Summary Information
Joseph B. Budziszewski Papers
1924-1997
- Budziszewski, Joseph B., 1922-1998
Milwaukee Mss 38
0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Papers of Joseph Budziszewski, a Milwaukee electrician primarily concerned with his avocation of singing and with his performances in operatic productions. Included are his files of memorabilia from his singing engagements: programs, handbills, and newspaper reviews, advertisements, and clippings, together with several music scores of Polish folk songs in arrangements which Budziszewski commissioned and performed in open-air concerts. Much of the collection consists of photocopies.
English, Polish
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Biography/History
Joseph Budziszewski was born in 1922 in Milwaukee. His father immigrated to the United States from the Bialystok region of Poland; later he worked as a coal miner in Pennsylvania and as a medic with the 103rd Division during World War I. He finally settled in Milwaukee where he was employed in a foundry. Joseph graduated from St. Hyacinth School in Milwaukee, and during World War II served as a radio operator with the 103rd Division. Following the war he worked as an electrician with Cutler-Hammer, and currently is employed in the same capacity at the Milwaukee City Hall. In 1954 Budziszewski spent a year at the Salvatorian Fathers Seminary in Menominee, Michigan, where he studied Latin, German, and the Gregorian chant. He married JoAnne Mauhs, a former Sister of Notre Dame, in 1973.
In 1959 Budziszewski began studying voice seriously with Clara Bloomfield. Although he had sung with St. Stanislaus church choir since 1947, and with local choruses and glee clubs, Budziszewski's first operatic role was as the jailer in the 1959 production of Tosca. Budziszewski continued to sing in several opera productions each year with various Milwaukee groups, and won critical acclaim for his performances. He also sang for the New Life Choir (Chor Nowe Zycie), for special programs and events, and for the annual “Hi Neighbor” concerts held in Kosciusko Park. For the latter, Budziszewski commissioned the orchestration of a different Polish folk song each year, which he performed in the Polish language.
Joseph Budziszewski died in 1998.
Scope and Content Note
The collection primarily consists of Budziszewski's files of memorabilia from his singing engagements. These include programs; newspaper reviews, advertisements, and clippings; handbills; and other items. The earliest material (1924-1969) was originally mounted in scrapbooks, and also includes photographs of Budziszewski from childhood and in various roles. These scrapbooks were loaned for copying and the photocopies placed in the collection. Later files date from 1969 to 1997, and consist of both photocopies and original items. Also included are copies of the music scores commissioned by Budziszewski: “Evening Song,” “Rozszumiaty sie Wierzby,” and “Hejze ino Fioleczku Lesny,” arranged by Edmund Assaly, and “Idzie Maciek, Idzie,” and “Sialem Proso na Zagonie” arranged by Leonhard Rose.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Joseph B. Budziszewski, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981. Accession Number: M81-176
Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, June 1981.
Contents List
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Milwaukee Mss 38
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Files of Programs, Reviews, Clippings, and Other Material
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Box
1
Folder
1
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1969
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Box
1
Folder
2
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1970
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Box
1
Folder
3
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1971
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Box
1
Folder
4
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1972
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Box
1
Folder
5
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1973
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Box
1
Folder
6
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1974
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1975
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Box
1
Folder
8
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1976
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Box
1
Folder
9
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1977
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1978
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Box
2
Folder
2
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1979
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Box
2
Folder
3
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1980
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Box
2
Folder
4
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1981
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Scrapbooks
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Box
2
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1924-1997
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Box
2
Folder
5
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1949-1967
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Box
2
Folder
6
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1967-1969
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Music Scores, 1975, undated
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