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Kwasniewski, Roman B.J., 1886-1980	Title: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Papers, 1892-1953 Quantity: 1.7 c.f. (4 archives boxes, 1 oversize folder) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 22; Micro 911; Milwaukee Micro 38 Abstract: Partial papers of four generations of the Kwasniewski and Dyniewicz families, as collected by Roman Kwasniewski, a Milwaukee photographer, journalist, and business entrepreneur. The collection includes family, personal, and business correspondence; and business records of Roman Kwasniewski, of his father Jozef who ran a lithography and printing business, and of his mother Wanda who kept an art supply and flower shop. Also present are some personal financial records, records of cultural and fraternal societies to which family members belonged, copies of photographs, and genealogical records of the Kwasniewski and Dyniewicz families in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Poland. Also included are several pamphlets and programs from various organizations, two Polish-language songbooks, and a small volume written and published by Wladyslaw Dyniewicz. On microfilm are correspondence, printed articles, and reference news clippings collected by Jozef and Roman Kwasniewski for their use as editors of the agricultural page of the Milwaukee Kuryer Polski.
Kwasniewski, Roman B.J., 1886-1980	Title: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Photographs, 1907-1947 Quantity: 186.5 cubic ft. (313 boxes); 1 oversize folder; 1,037 nitrate negatives; 365 safety film negatives Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 19 Abstract: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski was a photographer who worked in Milwaukee's Polish-American community (Polonia). Kwasniewski took many of the images at his Park Studio, located on Lincoln Avenue, on Milwaukee's south side. Most of the studio photographs depict family events such as anniversaries, first communions, funerals, graduations, and weddings. Other images include scenes of accidents, fires, floods; fraternal organizations; homes; construction scenes; individual businesses, including Kuryer Polski; political parties; ceremonies such as church anniversaries, ordinations, and dedications; social events such as New Year's Eve celebrations and "Hard Times" parties which were popular in the 1920s; and sporting events. The result is a striking picture of Milwaukee's south side Polish-Americans and their contributions to the city in which they lived. The collection consists of over 29,000 negatives, 6,000 prints, 70 lantern slides, and documents. The documents, which were included with the negatives and prints, mainly consist of correspondence between the photographer and his customers concerning photo orders. The collection also contains an accounting ledger dating from 1921 to 1933.

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Kwasniewski, Roman B.J., 1886-1980

Title: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Papers, 1892-1953
Quantity: 1.7 c.f. (4 archives boxes, 1 oversize folder) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 22; Micro 911; Milwaukee Micro 38
Abstract: Partial papers of four generations of the Kwasniewski and Dyniewicz families, as collected by Roman Kwasniewski, a Milwaukee photographer, journalist, and business entrepreneur. The collection includes family, personal, and business correspondence; and business records of Roman Kwasniewski, of his father Jozef who ran a lithography and printing business, and of his mother Wanda who kept an art supply and flower shop. Also present are some personal financial records, records of cultural and fraternal societies to which family members belonged, copies of photographs, and genealogical records of the Kwasniewski and Dyniewicz families in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Poland. Also included are several pamphlets and programs from various organizations, two Polish-language songbooks, and a small volume written and published by Wladyslaw Dyniewicz. On microfilm are correspondence, printed articles, and reference news clippings collected by Jozef and Roman Kwasniewski for their use as editors of the agricultural page of the Milwaukee Kuryer Polski.

Kwasniewski, Roman B.J., 1886-1980

Title: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Photographs, 1907-1947
Quantity: 186.5 cubic ft. (313 boxes); 1 oversize folder; 1,037 nitrate negatives; 365 safety film negatives
Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 19
Abstract: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski was a photographer who worked in Milwaukee's Polish-American community (Polonia). Kwasniewski took many of the images at his Park Studio, located on Lincoln Avenue, on Milwaukee's south side. Most of the studio photographs depict family events such as anniversaries, first communions, funerals, graduations, and weddings. Other images include scenes of accidents, fires, floods; fraternal organizations; homes; construction scenes; individual businesses, including Kuryer Polski; political parties; ceremonies such as church anniversaries, ordinations, and dedications; social events such as New Year's Eve celebrations and "Hard Times" parties which were popular in the 1920s; and sporting events. The result is a striking picture of Milwaukee's south side Polish-Americans and their contributions to the city in which they lived. The collection consists of over 29,000 negatives, 6,000 prints, 70 lantern slides, and documents. The documents, which were included with the negatives and prints, mainly consist of correspondence between the photographer and his customers concerning photo orders. The collection also contains an accounting ledger dating from 1921 to 1933.