Historian, Educator, Translator
Późnym wieczorem 12 sierpnia 1919 roku, pociąg, którym Herbert Hoover podróżował ze Szwajcarii, zatrzymał się w Warszawie. Sam Hoover wspominał to następująco: „aby cały tenRead More
1 response<span style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” data-mce-type=”bookmark” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> This lecture is part of the 12th Annual KoÅ›ciuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honorRead More
I’m pleased to announce that the defense of my doctoral dissertation, “Operations of the American Relief Administration in Poland: 1919-1922” will take place on Tuesday,Read More
2 responsesFollowing the publication of 485 Days at Majdanek in February, the article I co-wrote with Professor Norman Naimark appeared in the Hoover Institution’s Defining IdeasRead More
Originally appearing in The Objectivist in January 1970, reprinted below for the first time is Robert Hessen’s review of Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development,Read More
Leave a commentIt was my privilege to translate Jerzy Kwiatkowski’s memoir from Polish to English. Recently published by the Hoover Press, 485 Days at Majdanek is aRead More
2 responsesThe Hoover Institution Archives have acquired the papers of Major General Harry Lorenzo Gilchrist (1870–1943). Born in Waterloo, Iowa (also the birthplace of Lou HenryRead More
Leave a commentOne hundred years ago today Herbert Hoover sent a telegram from Paris to his wife in Stanford, California that would establish the Hoover War CollectionRead More
Leave a commentDr. Maciej Siekierski, Curator of the European Collections of the Hoover Institution[1]has been awarded the Medal of the 75th Anniversary of Jan Karski’s mission. ThisRead More
Leave a commentThe “From Poland With Love” exhibit, highlighting America’s role in Poland’s regaining independence, including the work of the American Relief Administration (A.R.A.) which I amRead More
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