Polish archives in United States

Archival records are the evidence of the history and activities of organizations, institutions, families and individuals. Polish archival records in North America tell us about the history of Polish Americans as an ethnic group. Our mission is to protect our archives against destruction or loss because they are our national heritage and the proof of our identity.

As an active partner in the research program of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Head Office of the States Archives in Warsaw we gather information about Polish archival collections in North America and publish it on this website.

This appeal is to all generations of Poles in America: If your institution possesses processed or unprocessed Polish and Polish American archival collections you may add a short description of your holdings to our website. In this way information about your archives will be easily accessible for researchers. You may do it through regular mail by filling out a questionnaire or send information by e-mail to us using this data sheet.

We are interested in information on records produced by individuals, businesses and institutions. They may occur in any of the following forms:

• handwritten
• typewritten
• electronic
• photographs
• movies

Please contact us - The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America 208 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016, phone: (212) 686-4164

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- Albany, New York State Archives

B

- Baltimore, University of Baltimore - Langdale Library, Archives of Maryland Polonia Michigan

- Buffalo, Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society

C

- Cambridge, Harvard University -Houghton Library

- Chicago, Chicago Historical Society

- Chicago, Polish American Congress

- Chicago, Polish Museum of America

- Chicago, Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital Center Archives

- Coral Gables, University of Miami - Otto G. Richter Library

H

- Hyde Park, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

L

- Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Polish Music Reference Center

M

- Miami, American Institute of Polish Culture in Miami

- Milwaukee, Historical Society of Wisconsin

- Milwaukee, Milwaukee Urban Archives University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

- Minneapolis, University of Minnesota - Immigration History Research Center

- Montgomery, Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery

N

- New Britain, Connecticut Polish American Archives. Central Connecticut State University

- New Haven, Yale University Sterling Memorial Library Manuscripts and Archives

- New York, Brooklyn Historical Society

- New York, Center for Migration Studies Library in Staten Island

- New York, Columbia University - Rare Book and Manuscript Library

- New York, Holy Cross R.C. Church in Maspeth (Queens)

- New York, Jozef Pilsudski Institute

- New York, Kosciuszko Foundation

- New York, New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library

- New York, Nowy Dziennik - Polish Daily News

- New York, Polish Army Veterans Association of America

- New York, Polish Assistance Inc.

- New York, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America

- New York, Polish National Home in Brooklyn

- New York, Polonia Technica, Inc.

- New York, Queens College Music Library

- New York, Shevchenko Scientific Society Library in New York

- New York, St. Stanislaus Kostka R. C. Church in Staten Island

- New York, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

O

- Orchard Lake, Central Archives of American Polonia

P

- Philadelphia, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies

- Philadelphia, Philosophical Society Library

- Pittsburgh, Polish Falcons Museum

- Port Washington, Polish-American Museum

R

- Rochester, St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish R.C. Archives

S

- St. Paul, Minnesota Historical Society

- Scranton, Central Diocesan Library and Archives of the Polish National Catholic Church

- Stanford, Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University

W

- Washington D.C., Library of Congress

- Washington D.C., National Archives and Records Administration