University of Minnesota - Immigration History Research Center

Address:
Immigration History Research Center (IHRC)
University of Minnesota
311 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue S.
Minneapolis MN 55455-0439
Phone: (612) 625-4800
Fax: (612) 626-0018
E-mail: ihrc@tc.umn.edu

Founded in 1965

Polish archival holdings: The Polish American Collection including over 4,000 monographs written by Polish immigrants, 500 newspaper and serial titles published by Polish organizations and ca 650 linear feet of unpublished records and documents from Polish American organizations and private papers. There are records of the Polish American Congress, the Polish National Catholic Church, the American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons (1949-1968), the Alliance of Poles in America, American Relief for Poland District 33 records (1942-1950), Polish Falcons of America records (1912-1980), Polish Library Society in Minneapolis records (1901-1918), Polish publishers records (Czas Publishing Company, Brooklyn, N.Y.), private papers of Karol Jaskolski, rev. Paul Fox, Jozef Zawistowski, Aloysius Mazewski, Edward Rozanski. Also there are papers of Henry Archacki (1934-1979), journalist and publisher (ca 80 linear ft.). The second part of the collection is in the Polish-American Museum in Port Washington, NY.

If you need more information, please contact University of Minnesota - Immigration History Research Center.
Access to the collections on-line: - http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/research/vitrage/index.html

The University of Minnesota - Immigration History Research Center website: http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc
The IHRC is located on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota.
Since 1999 the IHRC's documentation has been an official project of a public-private partnership of the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation called Save America's Treasures.
Selected guides:
Frank Renkiewicz and Anne Bjorkquist, Guide to Polish American Newspapers and Periodicals in Microform, 1988.
Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Inventory to the Papers of Aloysius A. Mazewski, President of Polish National Alliance and Polish American Congress, 1994.
Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Inventory to the Papers of Edward C. and Loda Rozanski, 1996.
Astra Apsitis, Inventory to the Records of the Assembly of Captive European Nations, 1994.
Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Inventory to the Records of the Polish American Congress, 1988.
Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Inventory to the Records of Rev. Senior Jozef Lebiedzik Zawistowski, 1989.