Tomasz Czarnota, Problem granic zespołu w archiwach osobistych z perspektywy ich twórców - przypadek archiwaliów Jerzego Giedroycia, w: Archeion, T. 117, wyd. NDAP, Warszawa 2016, ss. 248-270

Tomasz Czarnota, The issue of Personal Archival Resource Boundaries from the Point of View

of Resource Creators — the Case of Jerzy Giedroyc’s Archival Materials. Resource boundaries are

one of the key issues that need to be considered when analysing any personal archives. The problem

tends to be considered as one of particular complexity while interesting at the same time. The same

applies to the legacy of Jerzy Giedroyc. The unique character of this particular case is determined

by a number of factors. In addition to the unquestionable role that J. Giedroyc played in the history

of modern Poland, these factors also include the extensive period of time over which the legacy was

formed, coupled with his interest in archival science and collecting. This is indicated by the fact that

the author spent more than half of his life living and working in the same suburban Paris villa, rarely

leaving it. The unchanging nature of the surroundings, as well as his interweaving professional and

private life contributed, along with other factors, to the creation of the specifi c conditions in which the

personal archive was created. Most importantly, they also played a key role in the author’s determination

of material boundaries. Intending to recreate Giedroyc’s approach and to determine the specifi c

actions he undertook with regard to his archive, I have focused my research on three areas: a) the

semantic layer of his selected statements, expressing his conviction as to the separate character of the

resource within the structure of the Literary Institute’s archive, and, partially, describing the content

thereof, b) the physical location of the objects comprising his legacy within the individual rooms of

the Laffi tte villa, and c) relevant information contained in the documents partially listing the archive’s

components, drawn up during Giedroyc’s lifetime. The conclusions drawn create a complete picture

of what J. Giedroyc himself considered to be his legacy. In general, one may say that he was very

skillful — which does not mean that he was always consistent — in distinguishing his personal legacy

materials from other resources he was dealing with on an on-going basis, and in forming archival

units, and even groups thereof. In the course of that process, he was applying, in an intuitive manner,

a set of various criteria (including that of origin), coupled with specifi c rules and techniques. Such an

approach has made it possible to grant Giedroyc’s legacy a status differing from that of other archival

materials in his direct surroundings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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