Jonas Turkow collection Spuścizna Jonasa Turkowa (Sygn. 364)

This collection contains personal papers of Jonas (Jonasz, Janusz) Turkow (1898-1988), an actor and theater director who was born in Warsaw. The collection also contains personal documents of Jonas Turkow’s wife Dina Turkow, Naftali Herc Turkow (his father) and Zygmunt Turkow (his oldest brother, who was a famous actor and director, husband of actress Ida Kamińska. Also included are correspondence (i.e. with Jakub Waksman), literary works, posters, invitations, press cuttings, tickets, bills, receipts, business cards, notes, photocopies of pictures, engravings and sculptures, photographs and an inventory of the collection made out by J. Kermisz in 1945 or 1946.

Arranged in the following series: 1. Personal documents of Jonas Turkow; 2. Personal documents of Dina Turkow; 3. Personal documents of Naftali Herc Turkow and Zygmunt Turkow; 4. War and post-war correspondence; 5. Post-war correspondence; 6. Post-war correspondence: letters from and to Jakub Waksman; 7. Agreements, applications and licenses (permissions); 8. Literary works; 9. Posters, invitations, press cuttings, tickets; 10. Bills, receipts, business cards and notes; 11. Photographs; 12. The inventory prepered by J.Kermisz in 1945 or1946 r.