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Summary Information
Polanki, the Polish Women's Cultural Club of Milwaukee Records 1946-2013
- Polanki, the Polish Women's Cultural Club of Milwaukee (Wis.)
Milwaukee Mss 74; Milwaukee Micro 39; Micro 934; M98-009
5.4 c.f. (14 archives boxes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm); plus additions of 8 photographs
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Records of Polanki, a club organized in 1953 to create interest in Polish culture and traditions, inspire American Poles with pride in their heritage, and sponsor the Polish exhibit and booth at Milwaukee's annual folk fair. Among the activities of Polanki which are represented by correspondence, administrative and financial records, news clippings, and other files are annual Easter teas, Polonaise balls, Chopin piano contests, scholarship and achievement awards, and St. John's Eve (“Swietojanki”) celebrations. Also well-documented is the work of two long-time Polanki leaders, Harriet Gostomski and Janet H. Branden. English, Polish
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00074
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