The collection contains manuscripts of published books and essays, often in several version by Lednicki; notes from lectures on Russian and Polish literature and culture; materials concerning his political activities and course outlines in Slavic Studies from his Harvard and Berkeley periods. Official correspondence with American scholarly institutions, foundations, societies and universities; letters from publishers and editors of scholarly journals, the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America and the Kosciuszko Foundation. Correspondence with members of the Polish Government-in-Exile and Polish political figures including Marian Kukiel, Stanislaw Kot, Henryk Strassburger, Stefan Ropp, Stanislaw Stronski, Wladyslaw Gunter and President August Zaleski. Correspondence with Polish writers including Julian Tuwim, Jozef Wittlin, Jan Lechon, Kazimierz Wierzynski and Maria Dabrowska; Polish scholars including Stanislaw Pigon, Julian Krzyzanowski, Konrad Gorski, Oskar Halecki and Wiktor Weintraub; American and European scholars including Samuel H. Cross, George Rapall Noyes, Frank M. Schoell, Claude Backvis, Ettore Lo Gatto, Roman Jacobson, Mikhail Karpovich and Gleb Struve. Arrangement in Series: Personal Papers and Correspondence, Studies on Literature, Terry Lednicki Personal Papers.

Waclaw Lednicki (1891-1967) was a Slavic Studies specialist. During World War II he emigrated to the USA. He was one of the founders of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Acquisition Note: Gift of Jan Lednicki (son of Waclaw Lednicki) ca 1968. W 2015 - doinwentaryzowanie 70 jednostek (1.5 m.b) dar Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Kalifornijskiego z 2012 roku.