Scope and Contents Contains several bound and unbound folders of legal documents pertaining to Joanna Wojciechowicz and her family members. Many documents pertain to her involvement in the Solidarity movement including her conviction for involvement in anti-Communist demonstrations and the warrant for her arrest and internment. Other documents of note include a letter awarding Wojciechowicz the Cross of Freedom and Solidarity, a record of her completion of studies from Politechnika in Gdansk, and copies of her...

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Contains materials relating to the production of Women in Solidarity and Solidarity, documentaries which Joanna Wojciechowicz had a hand in creating. These materials include transcripts for the documentary, a promo interview transcript with Joanna Wojciechowicz, letters to potential donors, and a mono audio recording of Women in Solidarity. Series also contains folders of documents connecting to the documentary. Dates range from 1988 to 2000.

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Research, drafts, and manuscript materials for the book, "A Field of Buttercups," which novelizes the history of Janusz Korczak and his Jewish orphanage in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II. Includes maps, transcripts of a diary, scripts and screenplays, a book on Korczak, reviews of "Field of Buttercups," transcribed clippings, and interview notes, dated 1939-1980.

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Contains twenty photographs and postcards of the Explorer II balloon, launched in November 1935 and captained by Ruth Stevens husband, A. W. Stevens. Also contains four photographs of an unidentified balloon launch.

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Contains seventy-six postcards collected by Ruth Stevens while she and her husband were visiting Poland in August, 1939. The postcards depict the Tatra Mountains, a number of famous landmarks in Krakow and Warsaw, and the artwork of polish painters, especially Zofia Stryjenska.

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Contains a photocopy of a program for Ruth Stevens's funeral in October 1990 as well as photocopy of her obituary from the Daily Herald. Also includes a photocopy of a letter from Richard H. Cracroft to Ruth Stevens concerning a draft of her biography of A. W. Stevens, "My Husband, the Astronaut".

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Contains twenty photographs of Ruth Stevens, her husband A. W. Stevens, and their friends in the late 1930s and 1940s.

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Contains twenty-nine photographs taken by Ruth Stevens while she was in Poland with her husband, A. W. Stevens, in August of 1939.

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Contains photographs of preparations for the Explorer II balloon flight in November 1935. This collection also includes photographs and postcards collected during the week that Ruth and Albert Stevens were in Poland in 1939. There is also a letter to Ruth Stevens from Richard H. Cracroft that he wrote after he read her manuscript for her husband's biography, and a copy of an obituary and funeral program for Ruth Stevens.

Scope and Contents Contains materials compiled by Joanna Wojciechowicz on the subject of the Solidarity movement in Poland. Wojciechowicz was an involved participant in the Solidarity movement and these documents reflect her familiarity with leaders of the organization, Communist punishment for being involved in this movement, and the eventual impact that Solidarity was able to have. The collection includes documents such as laser printouts of photographs, newspaper articles, correspondence, DVDs, and personal...