Title: Malopolan Club, Milwaukee Chapter Records
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1979

Creator:

• Malopolan Club, Milwaukee Chapter (Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee SC 105

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

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:

Partial records of the chapter, including minutes, dues records, and a 10th anniversary program.

Language: Polish, English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil0sc105

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The Milwaukee chapter of the Malopolan Club (Klub Malopolan), formed in December 1944 by charter members Thaddeus Borun, John and Aniela Knap, and Julius Bukalski, for Americans whose ancestors came from the southern part of Poland, Malopolska (formerly Galicia). The club was founded to preserve Polish traditions and culture, to provide financial assistance to Polish villages, and for social events. In particular, the club maintained Polish customs and celebrations for holidays and special religious occasions.

The records include one volume of minutes of meetings, all in Polish, from 1971 until the club's dissolution in 1979; a membership list, 1966 (with a few updates), which includes a record of correspondence written; a 10th anniversary album, 1954; four dues or contribution books of individual members, each with a printed club constitution; and miscellaneous.

Acquisition Information

Presented by John and Aniela Knap, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1980, and by Frances Lewandowski, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981. (Other records of the Klub Malopolan were givn by the Knaps to Polish Museum in Chicago.) Accession Number: M80-541, M81-92