Records, 1939-1971.

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Records, 1939-1971.

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Records (1939-1971) of the Polish Union of the United States of North America (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) include miscellaneous and published materials of the Union, audits, correspondence, materials pertaining to the Polish Review, and a jubilee album. Also included are correspondence, reports, minutes, newspaper clippings, ledgers of contributions, and press releases of the Anthracite Relief Committee for Poland (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1939-1942), and correspondence, minutes, newsletters, and other materials pertaining to various organizations, among them the American Red Cross, Community War Chests, Centrum Przyjacidt Zolinierza Polskiego, the Polish National Alliance, World War II refugees, the work of the Polish YMCA in the Middle East, and newspaper clippings of the Polish American Council (1942-1945).

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Polish Union of the United States of North America (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)

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A fraternal benefit and insurance society, the Polish Union of the United States of North America was founded in 1890 in St. Paul, Minnesota. After six years, the Union was moved to Buffalo, New York, and then to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was incorporated in 1907 under the name Polish Union of America and took its present name by charter amendment in 1921. After World War II, the Union became a member of the Polish American Congress. The Union provides insurance, scholarships, and charitabl...

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Wegrzynek, Maksymilian.

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Super, Paul.

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Centrum Przyjaciol Zolnierza Polskiego.

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Warakomski, Santislaw.

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American Red Cross

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Polish YMCA

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Aponick, Jan.

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Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America

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Polish American Council.

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Anthracite Relief Committee (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)

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Swietlik, Fraciszek X.

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