Polish American Collections
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| Blessing of Banners, St. Joseph's Society Branch 893,
St. Casimir Church, St. Paul, MN 1918. From IHRC Photograph Collection. |
Profile
The collection also contains more than 500 newspaper and serial titles published by Polish organizations and institutions throughout the country, many dating back to the late 1800s. A significant number of these have been microfilmed and are described in the booklet A Guide to Polish American Newspapers and Periodicals in Microform published by the IHRC.
In addition, the Center maintains ca. 650 linear feet of unpublished records and documents from Polish American organizations and individuals. Examples include the records of the Polish American Congress, the Polish National Catholic Church (sacramental records), the American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons, and the Paryski Publishing Company of Toledo, Ohio along with the papers of journalists Henry Archacki and Karol Jaskolski, religious leaders Paul Fox and Jozef Zawistowski (whose extensive personal library was also deeded to the Center), authors Helen Ogrodowska Bristol and Edward Symans, and Polish National Alliance/Polish American Congress leaders Aloysius Mazewski and Edward Rojanski.
Manuscripts
Papers, 1938-1976. 1 linear ft.
Alecks began his career as a newspaper reporter. During the 1950s he was secretary to Boston mayors John B. Hynes and John Collins, and eventually he became Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Alecks was a prominent member of the Polish American community and of Polish-American organizations, including the Polish-American Veterans of Foreign Wars (Kosciuszko Post, Dorchester, MA), the Polish-American Citizens Club of South Boston, and the Polish American Veterans Boston Post. He authored a Massachusetts state law commemorating Polish Constitution Day and was instrumental in naming the General Casimir Pulaski Skyway.
Papers include personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs. Includes English.
Alliance of Poles in America (Cleveland, Ohio).
Records, 1907-1932. 1 microfilm reel.
The Alliance, a regional, cultural, and fraternal insurance organization, was founded in 1895 as the Alliance of Poles in the State of Ohio. Its name was changed ca. 1917. The Alliance has ca. 17,000 members and eighty-three branches in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. It provides life insurance to members, cooperates with other Polish-American organizations in cultural activities, sponsors clubs for Polish youth, maintains a library, and provides scholarship funds.
Records include minutes of meetings of the Central Body (1917-1930) and its predecessor, the Alliance of Poles in the State of Ohio (1907-1917); lists of officers; minutes of conventions (1907-1932); and texts and revisions of constitutions. Includes English.
Alliance Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1939-1961. Ca. 3 linear ft.
Alliance is the publisher of two prominent Polish American newspapers, the daily Dziennik Zwiazkowy (1908-present), and the bi-weekly, Zgoda (1881-present). Records of the Company include correspondence, cartoons, newspaper clippings, editorial material, photographs, and material for the 1952 Kalendarz Zwiazkowy, an annual publication. Also included are material on the American Star Congress of 1949 and a financial report for the Polish American Congress. Includes English. Inventory available.
American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1948-1968. 2 linear ft.
The Committee (ACRPDP) was formed in 1948 in affiliation with the Polish American Congress to aid in resettlement of Polish people then in European displaced persons camps. It represented several larger Polish American organizations. The ACRPDP had twenty-six state division committees, many local committees, and representatives in England and Germany. It continued to function after expiration in 1951 of the Displaced Persons Act (Public Law 774, June 1948), in cooperation with the National Catholic Welfare Conference. Its operations ceased in 1968.
Records include correspondence (1948-1964), financial records, information on fund drives, reports, and organizational papers including bylaws and articles of incorporation. Correspondents include the Travelers Aid Society of Chicago (IL), the Displaced Persons Commission, the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Services, Inc., the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and many Polish American organizations. Includes English. Inventory available. Related collection: Polish American Congress (Chicago, IL).
American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs (Falls Church, Virginia).
Records, 1949-1982. 8 linear in.
The Council was founded in 1948, with headquarters in Falls Church, VA, to facilitate communication among Polish cultural clubs and to promote understanding of Polish culture in the United States. Records of the twenty-one branches of the Council consist of official convention records and publications of affiliated organizations. Mainly in English.
American Polish Civil War Centennial Commission (New York, New York).
Records, 1961-1965. 1.5 linear ft.
The Commission was affiliated with the Polish American Historical Society and was established to stimulate research into, and public awareness of, Polish participation in the Civil War. Records consist of correspondence, press releases, and publications. Includes English.
American Relief for Poland, District 33 (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1941-1976. 4.5 linear ft.
The American Relief for Poland was organized in 1939 to aid Polish war victims and refugees. Funds were gathered in connection with drives for the National War Chest Fund and United War Fund, national clearinghouses for relief funds. In 1945 a delegation of the organization visited displaced persons camps in Germany. The organization helped sponsor and relocate these refugees, substantially aided by the National Catholic Welfare Conference--War Relief Services. Relief supplies were also sent to Poland after the Armistice and distributed through efforts of Caritas, a Catholic relief organization. In 1958, the ARP sponsored construction of an artificial limb factory in Poland and also, with the effort of Dr. C. Walton Lillihei, contributed to installation in Warsaw of surgical equipment for heart ailments. The ARP also sponsored a colony for Polish refugees, many of them children, in Santa Rosa, Mexico.
Records of the Chicago district include correspondence, organizational papers, financial documents, and applications of displaced persons for immigration to the United States. Includes English. Inventory available.
Archacki, Henry (1907- ).
Papers, ca. 1934-1979. 80 linear ft.
Archacki, a Polish American artist, journalist, publisher, and illustrator, was born in Warsaw, Poland. He came to the United States with his family. They settled in Chicago, IL, where Archacki showed an early proclivity for art and journalism. He worked as sports reporter for Dziennik Zwiaskowy and in 1930 went to New York as head artist for the Brooklyn branch of the paper. In 1931, he began his "Czy wiecie ze" (Do You Know) drawings, and became sports editor of Poland and Czas and, later, of Nowy Swiat. He remained active in Polish American organizations, including the Reymont Literary Guild, the Polish American Athletic Club, the Polish American Tennis Club, and the General Krzyzanowski Memorial Committee.
Archacki's papers include correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings from Polish American newspapers, photographs, materials on sports, and publications. Includes English. Inventory available.
Augustyn, Stanley.
Papers, ca. 1969-1972. Ca. 1 linear in.
Augustyn's papers consist of correspondence, essays, newspaper clippings, postcards, and miscellany. Materials pertain to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Holy Cross Parish (Maspeth, NY), World War II and Poland, Polish relief, and New York City's Northside neighborhood. Includes English.
Baranska, Janina Lewandowska.
Papers, ca. 1920-1975. Ca. 3 linear in.
A social worker by profession, Baranska acted for many years with the Polish Theater of Buffalo, NY. She was president of the Federation of Polish Women, Buffalo; an officer of the Polish Republican Women's Club of Erie County, NY; and active in Dom Polski Association, Service Men's Mothers Club, Kolko Polek Charitable Society, and Buflopole Women's Federation (Federacja Kobiet Buflopole). She received several awards and citations for her civic activities.
Her papers include newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, reminiscences, photographs, and theatrical programs. Includes English. Inventory available.
Bialasiewicz, Jozef F.
Papers, ca. 1919-1976. Ca. 1.5 linear ft.
Bialasiewicz was a Polish American newspaper editor from Chicago, IL. Papers include correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, reports, and miscellany pertaining to the Polish American Book Company, Polonia, and Ameryka-Echo. Includes English.
Bristol, Helena Ogrodowska (1896- ).
Papers, 1937-1966. 5 linear in.
An author and English teacher, Bristol was born in Zyrardow, Poland. Her family came to the United States in 1905 and settled in Philadelphia, PA. Helena was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia College of Music and for many years taught English at the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She married Wayne A. Bristol in 1926. She authored several books, including House of Tuttle, After Thirty Years: Poland Revisited (1939), and Let the Blackbird Sing: A Novel in Verse (1952).
Papers include a manuscript of "The God of Late Beginnings" and published writings. Includes English.
Brya, Stanley Michael (1887- ).
Papers, ca. 1930- . 4 linear ft.
A self-taught historian, Brya was born near Nowy Targ, Poland, and came to the United States in 1904 to escape conscription in the army. He settled in Chicago, IL, where he worked in slaughterhouses and then moved to Pennsylvania to become a coal miner. In 1913, he settled in Minneapolis, MN, where he worked for Dayton Hudson Corporation. Brya devoted much time to popularizing the accomplishments of his fellow countrymen, and published numerous articles in the American press.
Papers comprise correspondence, newspaper clippings of articles he wrote, and a scrapbook. Includes English. Preliminary inventory.
Burandt, August.
Papers, 1900. 1 page.
Papers of Burandt (or Burant) consist of a letter he wrote from Poland to his brother, Bernard, a farmer in the Stevens Point, WI, area. In the letter, Burandt discusses his poor health and his religious faith.
Ciszewski, Mrs. Barbara.
Papers, ca. 1948-1970. Ca. 1 linear in.
Papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and student notebooks. Clippings pertain to Polish Americans, NATO, disarmament, communism, and other topics. Includes English.
Citizens Committee and Recruiting Centre #20 (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, ca. 1913-1938. 2.5 linear in.
The Recruitment Committee for the Polish Army in France (Komitet Obywatelski w Minneapolis, Minnesota, i Komitet Rekrutacyjny dla Armii Polskiej we Francyi) was organized through efforts of the Polish Falcons Alliance in 1917. Its president was Julian Szajnert. Local citizens committees were organized to oversee organization of the Polish Army, listing names of those interested, preparing sendoffs of troops, and recruiting volunteers. Recruitment Centre No. 20 sent over 200 volunteers to fight in World War I. From 1919 to 1921, it collected funds on behalf of the Committee of the National Department in America (Komitet Wydzialu Narodowego w Ameryce) for relief of Polish children.
Records of Centre #20 consist of correspondence and minutes. Includes English.
Czas Publishing Company (Brooklyn, New York).
Records, ca. 1925-1975. Ca. 2 linear ft.
Czas is a large East Coast Polish American publishing company. It formerly published the weekly newspaper Czas (until publication ceased in 1975).
Records consist chiefly of editorial correspondence and published material. Includes English. Inventory available.
Drzewieniecki, Walter M.
Papers, ca. 1970- . Ca. 7 linear in.
Drzewieniecki is an emeritus professor of history at SUNY-Buffalo. Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs documenting his career and Polish American activities in Buffalo, NY. Includes English.
Fox, Rev. Paul J. (1874-1963).
Papers, ca. 1890-1961. 20 linear ft.
Fox was born in Kojkowice, Poland, came to the United States in 1896, was naturalized in 1904, and married in 1908. He was educated at Western Reserve University, Oberlin Theological Seminary, and Johns Hopkins University. He served as pastor of various Polish Presbyterian churches in Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, and Illinois. Fox was editor of the Polish magazine Advance and author of The Poles in America and The Polish National Catholic Church. He was also associated with St. Paul's Polish Presbyterian Church (Baltimore, MD) and, as a social worker and director, with the Laird Neighborhood Community House in Chicago, IL.
Papers of Rev. Fox reflect his various activities in the United States and Poland. Included are manuscripts of his publications and press articles, many of them for Przebudzenie (Awakening); religious materials; college lecture notes and educational materials; documentation of the Laird Community House; records from his visit to Poland; newspaper clippings; and extensive correspondence. Includes English. Inventory available.
Friedel, Mieczyslaw.
Papers, n.d. Ca. 1 linear in.
Friedel was a Polish American journalist, actor, radio program director, and U.S. Army Combat Intelligence officer.
Papers consist of a photocopy of his manuscript entitled "Unbookish and Undivulged Story about World War II." The manuscript consists of newspaper clippings of a diary Friedel wrote for the Polish American Daily Kuryer Polski (Milwaukee, WI). In English.
Friends of Polish Culture (Boston, Massachusetts).
Records, ca. 1945-1968. 6 linear in.
Records consist of financial records, membership lists, correspondence, and miscellany. Includes English.
Golaski, Walter M. (1913- ).
Papers, ca. 1961-1972. Ca. 1 linear in.
Golaski is an industrial engineer, scientist, and inventor from Philadelphia, PA. Papers include a curriculum vitae, correspondence, and publications. In English. Inventory available.
Gottwald, John (1905- ).
Papers, 1958-1976. Ca. 1 linear ft.
Gottwald was born in Mizun, Austria, and completed his veterinary medicine studies at the Academy of Veterinary Medicine in Poland. He worked as a veterinarian until 1940 in Nowogrodek, Poland, and then in the Lodz area. From 1947 to 1951, he worked in occupied Austria for the French Army as garrison veterinarian. In 1951, he came to the United States, where he worked for the USDA as a veterinary medical officer.
Papers consist of correspondence with family and friends in Poland. Includes some English and German.
Hoinko, Thaddeus (1895- ).
Papers, ca. 1920-1978. 12 linear ft.
Hoinko was a Polish diplomat active in Polish American organizations after he came to the United States. He was born in Ukraine, lived in Poland, and in 1922 came to America as an official of the First Polish Consulate. Through his position, he became familiar with Polish Americans in major U.S. cities. He was hired by the American Polish Chamber of Commerce (New York, NY) and became a U.S. citizen in 1938. He wrote the column "Polonica Americas" for the organization's magazine Poland. In 1941, he became executive secretary of the Polish-American War Relief Society, later renamed Polish War Relief; and in 1944 he was appointed to the Polish Information Center in New York. From 1945 to 1964, he worked for Opportunity magazine in Chicago, IL.
Hoinko's papers include correspondence, photographs, and materials pertaining to his organizational activities, particularly with the Polish American Council and the American Polish Chamber of Commerce. Also included are typescripts of lectures on Poland and international affairs and papers of his wife, Marjorie Pitman Hoinko. Includes English.
Janda, Victoria (d. 1961).
Papers, ca. 1934-1961. Ca. 6 linear in.
An author and social worker, Janda published three books of poetry, served as president of the Polanie Club of Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, and was first executive secretary of the International Institute of St. Paul. She was also a member of the Minneapolis Poetry Society and the League of Minnesota Poets and was recipient of many literary and civic honors. Her books include Singing Furrows (1953), Star Hunger (1942), and Walls of Space (1945).
Papers include correspondence, literary manuscripts, typescripts of memoirs, speeches, stories, poems, Polish legends for young people, pencil drawings, collected articles about Poland, and photographs. Includes English.
Jaskolski, Alexandra (1918- ).
Papers, ca. 1930-1979. Ca. 4.5 linear ft.
Papers of Jaskolski, a musician and music teacher (who as a soloist was known as Olenka Nurczynska Butylda), document her musical and journalistic career. Included are publications and administrative correspondence from the New England Conservatory of Music, Polish and Polish American music, diaries, miscellany, and materials pertaining to Jaskolski's work as editor of the Polish American Gazeta Polonii. Includes English. Inventory available. Related collections: Walter Nurczynski and Valeria Wycke Nurczynska; Karol T. Jaskolski.
Jaskolski, Karol T. (1908-1972).
Papers, ca. 1939-1973. 107 linear ft.
Jaskolski was an editor of the Polish American newspaper Kuryer Codzienny and founder and editor of the Gazeta Polonii. He was born near Cracow, received a university education, and was a faculty member at the University of Lvov prior to World War II. After the war, he came to the United States and settled in Boston, MA. He was active in many Polish American organizations in Boston and for more than twenty years directed the "Polish Variety Hour" radio program. He also taped many programs for Voice of America.
Jaskolski's papers reflect his activities as editor of Kuryer Codzienny and Gazeta Polonii and his involvement with radio broadcasts of the "Polish Variety Hour" and Voice of America. Included in this rich collection are personal and professional correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial reports, diaries, publications, programs, announcements and advertising copy, receipts, programs for the Polish Variety Hour, information pertaining to performances of "Mazowsze" in Boston and to the Poznan Boys Choir, photograph albums and photographs, commemorative brochures, and awards. Correspondence and other materials pertain to Jaskolski's mother-in-law Valeria Nurczynski, to Walter Nurczynski, and to his wife, Alexandra. Correspon-dents include John F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, Hubert H. Humphrey, other government officials, and numerous prominent Polish Americans. Includes English. Partial inventory available. Related collections: Walter Nurczynski and Valeria Wycke Nurczynska; Alexandra Jaskolski.
Kielkowski, Victor (1896- ).
Papers, ca. 1949-1976. Ca. 3 linear ft.
A former army officer and career officer in the Polish gendarmerie, Kielkowski was born in a village near Lipno, Poland. He was educated at a teachers' college in Wymslin. During World War I, he completed army infantry officers' training school. He fought the Bolsheviks and, when his regiment disbanded, returned to Poland. There he continued his career in the gendarmerie and in the army until he was compelled to emigrate because of unspecified difficulties concerning his position. Kielkowski came to Chicago, IL, but no reference is made in his papers to his activities after his arrival there.
Papers consist of correspondence, biographical materials, personal papers, and some writings. Includes some English and German. Inventory available.
Kieronska, Henia.
Papers, ca. 1939-1969. Ca. 1 linear in.
Kieronska's papers consist of articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to Polish Americans and their history; articles, photographs, and cartoons regarding the German blitz in Poland in 1939; a family history of Anthony Sadowski (1661-1736), a Polish American pioneer in Pennsylvania; and a Polish American history by Frank A. Zabrosky. Most articles are from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Zgoda. Includes English.
Kosciolowski, Sophie (ca. 1903- ).
Papers, ca. 1914-1971. Ca. 1 linear in. (transcript).
Kosciolowski was born in Poland and came to the United States with her parents in 1912. After returning to Poland for a year, she came back to the United States in 1914, and the family settled in Chicago, IL. She worked at Armour & Co. Dried Beef Packing Department from ages thirteen to fifteen, then again beginning in 1931. In 1938 she was elected steward, and eventually became vice president of Local 347 of United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers, and served as a member of the Grievance Committee and National Armour Chain Bargaining Committee.
Transcript of oral interview covers her experiences as an immigrant in 1914, her work as a child in a meat packing plant, her membership in the United Packing-house, Food and Allied Workers' Union, and her work as an employee of and labor organizer at Armour & Co., ca. 1914-1971. In English.
Kowalski, John.
Papers, ca. 1940-1970. Ca. 6 linear ft.
Papers of Kowalski, a prominent leader of the East Coast Polish American community, include materials pertaining to the Association of the Sons of Poland, the Polish American Congress, the Pulaski Association, Inc., the Jozef Pilsudski Institute of America, and miscellany. Included are pamphlets, photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, and brochures. Includes English. Partial inventory available.
Leszczynska, Valeria.
Papers, 1939-1940. 1 linear ft.
Papers consist of three scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from Dziennik dla Wszystkich (Buffalo, NY). The clippings pertain to World War II in Poland.
The Mazur Polish Dancers of Milwaukee, Inc. (Wisconsin).
Collection, ca. 1949-1978. 1 linear in.
Collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles and of photographs, as well as some programs. Mainly in English.
Miciak, Lillian J. (Nemeroski).
Papers, ca. 1960-1976. 14 linear in.
Miciak, a lawyer, was active in Miami and Hollywood, FL, Polish organizations, including the Polish American Congress, both nationally and locally; the Millenium Culture Series; the Miami Polish American Club; and the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Soc. No. 753 (Cambridge, MA).
Papers contain correspondence, newspapers and newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, and scrapbooks pertaining to her activities and to the Polish community in the Hollywood, FL, area. Includes English.
Mischke, Angela (1905- ).
Papers, ca. 1969. 14 pages.
Mischke arrived at Ellis Island with her family in 1913. They settled in Chicago, IL, joining her father who had come to the United States five years previously. After attending parochial schools through eighth grade, she left to work, first as a baste puller in the tailor shop where her father worked as a presser, then in a glove factory. She took evening business courses and started a series of office jobs; she also worked for the Polish National Alliance until her marriage. Mischke was active in a local Polish singing group, Chor Warszawski; Trinity Parish Literary Circle; and Holy Trinity Church choir.
Her papers consist of an autobiography. In English.
Nurczynski, Anthony.
Papers, 1930-1946. Ca. 1.5 linear ft.
Nurczynski was a community leader in Boston's Polish cultural life, particularly as organizer and director of its musical groups. He arranged music for the Shep Nolan Band and for Krakowiaki, who played live on the "Echoes of Poland" radio hour.
Papers consist primarily of published and mimeographed sheet music. Includes some English. Related collections: Walter and Valeria Wycke Nurczynski; Alexandra Jaskolski.
Nurczynski, Walter (ca. 1893-1962) and Valeria Wycke Nurczynska (1897-1967).
Papers, 1936-1968. Ca. 4.5 linear ft.
A singer, Valeria (or Valerie) Nurczynska was born in Lodz, Poland; she came to the United States as a child and studied voice. She became a United States citizen in 1920, after her marriage to Walter. During World War II, she was chair of the United Women's Society of Greater Boston (affiliated with Polish War Relief). She was a member of the Polish National Alliance (Chicago, IL), organizer of PNA Lodge 3008, and a founder of the Polish Singers' Alliance of New England and of Lira Chorus of Boston. She gave concerts and recitals in many cities and also did opera and radio work. Walter Nurczynski was also born in Poland. From ca. 1937 to 1944, he was producer of the Boston area radio program "Echoes of Poland," and ca. 1943 was president of the Polish War Relief Committee of Boston, MA.
Papers consist of clippings, correspondence, sheet music (mostly songs sung by Valeria), and radio scripts, as well as financial reports of the Polish War Relief Committee of Boston. Also included are correspondence and photographs of Alexandra Jaskolski and papers of Karol Jaskolski. Includes English. Related collections: Alexandra Jaskolski; Karol T. Jaskolski; Anthony Nurczynski.
Panek, Ludwik and Wanda.
Papers, ca. 1928-1971. 6 linear in.
Ludwik Panek (1884- ) was born near Lancut, Poland. After coming to the United States, he was active in Polish American organizations. He received a medal for recruiting for the Polish National Alliance (Chicago, IL), was Grand Marshal for the Polish Day parade in Chicago (1920), a member of Polish Falcons, and was president and founding member of the committee for aid to Polish American veterans of World War I. Wanda Panek was a member and champion of Polish Falcons District No. 2 (in the 1920s); subchairperson of the Technical Committee, Polish Falcons Nest No. 2; and was in charge of athletic events for young female Sokol members in 1927.
Papers of the Paneks contain publications and ephemera from the Civic Committee of Polish National Relief Fund (1976-1977), the Polish National Alliance (ca. 1940), Polish Falcons of America (national headquarters and Nest No. 2), St. Stanislaus Parish (Chicago, IL), the Chicago Intercollegiate Council, and the Chicago Park District. Includes some English.
Paryski Publishing Company (Toledo, Ohio).
Records, ca. 1930-1960. Ca. 210 linear ft.
Founded in 1889 by Antoni A. Paryski (or Panek, 1865-1935), the Company was one of the most important Polish American publishing houses in the United States. Among its publications were several thousand books and pamphlets, primarily in Polish, and the popular newspaper, Ameryka-Echo (1889-1962). Publications covered the widest possible range, including religion, fiction, textbooks, and histories. Paryski was the first Polish publisher to employ American mass-marketing techniques.
Records consist of the vast business and editorial papers of the Company. Included are correspondence, advertisement orders, editorial materials, and a variety of financial records. Includes English. Inventory available.
Polish American Book Company (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, 1955-1972. Ca. 10 linear ft.
Records of the Company consist of correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, and press releases pertaining to the newspapers Polonia and Ameryka-Echo, the Independent Publishing Company, and to organizations such as the Polish American Congress. Includes some English. Related collection: Polish American Congress (Chicago, IL).
Polish American Congress (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1940-1972. 52 linear ft.
A political, cultural, and social organization founded in 1944 in Chicago, IL, the Congress has as its purpose promotion of Polish culture in the United States, support of freedom and independence for the people of Poland, and sponsorship of social and cultural activities to unite Polish Americans. The organization publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Polish American Congress Newsletter.
Records consist of general administrative materials of the Congress along with questionnaires, correspondence, documents, and financial reports of the American Committee for the Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons. Includes English. Inventory available. Related collections: American Committee for the Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons (Chicago, IL); Polish American Congress, Illinois Division (Chicago).
Polish American Congress. Illinois Division (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1944-1972. Ca. 8 linear ft.
PAC Illinois Division records consist of correspondence, member lists, donor lists, financial records, minutes, information on American citizens in Poland and on naturalized Poles, files pertaining to Polish immigration matters, correspondence of the Compensation Committee of the Polish American Congress (regarding compensation for Poles who were in German labor or prison camps during World War II), Illinois statutes and regulations, and photographs. Includes English. Inventory available. Related collection: Polish American Congress (Chicago, IL).
Polish Canteen for Servicemen (New York, New York).
Records, 1943-1975. 1 linear in. and 1 tape cassette.
The Canteen, or Swietlica, was organized in New York City in 1943 to provide persons in the armed services with a recreational facility. It was located in the Polish National Home and served refreshments, sponsored fundraisers such as dances, and maintained a library. When it closed in 1945, it had served more than 48,000 persons. In January 1946, the canteen was reorganized as the Polish Women's Service Club, a humanitarian organization working on behalf of Poles.
Records include a brief history, financial records, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, photographs, programs, and copies of a weekly newspaper column that described Canteen activities. Also included is limited material regarding the Polish Women's Service Club. Includes English. Inventory available. History available also on cassette.
Polish Centrale of Minneapolis, Minnesota (Centrala Polonii w Minneapolis).
Records, 1931-1938. Ca. 2 linear in.
Previously the Polish National Department (Minneapolis, MN), the Centrale coordinated the efforts of Polish Americans to aid the cause of Poland during World War I. The Minneapolis branch, founded ca. 1931, grew into an autonomous organization that represented the community's major organizations, initially Polish American and, later, also the VFW. It sponsored patriotic celebrations and local political activism such as resolutions supporting candidates for local offices.
Records consist of minutes. Includes English.
Polish Falcons of America (Sokol Polski) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
Records, 1912-1980. 9 microfilm reels.
The Falcons is a fraternal and cultural organization founded in 1887 and based in Pittsburgh, PA. The organization's major purpose is to provide insurance to members. In addition, it sponsors social and cultural activities, including summer camps, gymnastics, folklore, and sports; it has also provided scholarships to students of Polish descent. The organization was a leader in the movement to restore the Polish state during and after World War I.
Records consist of convention records, including minutes of "extraordinary congresses" and "plenum sessions." Major topics include unification of the two Unions of Polish Falcons in America, the constitution and purposes of the new union, the Falcons's administrative structure and programs, military instruction in the United States, and famine aid to Galicia. Inventory available for supplement portion only. Originals held by Polish Falcons of America, 97 S. 18th St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Polish Library Society (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, ca. 1901-1918. 1.5 linear in.
Records consist of two bound volumes. Included are a book of financial records with lists of library members from various local Polish National Alliance lodges and a book labeled "Minute Book of Polish Library of Minneapolis" containing minutes (1917-1918) and correspondence (1913-1921) of the Citizens Committee and Recruiting Centre #20 (Minneapolis).
Polish National Aid Association (Grand Rapids, Michigan).
Records, 1878-1976. Ca. 3 linear ft.
A cultural and mutual aid society, the Association (formerly Lodge 57 of the Polish National Alliance) was founded in 1878. It held annual celebrations marking Polish national holidays, built the first Polish hall in the United States (1885), and established a choir and drama circle. Other activities included aid to Polish orphans, local churches, organizations, and causes; political efforts in local elections and in national campaigns for Polish independence; recruiting for the Polish Army; and sale of Polish bonds.
Records comprise financial records, minutes, inventories, and membership records of the organization.
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America (Zwiasek Narodowy Polski) (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, ca. 1938-1961. Ca. 5 linear in.
Founded in 1880, the Alliance is the largest and second oldest Polish American fraternal organization, with membership of about 317,000 and 1,350 lodges in thirty-six states. Its activities include maintenance and promotion of Polish culture, art, and tradition, as well as exercising leadership in Polish American cultural life. The PNA supports Polish American scholarship and education; it owned and operated Alliance College in Cambridge Springs, PA. The organization also conducts relief and charitable work for Poland. It participated in efforts on behalf of free and independent Poland after World Wars I and II. The Alliance, with headquarters in Chicago, publishes its official organs Zgoda, Polish Daily Zgoda, and Alliance Calendar.
Records include annual reports, evaluation reports, and analyses of operations. In English. Related collections: PNA, Lodge 1042 (Minneapolis, MN); PNA, Lodge 1530 (Minneapolis, MN); PNA, Lodge 22 (Minneapolis, MN); PNA, Council 23 (Chicago, IL); PNA; PNA Home (Minneapolis, MN); PNA, Council 20 (Minneapolis, MN); PNA Council 12 (Minneapolis, MN).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Council 12 (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, ca. 1884-1966. Ca. 2 linear ft.
Records of PNA Council 12 include minutes, ledgers of contributors' names, financial reports, membership lists, and financial ledgers. Also included are financial records of the Polish Library Society, and of Group 22. Inventory available. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Council No. 20 (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, 1916-1935. 1 microfilm reel.
Records of the PNA Minneapolis Council No. 20 include minutes of the Executive Committee. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Council 23 (Chicago, Illinois).
Records, 1914-1918. 1 microfilm reel.
Records of PNA Council 23 consist of minutes of sessions, including those of the organizational session, and lists of officers and members. Negatives held by the Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, General Casimir Pulaski Society Lodge No. 3155 (El Paso, Texas).
Records, ca. 1959-1972. Ca. 1 linear in.
Records consist of correspondence of founders Lt. Col. Francis C. and Virginia Kajencki, a history of the Lodge, photographs, and newspaper clippings. In English. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America Home (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, 1937-1974. Ca. 2 linear in.
Leaders of the Northeast Minneapolis, MN, Polish American community collaborated to incorporate, finance, and manage an institution to house major neighborhood activities. The Home was built before 1937.
Records consist of minutes of regular, annual, and special meetings of the Home's board of directors. The board was made up of members of various PNA lodges and the Polish National Alliance Commercial Club. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Lodge No. 22 (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, 1884-1916. Ca. 1 linear in.
Records of PNA Lodge 22 consist of a minute book, including minutes of the organizational meeting, regular, and extraordinary meetings. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Lodge No. 1042 (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, 1936-1954. Ca. 1 linear in.
Records of PNA Lodge 1042 include minutes of regular and annual meetings. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Lodge No. 1530 (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, 1914-1955. Ca. 2.5 linear in.
Records of PNA Lodge No. 1530 consist of minutes of regular, annual, and special meetings; membership lists; financial reports; and lists of officers. Includes English. Related collection: PNA (Chicago, IL).
Polish National Catholic Church, Central Diocese (Scranton, Pennsylvania).
Records, 1897-1967. 10 microfilm reels.
The Church was founded in 1897 in Scranton, PA, in response to the desire of some Polish Americans for a more active voice in their religious life. In Scranton, Polish miners and factory workers of the Sacred Heart Church requested lay representation in parish affairs. Their request was refused, but with the help of Bishop Franciszek Hodur, the group formed its own church, St. Stanislaus. The first PNCC Synod was held in 1904, in Scranton. By that time, there were two dozen parishes and 20,000 members in five states. The Church established the Savonarola Theological Seminary (Scranton, PA) in 1907, and an affiliated fraternal society, the Polish National Union of America (Spojnia), in 1908. The PNCC also sponsors many news-papers, publications, and a summer camp. Records of the Diocese contain baptism, confirmation, marriage, and death records. Includes English, Latin and Lithuanian. Restricted.
Polish National Catholic Church. Western Diocese, Sacred Heart Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
Records, 1914-1965. 1 microfilm reel and ca. 1 linear in.
Records of the Church include baptism, marriage and death records, parish committee minutes, and financial reports. Includes Latin; microfilm in Polish only.
Polish Roman Catholic Union, Circuit No. 22 (St. Paul, Minnesota).
Records, 1919-1939. Ca. 1 linear in.
Founded in 1873, the Union is a fraternal, cultural, recreational, and sports organization. It sponsors educational and religious tours to Canada and Europe, gives financial assistance to students, aids elderly and disabled members, and sponsors sports activities. The Union has ca. 129,000 members with branches in twenty-five states. It is headquartered in Chicago, IL, and publishes Narod Polski.
Records of Circuit No. 22 of St. Paul consist of a minute book of regular and annual meetings. Related collections: Polish Roman Catholic Union, St. Jacob Apostle Society, Lodge No. 445 (St. Paul, MN); Polish Roman Catholic Union, St. Joseph Society, Lodge No. 893 (St. Paul, MN).
Polish Roman Catholic Union, St. Jacob Apostle Society, Lodge No. 445 (St. Paul, Minnesota).
Records, 1919-1941. Ca. 2 linear in.
Records of PRCU Lodge No. 445 of St. Paul consist of a minute book of regular, semiannual, and annual meetings. Related collections: Polish Roman Catholic Union, Circuit 22 (St. Paul, MN); Polish Roman Catholic Union, St. Joseph Society, Lodge No. 893 (St. Paul, MN).
Polish Roman Catholic Union, St. Joseph Society, Lodge No. 893 (St. Paul, Minnesota).
Records, 1915-1920. Ca. 1 linear in.
Records of PRCU Lodge No. 893 of St. Paul, organized in 1915, consist of a minute book of monthly meetings. Related collections: Polish Roman Catholic Union, Circuit 22 (St. Paul, MN); Polish Roman Catholic Union, St. Jacob Apostle Society, Lodge No. 445 (St. Paul, MN).
Polish Union of America, Inc., Chapter 2 (St. Paul, Minnesota).
Records, 1986-1917. 1 linear in.
The Union, a fraternal, cultural, relief, and social organization, was founded as a result of schism within the Polish National Alliance in the late 1880s, and was led by Father Dominic Majer, a St. Paul, MN, priest and patriarch of Minnesota Polonia. Five lodges were organized in the Twin Cities and one each in Owatonna and Duluth, MN, but the locus of membership, power, and the office organ Slonce (Sun) shifted eastward by 1900. A series of reorganizations in the next decade led to the formation of the Polish Union of the United States with headquarters in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and the Polish Union of America in Buffalo, NY.
Records consist of three membership dues books.
Polish Union of the United States of North America (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania).
Records, 1939-1971. Ca. 5 linear in.
The Union is a fraternal benefit and insurance society founded in 1890 in St. Paul, MN. After six years, it was moved to Buffalo, NY, and then to Wilkes-Barre, PA. It was incorporated in 1907 under the name Polish Union of America and took its present name by charter amendment in 1921. After World War II, the Union became a member of the Polish American Congress. The Union provides insurance, scholarships, and charitable support for Polish Americans.
Records of the Union include published materials, an audit, correspondence, materials pertaining to The Polish Review, and a jubilee album. Also included are correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, ledgers, and press releases of the Anthracite Relief Committee for Poland organized by the Union (Wilkes-Barre, 1939-1942); and correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and other materials pertaining to the American Red Cross, Community War Chests, Center of the Friends of the Polish Soldier (Centrum Przyjaciol Zolnierza Polskiego), the Polish National Alliance, the Polish YMCA work in the Middle East, the Polish American Council, World War II, and refugees. Includes English. Inventory available.
Procanin, Anna (Barzyk).
Papers, ca. 1914-1915. 6 linear in.
Procanin lived in Chicago, IL, and was active in several Polish American and other organizations. Her memberships included the Polish National Alliance; Warehouse and Mail Order Employees Union, Local #743 (Chicago); and Klub Leczan #1. The last, a charitable organization, was founded in Chicago in 1923; members were persons from Leki Gorne, Poland, who provided aid to those in the homeland.
Papers include business and personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Includes English.
Rozanski, Clement.
Papers, 1919-1969. 16 linear ft.
Rozanski was an attorney in New York City and Brooklyn, NY, for nearly fifty years. His clients included hundreds of Polish Americans and major local institutions such as the Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn and the Consulate General of Poland in New York.
Papers include legal files consisting of invoices, title examination reports, account files, endorsements, home insurance certificates, landlords' lease reports, and numbered card files of legal cases. Also included are financial records and business correspondence. In English.
Rozanski, Edward C. and Loda.
Papers, ca. 1940- . 43 linear ft.
An optometrist active in Polish American organizations, Edward Rozanski was born in Chicago, IL, in 1915. He served as president of the Polish American Congress, Illinois State Division, and as a director of the Polish National Alliance and was active in other organizations including the International Platform Association, Pi Tau Gamma Polish American Educators Club of Illinois, the Order of Lafayette, and the Kopernik Quincentennial Observance of the Illinois Polish American Congress. He also served as general manager of Alliance Printers and Publishers and was named "Man of the Year" of United Polish Councils in 1970.
Loda, born in Chicago in 1918, has been active in numerous Polish American cultural and religious organizations, with a particular interest in preserving historical materials. The Société Historique et Littéraire Polonaise of Paris, France, honored her with the Krasinski Medallion for the Polonica-Americana Collection.
Papers of the Rozanskis include correspondence (of both Edward and Loda), minutes, newspaper clippings, press releases, and organizational publications relating to Dr. Rozanski's activities in the Polish American community. Organizations represented in the collection include the Polish American Congress, the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, the Polish Western Association of America, the Orchard Lake Schools, the Legion of Young Polish Women, the Chicago Society, Alliance College, the American Museum of Immigration, and the Polish Army Veterans of America. Also included are minutes of the Protokol Trzeciego Zjazdu Polskiej Rady Miedzynarodowej (the Third Convention of the Polish International Council) and material pertaining to the Mikolaj Kopernik Observance Committee, Polish art, the Polish press in the United States, Radio Free Europe, the United States Bicentennial, the Polish Falcons of America, and displaced persons. Includes English. Inventory available.
Sadowski, Dr. Roman J. (1879-1965).
Papers, ca. 1919-1960. Ca. 3 linear in.
Dr. Sadowski was born in Plock, Poland, and came to the United States as a child. He graduated from the Detroit College of Medicine in 1903. Sadowski practiced in the Detroit area and was active in numerous Polish American and professional associations as well as being on the board of directors of several companies. He was a member and/or officer of the Polish American Congress, the Polish Roman Catholic Union, and the Medical and Dental Association of Americans of Polish Origin, and was a founder of Polish Falcons Nest #79 (Detroit). He also served on the Detroit City Plan Commission and was the recipient of many awards and honors.
Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings (many pertaining to Sadowski's daughter), financial documents, and photographs. Also included are notes on ancestry, issues of medical society bulletins, and bulletins of Polish organizations. Includes English.
St. John Cantius Roman Catholic Church (Wilno, Minnesota).
Records, ca. 1883-1974. 5 microfilm reels.
St. John Cantius Church has been the center of one of Minnesota's oldest rural Polish settlements, founded ca. 1880 through the efforts of Rev. R. Byzewski of Winona and Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul. Records include baptism, marriage, and death registers, parish committee minutes, financial records, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included are the research notes of parish historian Rose Parulski. Includes Latin and English.
Smietana, Walter.
Papers, ca. 1970-1973. Ca. 2 linear in.
Smietana served as acting president of Alliance College (Cambridge Springs, PA), as director of the Alliance College Student Teaching Committee, as chair of the Alliance College Teacher Education Committee, and as chair of the College's Department of Education and Psychology. He was also National Chair of the Polish American Congress Committee on Quin-centennial of the Birth of Copernicus.
Papers consist of minutes of the Alliance College Teacher Education Committee; press releases from the college; newspaper clippings and academic bulletins; photographs; correspondence with Dr. Mieczyslaw Klimaszewski, Chancellor of Jagiellonian University (Cracow, Poland); materials pertaining to the Quincentennial Committee; and an Alliance College Convocation program. Includes English.
Swierczynski, Jan (1892- ).
Papers, ca. 1912-1975. Ca. 3 linear in.
A longtime resident of Chicago, IL, Swierczynski was a member of the Polish Falcons of America (Pittsburgh, PA); the American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons; and the Polish Veterans in Exile Association, Circle #15 (Chicago). He was also a contributor to many Polish causes and organizations in the Midwest and abroad.
Papers consist of a manuscript on Polish folk music and musicians in Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; correspondence; and ephemera from the Organizational Committee of the Free Poland Society of Pittsburgh, the Polish-Hungarian World Federation (Chicago), Polish Veterans in Exile Association (Chicago), Zwiasek Polakow w Mendozie (Mendoza, Argentina), Union of Polish Invalids in Great Britain (war invalids), and numerous Polish American organizations in Chicago and the Midwest. Correspondents include Arthur C. Waldo of Polish Falcons of America, and W. Anders, Polish National Fund (London). Also included are photographs and newspaper clippings. Includes English.
Symans, Edward Alan.
Papers, 1971-1983. 2 linear ft.
Symans (originally Szymanski) lived in Poland for many years as an employee of the U.S. Foreign Service. He has published three volumes of poetry and is a founder of the Polish Heritage Society of Grand Rapids, MI.
Papers include correspondence with his wife, Therese M. Symans; newspaper clippings, mostly from Grand Rapids, MI; and personal papers, research notes, and scrapbooks. Correspondence and clippings pertain to immigration, genealogy, and articles and poetry written by Symans. Also included are newsletters of the Polish Heritage Society. Includes English and Spanish.
Szczesniak, Boleslaw Boym.
Papers, 1948-1977. Ca. 1 linear ft.
Szczesniak, a medievalist and scholar of East Asian history, came to the United States soon after World War II. He taught at the University of Notre Dame, Department of History.
Papers consist largely of his and his family's personal correspondence. Also included are proceedings of the South Bend (IN) Polish Library (1914-1957), and a file pertaining to celebration of the Copernical Year (1973) in South Bend. Includes English.
Szewc, Rose G.
Papers, ca. 1916-1929. 1 linear ft.
Szewc, who served as Executive Secretary of the American Association for the Education of Foreign-Born Soldiers in the United States, was born in Warsaw, Poland. Her family came to the United States when she was a young child. She worked as a legal stenographer and as manager in the Ft. Wayne (IN) Department of Western Life Indemnity Company. She also contributed poetry to the Indianapolis Star. Around 1917, she became interested in teaching English and Americanization to foreign-born recruits at Ft. Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis. In 1918, she moved to New York City, where she was associated with Ignacy Paderewski and the Polish National Committee. She also worked as secretary of the Mid-European Union in Washington, DC, in the late 1910s. During the 1920s and 1930s, she worked for Tatra Production Company of New York, NY.
Papers of Szewc consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellany concerning her life in Indiana prior to 1918 and as secretary in the law firm of Clement Rozanski of New York City and Brooklyn, NY. Also included are engravings; short fiction drafts; invoices and financial records; photographs; correspondence with W. O. Gorski of the Polish Victims' Relief Fund; a letter from Herbert A. Miller, director, Committee for the League of Nations of Eastern Europe; correspondence between Szewc and Gen. Edwin F. Glen; and artifacts. Includes English and Russian (one item). Related collections: Clement Rozanski; Tatra Production Company (New York, NY).
Szulak, Rev. Francis Xavier (1863-1903).
Papers, ca. 1869-1903. 1 microfilm reel.
Szulak was a Jesuit missionary born in Poland. After coming to the United States, he lived in Chicago, IL, and conducted missionary work in the surrounding states. He organized parishes in Michigan; Buffalo, NY; Nebraska; and Wisconsin; and also worked in Minnesota.
Papers consist of a diary. Volumes II-VI concern his activities in Minnesota and elsewhere in the Midwest. Includes German (Gothic cursive script) and Latin.
Tatra Production Company (New York, New York).
Records, 1919-1920. 1 linear ft.
The Company was created to produce a film based on the life of Ignacy Paderewski. Records consist of correspondence, minutes, and stock certificates. Also included are a photograph of Rose G. Szewc and a manuscript entitled "Reflections on Friendship" and signed "Rozanski." Includes English. Related collections: Clement F. Rozanski; Rose G. Szewc.West Side Democratic and Civic Club (South Bend, Indiana).
Records, 1930-1961. Ca. 2 linear in.
Records of this Polish American organization consist of minutes of regular monthly and annual meetings. Includes English (1951-1962). Available as photocopies only.
Wiewiora, Joseph.
Papers, 1973-1979. Ca. 7 linear in.
Wiewiora, a journalist and writer, edited Zgoda, the official publication of the Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America (PNA). He was born and educated in Poland and began his journalistic career as a teenager with the now defunct Dziennik Zjednoczenia in Chicago. In 1929-1930, he worked for Gwiazda Polarna with Waclaw G-siorowski in Stevens Point, WI, but returned to Dziennik Zjednoczenia in 1930. He later left newspaper work to become a newscaster for Polish radio programs at Hammond, IN. After serving in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, he worked variously for the Conkey Publishing Company and as chief investigator of the Juvenile Court of Lake County, IN. In 1958, he became Chicago office director of the Polish American Congress and editor of Dziennik Zwiaskowy and Zgoda.
Papers include drafts of articles pertaining to the U.S. Bicentennial and of other Zgoda articles and advertisements, background for articles including press releases from the PNA, PNA bylaws, a booklet on the Fourth Convention of Polonia Society, issues of Zgoda, a booklet entitled In the Mainstream of American Life, correspondence, and photographs. Includes English.
Wodarski, Rev. John P.
Papers, ca. 1962-1969. Ca. 1 linear in.
Wodarski's papers include mimeographed minutes, bylaws, constitution, and other items pertaining to the Association of Polish Priests of Connecticut and to Father Stephen Bartkowski. Also included is an anniversary booklet from Holy Cross Church (New Britain, CT). Includes English.
Wolny, Wilhelm A.
Papers, ca. 1938-1971. 1 linear ft. and 1 scrapbook.
Wolny, a leader in the Polish American communities in Detroit, MI, and San Francisco, CA, came to the United States after World War II. He and his wife moved first to Detroit, where Wolny was active in the Polish theater "Rozmaitosci" and other cultural activities. The Wolnys then moved to San Francisco, where Wilhelm continued to be active in the Polish American community. He was elected president of the Polish National Alliance Council #4, served as a delegate of Polish American Congress Lodge 7 (Daly City, CA), participated in the Ignacy Paderewski Club, and was a member of the Polish American Congress, California Division.
Papers include personal correspondence, minutes and records of Northern California Polish organizations, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and miscellany. Included are materials pertaining to the Polish Relief Committee of the United Polish Societies, the Polish National Alliance, the Ignacy Paderewski Club, Inc., and the Polish American Congress (all of San Francisco); Polski Teatr "Rozmaitosci" (Detroit); the National Association of Polish Americans, Inc.; the Polish American Congress (California-Arizona Division); Polish-German relations; social activities of Polonia in California; and articles by Jozef Sanocki. Includes some English. Inventory available.
Wolodkowicz, Andrzej (1928- ).
Papers, 1964-1967. 6 linear in.
A specialist on Polish Canadian problems, Wolodkowicz was born in Warsaw. He lived and studied in England and France before immigrating to Canada in 1955, where he completed his education. He has been active in many Polish Canadian organizations, and has published on Polish Canadian problems.
Papers consist of correspondence, questionnaires, and newspaper clippings used in the compilation of Wolodkowicz's book, Polish Contribution to Arts and Sciences in Canada (1969). Includes English and French. Inventory available.
Zawistowski, Rev. Jozef Lebiedzik (1884-1967).
Papers, ca. 1914-1967. 16.5 linear ft.
Zawistowski was born in the Polish area of Upper Silesia and came to the United States in 1914 to become a priest of the Polish National Catholic Church. He served parishes from Duluth, MN, to Schenectady, NY, and was one of the prominent leaders of the PNCC. During World Wars I and II, Rev. Zawistowski was active in relief efforts. He was also instrumental in stabilizing many parishes to which he was assigned and was a prolific writer.
Papers consist of correspondence; manuscripts of books, pamphlets, and articles written by Rev. Zawistowski; and newspaper clippings. The collection is especially rich in correspondence with Bishop Franciszek Hodur. Other correspondents include Bishop L. Grochowski, Rev. J. Kula, Bishop T. Zielinski, Bishop W. Faron, Bishop V. Gawrychowski, Bishop J. Lesniak, Bishop J. Soltysiak, V. Rev. T. Czarkowski, and others. Includes some English. Inventory available.
Zielinski, Jaroslav de (1844-1922).
Papers, 1871-1922. 1 linear ft.
A pianist and teacher of voice and music, Zielinski was born in Lubycza Krolewska and studied piano in Poland and other parts of Europe. He was wounded during his participation in the Polish uprising against tsarist Russia in 1863-1864. In 1864, he came to the United States, enlisting as a bugler in the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry of the Union Army. After the Civil War, he resumed his musical career, publishing piano music, appearing in concerts, and teaching piano and voice. He lived in Michigan, New York, and Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, he founded the Zielinski Trio Club and headed a school of music.
Papers consist of correspondence, handbills, manuscripts, programs, a scrapbook, and photographs. Also included are research notes of Robert C. Bryant and Edward A. Symans pertaining to Zielinski's life. Correspondence is predominantly with Zielinski's friend and pupil Edith V. Rann. Mainly in English; includes some Polish, French, and German. Preliminary inventory available.
Zorn, Otylia (Smocinska).
Papers, 1956-1977. Ca. 8 linear in.
Papers of Otylia "Tess" Zorn consist of a scrapbook containing correspondence, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to the histories of the Zorn and Smocinski families, the American Polish Club of Lake Worth, FL, the Polish-American Citizens' Club of Camden, NJ, and bylaws of the Polish-American Club (Polski Dom) of Palm Beach County, FL. In English.
Monographs
General book-length treatments of American Polonia are represented at the IHRC by a total of over fifty historical or cultural overviews, biographies or autobiographies of famous persons, general bibliographies, and registers listing prominent individuals. The histories cover the entire period of the Polish presence in the United States and include works written either by American non-Poles or by Polish researchers in Poland, in addition to works treating the subject from the Polish American viewpoint. While most of the histories date from the 1930s or later, the earliest are from the first decade of this century. Works of note include The Poles in America, by Paul Fox (1977, reprint of 1922 edition); America's Polish Heritage: A Social History of the Poles in America, by Joseph Wytrwal (1961); The Polish Americans: Whence and Whither, by Theresita Polzin (1973); and For God and Country, by Victor Greene (1975). An important recent study is John Bukowczyk's And My Children Did Not Know Me: A History of the Polish Americans (1987).
Taking the Zawistowski Collection into account, books issued by church organizations constitute the largest single group in the IHRC Polish American monograph holdings. The Zawistowski library includes writings by and about Bishop Franciszek Hodur, founder of the Polish National Catholic Church, as well as works by Zawistowski himself, and contains many rare publications documenting non-Roman Catholic Polish religious activities. Available PNCC materials encompass both national publications, such as hymnals and educational/promotional pamphlets, and local parish publications, such as jubilee books and financial reports. Among the secondary works on the PNCC are a discussion of the church schism, Jan Czyzak's Rozdzial koscielny wsród polaków w Ameryce; Przycinek [przyczynek] do historyi emigracyi polskiej w Ameryce (Church Division among Poles in America; Contribution to the History of Polish Emigration in America, 1927), and Hieronim Kubiak's The Polish National Catholic Church in the United States of America from 1897 to 1980: Its Social Conditioning and Social Functions (1982). The more predominant Roman Catholic presence among Polish immigrants is documented in several works, including Joseph John Parot's Polish Catholics in Chicago, 1850-1920: A Religious History. Primary materials on Polish Roman Catholics in the United States include local parish commemorative albums; also present is an edition of Jesuit missionaries' letters, Ludwik Grzebien's Burzliwe lata Polonii amerykanskiej; Wspomnienia i listy misjonarzy jezuickich 1864-1913 (Stormy Years of American Polonia; Memoirs and Letters of Jesuit Missionaries, 1983). Also available are a number of Roman Catholic clergy biographies.
On the subject of education, the IHRC holdings contain both primary and secondary sources. Primary materials are of two types: jubilee volumes issued by Polish American preparatory schools and seminaries, and instructional books on Polish language and literature for children and for college students. Studies include Dorota Praszalowicz's Amerykanska etniczna szkola parafialna; Studium porównawcze trzech wybranych odmian intsytucji (The American Ethnic Parochial School; Comparative Study of the Three Chosen Types of Institutions, 1986) and Józef Miaso's The History of the Education of Polish Immigrants in the United States (1977).
The question of assimilation (or, viewed conversely, of the maintenance of ethnic identity) is the subject of an American study, Walery J. Jasinski's Teksty dotyczace asymilacji Polaków w Ameryce (On the Assimilation of the Poles in America, 1941) and of several volumes published in Poland. The latter works include a collection of theoretical essays, Zalozenia teorii asymilacji (Assumptions of the Theory of Assimilation), edited by Hieronim Kubiak and Andrzej K. Paluch (1980); an anthropological monograph on cultural change, Aleksander Posern-Zielinski's Tradycja a etnicznosc; Przemiany kultury Polonii amerykanskiej (Tradition and Ethnicity; Transformations of American Polonia's Culture, 1982); and a discussion of the theoretical and methodological questions of assimilation, Grzegorz Babinski's Wiez etniczna a procesy asymilacji; Przemiany organizacji etnicznych: zagadnienia teoretyczne i metodologiczne (Ethnic Bonds and Assimilation Processes; Transformations of Ethnic Organizations: Theoretical and Methodological Problems, 1986). Other American and Polish works characterize assimilation within a given geographical area, such as Ewa Morawska's The Maintenance of Ethnicity: Case Study of the Polish American Community in Greater Boston (1977). On interethnic relations, there are monographs on the Polish American stereotype, such as Andrzej Kapiszewski's Stereotyp Amerykanów polskiego pochodzenia (Stereotype of Americans of Polish Descent, 1978), and on assimilation and interethnic conflict, such as Kapiszewski's Asymilacja i konflikt; Z problematyki stosunków etnicznych w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki (Assimilation and Conflict; On the Problems of Ethnic Relations in the United States of America, 1984). A sociological analysis of Polish American community life is contained in Helena Znaniecki Lopata's Polish Americans: Status Competition in an Ethnic Community (1976).
Publications pertaining to the subject area of work include Polish and American studies treating industrialization, participation in labor unions, and strike actions in the mines. Among the latter monographs is The Slavic Community on Strike: Immigrant Labor in Pennsylvania Anthracite (1968), by Victor Greene, found in the IHRC's general section.
Polish American organizations are represented by anniversary albums often incorporating historical overviews: examples are albums of two fraternal benefit societies, the Polish National Union (Spójnia), founded in Scranton, PA, in 1908, and the Polish Union of the United States of North America, established in Wilkes-Barre (PA) in 1890. Additional primary materials for such organizations are commemorative and descriptive brochures. Among secondary publications are reference works. Individual histories are available for a number of organizations. The IHRC has two histories (1913 and 1948) of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America. For the Polish Falcons of America, a history from 1929 in English and a multivolume history from 1953 through 1974 in Polish by Arthur Waldo are present. There are also histories of the Polish Union of America (1930) and of the Polish Women's Alliance (1938).
The largest Polish American fraternal group, the Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, is represented in the collection by Stanislaw Osada's Historya Zwiazku Narodowego Polskiego i rozwój ruchu narodowego (History of the Polish National Alliance and Development of the National Movement, a 1905 volume reprinted in 1957) and Adam Olszewski's Historia Zwiazku Narodowego Polskiego (History of the Polish National Alliance, six volumes published between 1957 and 1963). The most recent study of this organization is Donald Pienkos's PNA: A Centennial History of the Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America (1985). Also numbered among the IHRC holdings are many organizational publications, constituting extensive primary documentation for Polish American events and activities.
Works in the collection discussing specific localities cover many of the areas with the largest Polish populations. There are descriptions of the sizeable communities of Chicago (Poles of Chicago, 1837-1937; A History of One Century of Polish Contribution to the City of Chicago, Illinois, n.a., ca. 1937), Detroit (Sister Mary Remigia Napolska's The Polish Immigrant in Detroit to 1914, 1946), Cleveland (John J. Grabowski's Polish Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland, 1976), and Philadelphia (Carol Ann Golab's The Polish Communities of Philadelphia, 1870-1920: Immigrant Distribution and Adaptation in Urban America, 1971); a guide to information on Buffalo's Polish population is W. M. Drzewieniecki's Polonica Buffalonensis: Annotated Bibliography of Source and Printed Materials Dealing with the Polish-American Community in the Buffalo, New York, Area (1976). For New York City there is a 1938 popularized description of Poles residing there in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The earliest Polish colony, a Silesian farming settlement established at Panna Maria, Texas, in 1854, is the subject of Andrzej Brozek's Slazacy w Teksasie; relacje o najstarszych osadach polskich w Ameryce (Silesians in Texas; Reports about the Oldest Polish Settlements in America, 1972), among other works. Regarding California, works are available on Los Angeles (Neil C. Sandberg's Ethnic Identity and Assimilation: The Polish-American Community; Case Study of Metropolitan Los Angeles, 1974) as well as on the state as a whole. Additional works describe the Polish American experience in Virginia and Kentucky taken together, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. A sociological study of a particular Polish American community is Arthur E. Wood's Hamtramck [MI], Then and Now (1955).
Secondary works on Polish migration from the homeland, many published in Poland, treat a wide range of topics. Some studies delimit the topic by period, such as Józef Okolowicz's Wychodztwo i osadnictwo polskie przed wojna swiatowa (Polish Immigration and Settlement before the World War, 1920), or by area within Poland, for example, in Krystyna Duda-Dziewierz's Wies malopolska a emigracja amerykanska; Studium wsi Babica powiatu rzeszowskiego (Little Poland Countryside and American Emigration: Study of the Village Babica in Rzeszów Region, 1938). Contemporaneous views of the migration question date from the beginning of the twentieth century through the interwar period and include discussions of the ruling policies and of emigration as a social phenomenon. Return migration following the restoration of Polish independence in 1918 is also the subject of a monograph, Adam Walaszek's Reemigracja ze Stanów Zjednoczonych do Polski po I wojnie swiatowej, 1919-1924 (Return Migration from the United States to Poland after World War I, 1983). In relation to the history of ideas there is Benjamin P. Murdzek's Emigration in Polish Social-Political Thought, 1870-1914 (1977). For background to the migration, the researcher may consult the seminal study The Polish Peasant in Europe and America, by William Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (1958, reprint of 1927 edition [second, revised edition of 1918 work]), and, more generally, Oscar Halecki's History of Poland (1956). Reports by Polish visitors to the United States include, among others, an English translation of newspaper accounts written by the famous novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz in 1876-1878, Portrait of America; Letters, edited and translated by Charles Morley (1959).
Ethnic press publications form a large component of the Polish American monograph collection. An extensive number of items bear the imprints of the Paryski Publishing Company of Toledo (OH) and the Czas Publishing Company of Brooklyn (NY). The collection includes secondary works describing the history of Polish American journalism such as Stanislaw Osada's Prasa i publicystyka polska w Ameryce; W tresciwym referacie opracowanym z okazji dwóchsetnego jubileuszu prasy w Polsce i szescdziesieciolecia w Ameryce (Polish Press and Journalism in America; A Short Report Prepared for the 200 Year Anniversary of the Press in Poland and the Sixty-Year Anniversary in America, 1930). There are also bibliographies of recent Polish periodicals abroad, such as Jan Kowalik's Bibliografia czasopism polskich wydanych poza granicami Kraju od wrzesnia 1939 roku (World Index of Polish Periodicals Published Outside of Poland since 1939, 1976), and of Polish calendars abroad, such as Bibliografia kalendarzy polonijnych 1838-1982 (Bibliography of Polonia Calendars), by Wladyslaw Chojnacki and Wojciech Chojnacki (1984). An annotated bibliography by Jan Wepsiec lists Polish American serial publications from 1842 to 1966. On the subject of Polish Americans and politics, the IHRC monograph holdings include case studies of particular urban experiences: Edward R. Kantowicz's Polish-American Politics in Chicago, 1888-1940 (1975) and Ethnic Politics in Urban America: The Polish Experience in Four Cities, edited by Angela T. Pienkos (1978).
Literature is represented by a wide variety of works by both Polish and Polish American writers. Among the latter are the poet and essayist Helen Ogrodowska Bristol; Antoni Jax, a writer of works for the stage; the poet Victoria Janda; Monica Krawczyk, author of stories; the novelist and poet Antoni Gronowicz; and the poet Edward Symans. (See manuscript collections for descriptions of papers of some of these individuals.) Songs by the Chicago composer Frank Przybylski are also available, as is a photographic album by the émigré painter Michael Rekucki. On the subject of folklore, the IHRC has folk and popular song anthologies published in the United States in this century as well as workbooks and popular histories.
Newspapers
Ameryka-Echo (America-Echo), Chicago, IL (previously published in Toledo, OH). Weekly: 1926, 1955-1956, 1962-1964, 1966-1968.
Ameryka-Echo (America-Echo; Toledo Daily Mail Edition), Toledo, OH. Daily. (Microfilm: 1914-1931).
Ameryka-Echo (America-Echo; Toledo Daily Edition), Toledo, OH. Daily. (Microfilm: 1915-1933).
Ameryka-Echo (America-Echo; Toledo Weekly Edition), Toledo, OH. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1889-1971).
Ameryka-Echo (America-Echo; Toledo Weekly Mail Edition), Toledo, OH. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1914-1956).
Czas (Times), Brooklyn, NY. Weekly: 1931, 1948-1975. (Microfilm: 1906-1929, 1931-1975).
Czas (Polish Times), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Weekly: 1931, 1968-date.
Czerwone Maki (Red Poppy Seeds), Ludlow, MA. Bi-weekly: 1985. Includes English.
Dziennik Chicagoski (The Polish Daily News), Chicago, IL. Daily: 1921, 1927-1932, 1935, 1938-1947, 1951-1970.
Dziennik dla Wszystkich (Everybody's Daily), Buffalo, NY. Daily: 1943, 1955-1956. (Clippings, 1939-1940).
Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily News), Detroit, MI. Daily: 1975-1980. (Microfilm: 1904-1941; includes Sunday supplement 1936-1939).
Dziennik Polski (The Polish Daily), London, England. Daily: 1968.
Dziennik Zjednoczenia (The Union Daily News), Chicago, IL. Daily: 1933.
Dziennik Zjednoczenia (The Union Daily News), Chicago, IL. Daily (country edition). (Microfilm: 1922, 1927).
Dziennik Zwiazkowy (Polish Daily Zgoda), Chicago, IL. Daily: 1940-1941, 1948-1950, 1954-1956, 1961-1962, 1964, 1966, 1970-date.
Dziennikarz (The Journalist), Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1937.
Echo Tygodnia (Echo Weekly), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Weekly: 1984.
Gazeta Katolicka w Kanadzie (The Catholic Gazette in Canada), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Weekly: 1931, 1933.
Gazeta Polonii (Polish-American Gazette), Boston, MA. Weekly: 1964-1972.
Gazeta Polska Narodowa (Polish National Gazette; title varies: Gazeta Polska w Chicago, 1873-1914), Chicago, IL. Weekly, semi-weekly. (Microfilm: 1888, 1890, 1895, 1905-1907, 1909-1910, 1912-1917).
Gazeta Readingska (Reading Gazette), Reading, PA. Monthly: 1931, 1979. Includes English.
Glos Ludowy (The People's Voice), Detroit, MI. Weekly: 1966-1979. Includes English.
Glos Narodu (The Voice of the People), Jersey City, NJ. Weekly: 1932, 1951, 1953, 1961-1962, 1969, 1973, 1976-1978.
Glos Polek (The Women's Voice), Chicago, IL. Monthly (semi-monthly): 1960-1961, 1971, 1978. (Microfilm: 1902-1903, 1910-1973). Includes English.
Glos Polski (Polish Voice), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Weekly: 1965-1972.
God's Field (previously titled Rola Boza), Scranton, PA. Semi-monthly (weekly): 1923-1937, 1941-1943, 1947, 1949-1959, 1961-date. (Microfilm: 1923-1975). Includes English.
Górnik (Miner; includes Górnik Codzienny and Niedzielny Górnik), Wilkes-Barre, PA. Daily: 1922. (Microfilm: 1922).
Gwiazda (The Star), Holyoke, MA. Weekly: 1950. Includes English.
Gwiazda (Polish Star), Philadelphia, PA. Weekly: 1964-date. Includes English.
Gwiazda Polarna (Northern Star), Stevens Point, WI. Weekly: 1931, 1949, 1968-1969, 1972-date. Includes English.
Haslo Polskie (Polish Slogan), Pittsburgh, PA. Weekly: 1917-1918.
Hilltopper, Cambridge Springs, PA. Monthly: 1984. English.
Jednosc (Unity), Philadelphia, PA. Weekly: 1933-1934.
Jednosc Polek (Unity of Polish Women), Cleveland, OH. Semi-monthly: 1931, 1972-date.
Jutro Polski (Polish Fortnightly "Poland of Tomorrow"), London, England. Monthly (semi-monthly): 1964-1965, 1969-date.
Jutrzenka (The Morning Star), Cleveland, OH (previously published in Pittsburgh, PA). Weekly: 1912. (Microfilm: 1893-1894).
Kometa (Comet), Cleveland, OH. Weekly: 1918.
Kronika (Chronicle), Newark, NJ. Weekly: 1948. Includes English.
Kronika Tygodniowa (Weekly Chronicle. People's Voice), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Weekly: 1967, 1972-1973, 1976-1977, 1979.
Kurier Polski (The Polish Courier), Milwaukee, WI. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1966-1968). Includes English.
Kurier Polsko-Kanadyjski (The Polish-Canadian Courier; Independent Polish Weekly), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Weekly: 1974-1979. Includes English.
Kurjer Polski (Polish Courier), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Weekly: 1933.
Kuryer (The Courier), Cleveland, OH. Weekly: 1931. Includes English.
Kuryer Polski (The Polish Courier), Milwaukee, WI. Daily. (Microfilm: 1888-1962; also miscellaneous issues 1911-1925).
Kuryer Zjednoczenia (The United Courier), Cleveland, OH. Semi-monthly: 1971-date. Includes English.
Na Antenie (On the Air, published on behalf of the Polish Broadcasting Department, Radio Free Europe), London, England (previously published in Munich, West Germany). Monthly: 1963-1971.
Naród Polski (Polish Nation), Chicago, IL. Semi-monthly: 1937, 1956, 1961-date. Includes English.
Narodowiec (The Nationalist; title varies: Wiadomosci Codzienne), Cleveland, OH. Weekly: 1912-1919. (Microfilm: 1912-1919).
The New England Polish American Digest, Lynn, MA. Bi-monthly: 1977-1982. English.
The New World, Chicago, IL. 1971. English.
Niedziela (Sunday), Detroit, MI. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1891-1894, 1898-1902).
Nowiny (The Passaic News), Passaic, NJ. Weekly: 1931. Includes English.
Nowiny Minnesockie (Minnesota News), St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN. Weekly: 1960, 1965-1978.
Nowy Dziennik (Polish Daily News), New York, NY. Daily: 1971-1980, 1982, Spec. Ed. 1975.
Nowy Swiat (The New World), New York, NY. Daily: 1935-1936, 1945, 1948-1949, 1959, 1961-1966, 1968-1969, 1973.
Obywatel (The Citizen), Binghamton, NY. Weekly: 1933.
Obywatel Amerykanski (American Citizen), Jamesburg, NJ. Weekly: 1961-1963, 1978. Includes English.
Ognisko (Camp Fire), New York, NY. Semi-monthly. (Microfilm: 1887-1889).
Ognisko Domowe (Hearth), Detroit, MI. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1929-1930).
Orzel Polski (The Polish Eagle), Union, MO (previously published in Washington and Krakow [St. Gertrude], MO). Three times a month. (Microfilm: 1870-1872).
Panorama, Chicago, IL. 1983.
Patryota (The Patriot), Philadelphia, PA. Weekly: 1931.
Pittsburczanin (The Pittsburgher), Pittsburgh, PA. Semi-monthly (weekly): 1970-1976.
Polak Amerykanski (Polish American), Jamesburg, NJ. Weekly: 1961-1962, 1964, 1976-1979.
Polish American, Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1965-1967. English.
Polish American, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Monthly: 1937, 1942. English.
Polish American Journal, Scranton, PA. Monthly: 1956-1963, 1965, 1967-1968, 1970-date. English.
Polish American Voice, Buffalo, NY. Monthly: 1983. English.
Polish-American World, Baldwin, NY. Weekly: 1959-1968, 1970, 1973-1980. English.
Polish Courier (previously titled Kuryer Codzienny), Boston, MA. Weekly (daily): 1914, 1948-1963.
Polish Daily News (English edition of Dziennik Polski), Detroit, MI. Daily: 1974-1978. English.
The Polish Express, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bi-weekly: 1986.
Polonia, Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1971-1976.
Polonia Reporter, Buffalo, NY. Bi-monthly: 1981-1982. English.
Polonia w Americe (Polonia in America), Cleveland, OH. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1905).
Post Eagle, Clifton, NJ. Weekly: 1963-1966, 1971-date. English.
Przebudzenie (The Awakening), Chicago, IL. Frequency varies: 1929-1931, 1937, 1946-1947, 1949-1951. (Microfilm: 1927-1933, 1935-1940, 1943-1946, 1948-1951, 1953-1954). Includes English.
Przemyslowa Demokracja (Industrial Democracy), Long Island City and New York, NY. Bi-weekly. (Microfilm: 1925-1926).
Przewodnik Katolicki (Catholic Leader), New Britain, CT. Weekly: 1962, 1964.
Przyjaciel Ludu (The People's Friend), Camden, NJ. Weekly: 1931.
Przyjaciel Wolnosci (The Polish Weekly Newspaper), Trenton, NJ. Weekly: 1931.
PUA Parade (Polish Union of America), Buffalo, NY. Monthly: 1984. English.
The Pulaski News, Pulaski, WI. Semi-monthly: 1976-date. English.
Republika-Górnik Pennsylwanski (Republic-Pennsylvania Miner), Scranton, PA. Weekly: 1931, 1934.
Robotnik Polski (The Polish Workman), Brooklyn, NY. Monthly: 1943, 1946, 1961-1967. (Microfilm: 1907-1942).
Robotnik Polski (The Polish Workman), Chicago, IL. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1903-1906).
Rola Boza (God's Field), Scranton, PA. Bi-weekly. (Microfilm: 1923-1975). Includes English.
Rolnik (The Farmer), Stevens Point, WI. Weekly: 1931. (Microfilm: 1899, 1901, 1904-1960).
Sila Ludu (The People's Power), Cleveland, OH. 1922.
Slonce (The Sun), St. Paul, MN. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1898-1900).
Slowo Polskie (The Polish Word), Utica, NY. Weekly: 1963. (Microfilm: 1911-1914, 1922-1940).
Slowo-Solidarnosc (Word-Solidarity), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Weekly: 1982.
Sokól Polski (Polish Falcon), Pittsburgh, PA. Semi-monthly: 1931, 1962, 1972-1986. (Microfilm: 1910-1967). Includes English.
Sprawa (The Common Cause), London, England. Semi-monthly (?): 1945. Includes English.
Stowarzyszeniec (Association Member), Milwaukee, WI. Monthly: 1924, 1945, 1948.
Straz (The Guard), Scranton, PA. Weekly: 1926, 1930-1931, 1935-1947, 1949, 1951, 1955-1957, 1963-1983, 1986-date. (Microfilm: 1897-1898, 1900-1907, 1910, 1913, 1917, 1919-1937). Includes English.
Swiat (The Polish World), New York, NY. Weekly: 1934-1935.
Swit (The Dawn), New York, NY. 1943.
Sztandar Polski (The Polish Banner), Bay City, MI. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1917-1925).
Tydzien Polski (Polish Week; Sunday supplement to Nowy Dziennik), New York, NY. Daily: 1973, 1977.
Tygodnik Górniczy (Miner's Weekly), Shenandoah, PA. Weekly: 1931.
Tygodnik Polski (The Polish Weekly), New York, NY. Weekly: 1943.
Tygodnik Polski (The Polish Weekly; supersedes Tygodniowy Przeglad Literacki Kola Pisarzy z Polski), New York, NY. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1943-1947).
U.S.A. Polonia (previously titled Tydzien), New York, NY. Weekly: 1976-1982.
Wiadomosci (News), London, England. Weekly: 1954-1972.
Wiadomosci Codzienne (Polish Daily News), Cleveland, OH. Daily: 1961-1962. (Microfilm: 1916-1928).
Wiara i Ojczyzna (Faith and Fatherland), Chicago, IL. Twice weekly, weekly. (Microfilm: 1981, 1986).
Wiarus (Old Campaigner), Winona, MN. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1892-1893).
Wielkopolanin (The Great Pole), Pittsburgh, PA. Weekly: 1931, 1933.
Zgoda (Unity), Chicago, IL. Semi-monthly: 1961-date. Includes English.
Zwiazkowiec (The Alliancer), Cleveland, OH. Semi-monthly: 1931, 1953, 1955, 1968-date. Includes English.
Zwiazkowiec (The Alliancer), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Semi-weekly: 1965-date.
Serials
Alatus (Alliance College Polish Club), Cambridge Springs, PA. Monthly: 1971. English.
Alliance College Bulletin, Cambridge Springs, PA. Frequency varies: 1958-1959, 1973-1975. English.
Alliance College Aquila, Cambridge Springs, PA. Annual: 1950, 1967-1969. English.
Alliance Report, Cambridge Springs, PA. Bi-annual: 1980. English.
Almanach Polonii (Polonia's Almanac), Warsaw, Poland. Annual: 1961, 1965-date.
American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs Newsletter, Detroit, MI. Quarterly (?): 1977-1980. English.
American Polish Monthly, Syracuse, NY. Monthly: 1939-1940. Chiefly English.
American Polish Society Centrala Newsletter, Minneapolis, MN. Frequency varies: 1975, 1977. English.
American Polonia Reporter, New York, NY. Quarterly: 1962-1963, 1965-1966, 1968. English.
American Relief for Poland Monthly, Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1946-1947. English.
Annual Statement of the Association of the Sons of Poland, Jersey City, NJ. Annual: 1971-1973. English.
Anuario Rural Kalendarz (Anuario Rural Calendar), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Annual: 1945. Spanish and English.
Apostol (The Apostle), Detroit, MI. Monthly: 1926-1927, 1933-1934, 1936-1938. English.
Association for the Advancement of Polish Studies Newsletter, Cambridge Springs, PA. Quarterly: 1973. English.
Association for the Advancement of Polish Studies Bulletin, Cambridge Springs, PA. Quarterly: 1975-1978. English.
Ave Maria (Hail Mary), Buffalo, NY. Bi-monthly: 1931-1934, 1936-1964, 1966-1985.
Banku Polskiego Sprawozdanie (The Polish Bank Report), Warsaw, Poland. Annual: 1934.
Bialy Orzel (White Eagle), New York, NY. Monthly: 1944, 1952-1953, 1955. Includes some English.
Bi-Centennial Newsletter, Cambridge Springs, PA. Frequency varies: 1974-1975. English.
Bicz Bozy (God's Whip), Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1912.
Bicz Bozy (God's Whip), Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1927.
Biuletyn Polski Fundacji Pulaskiego (Polish Bulletin of the Pulaski Foundation), Newark, NJ. Monthly (?): 1944.
Books and Things, Cheshire, CT. Monthly: 1971-1974. English.
The Brooklynite, Brooklyn, NY. Monthly: 1950-1952. Includes English.
Bulletin of Polish Medical Science and History, Chicago, IL. Quarterly (?): 1967-1979. English.
Causes Unlimited Newsletter, Hamtramck, MI. Monthly (?): 1982. English.
Centrum Jana Pawla II Biuletyn (John Paul II Center Bulletin), Orchard Lake, MI. Bi-monthly: 1984-1987.
Chicago Society Forum, Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1966-1976. English.
Chicago Society News, Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1923. English.
The Cluck, Pittsburgh, PA. 1938. Includes English.
Comments on Polish Affairs, New York, NY. Frequency varies: 1944. English.
Contemporary Poland, Warsaw, Poland. Bi-weekly: 1973-1980. English.
Czeterolistna Koniczyna (The Four Leaf Clover), Jamaica, NY. Monthly: 1974-1975.
Czuj Duch (Polish Scouting Organization), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1978. Includes some English.
Czuwaj (Be Prepared), Ville de Laval, Quebec, Canada. Quarterly: 1968-1970. English.
Dom Polski Newsletter (Polish Home Newsletter), Flint, MI. Monthly: 1985. English.
Dzien Swiety (The Holy Day), Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1884, 1891-1900, 1902, 1904, 1909-1910.
Dzwon (The Bell), Manitowoc, WI. Weekly: 1891-1892.
The Eagle, Orchard Lake, MI. Annual: 1946, 1948-1960, 1962, 1964-1967. English.
The Eaglet, Detroit, MI. Tri-annual: 1982-date. English.
East European Problems, New York, NY. Quarterly: 1956-1957. English.
Echo, Brooklyn, NY. Frequency varies: 1943. Includes English.
Echo, Chicago, IL. Bi-monthly: 1979. Includes English.
Echo z Afryki (Echo from Africa), St. Paul, MN (previously published in St. Louis, MO). Monthly: 1940-1942, 1946-1949, 1965-date.
Echo z Jadwigowa (Echo from Jadwigów), Detroit, MI. Monthly: 1942, 1944. Includes English.
Extension, Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1966. English.
Filaret, Pittsburgh, PA. Monthly: 1914, 1920, 1922-1923.
Flota Polska (The Polish Fleet), New York, NY. Monthly: 1920.
Franciscan Message, Pulaski, WI. Monthly: 1947-1962, 1964-1969. English.
Free Poland, Chicago, IL. Semi-monthly: 1915-1919. English.
Free Poland; Wolna Polska, New York, NY. Monthly: 1975-1976. Includes English.
Friends of Polish Art Newsletter, Southfield, MI. Quarterly: 1983-1985. English.
Glos Studencki (The Students' Voice), Cambridge Springs, PA. Bi-monthly: 1938. Includes English.
Gosc Niedzielny (Sunday Guest), Chicago, IL. Weekly: 1928, 1931, 1933-1937, 1942, 1944, 1947-1948.
Gusto, Bronx, NY. Bi-monthly: 1979, 1980. English.
Harcerz Z.N.P. (The PNA Scout), Chicago, IL. Semi-monthly: 1935.
Hejnal (Trumpeter), Florissant, MO. Quarterly: 1979, 1981. Includes English.
Hejnal Mariacki (Marian Trumpeter), Warsaw, Poland. Monthly: 1972-1976, 1979-1980, 1983-1987.
Horyzonty (Horizons), Paris, France. Monthly: 1960-1961, 1964, 1970.
The Houston Sarmatian, Houston, TX. Quarterly: 1984-1985. Includes English.
Ilustrowany Kalendarz i Skorowidz Handlowy Nowego Swiata (Polish American Yearbook and Classified Directory), New York, NY. Annual: 1942-1944, 1946, 1949, 1951-1952, 1954-1956.
The Immaculate, Kenosha, WI. Monthly (bimonthly June-July): 1966. English.
Information Bulletin (Society for Relations with Poles Abroad), Warsaw, Poland. Annual (?): 1979. English.
Informator (Business and Professional Directory), New York, NY. Annual: 1935, 1936.
Informator (Directory), Warsaw, Poland. Annual: 1980.
Informator Federacja Polek w Kanadzie (Directory of the Federation of Polish Women in Canada), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Quarterly: 1983-1984.
Informator Spoleczny (Civic Directory), Brooklyn, NY. Bi-monthly: 1975-1979. Includes English summary.
Instytut Józefa Pilsudskiego w Ameryce Biuletyn (Pilsudski Institute of America for Research in the Modern History of Poland, Inc. Bulletin), New York, NY. Annual: 1960, 1963-1965, 1969-1970, 1973-1977, 1979-1983, 1985. Includes English.
Jaskólka (The Swallow), Stevens Point, WI. Monthly: 1927-1935.
Jasna Góra (Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa: Pauline Father's Monthly), Doylestown, PA. Monthly: 1960, 1965-1966, 1969-1970. Includes English.
Jednosc (Unity), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Monthly: 1951.
K.S. "Polonia" Greenpoint Biuletyn Klubowy (K.S. "Polonia" Greenpoint Club Bulletin), Brooklyn, NY. Monthly: 1973, 1975.
Kalendarz Czasu (Times Calendar), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Annual: 1949, 1956, 1958.
Kalendarz dla Ludu Polskiego w Emigracyi i Stanach Zjednoczonych (Calendar for the Polish People on Emigration and in the United States), Chicago, IL. Annual: 1906.
Kalendarz Emigracyjny (Emigration Calendar), Warsaw, Poland. Annual: 1928, 1931.
Kalendarz Franciszkanski (Franciscan Almanac), Pulaski, WI. Annual: 1913-1915, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925-1928, 1930-1936, 1938-1940, 1948-1949, 1952-1960, 1962-1969, 1972.
Kalendarz i Przewodnik (Calendar and Guidebook), Toledo, OH (?). Annual: 1914.
Kalendarz Kotwiczny (Anchor Calendar), Brooklyn, NY. Annual: 1926.
Kalendarz Krzyzowca (Crusader's Calendar), Washington, DC. Monthly: 1967.
Kalendarz Legjonów (Legions' Calendar), Chicago, IL. Annual: 1917.
Kalendarz Ludowy (People's Calendar), Chicago, IL. Annual: 1913-1915, 1923.
Kalendarz Marianski (Marian Calendar), Stockbridge, MA. Annual: 1969, 1972.
Kalendarz Marjanski (Marian Calendar), Vimperk, Czechoslovakia. Annual: 1911-1919, 1927.
Kalendarz Polaka w Kanadzie (Calendar of the Pole in Canada), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Annual: 1950.
Kalendarz Polski (Polish Calendar), Brooklyn, NY. Annual: 1966.
Kalendarz Polski (Polish Calendar), Cedar Rapids, IA. Annual: 1915.
Kalendarz Polski (Polish Calendar), Erie, PA. Annual: 1942.
Kalendarz Polski (Polish Calendar), Philadelphia, PA. Annual: 1969-1976, 1981.
Kalendarz Rycerza Niepokalanej (Calendar of the Knight of the Immaculate), Rome, Italy. Annual: 1925, 1934, 1937-1939, 1973-1974, 1980.
Kalendarz Salwatora (Salvation Calendar), Gary, IN. Annual: 1946-1956, 1958, 1960-1961, 1964, 1966. Includes English.
Kalendarz Serca Jezusowego (The Sacred Heart Calendar), Cracow, Poland. Annual: 1927-1928, 1930-1934, 1939.
Kalendarz Slowa Bozego (The God's Word Calendar), Gorna Grupa, Pomorze, Poland. Annual: 1935, 1937-1939.
Kalendarz Swietego Michala (Saint Michael's Calendar), Chicago, IL. Annual: 1912-1913.
Kalendarz Sw. Piotra Klawera (St. Peter Klawer's Calendar), St. Paul, MN. Annual: 1933, 1935-1939, 1960, 1965-1975.
Kalendarz Swiatowego Zwiazku Polaków z Zagranicy (Calendar of the World Union of Poles from Abroad), Warsaw, Poland. Annual: 1938-1939.
Kalendarz Uniwersalny (Universal Calendar), Vimperk, Czechoslovakia. Annual: 1908, 1912, 1915, 1918-1919, 1923, 1925, 1928-1929.
Kalendarz Warszawski (Warsaw Calendar), Warsaw, Poland. Annual: 1946.
Kalendarz Wszechswiatowy (All-World Calendar), Vimperk, Czechoslovakia. Annual: 1927.
Kalendarz Zwiazkowy (Polish National Alliance Yearbook), Chicago, IL. Annual: 1912-1915, 1922, 1924, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1943-1944, 1946-1949, 1951-1980.
The Kantian, Erie, PA. Annual: 1954, 1960. English.
Kantowianin (The Kantowian), Indiana Harbor, IN. Monthly: 1929-1930. Includes some English.
The Kapustkan, Chicago, IL. Monthly: 1941. English.
Kazalnica (The Pulpit), New Castle, PA. Monthly: 1941, 1943-1945.
Kazalnica Popularna (The Popular Pulpit), Orchard Lake, MI. Quarterly: 1937-1939, 1943-1944.
The Keynote, South Bend, IN. Monthly: 1979. English.
Kombatant w Ameryce (Quarterly of the Polish Veterans of World War II), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1956-date. Includes some English.
Komitet Narodowy Amerykanów Pochodzenia Polskiego Biuletyn (National Committee of Americans of Polish Descent, Inc. Bulletin), New York, NY. Quarterly (?): 1945, 1948. Includes some English.
Konfederacja (Confederation), Irvington, NJ. Monthly: 1976-1978.
Kontakt (Contact), Paris, France. Monthly: 1985-1987.
Kopernik (Copernicus) Newsletter, Cambridge Springs, PA. Frequency varies: 1973-1974. English.
Kosciól Reformacyjny w Ameryce (The Church of the Reformation of America), Chicago, IL (Scranton, PA). Monthly. (Microfilm: 1906-1909).
The Kosciuszko Foundation Newsletter, New York, NY. Monthly: 1946-1978. English.
Kosciuszko Foundation Annual Ball, New York, NY. Annual: 1937-1939, 1945, 1947-1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962-1966, 1969-1972, 1975-1978. English.
Kosciuszko Foundation Presentation Ball, Boston, MA. Bi-annual: 1949, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976-1977, 1979, 1981. English.
Krajowa Agencja Informacyjna (Polish Information Agency), Warsaw, Poland. Weekly: 1971-1983.
Krajowa Agencja Informacyjna Supplement (Polish Information Agency Supplement), Warsaw, Poland. 1973-1977.
Kronika Seraficka (The Seraphic Chronicle), Detroit, MI (previously published in Buffalo, NY and Milwaukee, WI). Monthly: 1933-1950, 1954. Includes English.
Ksiazka Roczna i Kalendarz "Ameryki-Echa" (Yearbook and Calendar of "America-Echo"; previously titled Kalendarz Polski Ameryki-Echa), Toledo, OH. Annual: 1924-1925, 1927-1936, 1939-1940, 1942-1944, 1946-1957, 1959.
Kultura (Culture), Paris, France. Monthly: 1953, 1961, 1968, 1970-1980.
Lake Oracle, Orchard Lake, MI. Monthly: 1946-1947. English.
The Lamplighter, Bayonne, NJ. Monthly (?): 1973. English.
Lekcje Biblijne dla Doroslych do Uzytku w Domu i w Szkole (Bible Lessons for Adults in Home and School), Pittsburgh, PA. Four undated issues. Includes English.
Liga (The League), Chicago, IL (previously published in Detroit, MI). Monthly: 1944-1946, 1948.
Listy do Polaków (Letters to the Poles), New Britain, CT. Monthly: 1971-1978.
The Massachusetts Federation of Polish Women's Clubs, Inc. Newsletter, Ludlow, MA. Annual: 1960, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1974-1976. English.
Memento, Detroit, MI. Monthly: 1931.
Merchant's Guide, New York, NY. Monthly: 1949. Includes English.
Miesiecznik Franciszkanski (Franciscan Monthly), Pulaski, WI. Monthly: 1915-1916, 1922-1950, 1952-1973.
Miesiecznik Parafialny (St. Hedwig Parish Monthly), Trenton, NJ. Monthly: 1948. Includes English.
Migrant Echo, San Francisco, CA. Quarterly: 1972-1981. Includes English.
Minnesota Pol-Am Newsletter, Minneapolis, MN. Monthly: 1980-1983, 1985-1987. English.
Mlody Polak Zagranica (Young Pole Abroad), Warsaw, Poland. Bi-monthly: 1934-1935.
Mlodziez Afrykanska (African Youth), St. Paul, MN. Monthly: 1969-1971.
Monthly American Polish, Syracuse, NY