Polish Women's Alliance of America Records, 1916-1963

Scope and Content Note

Collected printed constitutions, minutes of national conventions, and financial reports of the national Polish Women's Alliance of America (Zwiazek Polek w Ameryce) and several jubilee albums of local chapters. The collection includes constitutions and by-laws of the national organization, 1917 and 1924, and of Group 63 (Towarzystwa Polska Powstajaca), Chicago; minutes of national conventions from 1916 to 1918, and printed financial reports, 1918 and 1924. Jubilee albums include golden jubilee albums from Group 72 (Towarzystwo Krolowej Jadwigi), Milwaukee, 1957; and Group 78 (Queen Kinga's Society), 1958, both in Milwaukee; and from Council No. 1, District 6, Milwaukee, 1963. The older materials were collected by Wanda Kwasniewski.