Title: Kuryer Publishing Company Records
Inclusive Dates: 1893-1961

Creator:

• Kuryer Publishing Company (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 46

Quantity: 9 cubic ft. (19 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Collection includes records of the Kuryer Publishing Company that printed the Polish language daily newspaper, Kuryer Polski, and managed the Kuryer Agency. Although the collection consists of only partial records of the Kuryer Publishing Company, the material is especially valuable for both documenting the demise of the ethnic press and for a study of inter-war immigration policies. In addition, the collection possesses valuable genealogical material. The Kuryer Agency's records are primarily correspondence in Polish and English relating to the Agency's efforts in assisting its clients in citizenship matters, transmitting funds to Poland, investing in Polish bonds, purchasing steamship tickets to and from Poland, and obtaining immigration visas for relatives in Poland. The Kuryer Publishing Company's records are primarily correspondence and business records concerning the daily operations of the Kuryer Polski. Extensive correspondence with various Polish organizations document the Kuryer's importance in Polish American communities throughout North America. Letters from readers with various requests for information and assistance chronicle the Kuryer's prominence in America's Polonia.

Language: English, Polish

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On June 23, 1888, Michael Kruszka, an immigrant journalist from Slabomierz in Prussian-held Poland, published the first edition of the Kuryer Polski. Despite having a mere three employees and assets of only $125, Kruszka's inaugural headline boldly announced that the Kuryer Polski was the "Only Polish daily in America representing Polish interests in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central and South America." For seventy-four years the newspaper lived up to its initial proclamation by promoting the welfare of Polonia communities scattered throughout the Americas. The Kuryer Polski succeeded Kruszka's weeklies Dziennik Polski and Krytyka (1885-1888). In 1899, Kruszka incorporated the Kuryer Publishing Company. By 1915 the Kuryer Polski boasted a readership of more than 40,000. The Kuryer's position on many divisive issues facing Polish American communities throughout North America gained the newspaper national prominence.

Promoting Polish priests to high offices in the American Catholic hierarchy was among the most volatile issues the Kuryer Polski pressed. Milwaukee's Archbishop Sebastian Messmer opposed "the dangerous experiment...to give the Polish people a bishop." Messmer propounded that "Whenever a bishop would have any difficulty with a Polish parish their bishop would be appealed to. The Polish are not yet American enough and keep aloof too much from the rest of us." Michael Kruszka's brother, Father Wacaw Kruszka, was arguably the most assertive advocate for Polish representation in the Church's upper echelons. Contrary to the behest of Milwaukee's Archbishop, Wacaw traveled to Rome in 1903 to present his grievances against the German and Irish dominated American Church. Only in 1908 did the Holy See name a Pole, Paul Rhode, as auxiliary bishop of Chicago.

The Kuryer Polski also criticized clerical meddling in the political arena. Kruszka attacked the construction of St. Joseph's Church by alleging it burdened the working-class parishioners with a debt of at least $250,000. Kruszka's fervent support to place Polish language instruction in the Milwaukee Public school's curriculum further alienated the clergy. Many in the church judged Kruszka's efforts as an overt attempt to subvert parish schools.

To combat the Kuryer Polski, Archbishop Messmer persuaded members of the Polish clergy to establish rival Polish language newspapers. The first two, Sowo (the Word) and Dziennik Milwaucki (Milwaukee's Daily) failed within months of publication. In 1906 opponents of the Kuryer Polski published the Nowiny Polski under the editorship of Reverend Bolesaw Goral. Soon the rivalry between the Kuryer Polski and Nowiny Polski split Milwaukee's Polonia into two antagonistic factions. On 11 February 1912, Milwaukee's Archbishop Messmer issued an edict enjoining the faithful not to read the Kuryer Polski. Disobedience of the decree could result in excommunication.

On 12 June 1912, the Kuryer Publishing Company responded by organizing a demonstration of more than 25,000 opponents of Messmer's edict. Kruszka also established the fraternal insurance society, Federation of Poles in America, to counter both clerical sponsored associations and the Polish National Alliance. The PNA earned Kruszka's wrath by its refusal to side with the Kuryer Polski during the dispute with the church. The Federation of Poles in America continues to provide insurance coverage as Federation Life Insurance with its headquarters in Milwaukee. In 1918, a scant few months before Poland's rebirth, Kruszka died. Kruszka's son-in-law, Professor Stanisaw Zwierzchowski (Zowski), became President of the Kuryer Publishing Company. In 1922, after Professor Zwierzchowski moved to Poland to teach at the University of Warsaw, Chester Dziadulewicz assumed management of the company. Colonel Peter F. Piasecki, veteran of the Spanish-American War and former Postmaster General for Milwaukee, succeeded Dziadulewicz in 1938. The Kuryer Polski suspended publication on 23 September 1962 after the Internal Revenue Service declared the company delinquent on its taxes.

The Kuryer Polski's readers greeted the reestablishment of an independent Poland after World War I with a barrage of requests for information regarding citizenship status, currency transactions, travel arrangements and immigration visas. The Kuryer Publishing Company established the Kuryer Agency on 17 September 1919, to meet the demand for such assistance. The Agency handled these tasks until the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, rendered the services of such an agency superfluous.

Scope and content notes of each series are included in the contents list.

The collection is arranged into the following series:

1. Kuryer Agency, 1919-1945, undated
2. Kuryer Publishing Company, 1893-1962, undated

The files are organized alphabetically within each series.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• Anthony J. Szymczak Papers. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 30.

• Kuryer Polski Records. Milwaukee Micro Collection 29.

• Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Papers. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 22, Milwaukee Micro Collection 38.

• Roman B.J. Kwasniewski Photographs. UWM Manuscript Collection 19.

• Sylvia Zielinski Papers. Milwaukee Small Collection 122.

• Wallace E. Maciejewski Papers. Milwaukee Small Collection 115.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

An anonymous donor presented the Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) with 23 boxes of Kuryer material in 1962. According to the Internal Revenue Service inventory of the Kuryer Publishing Company, the IRS auctioned 57 boxes of material to an undisclosed purchaser. Consequently, this collection is but a segment of the total material. The call number for the collection while at the MPL was Manuscript Collection 27. The MPL physically transferred the collection to the Golda Meir Library for processing on 1 September 1990. The MPL transferred ownership of the collection to the Golda Meir Library on 13 August 1993.

Processing Information

A grant from the Polish National Congress permitted Robert Mink to process the collection at the UWM Libraries between September 1990 and August 1991.

	Series: 1. Kuryer Agency, 1919-1945, undated Scope and Content Note: This series consists primarily of client files, arranged alphabetically. The majority of the files are correspondence in both Polish and English regarding the Agency's actions in their client's behalf. Many files contain passport applications, Polish birth certificates and other official forms required to attain citizenship. Many files document the Agency's struggle to secure immigration visas for clients in Poland. This was a formidable task because the National Origins Act of 1924 severely limited Polish immigration. The Agency also secured steamship passage for many of their clients who wished to visit independent Poland. The correspondence with the ocean lines document the sailing dates, the name of the vessel and the cost of the voyage. This collection appears to be only a small sample of the Agency's clients as the majority of the material covers only last names from K through Z and with a time span of the late twenties to 1939. The Kuryer Agency's files list the name of the client who may have acted in someone else's behalf.
Box   1 Folder   1	Adamczewski, Katarzyna, 1936-1937
Box   1 Folder   2	Ajejczyk, F., 1936-1945
Box   1 Folder   3	American-Europe Exchange Corporation, 1921-1922
Box   1 Folder   4	Articles of Incorporation, 1919
Box   1 Folder   8	Baszczyk, Antoni, 1937
Box   1 Folder   9	Baszczynski, Micha, 1931
Box   1 Folder   5	Baszynski, 1931
Box   1 Folder   6	Bielecka, Apolonia, 1930
Box   1 Folder   7	Birlek, John, 1929
Box   1 Folder   10	Bobroski, Joe, 1938
Box   1 Folder   11	Budzienski, Jó, 1939
Box   1 Folder   12	Burgiel, Joseph, 1930
Box   1 Folder   13	Business Ledger, 1920-1937
Box   1 Folder   14	Dombek, Peter, 1929
Box   1 Folder   15	Dorkowski, Wadysaw, 1937-1938
Box   1 Folder   16	Fatek, Piotr, 1937
Box   1 Folder   17	Foreign Currency Transactions, 1910, undated
Box   1 Folder   18	Gdynia American Line, 1937-1938
Box   1 Folder   19	Grabowski, Józef, 1937
Box   1 Folder   20	Hoffman, J., 1937
Box   1 Folder   21	Iwaskiewicz, Wincent, 1934-1935
Box   1 Folder   22	Janczewska, Apolonia, 1930
Box   1 Folder   23	Jeraczewska, Petronela, 1939
Box   1 Folder   24	Karkula, Josephine, 1930
Box   1 Folder   25	Kaszewicz, Jospeh, 1937-1939
Box   1 Folder   26	Klaus, Michael, 1930
Box   1 Folder   30	Kocinski, Antonia, 1936-1937
Box   1 Folder   27	Kolinski, Lawerence, 1930-1935
Box   1 Folder   28	Kopaczewski, Micha, 1930
Box   1 Folder   29	Korczak, John, 1930
Box   1 Folder   31	Kostecka, Marya, 1934-1936
Box   1 Folder   32	Kostick, Stephen, 1929-1930
Box   1 Folder   33	Kotarski, Józef, 1931
Box   1 Folder   34	Kotowski, Józef, 1929
Box   1 Folder   35	Kowalczyk, John, 1929-1930
Box   1 Folder   36	Kowalski, Stanisaw, 1930-1931
Box   1 Folder   37-38	Kowalski, Wadysaw, 1929-1931
Box   1 Folder   39	Kozdro, Marya, 1929-1930
Box   1 Folder   40	Kozieja, Wincent, 1931
Box   2 Folder   1	Kozowska, Pelagia, 1939
Box   2 Folder   2	Kozowski, Józef, 1934-1935
Box   2 Folder   3	Kozowski, Wincent, 1932-1933
Box   2 Folder   4	Krajewska, Mary, 1940
Box   2 Folder   5	Krempecki, Ludwig, 1932
Box   2 Folder   6	Kretowicz, B., 1931
Box   2 Folder   7	Krezman, Adam, 1929-1930
Box   2 Folder   8	Krolikowski, Wawrzyniec, 1930
Box   2 Folder   9	Kronst, Frank, 1931
Box   2 Folder   10	Kruk, Mary, 1934-1935
Box   2 Folder   11	Kryszak, Mary O., 1933
Box   2 Folder   13	Krzyanowska, Józefa, 1930
Box   2 Folder   14	Krzyanowska, Petronela, 1935
Box   2 Folder   12	Krzymowski, Jakób, 1938
Box   2 Folder   15	Kubach, Evelina, 1932
Box   2 Folder   16	Kucharski, Konstanty, 1930
Box   2 Folder   17	Kucik, Stanisaw, 1930
Box   2 Folder   18	Kuczewski, Józef, 1932
Box   2 Folder   19	Kuczynski, F. L., 1927-1930
Box   2 Folder   20	Kuehn, Albert, 1937-1938
Box   2 Folder   21	Kujac, F., 1937
Box   2 Folder   22	Kujat, Ferdynand, 1938
Box   2 Folder   23	Kujawa, Wojciech, 1930
Box   2 Folder   24	Kulawiec, Józef, 1934-1936
Box   2 Folder   25	Kulczycki, Antoni, 1923
Box   2 Folder   26	Kulis, Bolesawa, 1930
Box   2 Folder   27	Kupiszewski, Józef, 1931
Box   2 Folder   28	Kuryer Polski Account, 1930
Box   2 Folder   29	Kurzajak, Józef, 1939
Box   2 Folder   30	Kuss, Józefa, 1935
Box   2 Folder   31	Kuzyk, Jan, 1931
Box   2 Folder   32	Kwaniewski, Roman B.J., 1932
Box   2 Folder   33	Lackawanna Railroad, 1930-1932
Box   2 Folder   34	Laszczewska, A., 1937
Box   2 Folder   35	Lenart, Stan, 1930
Box   2 Folder   36	Lipinski, Jan, 1937
Box   2 Folder   37	Literska, Walerya, 1929
Box   2 Folder   38	Literski, Józef, 1934
Box   2 Folder   39	Lodygowski, Mateusz, 1931
Box   2 Folder   40	Luc, Stanisaw, 1931
Box   2 Folder   41	Lukaszewicz, Józef and Maryanna, 1930
Box   2 Folder   42	Lyczak, Adam, 1930-1935
Box   3 Folder   1	Lyszkowski, Fabian, 1930
Box   3 Folder   2	Machnik, Piotr, 1930
Box   3 Folder   3-4	Maciejewski, Józef, 1930-1934
Box   3 Folder   5	Mackowski, Janina, 1930
Box   3 Folder   6	Majewski, Frank, 1931
Box   3 Folder   7	Majewski, Stanisaw, 1939
Box   3 Folder   8	Makowski, John, 1929-1931
Box   3 Folder   9	Malec, Walter, 1928-1930
Box   3 Folder   10	Maleszewski, Alexsander, 1928-1931
Box   3 Folder   11	Malinowski, Alfons, 1931
Box   3 Folder   12	Malinowski, S., 1928-1930
Box   3 Folder   13	Mayszko, Józefa, 1936
Box   3 Folder   14	Marchlewski, Jan, 1936
Box   3 Folder   15	Marialke, Julia, 1931
Box   3 Folder   16	Maryland Casualty Company, 1929
Box   3 Folder   17	Masowski, Wojciech, 1932-1933
Box   3 Folder   18	Masyk, Józef, 1929-1930
Box   3 Folder   19	Matusiak, Anna, 1935
Box   3 Folder   20	Mazur, Rozalia, 1929-1931
Box   3 Folder   21	McKee, Ralph, 1933-1938
Box   3 Folder   22	Meleski, John, 1931
Box   3 Folder   23	Michalak, Raymund, 1935
Box   3 Folder   24	Michalska, Katarzana, 1935
Box   3 Folder   25	Michalski, John, 1932-1933
Box   3 Folder   26	Michniak, Andrzej, 1930
Box   3 Folder   27	Mielczarek, Tomasz, 1931
Box   3 Folder   28	Mietus, Józef, Dr., 1939
Box   3 Folder   29	Migas, Ludwig and Marya, 1930-1931
Box   3 Folder   30	Migut, Micha, 1930-1931
Box   3 Folder   31	Mika, Franciszek, 1938-1939
Box   4 Folder   1	Mika, Franciszek, 1938-1939
Box   4 Folder   2	Milewski, Walter, 1921-1937
Box   4 Folder   3	Milwaukee Road, 1930-1932
Box   4 Folder   4	Mish, Józef, 1933
Box   4 Folder   5	Mynark, Jan, 1939
Box   4 Folder   6	Mordzejwski, Ignacy, 1935
Box   4 Folder   7	Mrotek, Józef, 1939
Box   4 Folder   8	Mrukowicz, Andrew, 1930
Box   4 Folder   9	Mucha, John, 1930
Box   4 Folder   10	Murach, Piotr, 1930
Box   4 Folder   11	Muraszewska, Felicia, 1931
Box   4 Folder   12	Musiedlak, Agnieszka and Albert, 1927-1938
Box   4 Folder   13	Myk, Alexandra and Adam, 1930
Box   4 Folder   14	Nowak, Tomasz, 1940
Box   4 Folder   15	Nowak, Wincent, 1934-1945
Box   4 Folder   16	Nowak, Wojciech, 1936
Box   4 Folder   17	Nowicki, Albert, 1940
Box   4 Folder   18	Ogrodzinski, Stephen, 1930-1937
Box   4 Folder   19	Olfier, J., 1939
Box   4 Folder   20	Osowska, Helen, 1939
Box   4 Folder   21	Paczesny, Józef, 1936
Box   4 Folder   22	Parejko, Walter, 1929
Box   4 Folder   23	Pawlica, Tomasz, 1936
Box   4 Folder   24	Pawliczak, Stanisaw, 1936
Box   4 Folder   25	Pempek, John L., 1934-1939
Box   4 Folder   26	People's National Bank, 1936-1945
Box   4 Folder   27	Piasecka, Walentyna, 1934-1935
Box   4 Folder   28	Piekarzowa, J., 1930
Box   4 Folder   29	Piotrowski, John, 1940
Box   4 Folder   30	Piwonski, John, 1930
Box   4 Folder   31	Polish Army Veterans Association of America, 1936-1938
Box   4 Folder   32	Posaski, Jakób, 1938
Box   4 Folder   33	Potegowski, Mary, 1931
Box   4 Folder   34	Prawdzik, Rozalia, 1930
Box   4 Folder   35	Przybos, Anna, 1938
Box   4 Folder   36	Rachowicz, Franciszek, 1937
Box   4 Folder   37	Rachubka, Wiktor, 1932-1938
Box   4 Folder   38	Rode, Leonard, 1937-1938
Box   4 Folder   39	Rogucki, Józef, 1935-1938
Box   4 Folder   40	Romosko, Mary, 1939
Box   4 Folder   41	Rosen, Anna, 1940
Box   4 Folder   42	Rosinski, Jacob, 1940
Box   5 Folder   1	Rozpoch, Tomasz, 1939
Box   5 Folder   2	Ruez, George, 1939
Box   5 Folder   3	Rusinek, Józef, 1930
Box   5 Folder   4	Rutkowska, Jadwiga, 1935
Box   5 Folder   5	Rzeszutek, Micha, 1930
Box   5 Folder   6	Sahajdak, Lukas, 1929
Box   5 Folder   7	Sanatrius, Emily, 1930
Box   5 Folder   8	Sekretarski, Andrew, 1936
Box   5 Folder   9-10	Siedlecki, Wadysaw, 1939
Box   5 Folder   11	Sierociuk, Prakseda, 1929
Box   5 Folder   12	Sikorski, Zenon, 1933
Box   5 Folder   13	Slesiecka, Jennie, 1936
Box   5 Folder   14	Slivka, Samuel, 1939
Box   5 Folder   15	Sonia, Julianna, 1939
Box   5 Folder   16	Sowiska, Elbieta, 1937
Box   5 Folder   17	Sopiarz, Józef, 1938
Box   5 Folder   18	Soplinska, Elenora, 1935
Box   5 Folder   19	Special Accounts, 1935
Box   5 Folder   20	Stefik, Antoni, 1936
Box   5 Folder   21	Stepien, Helena, 1938
Box   5 Folder   22	Stockholders, 1929
Box   5 Folder   23	Stoltmann, Mrs., 1936
Box   5 Folder   24	Sulewski, Józef, 1937
Box   5 Folder   25	Szachta, Francis, 1930
Box   5 Folder   26	Szczepanski, Jakób, 1936
Box   5 Folder   27	Szczepkowski, Jan, 1930
Box   5 Folder   28	Szczerba, Wojciech, 1920-1937
Box   5 Folder   29	Szczurek, J. I., 1928
Box   5 Folder   30	Szewczak, Stanisaw, 1934
Box   5 Folder   31	Sznitowski, Alfons, 1930-1937
Box   5 Folder   32	Talaga, Jan and Rozalia, 1926-1932
Box   5 Folder   33	Talaikowska, Apolonia, 1937-1938
Box   5 Folder   34	Thomas, Joseph, 1925-1937
Box   5 Folder   35	Torcan, F., 1939
Box   5 Folder   36	Trawczynski, Tomasz, 1936
Box   5 Folder   37	Tygowicz, Henryk, 1937-1938
Box   5 Folder   38	Tylko, Iwona, 1939
Box   5 Folder   39	United States Department of Labor, 1931
Box   5 Folder   40	United States Post Office, 1930
Box   5 Folder   41	United States Shipping Board, 1930
Box   5 Folder   42	Wabash Railway Company, 1930-1931
Box   5 Folder   43	Walczak, Albert, 1936-1937
Box   5 Folder   44	Walczak, Franciszek, 1930
Box   5 Folder   45	Walczak, Wojciech, 1931
Box   5 Folder   46	Walczuk, Franciszek, 1931
Box   5 Folder   47	Wantoch, Salomea, 1934-1945
Box   5 Folder   48	Wargin and Wargin, 1929
Box   5 Folder   49	Wasielewski, Józef, 1931
Box   5 Folder   50	Waszak, Helena, 1935-1936
Box   5 Folder   51	Wany, Jan, 1936-1940
Box   5 Folder   52	Wegner, Wadysaw, 1937
Box   5 Folder   53	Welytok, Jan, 1929
Box   6 Folder   1	Wenslowik, Józef, 1930-1935
Box   6 Folder   2	Werwinski, Ignatius, 1937
Box   6 Folder   3	Winiewska, Bolesawa, 1930-1937
Box   6 Folder   4	Winiewska, Stella, 1937
Box   6 Folder   5	Winiewski, Jan, 1938
Box   6 Folder   6	Witczak, Józef, 1939
Box   6 Folder   7	Witkowska, Alexandra, 1930
Box   6 Folder   8	Wnuk, Bernard, 1931
Box   6 Folder   9	Wojciechowska, Maryanna, undated
Box   6 Folder   10	Wojciechowski, Franciszek, 1930-1931
Box   6 Folder   11	Wojciechowski, Teodor, 1936-1938
Box   6 Folder   12	Wojcinska, Isabelle, 1930
Box   6 Folder   13	Wojda, John, 1929
Box   6 Folder   14	Wojnicki, Ludwig, 1932-1933
Box   6 Folder   15	Wojnowska, Stanisawa, 1938
Box   6 Folder   16	Wojthal, John, 1929
Box   6 Folder   17	Wolski, Ed, 1931
Box   6 Folder   18	Woszczynski, L., 1932
Box   6 Folder   19	Wozniak, Stanisaw, 1934-1937
Box   6 Folder   20	Wozniak, Stefan, 1929
Box   6 Folder   21	Wydra, Stephen, 1929
Box   6 Folder   22	Wyszkowski, Ed, 1931
Box   6 Folder   23	Zagórski, John, 1929-1930
Box   6 Folder   24	Zaidel, Albert, 1936
Box   6 Folder   25	Zajczkowski, Kazimierz, 1929
Box   6 Folder   26	Zakowski, Joseph, 1934-1935
Box   6 Folder   27	Zarazinski, Izydor, 1930
Box   6 Folder   28	Zaremba, Kazimierz and Martha, 1929-1930
Box   6 Folder   29	Zawada, Helen, 1935
Box   6 Folder   30	Zawadzki, Albin, 1938
Box   6 Folder   31	Zawalich, Felix, 1930-1931
Box   6 Folder   32	Zawodniak, Wawrzyniec, 1930
Box   6 Folder   33	Zdrajkowski, Jan, 1934
Box   6 Folder   34	Zembrzuski, Leopold, 1937
Box   6 Folder   35	Zieleska, Agnieszka, 1932
Box   6 Folder   36	Zielinski, Frank and Jan, 1938
Box   6 Folder   37	Zolnowski, Jan, 1928-1932
	Series: 2. Kuryer Publishing Company, 1893-1962, undated Scope and Content Note: The Kuryer Publishing Company records consist of both business records and correspondence to the publishing company requesting assistance for a host of problems. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject heading. Extensive correspondence with various Polish organizations documents the Kuryer Polski's role as forum for North America's Polonia. The records are in English and Polish. The business records consist of ledgers, stock holder's indexes, general correspondence, union contracts and advertising accounts and commissions. The ledgers, with a few gaps, cover the entire existence of the company. The indexes of stockholders list the purchasers of Kuryer stock in 1906, 1912 and 1915. Particularly well documented is the Kuryer's continuing struggle for solvency throughout its existence. Its battle to maintain operations are indicative of the problems that faced the foreign language press in the United States as a whole. Subscribers solicited the Kuryer's assistance in solving a myriad of problems. One irate husband sought the Kuryer's help in deporting his wife's suitor. Especially poignant are letters from Polish soldiers interned in Hungary during the Second World War. Extensive correspondence documents both the cordial and the often stormy relationship between the Kuryer and various Polish organizations. Of particular interest is the law suit that the Polish Roman Catholic Union filed against the Kuryer in 1918. Fragmentary material concerning the family that owned the Kuryer Publishing Company includes Wacaw Kruszka's copyright to his "History of Poles in North America" and condolences on his death, and correspondence concerning Professor Zwierzchowski's suspenseful flight from the invading German army in September of 1939. Although this collection consists of only partial records of the Kuryer Publishing Company, the material is especially valuable for both documenting the demise of the ethnic press and for a study of inter-war immigration policies. In addition, the collection possesses valuable genealogical material.	⇧
Box   7 Folder   1-4	Advertising Accounts, 1935-1948
Box   7 Folder   5	Advertising Accounts, 1960-1962
Box   8 Folder   1	Advertising Accounts Anniversary, 1938, 1950
Box   7 Folder   5	Advertising Accounts Holiday, 1948
Box   8 Folder   2	Advertising Accounts Wallace Agency, 1948-1949
Box   8 Folder   3-8	Advertising Commissions, 1951-1957
Box   8 Folder   9	Advertising Contracts, 1902-1929
Box   8 Folder   10	Articles of Incorporation and History of the Kuryer Publishing Company, 1912, 1939
Box   8 Folder   11	Artykuy Inkorporacyjne...Archidyecezyi Milwauckiej, 1897
Box   8 Folder   13	Board of Directors, 1919(?)
Box   8 Folder   14	Bogusawski, Jerzy, 1961
	Business Ledger
Box   9 Folder   1	1893-1895
Box   9 Folder   2	1920
Box   9 Folder   3	1926-1938
Box   17 Folder   1	1939-1940
Box   10 Folder   1-2	1939-1949
Box   17 Folder   2	1943-1946
Box   17 Folder   3	1948
Box   18	1950
Box   19	1951
Box   17 Folder   4	1959-1960
Box   7 Folder   7	Carriers, 1942-1952
Box   10 Folder   4	Certified Dry Mat Corporation, 1948-1951
Box   10 Folder   5	Charitable Contributions, 1946-1960
Box   10 Folder   6	Child Labor Permits, 1944
Box   10 Folder   7	Coleman, Edgar, Lease, 1906-1924
Box   8 Folder   12	Correspondence, B, 1944-1957
Box   10 Folder   3	Correspondence, C, 1929, undated
Box   10 Folder   8	Correspondence, D, 1936-1940
Box   10 Folder   10	Correspondence, E, 1948-1951
Box   10 Folder   13	Correspondence, F, 1949-1959
Box   10 Folder   17	Correspondence, G, 1924-1959
Box   11 Folder   1	Correspondence, H, 1952-1956
Box   11 Folder   2	Correspondence, I, 1950-1960
Box   11 Folder   8	Correspondence, J, 1932-1959
Box   11 Folder   9	Correspondence, K, 1939-1959
Box   11 Folder   22	Correspondence, L, 1947-1952
Box   11 Folder   32	Correspondence, M, 1930-1950
Box   12 Folder   7	Correspondence, P, 1939-1959
Box   14 Folder   8	Correspondence, S, 1924-1950
Box   16 Folder   6	Correspondence, V-W, 1926-1956
Box   16 Folder   13	Correspondence, Y-Z, 1927-1953
Box   10 Folder   9	Diamant, Wadysaw, 1961
Box   10 Folder   11	Eatonic Remedy Company, 1938
Box   10 Folder   12	Eisenbuch, Joseph, 1943
Box   10 Folder   14	Faltynska, Helen and Mary, 1932-1935
Box   10 Folder   15	Federation Life Insurance, 1941-1953
Box   10 Folder   16	Flynn, Storm and Greenquist, 1940
Box   10 Folder   18	Gill, A. D., 1927
Box   10 Folder   19	Gostomski, Jadwiga, 1956
Box   10 Folder   20	Gralewicz, Paul, 1956-1960
Box   10 Folder   21	Great Lakes Building and Loan, 1936-1938
Box   11 Folder   3	Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, 1935-1952
Box   11 Folder   4	Insurance Coverage, 1925-1954
Box   11 Folder   5	Intertype Corporation, 1922-1962
Box   11 Folder   6	Inventory, 1903-1906
Box   11 Folder   7	Investment List, undated
Box   11 Folder   10	Kleczka and Steinhilber, 1939
Box   11 Folder   11	Komitet Ratunkowy Polski, 1939-1940
Box   11 Folder   12	Kosciuszko Foundation, 1939
Box   11 Folder   13	Kosidowski, Zenon Dr., 1940
Box   11 Folder   14	Koss, Casimir, 1929-1940
Box   11 Folder   15	Kowalczyk, Edmund, 1948
Box   11 Folder   16	Kruszka, Jadwiga, 1930-1938
Box   11 Folder   17	Kruszka, Wacaw, 1932-1937
Box   11 Folder   18	Krzonstowska, Minnie, 1939
Box   11 Folder   19	Kujawa, Andrew, 1941
Box   11 Folder   20	Kukowski, Kazimierz, 1939
Box   11 Folder   21	Kuryer Polski Day, 1930-1946
Box   11 Folder   23	Laskowski, Anton, 1943
Box   11 Folder   24	Lassa, Ed, 1939
Box   11 Folder   25	Law Suits, 1927-1934
Box   11 Folder   26	Lease, Property, 1908-1929
Box   11 Folder   27	Leszczynski, Adam, 1939
Box   11 Folder   28	Lipa, Stephan, 1940
Box   11 Folder   29	Lornowicz, W., 1940
Box   11 Folder   30	Ludowicz, Anton, 1935
Box   11 Folder   31	Lusina, Louise, 1940
Box   11 Folder   33	Malach, Micha, 1939
Box   11 Folder   34	Maslowicz, Anna, undated
Box   11 Folder   35	Matuszewski, Pawe, 1939-1940
Box   11 Folder   36	Maxwell, Jeanette, 1938
Box   11 Folder   37	Mazur, Vinvent, 1939
Box   11 Folder   38	Mentel, Julian, 1939
Box   11 Folder   39	Mergenthaler Linotype, 1925-1950
Box   11 Folder   40	Miller Mack and Fairchild, 1935
Box   11 Folder   41	Milwaukee Auditorium Company, 1909-1938
Box   11 Folder   42	Nadolski, P. J., 1935
Box   11 Folder   43	Napieraa, Franciszek, 1939
Box   11 Folder   44	National Press Service, 1939-1940
Box   12 Folder   1	North American Insurance, 1936-1937
Box   12 Folder   2	Notes Payable, 1934
Box   12 Folder   3	Nowiny Polskie, 1928-1940
Box   12 Folder   4	Nowstawski, Wanda, 1936-1937
Box   12 Folder   5	Nowy Swit, 1939-1940
Box   12 Folder   6	Oshkosh Paper Company, 1952
Box   12 Folder   8	Patrons of the Kuryer, 1952
Box   12 Folder   9-11	Pay Roll, 1950-1954
Box   12 Folder   12-13	Pay Roll, 1959-1960
Box   12 Folder   14	Piasecki, Peter, F. Col., 1943-1961
Box   12 Folder   15	Piotrowski, Stanisaw Morel, 1939-1940
Box   13 Folder   1	Podbereski, Tereszczenko, Jerzy, 1948
Box   13 Folder   2	Polam Novelty Company, 1939
Box   13 Folder   3	Polish American Council, 1939-1940
Box   13 Folder   4	Polish American Publishing Co., 1938-1939
Box   13 Folder   5	Polish Bonds, 1938-1939
Box   13 Folder   6	Polish Book Orders, 1937-1939
Box   13 Folder   7	Polish Falcons, 1941-1962
Box   13 Folder   8	Polish National Alliance, 1929-1934
Box   13 Folder   9	Polish National Alliance, 1938-1939
Box   13 Folder   10	Polish National Alliance Grupa, 1939
Box   13 Folder   11	Polish National Union of America, 1939
Box   13 Folder   12	Polish Organizations, 1941-1942
Box   13 Folder   13	Polish Publishers and Journalist Association, 1940
Box   13 Folder   14	Polish Roman Catholic Union, 1918-1962
Box   13 Folder   15	Polish Women's Alliance of America, 1939
Box   13 Folder   16	Profit and Loss Statements, 1945-1952
Box   14 Folder   1	Promissory Notes, 1930-1934
Box   14 Folder   2	Pryboski, Nellie, 1927-1940
Box   14 Folder   3	Radio Kuryer Polski Hour, 1941-1953
Box   14 Folder   4	Real Estate Records, 1924, undated
Box   14 Folder   5	Refugees in Hungary, 1939-1940
Box   14 Folder   6	Reliance Finance Bank, 1952-1953
Box   14 Folder   7	Rutkowski, B., 1939
Box   14 Folder   9	Schafer, John, Congressman, 1939-1942
Box   14 Folder   10	Schlack, Edward, 1937
Box   14 Folder   11	Skowronski, Julian, 1930
Box   14 Folder   12	Soroko, Antoni, 1957
Box   14 Folder   13	Staszak, Józef, 1940
Box   14 Folder   14	Stock, Capital, 1931-1937
Box   14 Folder   18	Stock Share Certificate, 1915
Box   14 Folder   15	Stock Recapitalization, 1938
	Stockholder's Index
Box   14 Folder   16	Original 500, 1906
Box   14 Folder   17	1912
Box   15 Folder   1	1912
Box   15 Folder   2-4	1915
Box   15 Folder   5	Stockholder's Reports, 1937, 1950
Box   16 Folder   1	Tax Records, 1936-1957
Box   16 Folder   3-4	Union Contracts, 1919-1956
Box   16 Folder   5	Union Strike, 1921
Box   16 Folder   7	Vasco Products, 1933-1938
Box   16 Folder   8	Wachtl, Karol, Professor, 1939-1940
Box   16 Folder   9	Wasilik, Stanisaw, 1939
Box   16 Folder   10	Wiadomoci Codzienne, undated
Box   16 Folder   11	Wojciechowski, W. A., 1940
Box   16 Folder   12	Wolf, A. G., Captain, 1939
Box   16 Folder   14	Zabelka, Frank, 1940
Box   16 Folder   15	Zagorach, Katarzyna, 1938
Box   16 Folder   16	Zalewski, M. M. J., 1937
Box   16 Folder   17	Zaremba, Józef, undated
Box   16 Folder   18	Zawadzki, F., 1938
Box   16 Folder   19	Zeidler, Frank, Mayor, 1953-1955
Box   16 Folder   20	Zimmerman, Teresa, 1939
Box   16 Folder   21	Zwierzchowska, Felicia, 1940
Box   16 Folder   22	Zwierzchowski, Stanisaw, 1928-1940