MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aKowalski, Frank,$d1907-1974.
245 00 $aFrank Kowalski papers,$f1925-1976$g(bulk 1948-1963).
300 $a7,500$fitems.
300 $a21$fcontainers plus$a1$fclassified and$a1$foversize.
300 $a11$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 6 series. Series 1: Military Files, 1925-1971; Series 2: Congressional Files, 1940-1970; Series 3: Speeches and Writings, 1937-1974; Series 4: Miscellany, 1926-1976; Series 5: Oversize, 1930-1963; and Series 5: Classified, 1949-1959.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
506 1 $aClassified, in part.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, military orders, patents, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, drawings, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Kowalski's career in the U.S. Army (1925-1958) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1963).
520 8 $aMilitary files document his directorship of the Disarmament School, U.S. Army Forces in the European Theater, London, England (1944-1945) and the school's training of Allied and American officers for the demobilization and disarmament of Germany; his various assignments during the U.S. occupation of Japan (1948-1952), particularly as chief of staff of the American advisory group overseeing the establishment of the Japanese National Police Reserve (Keisatsu Yobitai) at the outbreak of the Korean War; and his directorship of the Army Command Management School, Fort Belvoir, Va. (1954-1958).
520 8 $aCongressional files document his work relating to several labor disputes in Connecticut, his interest in military reform as a member of the House Committee on Armed Services and its Special Subcommittee on the Utilization of Military Manpower, and his opposition to the Vietnam War. Postcongressional files relate to his membership on the Subversive Activities Control Board (1963-1966).
520 8 $aIncludes manuscripts describing the economic, political, and social conditions in Poland (1945); a report (1944) based on interviews of Polish-born soldiers who served in the German army; and fragments of Kowalski's manuscript examining U.S. occupation and rearmament of Japan titled, Grace of Heaven, and published as Niho Saisumbi (Tokyo, 1969); and an unpublished manuscript titled, Worms in Charter Oak, concerning Kowalski's political career and his relations with the Democratic state chairman of Connecticut, John M. Bailey.
520 8 $aCorrespondents include Bunzō Akama, William Benton, Chester Bowles, Wilber Marion Brucker, Arleigh A. Burke, Chester R. Davis, Keizo Hayashi, William Bradford Huie, Robert F. Kennedy, Hiroo Konda, Keikichi Masuhara, Wilbur D. Mills, Hirokichi Nishioka, Adam Clayton Powell, Sam Rayburn, Abraham Ribicoff, Yoshizo Takeda, and Maxwell D. Taylor.
541 $cGift,$aBarry Kowalski,$d1990.
541 $cGift,$aRichard Lowitt,$d1992.
544 $3Motion picture films and sound recordings$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
545 0 $aU.S. Army officer and U.S. representative from Connecticut.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aAkama, Bunzō,$db. 1898$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBailey, John M.$q(John Moran),$d1904-1975.
600 10 $aBenton, William,$d1900-1973$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBowles, Chester,$d1901-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBrucker, Wilber Marion,$d1894-1968$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBurke, Arleigh A.,$d1901-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDavis, Chester R.,$d1896-1966$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHayashi, Keizo,$d1907-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHuie, William Bradford,$d1910-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKennedy, Robert F.,$d1925-1968$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKonda, Hiroo$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMasuhara, Keikichi,$db. 1903$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMills, Wilbur D.$q(Wilbur Daigh),$d1909-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNishioka, Hirokichi,$db. 1893$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPowell, Adam Clayton,$d1908-1972$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRayburn, Sam,$d1882-1961$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRibicoff, Abraham,$d1910-1998$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTakeda, Yoshizō,$db. 1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTaylor, Maxwell D.$q(Maxwell Davenport),$d1901-1987$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aJapan.$bKeisatsu Yobitai.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xManagement.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xOfficers.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bForces in the European Theater.$bDisarmament School.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bHouse.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bHouse.$bCommittee on Armed Services.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bHouse.$bCommittee on Armed Services.$bSpecial Subcommittee on the Utilization of Manpower in the Military.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bSubversive Activities Control Board.
610 20 $aUnited States Army Command Management School.
650 0 $aLabor disputes$zConnecticut.
650 0 $aManpower planning$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMilitary government$zJapan.
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xProtest movements$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPersonal narratives, Polish.
651 0 $aConnecticut$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aFort Belvoir (Va.)
651 0 $aGermany$xArmed Forces$xDemobilization.
651 0 $aJapan$xDefenses.
651 0 $aJapan$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aJapan$xHistory$yAllied occupation, 1945-1952.
651 0 $aPoland$xEconomic conditions$y1945-1980.
651 0 $aPoland$xPolitics and government$y1945-1980.
651 0 $aPoland$xSocial conditions$y1945-
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zJapan.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-
656 7 $aArmy officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aRepresentatives, U.S. Congress$zConnecticut.$2itoamc
700 12 $aKowalski, Frank,$d1907-1974.$tNiho Saisumbi$f(1969)
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011061