DESCRITPION 6 boxes (6 linear ft) Jan (John) Magnus Krynski, 1922-1989 - born in Warsaw, came to US in 1949, BA from Univ. of Cincinnati, MA from Brown Univ., and PhD in Polish and Russian literature from Columbia Univ. Educator at Univ. Of Pittsburgh, Kenyon College, Ohio State Univ. and Duke Univ., where he was a chairman of the Dept. Of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Author of many articles about Polish 20th century literature, translator of Polish poetry (co-translator with Robert A. Maguire of three major collections of Rozewicz, Szymborska and Swirszczynska). Active member of American PEN Club, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. In the eighties active in national and local politics - Pomost North Carolina and Washington D.C. representative, founder of AMPOLPAC, member of Freedom Foundation, Heritage Foundation, and International Society for Human Rights; chairman of the North Carolina Ethnic Voters for Reagan-Bush and delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1984; co-founder of North Carolina Committee for Solidarity with Solidarity. Author of statements, position papers, and memoranda on East-West trade issues, human rights, and economic sanctions for US State Dept., National Security Council, US Congress. CONTENT Materials related to his work as a scholar, author and educator include: manuscritps and printed copies of Krynski's articles, drafts of translations, conference papers, research notes, notes from trips to Poland, outgoing and some incoming correspondence with Polish writers, scholars, and editors (both in Poland and in the West), memos, letters, notes related to Duke Univ. Slavic Dept. Political activities of Krynski are documented with correspondence, memos, fliers, position papers, newsclippings, interviews, and speeches. Also included is a set of transcripts from Jozef Wittlin's Radio Free Europe literary program broadcasted between 1955 and 1966 from New York. LANGUAGE In English and Polish FINDING AIDS Inventory (folder lever control) and correspondence indexes (available upon request) ACCESSION NO. CPAA 91-17