Collection, 1874-1966 (bulk 1900-1956).

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Collection, 1874-1966 (bulk 1900-1956).

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Biographical sketches, copies of birth and baptismal certificates, and other family records; correspondence of Dr. Fronczak and his wife Lucy, 1905-1919, and of the Fronczaks and their daughter Eugenia and other children; personal financial records, including account books and investments in various companies and in Polish bonds, 1898-1931; postcards sent to family and friends, and received by him; personal correspondence between Fronczak, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, and W.C. Gorski, 1905-1955, and materials concerning Ignacy Paderewski, 1905-1960, including photographs, clippings, and programs; letters from Dr. Stanislaw Ciechanowski, professor at the University of Crakow, 1900-1907, 1919; bound monographs written by Fronczak and addresses delivered by him, 1901-1932, and undated, on health matters, Polish settlement in Buffalo, Nobel Prize recipients, Polish history and government, and other topics; miscellaneous Polish and Polish American periodicals and pamphlets, 1899-1948; and correspondence, reports, photographs, and other materials, documenting Fronczak's medical career, including his years as Buffalo Health Commissioner, service with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I, Polish relief work during and after both world wars, European trips, medical conferences and involvement with Polish organizations, 1900-1955. Also, calling cards, passports, membership cards, and certificates; autographed photographs of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, actress Helena Modrzejewska (Modjeska), Henryk Sienkiewicz, and other prominent people; photographs of Fronczak, his family and friends, and of various conferences and events; a galley proof of Jozef Orlowski's book about Helena Paderewska; and many artifacts, including ceremonial flags, badges, personal items, Fronczak's Army coat and trunk, medals of honor, and the marshal baton of General Josef Haller, head of the Polish Army in France during World War I.

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Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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Buffalo State - SUNY College at Buffalo, E.H. Butler Library

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