separate thematic sections.
Polish
Biographical Archive = Polskie Archivum Biograficznem + Series Two. As with the other K.G. Saur biographical archives on microfiche, they have copied the entries from biographical reference books and cumulated all of the entries for one individual together. Thus, the entries are replicas of the original source with a citation to the original source at the head of each entry. This source is valuable because it eliminates checking numerous books for information and also provides access to sources that the Uof I Library may not own. The Polish biographical archive and its second series contain entries for thousands of individuals from 304 sources published between the 18th and 20th centuries. Entries include individuals living in the territory that was called Poland at any time in her history. Depending on the original sources, the entries may or may not have bibliographical references and may appear in languages other than Polish. Beware that sometimes the entries for different people with the same name may be conflated. The K.G. Saur web site provides a list of the 304 sources covered in the archive in case you want to see the range of biographical resources in this area. This list is also available on microfiche at the beginning of the set. On the Saur website you can search the World biographical index for free, however the entries contain only brief biographical data, not the actual entries that are on the microfiche. The results of the search will tell you which sets contain entries for the individual and from which reference books they were taken. The contents of the second Polish series are not yet available through the World biographical index, but according to the publisher they will be added in 2004. Beware: Although this archive is a valuable resource, do not be deceived into thinking that use of this source is will cover all bases. It is impossible to include all of the biographical resources that exist. If you rely on the Archive alone, you will miss some potentially useful material. Follow the link for two entries for Arkadiusz Mucharski, a Polish illustrator, from two different sources as they appear on the microfiche.
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