Anthony J. Lukaszewski Papers, 1923-1977

Scope and Content Note

Included with the Lukaszewski papers are two folders of photographs, of Anthony Lukaszewski in costume for the opera Masked Ball (1927), as a young man, and as an older man, with his son, and in group shots. There is a cast photo from the Polish Opera Club 1923 production of Halka; and five photos from the film version in 1925, four of which portray Lukaszewski as Jontek, and one which shows two Lukaszewski daughters with others in the cast. Other photos depict Halka cast members, probably during a recent presentation of the opera; with an undated photo of Lukaszewski and others with Marshal Josef Pilsudski in Warsaw; and a colored photo of Ignac Lukaszewski and Milwaukee poet, Stasia Pokors.

Other papers in the collection consist of a play written by Lukaszewski for Catholic school children (1935), news clippings about him and his poetry; a program and handbill from the 1949 Chicago production of Halka, with an English score translated by Lukaszewski; a 1977 program from Halka; sheet music and lyrics, c. 1956, written by Lukaszewski; a handbill, c. 1933, from his unsuccessful campaign for county clerk; and a religious certificate.


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