Part 1 (Micro 948, La Crosse Micro 12, SC 775, PH SC 775, PH 4912, Audio 1068A): Original Collection, 1942-1957
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder), 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 59 disc recordings, and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (2 folders) 
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists primarily of explanations and plans for the Polish study, case histories, notes on Independence, correspondence, materials relating to the projected study report, and sound recordings. Some items not concerning the study in the MISCELLANY series include articles, lectures, and photographs of Zawacki at a Marquette University presentation; speaking on the Cuba situation at a YGOP rally in Madison, Wisconsin; and driving a car with a placard on top, “Vote Right, Vote Yes, Frank Lloyd Wright Monona Terrace Site.” The Research Project Materials are organized in four series: Correspondence and Study Explanation, Research Material, Study Report, and Discs and Tapes.

The CORRESPONDENCE AND STUDY EXPLANATION series details the purpose and intent of the study and its preparation; and includes some correspondence between Zawacki and Pawlowski. The correspondence, while documenting the progress of the study, is quite fragmentary therefore does not permit reconstruction of the exact study chronology.

The core of the collection is the RESEARCH MATERIAL series. It contains materials from Pawlowski's field work such as case histories and notes on residents; interviews with community officials; notes on city and county governments, and community institutions and their development; and summaries and reports on local activities and events. The bulk of the series is eighty-four case histories consisting of the questionnaires, several hundred questions in length, asked of each subject during an interview. The interview sought information on family history, religious and political beliefs and marriage and funeral customs, among other things. These were often supplemented by Pawlowski's notes and any relevant published information. The case histories are arranged chronologically by date of the interview and are preceded in the collection by an annotated table of contents produced by Zawacki.

Included in the STUDY REPORT are outlines, notes and questions, the introduction to the report, and two chapter drafts of the proposed report. Though sketchy, the material outlines Zawacki's strategy for establishing control over the research data as well as his basic summaries of the study's findings.

There are 59 DISC RECORDINGS with tape copies of Polish and American folk songs and religious hymns sung in Polish and in English. In addition, they include discussions of Polish and American folkways and instrumental Polish folk music. The discs were probably recorded by Ms. Pawlowski as part of her field work in Independence.

Series: Miscellaneous

Articles and Lectures, 1953-1957
Scope and Content Note: Five items by Zawacki concerning United States international relations and the Cold War.

Photographs of Edmund Zawacki, circa 1954-1978

Panel presentation?, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1958 November 2
Note: Left to right: Wu?, Professor Christopher Spalatin, Roving?, Zawacki, and Professor Michael Petrovich.

Zawacki speaking on Cuba situation at YGOP Rally, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1962 October 29

Zawacki driving car with placard on top, "Vote Right, Vote Yes, Frank Lloyd Wright Monona Terrace Site," circa 1954-1956
Note: Helen Zawacki with children standing next to the car on the corner of Randall Street, Madison, Wisconsin.

Zawacki in his office just before retirement, 1978 June

Series: Correspondence and Study Explanation

Correspondence, 1947 August-1948 April

Study Explanation, Plan and Bibliographic Notes, undated

Series: Research Material

Case Histories

Annotated Table of Contents (index)

Lyga, Michel A.

Bautch, Albert John

Kowal, Mary Magdalene Klimek Kampa (Mrs. Frank)

Kulig, Zuzanna Wojcik (Mrs. Jyacinth)

Sabota, Mary Salby (Mrs. Ignatius)

Sura, John

Bautch, Frances Pietrik (Mrs. John L.)

Marsolek, Charles F.

Jelen, Victoria Filla (Mrs. Edward)

Grutzik, Edmund

Bautch, Frank J.

Skroch, Mary Skroch (Mrs. Urban)

Kwosek, Frank F.

Crippo, Eliza Zimme (Mrs. Giles)

Maule, Frederick George

Olson, Elizabeth Marsolek (Mrs. Ole)

Kulig, Clara Rombolski (Mrs. Bert)

Skroch, Praxida Kamla (Mrs. Stanley)

Filla, Anna Matchey (Mrs. Sam)

Sobota, Emma Tescher (Mrs. Anton)

Libowski, Rose Tomala (Mrs. Frank)

Karasch, John

Kulig, Lucy Smieja (Mrs. Peter)

Mish, Euphrisine Macrosek (Mrs. Frank)

Skroch, John C.

Skroch, Roman S.

Pampuch, Maria Klink (Mrs. Thomas)

Skroch, Simon and Skroch, Lucy Zila

Kuka, Anastasia Sonsalla (Mrs. Peter)

Sendelbach, Blanche Kuka (Mrs. George)

Jonietz, Amelia Symiczek (Mrs. Paul)

Mlynek, Peter

Killian, Gertrude Gondera (Mrs. Albert)

Elstad, Mary Jelen (Mrs. Elmo)

Symicek, Peter

Jaszewski, Catherine Rybarczyk (Mrs. John)

Weier, Rose Smieja

Klimek, Simon

Skroch, Elizabeth Sygulla (Mrs. George)

Smieja, Clara Sobota (Mrs. George)

Sonsalla, Ignace

Sygulla, Monica Skroch (Mrs. Henry)

Sygulla, Ralph

Smick, Ralph

Sonsalla, Luke

Smieja, Roman Paul

Szczepanski, Leo

Skroch, Michael and Emil

Dejno, Julianna Halama (Mrs. John)

Woychik, Julia Suchla (Mrs. Louis F.)

Passon, Sophia Macrosik (Mrs. Andrew)

Szczepanski, Alfred

Susa, Susan Mrsolek (Mrs. Matthias)

Smick, Louis

Woychik, Paul F.

Matchey, Thomas

Sygulla, Lawrence

Rombolski, Ignatz

Sylla, Thomas

Pientok, Thomas

Dejno, Andrew

Smick, Walter

Sosalla, Melchior (Melvin)

Cripps, Arthur L.

Skonieczny, Albert

Halama, Edmund

Kwocek, Anna Roskos (Mrs. Thomas)

Pientok, Andrew

Kulig, Louis

Bautch, John T.

Dejno, Michael

Lisowski, Mrs. Albert (Dejno)

Schneider, Clara Oberlatz (Mrs. Ben V.)

Wiemer, Martin

Marsolek, Adelbert Dominic

Pietrek, Raymond

Susa, Clara Bautch (Mrs. Jacob)

Sonsalla, Rudolph

Sobota, Frederick

Kulig, John F.

Historical Background on Trempealeau County and Independence, Wisconsin

“Annual reports of Aid Granted by Trempealeau County Pension Department,” 1942-1946

“Histories of School Districts in Trempealeau County,” 1948

Notes and Interviews with Government Officials, undated

News Items, undated

Photographs, circa 1947
Scope and Content Note: Photographs, likely from the UW “Study of a Polish Community,” with detailed captions likely written by researcher Harriet Powlouski, consisting of views of farms, farmers businesses, schools and churches in Arcadia, Burnside, Elk Creek, Independence, and Lincoln, Wisconsin. Crops and livestock include strawberries, cattle, chickens, and pheasants. Families and individuals are identified. Historic photographs from the families are also included.

“Study of a Polish Community”

Selective Service Notes, undated

School Notes, undated

High School Graduates, 1947

Miscellaneous Notes, undated

Songs

Series: Study Report

Preparatory Notes

Introduction

Report Chapters

Miscellaneous

Series: Audio Recordings
Note: Formerly Disc 166A.

Polish folk songs

Folk songs and narrative

Conversations on Polish food; Singing of Christmas carols in Polish and English; Other singing in Polish

Singing in Polish; “Home on the Range” in English; Narrative in Polish

Primarily group singing

Singing, including several duets and one version of “On Wisconsin” with lyrics in English about a farmers' federation

Singing by a solo male voice; and a man telling about his personal History in English

A man discussing in English his life on a farm

A man discussing his farm work; a woman discussing her father's coming to the U.S. and her life; Women singing

A hand organ; A man and woman singing

A man and woman singing

A man and woman singing; Brief talking

A man singing; A man and woman singing

A man singing; Instrumental music by a violin and ukelele(?); Solo violin; A woman singing

Solo violin; An organ; Singing

A man being interviewed about threshing; Singing by individuals and a chorus

A man being interviewed about threshing; A man discussing his family history

A man singing; A chorus and organ

A chorus and organ (includes “Silent Night”)

A chorus and organ; A child recites a poem and a story; Children singing

Part 2 (M95-175): Additions, 1935-1993
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box)  
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1935-1993, including correspondence, speeches, and articles written by Zawacki on peace, the Cold War, his "open cities" ideas, and Polish-American history and culture as well as his typewritten obituary.

Edmund I. Zawacki obituary, 1993 January 17

Maps: Soviet Russia (1942) and "Poland throughout the ages"; eight maps drawn from "The Eastern Boundaries of Poland"

Northwestern University on the Air, 1944-1945
Note: Transcripts of two programs that Zawacki took part in: "The Place of Poland in the United Nations," May 28, 1944, and "A Federation for Central Europe," January 28, 1945.

Articles by Zawacki on Polish authors

Kosciuszko: Thomas Jefferson
Note: Includes newsletters of the Kosciuszko Foundation (incomplete), 1970-1972, 1992.

Kopernik/Copernicus
Note: Papers, articles, and correspondence on the 500th anniversary of the famous astronomer's birth, 1973.

Papers by Zawacki on Poland's 1000th anniversary (1966)

Papers by Zawacki on famous Poles, circa 1967

Correspondence about "Open Cities" plan of Zawacki's, 1963-1964

Papers by Zawacki on Polish history and people

Articles, correspondence, and papers by Zawacki on the Cold War

"Open Cities," 1960-1973

Papers by Zawacki about peace, 1966-1977

Insight and Outlook: a student journal of conservative opinion
Note: Includes articles written by Zawacki.

WHA Radio, listeners' comments on "Open Cities," 1952

Miscellaneous