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Financial Reporting in Poland: Privatization of Select Firms Traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Description: Poland's transition from a centrally-planned economy (CPE) to a market economy began in 1989. Building a market economy out of the failures of a CPE represents an unprecedented process in the history of economic development. At the core of the transition is the privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Many problems encountered during privatization are accounting related, and before privatization can occur valuation issues must be resolved. What has been the role of accounting in Poland'… more
Date: December 1996
Creator: De la Rosa, Denise M. (Denise Mary), 1949-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Studying the past Web in Poland - current state and perspectives

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses the web archiving environment in Poland and presents a survey on the demand for archived web content amongst researchers in the country.
Date: June 6, 2019
Creator: Konopa, Bartłomiej
Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

Music with Friends: The Role of Voice of America's Willis Conover in the Global Reach of Polish Jazz [Presentation]

Description: Presentation on Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's long association with Polish jazz, given at the meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held in Kraków, Poland July 14-19, 2019.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: July 18, 2019
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library
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The Concerto for Bassoon by Andrzej Panufnik: Religion, Liberation, and Postmodernism

Description: The Concerto for Bassoon by Andrzej Panufnik is a valuable addition to bassoon literature. It provides a rare opportunity for the bassoon soloist to perform a piece which is strongly programmatic. The purpose of this document is to examine the historical and theoretical context of the Concerto for Bassoon with special emphasis drawn to Panufnik's understanding of religion in connection with Polish national identity and the national struggle for democratic independence galvanized by the murder… more
Date: May 2016
Creator: Ott, Janelle (Bassoonist)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Willis Conover documentary on Polish television

Description: Documentary broadcast on Poland's TVP2, from Conover's final visit to Poland in 1995. The program includes comments from Andrzej Jaroszewski, Paweł Brodowski, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Andrzej Trzaskowski, and photos from Marek Karewicz. The program is followed by a musical interlude, and the news program Panorama, and additional programming.
Date: 1995
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: TVP2
Partner: UNT Music Library

Music with Friends: The Role of Voice of America's Willis Conover in the Global Reach of Polish Jazz [Presentation Notes]

Description: Notes accompanying a presentation on Voice of America broadcaster Willis Conover's long association with Polish jazz, given at the meeting of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held in Kraków, Poland July 14-19, 2019.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: July 18, 2019
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
Partner: UNT Music Library
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The German-Polish Boundary at the Paris Peace Conference

Description: Although a great deal has been written on the Paris Peace Conference, only in recent years have the necessary German documents been available for an analysis of the conference, not only from the Allied viewpoint but also from the German side. One of the great problems faced by the Allied statesmen in 1919 was the territorial conflict between Germany and Poland. The final boundary decisions were much criticized then and in subsequent years, and in 1939 they became the excuse for another world wa… more
Date: August 1963
Creator: Bostick, Darwin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Spółka Nakładowa Młodych Kompozytorów Polskich (1905-1912) and the Myth of Young Poland in Music

Description: This study deals with the four-composer Polish musical association, Young Polish Composers' Publishing Company, which became commonly known as the group Poland in Music. Young Poland in Music is considered by Polish and non-Polish music historians to be the signal inaugurator of modernism in Polish music. However, despite this most important attribution, the past eighty-odd years have witnessed considerable confusion over the perceptions of: 1) exactly who constituted the publishing company, 2)… more
Date: December 1987
Creator: Hebda, Paul Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jerzy Popiełuszko]

Description: Poster used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicting a portrait of the Catholic priest Jerzy Popiełuszko. The figure is depicted in black on a white background. In the margins, registration marks can be seen for creating multiples of this image and in the lower right are the handwritten in pencil words, kolor czarny (drugi), color black, second.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Najlepszego Jajka

Description: Postcard used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicting a bird wearing a crown breaking out of an egg that is decorated with a red pattern.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wesołych Świąt. Niech przemówią wreszcie ludzkim głosem!

Description: Poster used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicts a Christmas message, in Polish, across the top portion. A yellow star floats in the dark blue ground. Beneath are two figures, one resembles a donkey wearing sunglasses and the other a elephant or a man with huge ears. The two figures appear to be behind a trough, in red.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Kościoły Lwowa: Herb Lwowa, Polska; Katedra Ormianska, Polska; Katedra Łacińska, Polska; Katedra Unicka, Polska

Description: Postage stamps used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicting churches in the once Polish town of Lwowa, Poland, now L'viv, Ukraine. The background is silver with black depictions for the church structures and the crest. The words, Poczta Solidarność [Solidarity Stamp], are in red at the bottom of each stamp.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Loteria Funduszu Niezależnych Plastyków

Description: Lottery ticket used during the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s. Four tickets, each stamped with a number in purple, depict a pencil, broken on one end in the center of the ticket. The Polish Solidarity logo is in the lower right hand corner.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Solidarność

Description: Poster used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicting a group of soldiers wearing gas masks and wielding clubs. Across the bottom part of the poster, in red, is the word Solidarność. The boot of one soldier encroaches upon the word, Solidarność.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Wesolego 1987 Zyczy Solidarność Ciagle Młody

Description: Postcard used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicting best wishes for the year 1987. The words wesolego 1987 zyczy solidarność ciagle młody are in red on a brownish tan background. The year, 1987, is depicted with people forming the shapes of the numbers.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Grudzien 1983. Solidarność

Description: Poster used in the Polish Solidarity movement during the 1980s depicting a large group of upraised arms in black silhouette. Each of the hands is holding up two fingers. In the black sky above the crowd is a large white star with rays radiating from it. Across the bottom, the red portion contains the word Solidarność and a crest.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

RTPD 20 zł

Description: Postage stamp depicting a young female in the center. At the top of the stamp are the letters RTPD and in the lower section, the denomination of the stamp, 20 złoty. The stamp is printed in all blue on a cream paper.
Date: 1980/1990
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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