“The Stories of a Lost Nest – The Year of God”. The Memory by Anna Jałbrzykowska from Ujazd

The paper contains an excerpt of a manuscript by Anna Jałbrzykowska (1908–1990) titled: “The Stories of a Lost Nest – the Year of God”. The text was written in 1972 and soon afterwards it was bought to be added into the manuscript collection of our Library, in which the author used to work for a short time before the outbreak of War. It comprises of a description of pre-war economics, daily life and house practices present in the manor house in Ujazd, located 14 km from Kraków, owned by the Jałbrzykowscy family since 1884 until 1945, when it was taken from them by the Polish communists. After this confiscation, the author, who studied humanities, was for many years working in the Jagiellonian Library, where she was accepted as an employee despite her then improper social background and a close family relationship between her and a prominent priest, archbishop of Vilnius Romuald Jałbrzykowski. The value of the presented source is both its recollective nature and interesting persons who visited the Jałbrzykowscy’s manor (priest professor Tadeusz Kruszyński, Tetmajerowie, Jan Bisanz) as well as the nostalgic, literary nature of the memories: the image of the world and lifestyle typical for the nobility living in a manor house which are gone, not so much due to natural economic development but because of the Polish communists rule.

„GAWĘDY O UTRACONYM GNIEŹDZIE – BOŻY ROK” (РАССКАЗЫ О ПОТЕРЯННОМ ГНЕЗДЕ – БОЖИЙ ГОД). ФРАГМЕНТ РУКОПИСИ АННЫ ЯЛБЖИКОВСКОЙ

Ключевые слова: Анна Ялбжиковска, Уязд, шляхетская усадьба, повседневность, нравы

Представленный текст является изданием фрагмента рукописи Анны Ялбжиковской (1908–1990) под названием «Gawędy o utraconym gnieździe – Boży Rok» («Рассказы о потерянном гнезде – Божий Год»). Текст был написан в 1972 году и вскоре куплен в рукописное собрание нашей библиотеки, где автор работала короткое время перед началом войны. Это описание довоенного хозяйства, повседневной жизни и домашних обычаев шляхетской усадьбы Уязд, расположенной в 14 км от Кракова и принадлежавшей семье Ялбжиковских с 1884 по 1945 год, когда она была отнята у них коммунистическими властями. После конфискации автор, имевшая гуманитарное образование, долгие годы работала в Ягеллонской библи теке, где её приняли на работу, несмотря на неподходящее в то время социальное происхождение и близкое родство с Ромуальдом Ялбжиковским, выдающимся священнослужителем, виленским архиепископом. Ценность представленного здесь источника заключаются как в его характере (воспоминания), так и в интересных людях, проходящих через дом Ялбжиковских (ксёндз профессор Тадеуш Крушиньский, Тетмайеры, Ян Бисанц), а также в ностальгическом, литературном характере воспоминаний: образ потерянного мира и прошлого образа жизни в шляхетской усадьбе, которому в Польше положили конец не столько естественное экономическое развитие, сколько коммунистические власти.

The paper contains an excerpt of a manuscript by Anna Jałbrzykowska (1908–1990) titled: “The Stories of a Lost Nest – the Year of God”. The text was written in 1972 and soon afterwards it was bought to be added into the manuscript collection of our Library, in which the author used to work for a short time before the outbreak of War. It comprises of a description of pre-war economics, daily life and house practices present in the manor house in Ujazd, located 14 km from Kraków, owned by the Jałbrzykowscy family since 1884 until 1945, when it was taken from them by the Polish communists. After this confiscation, the author, who studied humanities, was for many years working in the Jagiellonian Library, where she was accepted as an employee despite her then improper social background and a close family relationship between her and a prominent priest, archbishop of Vilnius Romuald Jałbrzykowski. The value of the presented source is both its recollective nature and interesting persons who visited the Jałbrzykowscy’s manor (priest professor Tadeusz Kruszyński, Tetmajerowie, Jan Bisanz) as well as the nostalgic, literary nature of the memories: the image of the world and lifestyle typical for the nobility living in a manor house which are gone, not so much due to natural economic development but because of the Polish communists rule.