Title: Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 365: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1928-1979

Creator:

• Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Lodge 365 (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 44

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

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

Abstract:

Records of Lodge 365, the Dr. Karol Marcinkowski Society, located in Milwaukee. The majority are financial records such as insurance records and premium record books, a loan book, receipts and premium receipts book, and a cash book. Also included are computer lists of members and premiums paid, new members, and policy holders; and two manuals for lodge financial secretaries. Other records in the collection consist of a short history of the lodge, two registration books, and some correspondence concerning finances. Some materials are in Polish.

Language: English, Polish

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The Dr. Karol Marcinkowski Society or Lodge 365 of the Polish National Alliance (Zwiazek Narodowy Polski) was organized January 24, 1897 by 33 members of Milwaukee's Polish American community. The lodge was affiliated with Council 8 of District 14 of the PNA. Like other local lodges of the PNA, the Society was involved in sales of life insurance to members, provision of sick benefits, social events, and community work. Lodge 365 was dissolved upon the death of its last financial secretary, Peter P. Walczyk, in 1978 or 1979.

The records that comprise this collection were apparently those kept by lodge financial secretary Walczyk, as financial materials predominate. There is a loan book, 1933-1974, listing loans on insurance policies paid to members and a short record of insurance sales; one volume, two books of stubs, and scattered examples of receipts for both monies received by the lodge, and insurance premiums paid by members; a premium receipt book; and a lodge cashbook. Monthly reports to the PNA National Secretary consist of computer records listing individual members' names, phone numbers, monthly insurance premiums, and other information, and provide a six year record of individuals and families belonging to the lodge. New members and policy holders are listed separately, with the amount of the policy and premium paid. Similar insurance records are located in the 1971-1978 volume entitled Manual for Financial Secretaries of the PNA. A volume with the identical title, dated 1968, is a printed handbook detailing the duties of financial secretaries, in Polish and in English. Together, the financial records in the collection provide information concerning the growth and work of the lodge, family relationships and births and deaths, and the mutual benefits aspect of the PNA.

Other records in the collection consist of a one-page summary history of Lodge 365, registration books listing members and personal information, and a folder of correspondence and other papers, mainly financial in nature.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Gladys Podkomorski, Greenfield, Wisconsin, 1980. Accession Number: M81-39

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, September 1981.

Box   1 Folder   1	Correspondence and Other Papers, 1967-1978
	Financial Records
Box   1 Folder   2	Loan Book, 1933-1974
Box   1 Folder   2	Sales Record, 1928-1977
Box   1 Folder   3	Receipts, 1952-1969
Box   1 Folder   3	Receipts for Insurance Premiums, 1942-1952
Box   1 Folder   4	Receipt Book, 1958-1978
Box   1 Folder   5	Receipts, 1970-1978
Box   1 Folder   6	Miscellaneous Forms
Box   1 Folder   7	History of the Lodge
Box   1 Folder   8	Manual for Financial Secretaries of the PNA, 1968
Box   1 Folder   9	Manual for Financial Secretaries of the PNA, 1971-1978
	Monthly Reports to PNA National Secretary
Box   1 Folder   10	1970-1972
Box   2 Folder   1-2	1973-1976
Box   2 Folder   3	New Members Enrollment Lists, 1974-1979
Box   2 Folder   4	Premium Book, 1966-1969
Box   3 Volume   1-2	Registration Books
Box   3 Volume   3	Cash Book, 1972-1976