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Zbiory archiwów i bibliotek wileńskich zawierają wiele poloników z różnych epok, które w mniejszym lub większym stopniu w XX wieku już zostały wykorzystane przez badaczy polskich (Edmunda Jankowskiego, Tadeusza Bujnickiego, Andrzeja Romanowskiego, Iwonę Wiśniewską i in.). Mniej znane są natomiast źródła rękopiśmienne (głównie listy) dotyczące polskich pisarzy minorum gentium z przełomu XIX i XX wieku, do których należą: Czesław Jankowski, Nikodem Erazm Iwanowski i Maria Rodziewiczówna. Materiały te znajdują się w Litewskim Państwowym Archiwum Historycznym, Litewskim Centralnym Archiwum Państwowym, Archiwum Literatury i Sztuki Litewskiej, a także w Dziale Rękopisów trzech bibliotek: Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego, Biblioteki Narodowej im. Martynasa Mažvydasa i Biblioteki Litewskiej Akademii Nauk im. Wróblewskich. Celem artykułu jest podzielenie się wiedzą i doświadczeniem na temat sposobów opracowywania i wykorzystywania archiwaliów dotyczących trojga wymienionych pisarzy. Wyniki swoich badań przedstawiłam w publikacjach, które zostały wydane na Litwie (w pismach naukowych i monografiach zbiorowych) w latach 2016–2022. Najwięcej uwagi poświęciłam spuściźnie archiwalnej Jankowskiego ze zbiorów Biblioteki Litewskiej Akademii Nauk im. Wróblewskich.

The aim of the article is to describe the concept of dom ‘home’ in Wojciech Piotrowicz’s idiolect by using the methodological assumptions of Lublin ethnolinguistics school. Research on which this paper is based consists of two main parts: we present the writer’s biography, which introduces a representative of the Polish intelligentsia in Lithuania, and an analysis of the concept of dom ‘home’. The presented biography emphasizes the origin and formation of the personality of the recognized writer and social and cultural activist, whose life is an example of the formation of the Polish intelligentsia in Lithuania. The subject of research is a textual data coming from his volume of memoirs, which contains the writer’s memories and reflections. The analysis of the dom ‘home’ concept focuses on two profiles: physical and symbolic, specific features were grouped onto facets. In the conclusions, we underline the specific character of home in Wojciech Piotrowicz’s autobiographical prose which has some differences comparing to home described in Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian languages by EUROJOS project.

In Vilnius that was considered as spiritual capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the period of inter-war, and mainly in ’20s of the XX century still was very living romanticism tradition. The important person and symbolic messenger of this tradition was Adam Mickiewicz, the most famous polish-lithuanian poet, polish national prophet. Very noticeable was the fact that the best known literary scientists, like: J. Kallenbach, S. Pigoń, K. Górski were employed in Polish Literature Department, in Faculty of Humanities of Stefan Batory University. Wladysław Mickiewicz – son of the poet Adam Mickiewicz, also his biographer visited Vilnius and university in 1922. In 1926 was published collection of poems named Wiwlasy. Jamb na stulecie filomatów by Edward Walewski. It consists of 48 sonnets that describe the activity of „Filomaci and Filareci“ Society members. The lyrics refer also to people (J. Lelewel, K. Kontry, E. Groddeck), and places (Nowogródek, Tuhanowicz, Bolcienik) related to some meaningful locations connected with „Filomaci“ trial case. The other significant literary event was the attempt to issue due to efforts of some teachers K. Adamska-Roubina, S. Szemitówna-Cywińska and O. Zambrzycka-Swianiewiczowa, in Vilnius in 1929, the school newspaper „Filomatka“. Till our times only one archival copy is left, there is no evidence if there were more copies. It is necessary to mention that both literary events, despite their weak response, are interesting and worth mentioning examples of still alive tradition of „Filomaci“ in Vilnius.

The current paper presents an overview of the poetic texts of Gabriel Jan Mincewicz (1938–2016) (PhD in the field of humanities, branch of theology). Merits of Gabriel Jan Mincewicz as the director of the song and dance ensemble “Wileńszczyzna” are emphasized. The poetic works of G. J. Mincewicz were divided into several thematic groups, among them the cultural determinants of the Polish identity and the linguistic image of the homeland were analyzed. The works were discussed in the sacred, historical, social, and linguistic contexts. The article emphasizes as well the social impact that G. J. Mincewicz’s songs have on the society of Vilnius region.

Wojciech Piotrowicz (born in 1940) is a Vilnius poet, prose writer, translator, journalist, social and cultural activist. He is the author of several poetry collections and volumes of memoirs. Research on which this paper is based consists of two main parts: we present the writer’s biography, which introduces a representative of the Polish intelligentsia in Lithuania, and an analysis of his lexis from his collection of short stories Moja czasoprzestrzeń (My Space-Time) (2015). The aim of the research is to investigate the lexical layers in the idiolect of the writer. Piotrowicz’s idiolect is the domain where the erudite vocabulary of the standard language blends in with the dialectical vocabulary of the Švenčionys district, in which words of rural life are frequent. In the vocabulary of his idiolect, we distinguish the following groups of lexemes: words from family language, archaisms, dialect words, and postwar Russian borrowings, referred to as “Soviet words”. The multi-layer nature of Piotrowicz’s idio­lect is a result of a complicated reality on the border between cultures, languages, times, and evidence of changes in social stratification. To summarize the research results, it can be stated that the analysis of 179 words (phrases) from the writer’s individual language shows a world of concepts, thoughts, and values that are characteristic of representatives of the intelligentsia of peasant origin, born in the 1940s. The authors of the paper consider that this study is only a contribution toward determining the peculiarities of the Polish language spoken by the intelligentsia in Lithuania in the 20th century, and that this article does not exhaust all issues of Wojciech Piotrowicz’s idiolect.

Obiektem artykułu jest dziewięć listów ze zbiorów Litewskiego Państwowego Archiwum Historycznego w Wilnie (LVIA). Nie wszystkie listy są datowane, prawdopodobnie pochodzą one z lat 1850−1860, które były dla poety latami najaktywniejszej działalności twórczej. Syrokomla mieszkał wtedy najpierw w Borejkowszczyźnie (16 km od Wilna), a później w samym Wilnie. W tym okresie poeta był bardzo popularny, ale nie gwarantowało to ani jemu, ani jego rodzinie dobrobytu i spokoju. Jak wynika z analizowanych listów, Syrokomla miał poważne problemy finansowe, a jednocześnie starał się o załatwienie pracy dla innych osób, krewnych i znajomych. Adresatami analizowanych listów są cztery osoby: Władysław Fiorentini (4 listy), Ludwik Wróblewski (1), Rudolf Piesanka (3) oraz nieznany z nazwiska Paweł (1). Listy do Wróblewskiego oraz do Piesanki mają charakter oficjalny, pozostałe - prywatny, cytuję je w całości.

Irena Fedorovich Discussions on the Project of A. Mickiewicz’s Monument in Vilna in Press of 1925–1927 The first monument in honour of A. Mickiewicz in Vilna was a bust unveiled in the church of Saint Johns ’ in 1899. However, the Vilnius town-dwellers were willing to erect a monument in a public place. This topic stimulated lots of emotions, especially in the years 1925–1927. Readers of the daily newspapers “Word” (“Słowo”) and “Courier of Vilna” (“Kurier Wileński”) were divided into supporters and opponents of the project of the monument of A. Mickiewicz created by the sculptor S. Szukalski. He was the winner of the competition held in 1926. Under the pressure of public opinion that project was never materialized. Discussion on the monument to A. Mickiewicz in Vilna became a part of a typical Polish cultural discourse in the thirties on the topic of modern art and attitudes of the artists towards the romanticism tradition.