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Edited by:
Francis X. Blouin, Jr., Robert M. Warner
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© Copyright l979
Bentley Historical Library
The University of Michigan
FOREWORD
Index 337
IMMIGRATION SOURCES PROJECT
by
Francis X. Blouin, Jr.
and
Robert M. Warner
TABLE l
ETHNICITY IN MICHIGAN COUNTIES, l9l0 AND l930
l9l0 l930
Total % Total %
Population Ethnic Population Ethnic
Alcona 5 703 7l 4 989 53
Alger 7 675 80 9 327 65
Allegan 38 8l9 37 38 974 32
Alpena l9 965 8l l8 574 58
Antrim l5 692 44 9 979 36
Arenac 9, 640 64 8 007 56
Baraga 6 l27 80 9 l68 7l
Barry 22 633 23 20 928 l9
Bay 68 238 7l 69 474 50
Benzie 5, 662 37 6 587 33
Berrien 53 622 4l 8l 066 38
Branch 25 605 l9 23 950 l7
Calhoun 56 638 28 87 043 23
Cass 20 624 l7 20 888 20
Charlevoix l9 l57 47 ll 98l 38
Cheboygan l7 872 65 ll 502 47
Chippewa 24 472 82 25 047 67
Clare 9 240 42 7, 032 32
Clinton 23 l29 29 24 l74 22
Crawford 3, 934 60 3 097 4l
Delta 30 l08 79 32 280 64
Dickinson 20 524 90 29 94l 66
Eaton 30 499 l7 3l 728 l7
Emmet l8 56l 39 l5 l09 37
Genesee 64 555 39 2ll 64l 34
Gladwin 8 4l3 50 7 424 40
Gogebic 23 333 93 3l 577 80
Grand Traverse 23 784 43 20 0ll 36
Gratiot 28 820 25 30 252 23
Hillsdale 29 673 l9 27 4l7 l2
Houghton 88 098 89 52 85l 77
Huron 34 758 80 3l l32 64
Ingham 53 3l0 32 ll6 587 26
Iosco 9 753 7l 7 5l7 50
Ionia 33 550 30 35 093 25
Iron l5 l64 89 20 805 76
Isabella 23 029 38 2l l26 28
Jackson 53 426 34 92 304 28
Kalamazoo 60 427 39 9l 368 33
Kalkaskia 8 097 34 3 799 25
Kent l59 l45 58 240 5ll 47
Keweenaw 7 l56 92 5 076 83
Lake 4 939 47 4 066 38
Lapeer 26 033 49 28 348 34
Leelanau l0 608 60 8 206 43
Lenawee 47 907 27 49 849 2l
Livingston l7 736 32 l9 274 28
Luce 4 004 78 6 528 58
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TABLE l (continued )
l9l0 l930
Total % Total %
Population Ethnic Population Ethnic
Mackinac 9,249 64 8,783 45
Macomb 32,606 53 77,l46 47
Manistee 26,688 73 l7,409 63
Marquette 46,739 87 44,076 7l
Mason 2l,832 59 l8,756 5l
Mecosta l9,466 41 l5, 738 3l
Menominee 25,648 79 23,652 62
Midland l4,005 45 l9,l50 33
Misaukee l0,606 52 6,992 39
Monroe 32,9l7 37 52,485 29
Montcalm 32, 069 36 27,47l 29
Montmorency 3,755 60 2,8l4 44
Muskegon 40,577 66 84,630 45
Newaygo l9,220 40 l7,029 3l
Oakland 49,576 42 2ll,25l 38
Oceana l8,379 38 l3,805 34
Ogemaw 8,907 55 6, 595 42
Ontonagon 8,650 80 ll,ll4 74
Osceola l7,889 47 l2,806 36
Oscoda 2,027 3l l,728 23
Otsego 6,552 59 5,554 32
Ottawa 45, 30l 65 54, 858 43
Presque Isle ll,249 68 ll,330 47
Roscommon 2,274 48 2,055 3l
Saginaw 89,290 63 l20,7l7 47
St. Clair 52,34l 67 67,563 54
St. Joseph 25,499 25 30,6l8 l9
Sanilac 33,930 76 27,75l 57
Schoolcraft 8,68l 75 8,45l 52
Shiawassee 33,246 36 39,5l7 3l
Tuscola 34,9l3 54 32,934 45
Van Buren 33,l85 25 32,637 3l
Washtenaw 44,7l4 45 65,530 35
Wayne 53l,59l 72 l,888,946 56
Wexford 20,769 42 l6,827 35
Source: Census l9l0, l930.
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~ K»W *stec« niku IK87. W tym niaty. lmmlni«»i koszta pracy i materialuw
to ntku lmm nWil ks. Dotinnik Kolasinski ilu $125,000.00. Nastaty czasy bezrohocU
il" Ik'truit z Dakoty. w\naj^l cjimi mieia. i straszncj depresji. Pracy hylo mato i za.
kalny lmhI mmicrein fd.l Iteauliicn i n>/. roltck Uyi znikomy ; bieda powszechna i
lmic/|1 mlprawtac naUi/enstwa dia >{ru. ciyzko hylo ludziom zarubic na najniezl^d.
inadki zwolemiikt'm. swuuh, l)u lK>iu'K.y nitfjsze lm>trzchy codzienncgo zycia. A tu
wzial M>l>k dwiWh nauczycicli, ktor/y w H'icrzycielc doma^ali sif sptacania dtugu
dtnuku na Ki"i""llt ulicy [trowaUzili szkul. na koscicle. kiedy ludzie tiicdm nicr moglt.
• • illa kilkadzit.siat d/ieci. pominm najlcpszych chfei. zlozyc nawet
K^. Kiilasit'i!tkj l>yl «titmza'» « niclmf na sain prucent. Koniec konccm doszio
mznmtcnin , wladza koM'icln^ wskutck do najwifksze^o zmartwicnia kiedy ma.
zaioM.s/aina jnkic lmiw^taltt na Wojciecho. jatvk koMcielny stawiono na licytacjf i
w'w, f;clzit. w niku i*kotWzvl Iniiltm'i' sprzitlano za iumf $30,000.00. Mozna »o.
hie wyohrazic zgryzotf i ruzpacz jtarafian
a oM>bliwie ks. Kolasinskicgo. L'danu sif
I%m*!(taly n'l/nv zamicszki miyd/y ludz. do sailn z przedstawieniem. te licytacja
mi tak /e »" cia^u rokn IHK5 cIuszIh Ao !>v!a jaskraw| i tragiczn^ krzy wda dla
i'.*f!*tych i (Hiwaznych taliurzcn. Kukiol parafii. Imi majftck Ik'zacy wartosci prze.
z;unkni\'to. a ks. K>ila^ihski na zyi'zcnit' *zti. dwiMtu tyaifcy sprzcdano za irzy.
lii^kupa Hor|fc*sa i,pu*ci1 I3etnrit i wyjt'. dzit.sci. Sad uznal shiszmwc skarpi i wy.
rhal na zachiHl dti Minot, h North I >a znaczyl nowa !icy(acjf. TynKzaaem l».
kiK'ic. Spfclzil tain przozto n>k i na wia. rafianom udato sif uzyakac pu/yezkf »
iltmMi!tc i> imicrci Mskupa Morgessa i u Ranadzie za lm>ntawimicm porfczeA na
oaznaczetnu ks Jana KoUya cki DuTi.zji majatki prywatnc Komitetu i innych pa.
I tctfoickiej. wnWil cki Detroit. Nowy l>i. rafian i mlkupiono maj|tck kuscictny za
Fiftieth anniversary history of $45,000.00.
Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman «kup jcdnak lm> n«patrzeni« spnwy w>.
dal wyrok nitkurz\ stny dla ks. Kidasin. Ktiip'>ty i przygnfhicnie u^ulnc z po.
Catholic Church, Detroit, 1940 okit.^o I'tworzyl kuiliitd paraltaln> wrmln cifzkich czasow lmjilkof>alo zdrowic
•olish) i zatiral sif razcm z ksivdzmi do zlncra. ks. Kolasinskicgo. Przcmysliwat nad po.
nia *kladek na Iwdowf koHciota. Zakupio. jitlnauiem sif z wla'lTa kosciclna i cdat
Photo from the Allmendinger Family Collection (German)
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of the Slovak Catholic Sokol, 1908.1932
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CASPIAN, MICHIGAN
by
Francis X. Blouin, Jr.
APPENDIX M-I
ALPENA
5. St. Mary, l883
Registers: l883- .
Note: Some records exist for parish organizations.
ANN ARBOR
6. St. Mary Student Chapel, l9l5
Registers: l925- .
Organization: Newman Student Association, l940-
present .
Note: Records, l9l5-l925, are kept at St. Thomas
Church, Ann Arbor.
7. St. Patrick (Irish), l828
Registers: l864- .
BAY CITY
8. St. Hedwig (Polish), l9ll
Registers: l9ll-
9. St. Stanislaus (Polish), l875
Registers: l875-
Note: Some records exist for parish related
organizations such as the Athletic Club.
BERKELEY
l0. Our Lady of La Salette, l924
Registers: l924-
School Records: c. l945-
Note: Originally organized as Our Lady of Refuge,
the present name was adopted in l934. Some
records exist for the parish Sodality and
Youth clubs.
BLISSFIELD
ll. St. Peter (Czechoslovakian and Belgian) , l9l2
Registers: l9l7-
Organizations : Holy Name, l9l9-
CALEDONIA
l2. Holy Family, l889
Registers: l889-
CASCADE
l3. St. Mary (Irish), l873
Registers: l873-
C LAWS ON
l4. Guardian Angels, l920
Registers: l923-
COMSTOCK PARK
l5. Holy Trinity (German)
Registers: l853-
CROSS VILLAGE
l6. Holy Cross (Native American)
Registers: l847-l930
Note: There are also collections of photographs,
newspaper clippings and printed histories.
Microfilm copies of these records are availa
ble at the Bentley Historical Library.
Michigan 37
DEARBORN
l7. Sacred Heart, l836
Registers: l9l6-
School Records: l9l6-
Note : Originally named St. John, the parish
adopted its present name in l875. Early
school records are no longer in the parish.
l8. St. Barbara (Polish), l924
Registers: l924-
School Records: l924-
l9. St. Clement, l926
Registers: l927-
School Records: l950-l970 (in diocese)
20. St. Maria (Romanian, Greek Rite), l924
Registers: l926-
Note: Early records may be housed at St. John the
Baptist Church, Detroit. Some records exist
for the parish Sodality and Parish Committee.
DEARBORN HEIGHTS
2l. St. John Baptist, l926
Registers: l926-
School Records: l926-
Note: Some records exist for the social organi
zations of the parish.
DEERFIELD
22. St. Alphonsus (French), l846
Registers: l86l-
School Records: l9l3-l969 (in diocese)
DETROIT
23. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Grotto, l847
Registers: l847-
School Records: l922-
Organizations : Sodality, l857-
24. Blessed Sacrament, l905
Registers: l906-
School Records: l906-l968 (in diocese)
Note: Blessed Sacrament also houses the records
of Santa Maria parish, l9l9-l973, which was
predominantly Italian. The records of Catho
lic Central High School, affiliated with the
parish, are kept at Sacred Heart Seminary.
The school records at the diocese are those
of Blessed Sacrament School.
25. Christ the King, l927
Registers: l927-
School Records: l938-
26. Church of the Annunciation, l906
Registers: l906-
School Records: l908-closing (in diocese)
27. Church of the Epiphany, l924
Registers: l924-
School Records: l926-l973 (in diocese)
38 Michigan
GARDEN CITY
84. St. Raphael the Archangel, 1932
Registers: l932-
School Records: c. l945-
Note: Some records exist for the Altar Society
and the Youth Club.
GRAND RAPIDS
85. St. Adalbert (Polish), l88l
Registers: l88l-
Note: This is the oldest Polish parish in Grand
Rapids. Various parish clubs have and keep
their own records, including the St. Adalbert
Aid Society, St. Casimir Society, and the
St. Hyacinth Society.
86. St. Andrew's Cathedral (Irish)
Registers: l850-
Note: Records prior to l850 were destroyed in a
fire. Also housed at St. Andrew's are some
early Indian baptismal records dating back
to the l830s.
87. St. Isidore (Polish), l900
Registers: l900-
88. SS. Peter and Paul (Lithuanian), l904
Registers: l904-
GRATTEN
89. St. Patrick (Irish), l854
Registers: l854-
GROSSE ILE
90. Sacred Heart (French) , l863
Registers: l9l9-
School Records: c. l945-l97l (in diocese)
Note: The parish was founded in l863 as a mis
sion of St. Joseph, Trenton. Mission
records, l863-l9l9, are kept in that parish.
Council minutes are also available.
GROSSE POINTE FARMS
9l. St. Paul (French originally; Irish since late
l800s) , l834
Registers: l846-
School Records: Elementary, l926-
High School, l926-l97l (in diocese)
Note: Records, l834-l846, are housed at Ste.
Anne's, Detroit. A parish newspaper, started
in l899 as a monthly but expanded to a weekly
publication in the l920s, is also available.
Records of Sodality and Holy Name, both
founded in the early l900s, and of C.Y.O.,
begun c. l935, were published in the parish
paper.
Mi ch i j.in
IMLAY CITY
99. Sacred Heart (Irish originally; currently Mexican),
l894
Registers: l928-
Note: Also housed at Sacred Heart are the regis
ters, l920- , of St. John, a mission in Allen-
ton, and the records of St. Cornelius in Dry-
den .
LAPEER
l00. Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
l859
Registers: l864-
School Records: l950-
LINCOLN PARK
l0l. St. Henry, l923
Registers: l923-
School Records: l923-l97l (in diocese)
Note: Some records exist for the parish Men's
Club.
MAYBEE
l02. St. Joseph, l889
Registers: l889-
School Records: l894-
Note: Some records exist for the parish council.
MELVINDALE
l03. St. Mary Magdalen, l927
Registers: l927-
School Records: l929-
MILAN
l04. Immaculate Conception, l875
Registers: l904-
School Records: Some records exist; dates not
determined .
Note: Some records exist for parish council and
Altar Society.
MILFORD
l05. S, t. Mary (Irish), l874
Registers: l889-
Organization : Sodality, l968-
Note: Also housed at St. Mary's are the regis
ter, l889- , for St. Joseph Mission, South
Lyon, and the register, l926- , for St.
Rita Mission, Holly.
MONROE
l06. St. Joseph (Italian), l924
Registers: l924-
School Records: l922-l97l
l07. St. Mary, l788
Registers: l788-
School Records: l846-
Note: The parish, originally organized as St.
Anthony's, was renamed in l844.
Michi > an
MUSKEGON
l08. St. Michael (Polish), l909
Registers: l909-
NORTH BRANCH
l09. SS. Peter and Paul, l9l3
Registers: l9l3-
Organizations :
Sodality: l9l3-l977
Holy Name: l9l3-l966
Note: SS. Peter and Paul also houses the regis
ters, l9l3- , for St. Patrick Mission in
Clifford.
PONTIAC
ll0. St. Joseph, l925
Registers: l925-
lll. St. Vincent de Paul, l85l
Registers: l854-
School Records: l923-l969 (in diocese)
Note: The W.P.A. Survey noted school records
dating from l893.
PORT HURON
ll2. St. Stephen, l825
Registers: l850-
School Records: l925-closing (in diocese)
ROCKWOOD
ll3. St. Mary, l844
Registers: l870-
School Records: l926-
Note: Some records also exist for C.Y.O.
ROGERS CITY
ll4. St. Ignasius (Polish and Italian), l879
Registers: l879-
ROMEO
ll5. St. Clement, l924
Registers: l924-
School Records: l95l-l973 (in diocese)
Note: The parish keeps Parish Council records,
l970- .
ROYAL OAK
ll6. Shrine of the Little Flower, l9l9
Registers: l926-
School Records: l937-l977
Note: The papers of the Shrine's noted pastor
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin are not housed at
the church.
SAGINAW
ll7. St. George (Lithuanian), l9l8
Registers: l9l8-
SOUTHFIELD
ll8. Mother of God (Chaldean Rite), l948
Registers: l948-
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. CHURCH RECORDS
Entries are listed by city or town. The founding date is
then listed when provided. Registers noted generally
include baptismal, marriage, death, and confirmation
registers .
BAY CITY
l. Zion (German), l90l
Registers: l90l-
Annual Reports: l974
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BESSEMER
2. Sharon (Swedish and Swedish-Finnish), l889
Registers: l899-
Annual Reports: l940-
Note : Records of some church organizations also
exist .
BRIDGMAN
3. Immanuel (German), l896
Registers: l896-
School Records: l906-
Note: Records also exist for the Voter's Assembly.
CHEBOYGAN
4. St. Thomas, l88l
Registers: l88l-
Annual Reports: some
DETROIT
5. Augustana (Swedish) , l900
Minutes: l900-
Financial Records: l900-
Note: Scattered organizational minutes are also
available .
6. Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, l9ll
Registers: l9ll-
Annual Reports: some
Note: Minutes, l9ll- , also exist.
7. St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Latvian Church, l950
Registers: l950-
8. St. Peter's G & S Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ger
man) , l930
Registers: l930-
Annual Reports: l970, l973, l975, l978
Note: Minutes of Church Council meetings, l930- ,
and records of the German Language School (Sat
urday School) and Kirchlicher Frauenverein
(Church Women's Club) are also available.
DOLLAR BAY
9. First (Swedish-Finnish), l900
Annual Reports: some
Note: Records of the Ladies Aid and Mission Soci
eties also exist.
ESCANABA
l0. Bethany (Swedish), l879
Registers: l879-
Annual Reports: l879-
Note: Also available is a church newsletter, c.
l909- .
FRANKENMUTH
ll. St. John (German), l863
Registers: l863-
Annual Reports: l955-
Michiyan
ROSCOMMON
35. Messiah (Swedish), l935
Minutes, l935-
Note: Some records exist for the parish women's
organization .
SAGINAW
36. Holy Cross Evangelical (German), l84 9
Registers: l849-
Note: Some records of the Ladies' Guild are also
available.
37. St. John (German) , l856
Registers: l856-
Note: Limited records also exist for the Ladies
Aid Society and the Church Business and Profes
sional Women Society.
38. St. Paul (German), l85l
Registers: l85l-
Annual Reports: some
ST. JOSEPH
39. Swedish Lutheran Church, l875
Registers: l875-
Annual Reports: l875-
Note: All records have been microfilmed and are
available at the Lutheran School of Theology
Archives, Chicago.
SEBEWAING
40. Immanuel Evangelical (German), l85l
Registers: l85l-
Annual Reports: c. l85l-
Note: Records before l9l8 were written in German
script and are difficult to read. The earliest
annual reports provide such information as
amount of donations and pastors' salaries and
home allowances. The church also maintains
minutes of the meetings of the voting body,
l85l- ; these note wages, housing allowances,
and number of members.
SOUTH HAVEN
4l. First (German), l90l
Registers: l90l-
Annual Reports: some
Note: Incomplete minutes of boards and organiza
tions are also available.
TUSTIN
42. Augustana (Swedish), l874
Registers: l874-
Annual Reports: l874-
Note: Council and congregational minutes, l874- ,
also exist.
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WHITEHALL
43. Lebanon (Swedish), l872
Registers: l872-
Annual Reports: l872-
Note: Some records also exist for church-related
organizations .
FARMINGTON
7. Salem (German), l875
Registers: l880-
Annual Reports: some
Note: Minutes of the Church Board, Women's Guild,
and the Sunday School exist as well. Records,
l880-l920s, include those of Immanuel Evangeli
cal Church, Clarencevi l le .
FULTON
8. First (German), l866
Registers: l866-
Annual Reports: some
Note: Records are also available for youth, adult,
and women's fellowships.
GRAND HAVEN
9. St. Paul (German) , l882
Registers, l882-
Annual Reports: l959-
Note: The church houses church council minutes,
l882- , and records for the women's fellow
ship, originally called "Frauen Verein."
JACKSON
l0. St. John (German),
Registers: ca. l9l0-
Annual Reports: l925-
MANCHESTER
ll. Bethel (German), l840
Registers: l864-
l2. Emmanuel (German), l862
Registers: l908-
MT. CLEMENS
l3. Zion (German) , l854
Registers: l862-
Annual Reports: some
NILES
l4 . St. John (German), l860
Registers: l860-
Annual Reports: l860-
Note: Many old committee and pastors' records and
some photographs are also available.
OWOSSO
l5. St. John (German), l894
Registers: l894-
Annual Reports: l950-
PORT HURON
l6. St. John (German and German-Russian), l864
Registers : l864-
Annual Reports: l926-
Note: The church also maintains a church newslet
ter, l925- .
Michigan
RICHMOND
l7. St. James (German), l858
Registers: l858-
Annual Reports: l97l- , and some earlier ones.
Note: Records of women's and youth fellowships,
minutes, and financial records are also avail
able.
ST. JOSEPH
l8. St. Peter (German), l882
Registers: l882-
Annual Reports: l928-
TAYLOR
l9. St. Paul (German), l883
Registers: l883-
Annual Reports: some
WARREN
20. St. Paul (German), l864
Registers: l864-
Annual Reports: some
EAST LANSING
3. First (Dutch), l934
Consistory Minutes: l934-
ELLSWORTH
4. The Christian Reformed Church (Dutch) , l90l
Registers: l904-
Consistory Minutes: l904-
Note: Some records of the Ladies' and Men's Soci
eties are available.
FALMOUTH
5. Prosper (Dutch), l894
Registers: l894-
Consistory Minutes: l894-
Note: Some records of the bible study and social
societies within the church are available.
FREMONT
6. First (Dutch), l882
Annual Reports: some
Consistory Minutes: l882-
GRAND RAPIDS
7. Boston Square (Dutch) , l942
Registers: l942-
Annual Reports: l942-
Consistory Minutes: l942-
8. Burton Heights (Dutch) , l905
Annual Reports: some
Consistory Minutes: l905-
Note: Extensive membership files, l905- , are
maintained. A Korean congregation has met at
Burton Heights Church since l976.
9. First (Dutch) , l857
Registers: l857-
Annual Reports: some
Consistory Minutes: l857-
Note: Some correspondence and financial records,
l857- , are available.
l0. Grandville Avenue (Dutch) , l89l
Registers: l893-
Annual Reports: some
Concistory Minutes: l893-
Note : Membership roles include birth and death
dates and previous church membership in the
United States and/or Europe.
ll. Neland Avenue (Dutch), l9l6
Registers: l9l6-
l2. West Leonard (Dutch), l889
Registers: l909-
Annual Reports: some
Note: Some records for ladies' and men's church
groups also exist.
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HOLLAND
l3. Fourteenth Street (Dutch), l902
Consistory Minutes: l902-
l4 . Noordeloos (Dutch), l857
Registers: l857-
Consistory Minutes: l857-
l5. Prospect Park (Dutch) , l907
Registers: l907-
Annual Reports: l907-
Note: Financial records, l907- , are also main
tained .
KALAMAZOO
l6. First (Dutch), l869
Annual Reports: some
Consistory Minutes: l869-
NEW ERA
l7. The Christian Reformed Church (Dutch)
Consistory Minutes: l884-
Note: The church maintains extensive birth and
family records, l880s- , and records of numer
ous church societies are also available.
ZEELAND
l8. First (Dutch), l862
Registers: l862-
Annual Reports: some
Consistory Minutes: l862-
Note: Church directories, l942- , and minutes for
some church societies exist.
l9. North Street (Dutch), l882
2 membership books « dates not indicated.
GRAND RAPIDS
3. Oakdale (Dutch), l889
Registers: l889-
Annual Reports: some
4. Seventh (Dutch)
Registers: l890-
Annual Reports: l958- , and some earlier
Consistory Minutes: l895-
Note: Records also exist for the Women's Guild,
Golden Agers, Choirs, Sunday School, and catech-
tical classes.
HOLLAND
5. Fourth (Dutch), l896
Registers: l896-
Annual Reports: some
6. Hope, l862
Consistory Minutes: l862-
Note: This parish was established by the English-
speaking residents of Holland, who came at the
invitation of A. C. Van Raalte to teach in the
Pioneer School (later Hope College) .
7. North Holland (Dutch), l852
Annual Reports: some
Consistory Minutes: l852-
KALAMAZOO
8. Second (Dutch), l885
Annual Reports: l885-
Consistory Minutes: l885-
Organizations :
Women's Foreign Missionary Society, l887-l95l
Young Ladies' Mission Band, l9l3-l95l
Ladies' Aid Society (Women's League), l907-l939,
l944-l955
Note: This church split from its Dutch-speaking
"parent", the First Reformed Church, establishing
itself as an English-speaking congregation. The
church maintains files of correspondence and
business records, l885- , and there is a collec
tion of miscellaneous undated photographs. The
records, l885-l976, are available on microfilm
at Western Michigan University.
ZEELAND
9. Beaverdam (Dutch), l870
Registers: l870-
Annual Reports: l870-
. OTHER DENOMINATIONS
l. B'nai Israel (East European orthodox Jewry), l935
Pontiac
Records (l935- ) , include business records and some
annual reports.
Michijan
Flint
Records, l9l6- , include baptism, marriage, Chris-
mation, and death records, commemorative book
lets, annual reports, and bulletins.
Note: The parish was founded as St. Nicholas Rus
sian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in l9l6 by
immigrants from Ukraine, Byelorussia, Carpatho-
Russia, Bukovina, "Great" Russia, and Romania.
l l . St. Paul Macedono Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Cathedral
(Bulgarian) , l970
Dearborn Heights
Records, dates not indicated, include baptism, mar
riage, and funeral records.
Note: Records also exist for the Detroit chapter of
the Macedonian Patriotic Organization.
l2. St. Thomas Albanian Orthodox Church (Albanian), l929
Detroit
Records, dates not indicated, include annual reports
baptism and marriage records, and minutes of the
board and general meetings.
ADDENDUM
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (Finnish and Swedish)
Hancock
Registers: l975- .
Note: In addition, Gloria Dei houses the records of
several earlier Lutheran churches in the Hancock
area, including Gloria Dei-Salem, l965-l975; Salem,
l942-l964; St. Matthew, l948-l964; Hancock Evangeli
cal, l889-l937; Swedish Evangelical, l898-l942;
Hancock Swedish Evangelical, l897-l90l; and Hancock
Lutheran, l90l-l947.
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APPENDIX M-II
Records of Voluntary Organizations
in the State of Michigan
ALBANIAN
2 . First Albanian Teke Bektashian in America
Taylor
Records, l953- • include pamphlets and lists of contri
butors .
ARAB
3 . Arab American University Graduates
Ann Arbor
Records include sporadic notes and correspondence, l968- .
4 . Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
Detroit
Records, l972- , include minutes, correspondence, printed
items, and other material.
5 . The Arab Women's Union
Troy
Records, l968- , include minutes.
6 . Jordan Club of Detroit
Detroit
Records, l972- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
ARMENIAN
7 . Armenian American Veterans' Memorial Association
Southf ield
Records, l948- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
8 . Armenian Relief Society Day School
Dearborn
Records, l972- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
BELGIAN
9 . Belgian American Business Men's Band
Detroit
Records, l93l- , include minutes.
l0. Queen Elizabeth Circle
Warren
Records, l938- , include minutes.
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BYELORUSSIAN
ll . Byelorussian Veterans
Grosse Pointe Shores
Records, l945-l978, include correspondence, books, and
other printed material.
CROATIAN
l2 . Croatian Catholic Center
Detroit
Records, l950- , include minutes.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
l3 . Czechoslovakia National Council of America
Dearborn Heights - Michigan District
Detroit - Stefanik Chapter
Detroit - Masaryk Chapter
Owasso - Masaryk Chapter
Records, l959- , include minutes and correspondence.
l 4 . Sokol Detroit, Inc.
Dearborn Heights
Records, l875- t include monthly minutes, correspon
dence, and printed items (Sokol News) .
l5 . Sokol Detroit Ladies Auxiliary, Unit of American Sokol
Detroit
Records, l920- , include minutes, correspondence, and
a monthly publication Sokol Detroit News, l957- .
l6 . Western Fraternal Life Association (Zapadni Cesko-
Bratrske Jednoty) , #225
Ashley
Records, l9ll- , include minutes, programs of activi
ties, membership list, photographs, library records,
and the Fraternal Herald (Bratrsky Vestnik) , l965- .
There are also some records of Lodge St. Louis and
Lodge American Slovak, both of which have joined the
Ashley chapter.
l7 . Western Fraternal Life Association, #266
Ionia
Records, l923- , include minutes.
DANISH
l8 . Danish Brotherhood of America, Lodge 227
Detroit
Records, l907- , include minutes, photographs, and only
current correspondence.
l9 . Danish Brotherhood of America, Lodge 70
Greenville
Records, l893- , include minutes and membership roll.
2 0 . Danish Brotherhood of America, Lodge 30, and
Danish Sisterhood of America, Lodge 22
Muskegon
Records: Brotherhood, l888- ; Sisterhood, l892- .
Include minutes, some correspondence, and printed
i tems .
2l . Danish Sisterhood of America, Lodge l25
Detroit
Records, l9ll- , include minutes, correspondence, and
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printed items.
DUTCH
22 . Dutch Immigrant Society
Grand Rapids
Records, l960- , include minutes, miscellaneous printed
items, and DIS magazine (l970- ).
ESTONIAN
23 . The Estonian-American Republican Club of Michigan
Huntington Woods
Records, l963- , include minutes and correspondence.
FINNISH
24 . Detroit Finnish Summer Camp Association
Detroit
Records, l927- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
2 5 . Finnish Cultural Center
Farmington Hills
Records, l966- , include minutes, correspondence, and
a pamphlet and photograph file.
2 6 . Knights of Kaleva, Osmon Maja #ll
Ironwood
Records, l906- , include minutes, correspondence,
printed items, and member's personal history.
27 . Knights of Kaleva, Taaton Maja #l8
Ishpeming
Records, l908- , include minutes, correspondence, and
miscellaneous printed items.
28 . Ladies of Kaleva, Kyllikin Tupa #7
Ironwood
Records, l906-l979, include minutes.
29 . Ladies of Kaleva, Allittaren Tupa #27
Negaunee
Records, l909- , include partial minutes and correspon
dence and books and Kalevainen yearly magazines.
FRENCH
30 . Alliance Francaise de Detroit
Detroit
Records, l902- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items. Some early records are housed in the
Burton Historical Collection, the Detroit Institute
of Art archives, and at the organization's New York
headquarters .
3l . French Women's Benevolent Club
Detroit
Records, l933- , include membership records and miscel
laneous printed items (l935-l960).
32 . Societe St. Jean Baptiste
Warren
Records, l948- , include minutes and correspondence.
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FRISIAN
33 . Frisian Information Bureau
Grand Rapids
Records, l943- , include correspondence and printed
items .
GERMAN
34 . Carpathia Club
Warren
Records, dates not indicated, include minutes, corres
pondence, and printed items.
35 . Catholic Kolping Society of America
Detroit
Records, l926- , include minutes, correspondence, and
photographs .
36 . Concordia Singing Society
Detroit
Records, l865- , include minutes, recent correspondence,
printed items (l937- ) , and miscellaneous photographs
including those of the twelve founders of the Society
and the first operetta performed in l867.
37 . Deutsch-Amer ikanischer Schuetzenver ien
Royal Oak
Records, l939- , include minutes.
38 . Deutscher Kinderchor
Warren
Records, l955- , include printed items and minutes
(l960- ) .
39 . Frankenmuther Unterf tuetzungs Verein (Frankenmuth Mutual
Aid Society)
Frankenmuth
Records, l868- .
Note: The Frankenmuth Mutual Aid Society is now the
Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company.
40 . G.B.U. Detroit
Detroit
Records, dates not indicated, include minutes and cor
respondence, which vary with each district.
Note: This is a fraternal insurance society.
4l. German-American Cultural Center
Detroit
Records, l950- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items. The nineteen affiliated organizations
maintain their own records. A few are over one hun
dred years old.
4 2 . German Park Recreation Club of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor
Records, l920 (?)- , include minutes and correspondence.
4 3 . Germania Club Downriver
Southgate
Records, l969- , include minutes, correspondence, mem
bership list, financial reports, photographs, and mis
cellaneous printed items.
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4 4 . Schwaben-Verein Detroit
Detroit
Records, l934- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items (l97l- ) .
45. Sport Club l924
Rochester
Records, l924- , include minutes.
46 . Steuben Society of America, Carl E. Schmidt Unit 2l
Detroit
Records, l94 5-l969, include minutes, correspondence,
and printed items. The parent organization in New
York houses records, l9l9- .
GREEK
47 . Daughters of Penelope, Antenor #2l6
Lansing
Records, l964- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
Note: This organization was established in l949 and was
active until l957. It was then reactivated in l964.
Records exist for the earlier period but are not com
plete.
48 . Order of Ahepa (American Hellenic Progressive Associa
tion) , Omega Chapter #37l
Troy
Records, l958- , include minutes.
49 . Pan-Arcadian Federation
Southgate
Records, l930- , include minutes; correspondence and
printed items (l959- ) ; and some yearbooks.
50 . Pan-Thessalonian Union
Detroit
Records, l952- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
5l . Philoptochos Society, St. Constantine and St. Helen
Detroit
Records, l93l- , include minutes. An ethnic cookbook
was published in l957.
HUNGARIAN
52 . Coordinating Committee of Hungarian Churches and Organi
zations of Metropolitan Detroit
Detroit
Records, l950- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
53 . M.H.B.K. Hungarian Veterans
Detroit
Records, l95l- , include correspondence and printed
items .
54 . Szatmar County Association
Allen Park
Records, dates not indicated, include minutes and cor
respondence .
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INDIAN
55 . India Club of Greater Flint
Flint
Records, l974- , include correspondence and printed
items ,
ITALIAN
56 . Amicus Club
Detroit
Records, l967- , include minutes and correspondence.
57 . Duca Degli Abruzzi Lodge
Caspian
Records, l9l4- , include correspondence, printed items,
photographs, and minutes (l924- ).
58 . Fogolar Furlan of Michigan
Livonia
Records, l974- , include minutes, correspondence, printed
items, and photographs.
59 . Italian American Cultural Society
St. Clair Shores
Records, l957- , include minutes, correspondence,
printed items, and other material.
60 . Italian Sons and Daughters of America, 20th Century Lodge
Berkley
Some records are housed at the national office in Pitts
burg .
6l . Piemontese Social Club
Detroit
Records, l9l3- , include minutes, membership records,
photographs, and miscellaneous printed items.
62 . Venetian Club of Mutual Aid
Detroit
Records, l928- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
6 3 . Venetian Women's Club
East Detroit
Records, l936- , include minutes and membership lists,
correspondence and printed items (l959- ) , and a
monthly newsletter (l970- ) .
JEWISH
64 . Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Detroit
Records, l937- , include minutes, correspondence,
printed items, and photographs (l949- ) . Early records
are housed at the Burton Historical Collections.
65 . Jewish Family and Children's Service
Detroit
Records, l928- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
66 . Jewish Home for Aged, Borman Hall
Detroit
Records, l907- , include minutes, printed items, corres
pondence (intermittent until l970) , and photographs.
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NORWEGIAN
86 . Norwegian Club of Detroit
Detroit
Records, l937- , include minutes and correspondence.
87 . Sons of Norway, Sogne Fjord 523
Muskegon
Records, l973- , include minutes.
8 8 . Sons of Norway, Samhold Lodge 473
Pontiac
Records, l964- , include minutes and newsletter, "Sam-
holdutsikten" (l973- ).
PHILIPINO
89 . Silliman Alumni International of Michigan
Richmond
Records, l974- , include minutes and occasional news
letters .
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POLISH
90. Friends of Polish Art
Detroit
Records, l964- , include minutes, correspondence (l972- ),
and miscellaneous program booklets, invitations, and
clippings (l972- ) .
9l . Koscuiszko Democratic Club
Hamtramck
Records, l93l- , include minutes, printed items, and
photographs .
92 . Polish American Century Club
Hamtramck
Records, l9l7- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
93 . Polish American Citizens Club
Wyandotte
Records, l92l- , include correspondence.
94 . Polish American Congress
Hamtramck
Records, l944- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items. The Congress also has records of other
Polish organizations which are now dissolved.
95 . Polish Engineering Society
Mt. Clemens
Records, l975- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
96 . Polish Falcons of America, Nest 959
Allen Park
Records, l96 3- , include minutes, correspondence, and
miscellaneous printed items.
97 . Polish Falcons, Nest 3l
Detroit
Records, ca. l930- , include minutes, correspondence,
photographs, and five-year books.
98 . Polish Falcons Hall, Nest 79
Detroit
Records, l904- , include minutes, miscellaneous printed
items, and anniversary booklets (l9l0- ).
99 . Polish Falcons of America, Nest 86
Hamtramck
Records, l907- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
l00. Polish Falcons of America, Nest l24
Saginaw
Records, l9l5- , include minutes. Early records are
deposited in the Saginaw Public Library. See page l59
of this guide.
l0l . Polish League of American Veterans, Post 75
Dearborn
Records, l945- , include minutes.
l02 . Polish League of American Veterans, Post l
Detroit
Records, l920- , include minutes.
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RUSSIAN
ll3 . Russian American Association
Detroit
Records, l923- , include minutes, correspondence,
printed items, and photographs.
SCOTTISH
ll4. Clan MacKenzie
Swartz Creek
Records, l968- , include minutes, charter, and member
ship records.
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SWISS
l33. Detroit Swiss Society
Detroit
Records, l868- , include minutes.
TURKISH
l34 . Turkish American Cultural Center of Michigan
Farmington
Records, l974- , include minutes, correspondence, mis
cellaneous printed items, and a newsletter.
UKRAINIAN
l35. Ukrainian American Association of University Professors
Mt. Pleasant
Response indicated only that some records do exist.
l36. Ukrainian American Center
Detroit
Records, l9l7- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
l37 . Ukrainian Gold Cross in the United States
Detroit
Records, l940- , include minutes, correspondence, and
printed items.
l38. Ukrainian Graduates of Detroit and Windsor
Detroit
Records, l940- , include minutes, monthly bulletin
"The Graduate", and six scrapbooks (l936- ).
l39 . Ukrainian Self Reliance Federal Credit Union
Detroit
Records, l952- , include minutes, correspondence, and
miscellaneous printed items.
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CHINESE
62. Association of Chinese Americans, Livonia
63. Chinese-American Women's Club, Detroit
64. Chinese Association of Greater Flint, Grand Blanc
65. Chinese Benevolent Association, Detroit
66. Chinese Chamber of Commerce Youth Club, Detroit
67. Chinese Cultural Center, Farmington Hills
68. Four Seas Club, Royal Oak
69. On Leong Merchant Association, Detroit
70. OCA Young Adults, Orchard Lake
CROATIAN
7l. Croatian Board of Trade, Hamtramck
72. Croatian Fraternal Lodge 35l, Detroit
73. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Sacred Heart ES
#270, Ahmeek
74. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Sv. Ivan Krst.
#533, Battle Creek
75. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Sv. Ivan
Krstitelj #302, Bessemer
76. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Sv. Rok #48,
Calumet
77. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, C.C.C.C. E.S.
#703, Calumet
78. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Hrvatska Sloga
#69, Caspian
79. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Zrinski i Frank-
opan #56l, Flint
80. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Sv. Trojstvo
#262, Hancock
8l. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Holy Cross ES
#259, Hermansville
82. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Happy Aces,
ESL #823, Kalamazoo
83. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Rad. Sloga #6l3,
Kingsf ord
84. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Src Isus. #335,
North Escanaba
85. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Farmerska Sloga
#634, Paw Paw
86. Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Hrv. Polj.
#583, Watervliet
87. Croatian Slav Home, Flint
88. Mothers' Club of Nest 3l8, Detroit
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN
89. Czechoslovakian American Club of Senior Citizens,
Dearborn Heights
90. Lodge Havlicek #5, Sokoj. Detroit, Dearborn Heights
9l. Lodge Pingree of Czechoslovakia Society, Dearborn
Heights (merged with Lodge Havlicek #5)
92. Lodge Pribyslava, Dennice of Unity of Bohemian Ladies
and Gentlemen, Dearborn Heights
93. Western Fraternal Life Association, Detroit
94. Western Fraternal Life Association, Nova Cechie #247,
Flint
95. Western Fraternal Life Association, Detroit #249,
Dearborn Heights
96. Western Fraternal Life association, Perun #73,
Menominee
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IRISH
l94. The Dearborn Gaels, Westland
l95. Detroit Padraig Pearse Club of the Gaelic Athletic
Association, Detroit
l96. Four Provinces, Plymouth
l97. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Warren
l98. Gaelic League, Detroit
l99. Irish American Club, Detroit
200. The Knights of Equity, Detroit
ITALIAN
20l. Assunta Society, Detroit
202. American Committee on Italian Immigration, Detroit
203. American Italian Barbers, St. Clair Shores
204. American Legion, Holy Family Post #540, Detroit
205. American Legion, Columbus Post #354, and Auxiliary,
East Detroit
206. Boys Town of Italy, Detroit
207. Cepranese Society, Warren
208. Christopher Columbus Society, Auxiliary, and Hall,
Sault Ste. Marie
209. Club Pacentro, East Detroit
2l0. Club Supino, Dearborn
2ll. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Figli Delia Sicilia, Detroit
2l2. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Roman Social Club, Detroit
2l3. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Statale Del Michigan, Detroit
2l4. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Yolanda, Detroit
2l5. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Young Americans, Detroit
2l6. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Castellamare Del Golfo, East Detroit
2l7. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Castellamare Del Golfo (Fem. ) , East Detroit
2l8. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge Amerigo Vespucci, Warren
2l9. Columbian Federation of Italian American Societies,
Lodge High Liters, Warren
220. Columbus Day Celebration Committee, St. Clair Shores
22l. Cosmopolitan Christian Club, Detroit
222. Dante Alighieri, Troy
223. Downriver Italian Club, Dearborn
224. Emiliana Society, Detroit
225. Esperia Club, Detroit
226. Fogolar Furlan of Michigan, Southwestern Chapter,
Battle Creek
227. Holy Family Society, Detroit
228. I Ciocari, Detroit
229. Italian American Chamber of Commerce, East Detroit
230. Italian American Club of Pontiac, Pontiac
23l. Italian American Club of Washtenaw, Ann Arbor
232. Italian American Club of Wyandotte, Wyandotte
233. Italian American Fraternal Club, Dearborn
234. Italian American Ladies Auxiliary, Flushing
235. Italian American Law Wives, East Detroit
236. Italian American Lawyers, Detroit
237. Italian Cultural and Community Center , St . Clair Shores
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APPENDIX M-III
l box
Minutes, correspondence, and superintendent reports.
Dutch and Jewish materials included.
2l . Pine Rest Christian Hospital Association, Grand
Rapids, Minutes.
l9l0-
2 rolls of microfilm
Minutes .
22 . Henry J. Van Andel Papers.
l882-l968
9 feet
Manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous
printed items.
Van Andel was professor of Dutch Culture at Calvin
College.
23. Christian Vander Veen Papers.
l857-l899
l box
Manuscripts, correspondence, and sermons.
Vander Veen was a theologian and professor at Hope
College .
24 . Albertus C. Van Raalte Papers.
l836-l876
3 boxes
Manuscripts, correspondence, and sermons.
Van Raalte was founder of the Dutch settlement,
Holland, Michigan.
25. Women's Missionary Union Minutes.
l926-l966
3 rolls of microfilm
Minutes .
These are from Muskegon and the surrounding area.
26 . Effa Zwier Materials.
This collection contains translations of selected
letters from the Den Bleyker family papers housed
at the Bentley Library, University of Michigan.
German .
Brief description of the emigration of the Helmreich
family from Germany to Frankenlust, Michigan,
including biographical data on her family.
2 . John Illikman Papers.
ca. l883-l892
l item (l6 pages)
Typescript.
German.
Memorandum of the journey of Illikman and his family
from Austria to Saginaw, Michigan, in l88 3 and a
diary of income and farming expenses/ l883-l892.
3 . Joseph Seeman Letter.
l883
l item
Correspondence .
Bohemian .
Seeman, publisher of the Saginaw Evening News, writes
of why people emigrated from Europe and of condi
tions of laborers in Bohemia.
4 . Ferdinand Stahl Letters.
l884-l885
7 items
Correspondence .
German.
Stahl is writing from Fort River Lumberjack Camp no.
l0, Delta county, and from Escanaba to "a friend."
HOPE COLLEGE
ARCHIVES
Holland
Albertus C. Van Raalte established Hope College as a
center of learning in this Dutch settlement. The
Archives of Hope College (l857- ) are extensive and
include official minutes, student and financial
records, faculty, student and official college publi
cations. The collection also includes material relat
ing to student organizations. Official administrative
and faculty correspondence is organized and listed by
individual rather than by office. The archives also
houses collections relating to the Dutch community in
Holland, Michigan. A sample consisting of those col
lections most relevant to migration studies follows.
For complete listing see Andrew Vander Zee, Guide to
the Archives of Hope College (Holland, Michigan,
l972) . Finding aids are available and all material
can be copied.
Collections :
l . John J. Banninga Papers.
l920-l963
l05 items
Correspondence; some printed items, clippings and
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photographs .
Banninga was a missionary to India of the Congrega
tional Church. Collection includes correspondence
(also by his wife, Helen Vogelson Banninga) mainly
concerning the establishment of the Helen and John
Banninga Fund for the Pilgrim Collection at Hope
College Library, for the purchase of books and
materials related to the "influence of the Nether
lands in the making of the English Commonwealth and
the American Republic," particularly as a result of
the experience of the Pilgrim Fathers in Holland,
l608-l620. Also included are bibliographies and
pamphlets relating to the Pilgrims.
2 . Theodore Romeyn Beck Papers.
^ l862-l893
96 items
Correspondence .
Beck was a professor at Hope College. Relevant items
include his Civil War letters.
3 . Gerrit John Diekema Papers.
l890-l930
2 feet
Correspondence, addresses, clippings, and diary.
An attorney from Holland, Michigan, Diekema (l859-
l930) served as United States Representative, Min
ister to. the Netherlands, chairman of the Republi
can party in Michigan, and member of the Board of
Trustees for Hope College. Included in the collec
tion are miscellaneous correspondence (l902-l909,
l9l5-l9l6, l928-l930) and speeches, as well as the
diary (l880-l88l) of his father , Wieska Diekema.
Copies of correspondence.
These are letters written by Van Vleck (l828-l865),
principal of Holland Academy, l855-l859, to A. C.
Van Raalte.
l4 . Gerrit Henry Veldhuis Papers.
l84 8
2 items
Correspondence .
Written from Syracuse, New York, to the Netherlands,
these letters describe life in Buffalo, New York
and Holland, Michigan.
l5. Wynand Wichers Papers.
l922-l969
l30 items
Speeches, clippings, articles, and correspondence.
Wichers (l886-l97l) served on the faculty of Hope Col
lege, l909-l925, and as president, l930-l945.
l6 . Mary Loomis Yntema Papers.
l958-l967
2 0 items and l volume
Clippings, correspondence, and printed and miscella
neous items.
Included in the collection is The Family of Hessel 0.
Yntema, Frisian Immigrant to Michigan, l847, by
Mary E. Yntema, l958, which contains letters by
Hessel Yntema and other items concerning pioneer
times .
4. KALAMAZOO COLLEGE
LIBRARY
Thompson and Academy Streets
Kalamazoo
Collection :
Michigan Baptist Convention Records.
l8l0-l955
9 shelves
Minutes and annual reports.
Nationality: mixed.
Some materials relate to the activities of early mission
aries in western Michigan.
5. MARYGROVE COLLEGE
LIBRARY
8425 West McNichols
Detroit
Collection :
Archives of the College.
l900-
40 linear feet
l02 Michigan
6 photographs .
Italian and Finnish.
Photographs of Italian and Finnish workers in the Cal
umet area.
Nationality: mixed.
Memorandum of the accounts kept.
8 . Trinity Catholic Church, Detroit, Receipt Book.
l840-l848
l item (26 pages)
Manuscript.
Irish .
'SUOMI COLLEGE
FINNISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
Hancock
Suomi College was founded in l896 to serve children of
Finnish immigrants in the upper peninsula. Over the
past forty years various faculty members at the
school have worked to preserve the historical records
of the Finnish community. Their efforts have
resulted in the collections of the Finnish American
Historical Archives. Copying is available. All col
lections pertain to the Finns and for the most part
Finns in Michigan.
Collections :
l . Amerikan Suomalainen Tyovanen Ydistys (Finnish Work
ing People's Association of America), Rauha #4,
Records .
l909-l929
l box
Bound volumes.
Minutes of annual board of directors meetings and
miscellaneous records of the Rauha #4 in Ironwood,
Michigan .
2 . Edith Aspholm Papers.
ca. l920s and l930s
l box
Clippings and scrapbooks.
Aspholm was a Caspian schoolteacher.
3 . Cooperative Association Collection.
l939-l964
l box
Board minutes and loose financial reports.
Artificial collection which includes records of
groups in:
Timmins, Ontario - finance statements, l958-l959,
2 inches
Virginia, Minnesota - minutes, l939-l942, l
volume
Nashwak, Minnesota - miscellaneous items, l958-
l964, l inch
Rentola, (?) - minutes, l939-l943, l volume
Toivola, Michigan - minutes, l930-l964, l/2 box.
4 . Delaware Tercentenary Papers.
ca. l938
Mich igan l07
5 boxes
Correspondence and printed items.
This material relates to the nationwide celebration
among Finnish Americans of the arrival of the first
Finnish settlers in the Delaware River valley in
l638.
Farmers' Groups Collection.
l9l0-l957
l box (ll volumes)
Bound manuscripts.
Artificial collection consisting of minutes and
records of the Plowman Association, Covington,
Michigan, l9l3-l957, 2 volumes; Grange, Wainola,
Michigan, ca . l9 35, 6 small volumes; and Savo
Farmers, Frederick, South Dakota, l9l0-l938, 3
volumes .
Finland Aid Society Records.
l939-l952
l/2 box
Notebooks .
Miscellaneous records of this Warren, Ohio, society
to assist post-war Finland.
Finnish American Historical Society Records.
ca. l939
l box
Miscellaneous correspondence and printed items.
Materials pertain to Finland Day celebration at the
l939 World's Fair.
Finnish Club Records.
ca. l9l9-l930
l box
Minutes .
A Socialist organization headquartered in Munising,
Michigan .
Finnish National Illness, Injury and Burial Associa
tion, Wegaunee and Kearsarge, Michigan, Records.
ca. l900-l940
l box
Bound volumes, minutes, and accounts.
Finnish Workers Federation, New York City, Records.
Undated
5 boxes
Typescripts of plays.
Plays performed by Finnish worker groups.
Friends of Temperance Records.
l890-l920
4 boxes
Minutes and correspondence.
Temperance association with branches in Bessemer, Calu
met, Ironwood, Kearsarge, Michigan; and Buhl, Min
nesota .
l08 M i -hi im
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
LIBRARY
West McNichols Road at Livernois
Detroit
The University of Detroit was founded in l877 by the Soci
ety of Jesus for the education of young men of the
Roman Catholic faith in Detroit. Though the student
body was predominantly Irish in its early years, the
ethnic composition of the student body changed as the
Roman Catholic population of the city became increas
ingly of mixed origin.
Collection :
Archive of the University.
l877-
26 file cabinets (each 4 drawers), l7 scrapbooks, and
approximately 30 linear feet of printed items.
Manuscript and printed items; photographs.
Nationality: mixed.
These are the official records of the University of
Detroit. Twelve cabinets are classified by subject,
six by individual name. Six "confidential" cabinets
contain early official records and the "autograph
collection." Many photographs and some early faculty
papers are also included.
Finding aid available: card index and a color coded
arrangement scheme; access is restricted.
Note: The Library also has the Detroit Catholic Vindica
tor, April 30, l853-April 25, l857, the official organ
of the Diocese of Detroit. Each volume has a manu
script summary and index prepared by Richard Elliott.
Michigan ll5
Correspondence (typescript) .
British (Scottish) .
William Forbes, a surveyor and farmer, gives full
account of the settlement and agricultural con
ditions in Allegan county in this letter to
James Forbes of Peterhead, Scotland.
ll . Charles Foster Diary.
l836-l839
l volume
Manuscript .
British .
An English immigrant to the United States, Foster
recounts his voyage to America, his stay in
New York City, and his subsequent settlement
in Monroe, Michigan. The diary contains impres
sions of Detroit and Monroe, with observations
on the people and the political and economic
conditions of frontier Michigan, and material
on the wildcat banking phenomenon.
l2. William Garrick (l8l9-l883) Letter.
l862
l item
Correspondence .
British (Scottish) .
In this letter to his broter, David, in Scotland,
Garrick, who was a railroad bridge inspector,
describes his family life in Grand Rapids, food
prices, housing, and the Civil War.
l3. Alfred Jenkin Paper.
Undated, c. l965
l item
Manuscript.
British (Cornish) .
"The Cornish Emigration" is a history of the move
ment of the Cornish and especially of Jenkin 's
family to other regions of the world.
l4 . Donald D. Kinsey Manuscript.
Undated
l item
Manuscript .
British (Cornish) .
"Drill Cores: Folklore of Michigan's Upper Penin
sula from the Collection of Walter F. Gries"
includes nationality stories relating primarily
to the Cornish miners of Michigan's copper
country.
l5. Peter McPherson Diary.
l798
l item
Diary (typescript copy) .
British (Scottish) .
McPherson, a Scottish immigrant, gives an account
of a trip through upper New York state,
ll8 Michi jan
British .
The collection includes records of the Buckley and
Douglas Lumber Company, a predecessor of Rug-
gles and Rademaker, which was founded by an
English immigrant, Edward Buckley.
22 . Isaac Taylor (l8ll-l887) Letters.
l848-l885
8 items
Correspondence .
British .
An immigrant to Chelsea and Unadilla, Michigan,
from Liverpool, England, Taylor discusses fam
ily affairs and farming conditions in Michigan.
23. Arthur Cecil Todd Papers.
l954-l966
l reel of microfilm
Research notes, reminiscences, and correspondence.
British (Cornish) .
These are research materials amassed by Todd, a
history tutor at the University of Exeter,
Cornwall, England, relating to his study of
Cornish immigrants to the United States.
Included are correspondence and reminiscences
of immigrants and their families in Michigan's
Upper Peninsula.
24 . Richard F. Trevellick Biographical Sketch.
l9l0 ~ '
l item, l7 pages.
Manuscript.
British.
Trevellick was a nineteenth century Detroit labor
leader.
25 . Upjohn Family Papers.
l8ll-l940
2 volumes, l foot, and l reel of microfilm.
Journals, genealogical records, biographical
sketches, correspondence, sermon notes, day
books, and miscellaneous accounts.
British .
Of relevance are the journals, l830, of William
Upjohn, describing his voyage from England to
America and his trip on the Erie Canal.
26. William Watts Letter.
l836
l item
Correspondence (typescript copy) .
British.
An English immigrant miller, Watts writes to
friends in England of his journey to Michigan
and conditions in Ypsilanti.
l20 Michijan
Canadians in Michigan
27 . Mary Ellen Thomas Robbins (l884-l956) Reminis
cences .
l953
l volume
Manuscript.
Canadian (English) .
Robbins describes life in Canada, the discovery
that she was a mulatto, and her subsequent
migration to and life in Battle Creek.
2 8 . Stephen Rose Reminiscences.
l830
l item - 9 pages
Manuscript.
Canadian (French) .
Included are a genealogy of the Rose family; remi
niscences of the family's settlement in the
Detroit area and later on the Indian preserve
at Swan Creek; and a description of French-
Canadian life in the Detroit area, as well as
material on the Indians.
Danes in Michigan (See also Scandinavians in Michigan)
29 . Marie Appel Papers.
l9l0-l948
50 items
Personal correspondence.
Appel was a Danish immigrant who lived in Mar-
lette, Michigan.
30 . Dansk Soldaterforening Michigan (Danish Soldiers
Society of Michigan) Records.
l943-l977
6 inches
By-laws, minutes, membership lists, and miscel
laneous correspondence, newsletters, and
printed material.
This was an organization of veterans of Danish
military service.
Soren Kristiansen Papers.
l883-l885, l89l-l892
l7 5 items
Diary; ship's correspondence; receipts and
accounts; and miscellaneous printed material.
Kristiansen was captain of the Great Lakes ship
ping vessel "Kalos" and later keeper of the
Escanaba, Michigan lighthouse. Included in his
diary, l89l-l892, are descriptions of voyages
in and around Onehama on Lake Michigan.
August Rasmussen Letter.
l856
l item
Correspondence (typescript translation).
Mi c hi j an l2l
3 feet
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial
records, minute books, and newsletters.
This was a Jewish cooperative burial society and
social welfare organization in Detroit.
Poles in Michigan
l30. Herbert F. Baker (l862-l930) Papers.
l904-l926
5 feet and l volume
Clippings, scrapbook, correspondence.
Baker was Republican state representative, l907-
l9l2; speaker of the Michigan House of Repre
sentatives, l9ll; state senator, l9l9-l922;
and official of various farm and insurance
organizations. Relevant material concerns the
Polish American Political Club of Hamtramck,
especially letter, August l9, l924.
l3l. Don Binkowski Papers.
l958-l977
38 feet
Correspondence, political campaign materials, and
miscellaneous manuscripts.
Binkowski was a district judge from Warren in
Macomb county. The materials relate to local and
and state Democratic politics; Binkowski 's
activities with Polish-American organizations;
and his work as delegate to Michigan Constitu
tional Convention, l96l-l962, as Warren city
councilman, and as attorney and judge.
l32. Japheth Hind Correspondence.
l926-l935
l0 items
Correspondence .
These letters of Hind, a cashier at the State Sav
ings Bank, Bad Axe, Michigan, contain comments
on the management of a family farm, farm produc
tion and economics, and attitudes toward ethnic
groups, especially Poles.
l33. Leo J. Nowicki Reminiscences.
l975
l volume
Manuscript.
"Profile of an American by Choice" is an autobio
graphical account of Nowicki' s life as a Polish
immigrant to Detroit and Hamtramck, and his
career as a Wayne county official and Democra
tic lieutenant governor, l937-l939.
134. Polish National Alliance. Polish Farmer's Society,
Lodge 2984, Belleville, Michigan, Records.
l94l-l973
l reel of microfilm
Minutes and miscellaneous records.
Michigan l39
l item
Constitution .
Dutch.
Included is a copy of the constitution of the Hol
land American Aid Society of Kalamazoo.
3. Mrs. Walter Hirschy Collection.
l890-l974
Bulk not indicated
Manuscripts .
German .
Includes personal message cards in German, ca.
l873.
4. Mrs. Jack Hoestra Collection.
l933-l934
l item - 8 pages
Reminiscences .
Dutch . .
This is Paul Klaus Dame's recollection of his life
He came to America in l894 and settled for a
time in Fulton, Michigan, later moving to
Chicago.
5. Mrs. Sarah Holzer Collection.
l870-l895
Bulk not indicated • t . . •.,
Correspondence.
German .
Letters written to John Wagner, who came to the
United States to avoid the draft in Germany.
6. Dr. Elizabeth Mayer Collection.
l846, l862, l865, l904
6 items
Correspondence and program.
German.
Five letters from members of the Louis Rapp fami
ly. The earliest (l846) relates Wilheim Rapp's
happiness at being in America; the others pri
marily deal with family news and army camp life
Also included is the 36th convention program
from the Allgemeiner Arbeiter-Bund of the State
of Michigan, held in l908.
7. Victor Reisig Collection.
l838-l939
Bulk not indicated.
Miscellaneous maps and documents. ,
Ge rman , Rus s i an ,
Family documents: birth and death certificates;
letter of attestation from village church
school; passport. Bible records, map of Poland
(l9 39) and map of German settlement in Ukraini
an Wolynia also included.
8. Dr. Nancy Scott Collection.
l923-l936
Bulk not indicated.
l48 Mi ch i j i n
APPENDIX M-IV
BATTLE CREEK
Willard Library
7 West Van Buren Street
Collections :
l . Anthony Charnieda Fruit Market Records.
Dates not indicated
4 items
Photographs and secondary accounts.
Italian .
2 . German Cornet Band and Germania Orchestra Records.
Dates not indicated
l0 items
Photographs and newspaper accounts.
German .
3 . German Workingmen's Benevolent Association Records.
Dates not indicated
l0 items
Photographs and newspaper accounts.
German .
DETROIT
Detroit Public Library
520l Woodward Avenue
Burton Historical Collection
The Burton Historical Collection, housed in the Detroit
Public Library, collects mainly in the area of Detroit
history. A significant portion of the collection con
sists of eighteenth and nineteenth century manuscript
material relating to the history of the city in that
period. In addition to the collections listed below,
the library has a great deal of unique printed items,
particularly relating to early French settlement.
Recently the Burton Collection was designated as the
archives repository for the city of Detroit.
l54 Michigan
Collections :
l . Catholic Female Benevolent Society of Detroit
Papers .
l834-l837
l volume
Manuscript .
Irish.
Original manuscript in the Milwaukee Archdiocesan
Archives .
2 . Congregation Beth El, Detroit, Records.
l890-l970
279 boxes and 68 volumes
Manuscript and printed items.
Jewish .
These are the general records of the congregation
Beth El of Detroit, including the official
papers of Rabbi Leo Franklin (l890-l942) and a
file of his addresses and sermons. Also
included are the files of Rabbi Leon Fram (l929-
l938), Rabbi Benedict Glazer (l94l-l952), and
the official records and correspondence of the
congregation, l9l6-l970.
3 . The Detroit Poles: A Comprehensive Bibliography and
Compendium by James J. Tyre.
l975
l item
Manuscript .
Polish.
This is a bibliography principally of newspaper
articles but also of other printed material
relating to Poles in Detroit and the Polish Roman
Catholic parishes and bishops.
4 . Diederich Family Letters.
l866-l907
33 items
Correspondence .
German .
The letters reflect the interests of the German-
American groups to which the authors belonged.
5 . Dimler Family Papers.
l843-l928
l wallet
Correspondence .
German .
These are the papers of Andrew and Charles B. Dimler.
6. Richard R. Elliott Papers.
l9th century
22 volumes
Correspondence and miscellaneous records.
Irish .
A prominent Detroit businessman and civic leader,
Elliott (l823-l908) engaged in the business of
inducing emigrants to come to Michigan, bringing
approximately ll,000 to the state. Numerous
Michigan l55
French.
Contains Constitution of the Organization of French
Moral and Benevolent Society of Detroit and its
vicinity adopted July 23, l8l8.
3. HAMTRAMCK
Hamtramck Public Library
2360 Caniff Street
Collection :
Historical File
ca. l900 -
8 file drawers
Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items.
Polish.
Included is assorted material on Hamtramck politics,
government and schools; Polish voluntary organizations
and churches. There is also biographical material on
local citizens and all local newspapers.
4. HOLLAND
Herrick Public Library
300 River Avenue
The Herrick Public Library has accumulated a very large
collection of local genealogical material, including
relevant census records, cemetary records, and direc
tories. Their collection includes genealogies of 24
families .
Collections :
l . Dutch and German Ships' Passenger Lists.
l847-l855
l item
Looseleaf notebook.
Dutch and German.
2 . Dutch Church Records.
ca. l850-l900
l box
Membership records.
Dutch.
Included are photocopies of membership records of the
Vriesland Dutch Reformed Church and of the follow
ing Holland churches: Graafschap Church, Drenthe
Presbyterian Church, Holland Reformed Church, and
Saugatuck First Congregational Church.
3 . Dutch Emigrants.
l847-l872
l vo l ume
Computer print-out.
Dutch.
Compiled by Robert Swierenga, this material lists all
Dutch who left the Netherlands, l847-l872.
Mi chi j an l59
KALAMAZOO
Kalamazoo Public Library
3l5, South Rose Street
Collection:
File Collection.
l836-
l2 file drawers
Miscellaneous manuscript items.
This is a general collection of manuscript sources relat
ing to Kalamazoo history. Most is not ethnic related,
but some might be of use. The collection includes
some records of local churches, l836-l907; area school
district minutes, l837- ; Public Library historical
materials, l870s-l952; records of the local WCTU chap
ter, l882-l92 3; records of the Child Welfare League,
l9l3-l956; records of the Kalamazoo County Agricultural
Society, l863-l880, l899; and several hundred glass
negatives, ca. l870-l9l0, of Kalamazoo people, build
ings, and industries.
LANSING
Lansing Public Library
40l S. Capitol Avenue
Collection :
George Frey Records.
l870-l890
3 volumes and photographs.
Record books and photographs.
German .
Frey was a blacksmith.
SAGINAW
Public Libraries of Saginaw
50 5 James Avenue
The library has an extensive collection of printed material
dealing with ethnic groups, primarily Germans, and the
history of the Lutheran Church in the Saginaw area.
Material relating to other groups and churches exists as
well .
Collections :
l . Polish Falcons of America, Nest l24, Saginaw, Records.
l909-l949
2 boxes
Minutes, financial records, miscellaneous manuscript
and printed items.
Polish.
The core of this collection pertains to the PFA nest
l24 in Saginaw. There is additional material per
taining to the national headquarters in Pittsburgh
and other related activities.
l60 Michigan
SEBEWAING
Sebewaing Township Library
4l North Center Street
The library has a number of genealogies of families of Ger
man, Irish, and English descent. In addition, it has a
few unusual printed items regarding the German community
and particularly the activities of the local German Luth
eran Church.
l0. WYANDOTTE
Bacon Memorial Public Library
45 Vinewood
Michigan l6l
Collections :
l . Arbeiter Society and Hall Records.
l38l-l949
2 scrapbooks, l5 photographs
Clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items.
German .
2 . Giannola, Vitale, Tocco, and Palazzola Scrapbooks.
l930s
4 volumes
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings.
Italian .
Includes material concerning bootlegging activities.
3. Nationality Groups Scrapbook.
l900-
5 volumes
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings.
Irish, Italian, German, and Polish.
4 . White Eagle Association, St. Stanislaus Kostka Society,
Oak Club, PRCU, PLAV, Records.
l880s-
2 volumes
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings.
Polish.
l62 Michigan
APPENDIX M-V
l item
Minute book: l869-l88l, German; l88l-l906, English.
German and English.
miscellaneous manuscripts.
Irish.
Included are applications for membership, medical
approvals or disapprovals, by-laws, and rituals.
4 . Pamphlet File,
ca. l900-l9l7
l0 inches
Clippings, papers, and miscellaneous printed items.
Cornish, Finnish, French, Greek, Irish, Italian,
Jewish, Slovene, and Swedish.
5 . Scandinavian Social and Beneficial Society Records.
l872-l930
4l volumes
Minutes, ledgers, by-laws, and miscellaneous records.
Primarily Swedish.
This collection has not yet been cataloged.
6 . St. John the Baptist Society, Negaunee, Proceedings.
l886-l889
l volume
Minutes .
French .
This was a mutual benefit society of primarily, but
not exclusively, French membership concerned
largely with funerals and aid for members.
5 boxes
Correspondence and miscellaneous family records.
French .
6 . Schrauder Meat Market, Monroe, Records.
l868-l93l
29 volumes
Record books.
German .
l item
Typescript.
Translation of his spiritual biography.
l4 . Hendrik De Kruif, Sr., Papers.
l852-l86l
36 items
Miscellaneous manuscripts, business records, and
family documents.
De Kruif was an associate of Rev. A. C. Van Raalte
on the voyage to America, l846, and a son-in-law
of Jannes Vande Luyster, founder of Zeeland,
Michigan. Included are an account of the voyage,
business papers, receipts, certificate of citizen
ship, and family genealogy.
l5 . Jacob Den Herder Paper.
Undated
l item
Manuscript.
An autobiographical account of Den Herder's life in
the Netherlands, his trip to the United States
with the Jannes Vande Luyster family, and settle
ment at Zeeland, Michigan.
l6 . Peter De Pree Papers.
l859-l9l0
4 3 i terns
Correspondence, scrapbook, and miscellaneous printed
and manuscript items.
De Pree was a minister of the Reformed Church in
America. Included are materials relating to the
40th anniversary of the laying of the keel of
the missionary ship on June 24, l864, on Black
Lake, Holland, Michigan and to the 40th anniver
sary celebration of Zeeland, Michigan, l887. Ser
mon notes and articles written by De Pree are also
included.
l7. A. G. de Waal Paper.
l852
l item
Manuscript.
This is a call to the Rev. de Waal of the province
of Zeeland, the Netherlands, to the Reformed
Church of Graafschap, Michigan.
l8 . Gerrit J. Diekema Papers.
l895-l930
3 feet
Correspondence, miscellaneous manuscripts, and photo
graphs .
Diekema was a United States Congressman, Minister to
the Netherlands, and chairman of Michigan's Repub
lican party. included are copies of numerous pub
lic speeches and papers relating to his service in
the Netherlands.
Michigan l7l
l item.
Manuscript .
Nationality: mixed.
2 . Arbeiter Society Membership Book.
l908-l9l8
l item
Manuscript .
German .
Michigan l79
APPENDIX M-VI
PATHFINDER SCHOOL
Pioneer Study Center
ll9 30 West Bay Shore Road
Box l032
Traverse City
Collections :
l. Bohemian Pioneer Families Collection.
Inclusive dates and bulk not indicated
Photographs, correspondence, diaries, accounts, and
genealogical records.
Bohemian .
These materials pertain to 25 families of Grand Tra
verse and Leelanau counties.
2 . Ludwig Kroupa Family Papers.
l850-l977
Bulk not indicated
Genealogical records, photographs, diaries, and
accounts .
Bohemian .
3. Evelyn Kyselka Papers.
Inclusive dates and bulk not indicated
Diaries, record books, and photographs.
Bohemian .
4 . Procop Kyselka Diary.
ca. l850
l item
Manuscript.
Bohemian .
M i chi j a n l83
UKRAINIAN ARCHIVES
ll756 Charest Street
Detroit
Collections: (All collections listed are Ukrainian)
l . Joseph and Anastasia 3ilovs Papers
l950-l975
2 boxes
Correspondence .
2 . Detroit Material.
l920- ?
l2 boxes
Miscellaneous printed items and photographs.
These are general sorts of material relating to
Ukrainian activities in the Detroit area.
3 . Michael Dmytrenko Papers.
Inclusive dates not indicated
2 l/2 boxes
Clippings and catalogs.
Dmytrenko was an artist in Detroit.
4 . Immigrant Letters.
l9l4-
l box
Correspondence .
5 . Kalenik Lissiuk Papers.
l924-l977
5l volumes and 2 boxes
Correspondence and printed items.
Lissiuk was a businessman, philanthropist, and cultural
activist. Born in the Ukraine in l889, he invented
a special concrete block machine and made consider
able money with which he supported a number of
Ukrainian causes. He was also a prolific author on
Ukrainian subjects. Lissiuk lived in many places,
primarily California.
6 . Dr. Sophia Parfanovych Papers.
l948-
20 boxes
Correspondence and printed items.
Parfanovych was the author of l4 books and publisher of
a Ukrainian medical magazine. She lived in LaPeer,
Michigan .
7 . Dr. Ivan Rozhin Papers.
l900-ca. l970
20 boxes
Diary, correspondence, and photographs.
Rozhin was an author, professor of Veterinarian Science,
4 Michigan
Hall of the Walon Lahde (Source of Light) Temperance Society, Eveleth, Minnesota, 1904 (Finnish) (+)
til* (. 1. , ,.J
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/y ^ .
. ... - Sr.-.....
Minutes of the German Christian
Benevolent and Agricultural Society of
Ora Labora, Michigan, )uly1865 (*)
FMIHUC tMH*»i»3 SlUrA!
IKANDInWk^MERIKA LINIEN
fa" S**c?4JZ~*
Nestar Kulkki lumber camp. Maple Ridge, Michigan, c. 1900 (Finnish) (')
II
by
Keijo Virtanen
APPENDIX F-I
Sources Available in the Institute of History
(General History) ,
University of Turku
(Finland)
h . Interview Collection
l890-l975
l5l reels of tape
Tapes
Emigrants who left Finland between l890 and l975 have
been interviewed. The variety of questions asked was
designed to encourage the emigrant to relate his own
story and opinions. Most of the interviews were
202 Fin land
i . Private Collections
l880-l976
Approx. 500 collections from individuals and societies.
Books, pamphlets, booklets, photos, letters, buttons,
tapes, films, memoirs, clippings, minute books,
diaries, etc.
Finding aid available for each collection, in Finnish;
no restrictions on access.
j . Suomi-Seura (Finland Society) Collection
l930-l960
90 large folders.
Clippings from periodicals
Suomi-Seura is the most important society which main
tains contacts with emigrants and the home country.
The Society has collected clippings from Finnish and
foreign papers and magazines on Finnish migration
since l930.
No finding aid available although there is an organized
sequence within the folders; no restrictions on access.
k . Finnish-American and Finnish-Canadian Theatrical Plays
1890-1940
5l microfiche, l00 original.
Microfiche, original manuscripts
This is a collection of plays written by Finns and per
formed in Finnish halls in America. The plays are
unpublished.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
m. Computer Program
l873, l882, l890, l905, and l9l3
A total of 73,000 cards.
Each emigrant is on one card, and the results are on
computer lists.
Each card contains information on an emigrant based on
passport and passenger lists (name, age, occupation,
destination, sex, marital status, family, place of
residence in Finland, etc.). This material has been
analyzed and provided a number of statistical stud
ies .
Finding aid available: N/A; no restrictions on access.
Note: This material covers all the Finnish emigrants
of the above mentioned years. It is hoped that the
same information for emigrants of years prior to
l893 can be obtained, because there are no official
statistics on migration before that year. The work
is quite slow and expensive but the results are very
reliable because they are based on both passports
and passenger lists. The errors of either source can
be seen this way.
n. The Toholampi "Micro or Case" Study
l860-l892
Microfilmed records of the parish; approx. 3,000 com
puter cards.
Each member of the parish is on one card, and the re
sults are on computer lists.
This is a joint project with other Scandinavian coun
tries. Each country has taken one rural commune and
attempted to register the mobility of any resident in
to and out of the parish. So both migration abroad
and within the country are registered. Every card
includes information such as name, age, occupation,
destination, sex, marital status, place of departure,
family, place of birth, etc.
Finding aid available: N/A; no restrictions on access.
p. Photographs
l890-l976
Approx. l250 items.
Original or reprinted photographs
The collection covers all aspects of emigrant and im
migrant life, in Finland and abroad.
No finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Finland 205
APPENDIX F-II
Sources Available in National Archives
(Finland)
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APPENDIX F-III
Sources Available in Local Archives
(Finland)
by
JoEllen McNergney Vinyard
APPENDIX I-I
Sources Available in National Archives
(Ireland)
l. NATIONAL LIBRARY
Kirby Street
Dublin
Hours: l0:00-l2: 30; 2:00-5:30, 7:00-9:30; Sat. 9:00-l:00
Collections :
a. F. S. Bourke Collection: "Notes of Recent American
Opinion and Action on the Irish Home Rule Question"
(MS 10,74l)
June 7, l9l7
l2 pages.
Typewritten pages
Describes attitudes of Irish-Americans on Irish Home
Rule, discussing such things as a meeting in Fan-
euil Hall, Boston, at which there was a three min
ute ovation by the crowd when they heard the Germans
had sunk 400,000 tons of Allied ships! Also actions
of Irish in American politics as spill-over of the
candidates' stands on Ireland. (All of this is in
a detailed description of a meeting held between
prominent Irish- Americans and Balfour at the British
Commission in Washington.) Gives good insight into
Irish-American attitude toward World War I.
Finding aid available: see above manuscript number;
no restrictions on access.
b. Brabazon Papers (MS l0, 360 [4])
l764rl765
3 letters, each 3-4 pages.
Manuscripts
Letters from Robert Pillson of New York to Harry Bra
bazon, a merchant in Drogheda. Pillson had moved
to New York City to become a mercantilist, handling
grain shipments, etc., on commission. Information
about prices, trading regulations, Continental
trade .
Finding aid available: see above manuscript number;
no restrictions on access.
c. Papers of Cornelius J. Cremen (MS l7,805)
March l3, l900
l relevant letter.
Manuscript
Letter written to Cremen in London from his cousin in
New York City. Contains little but personal
224 Ire I and
Ireland .
"Incomplete Emigrant's Letter" (MS l5,647)
April l0, l897
l four-page letter (incomplete).
Manuscript
From Cycad Coal Fields, Park County, Montana. Describes
ranching there before the Panic of l893, effect of
the Panic on the area's towns, banks, farmers. Also
reference to McKinley's election.
Finding aid available: see above manuscript number;
no restrictions on access.
Irish National League Papers (MS 8582/2)
l890
7 letters, 2 to 8 pages each.
Manuscripts
Written by the Rev. Charles O'Reilly, D.D. (given ad
dress was Adelaide St., Detroit) who was treasurer
of the Irish National League of America. Written
to Dr. Joseph E. Kenny of Dublin who was Treasurer
of the National League of Ireland. Describes fund-
raising efforts and problems with the American press.
Gives amounts of money raised. Supplies some in
formation on local events in Detroit and Wayne County.
Finding aid available: see above manuscript number;
no restrictions on access.
John M. Kelly Letters (MS l0,5ll) (2)
l846-l848
7 letters.
Manuscripts
Contains letters from Thomas Reilly, living in Sara
toga, New York and Albany. Reilly describes him
self as an exile. He was working with Irish volun
teers in America preparing to invade Ireland. Good
description also of New York (his impressions) , and
his ideas about the United States.
Thomas J. Kelly Letter (MS l8,437)
March 24, l876
l letter.
Photocopy of manuscript letter
Discusses life in New York City and its promise (or
lack of it) for the Irish immigrants. "It is all
very fine for people in Ireland to think that if a
man is in America he has nothing to do but pick up
gold in the streets. I can tell you that there is
as much suffering in New York to-day as there is
in any part of Ireland, and it is a great mistake
for nineteen of twenty who come here with the purpose
of remaining in the city." "It is well enough if the
people have trades or want to work as servants.
Otherwise let them not come unless they have money to
go into the interior of the country where labor is
scarce . "
228 Ireland
d . Fenian Papers
l867-l874
22 cartons.
Manuscripts
These papers deal with the activities of suspects and
other aspects of Fenianism.
Finding aid available: indices in calendar form; no
restrictions on access.
e . Abstracts of cases under Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts
l866-l874
3 volumes.
Manuscripts
These volumes give names and personal details of per
sons suspected of connections with the Fenian Move
ment. There are references to prisoners who had
returned from America or who had been in the army
there. In many cases prisoners received their dis
charge by promising to emigrate to England or
America .
No finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
f . Rebellion Papers
l796-l803
Whole collection is in 36 cartons; most relevant items
listed below.
Manuscripts
l. Portion of a letter, August l, l797, written from
New York City to George Ivie, Dublin, describing
a voyage from Europe and conditions in New York City,
such as boarding houses, wages, dress, etc.
2. Papers of Thomas Russell (l767-l803), United Irish
man, describing his life in Philadelphia, George
Washington, etc.
3. Letter from Capt. Alexander Chesny, June 3, l797,
describing behavior of people of Charleston during
the American Revolution.
Finding aid available: good calendar and index; no
restrictions on access.
g. Series of Registered Papers (#l6765)
l863-l864
Approx. l00-l50 pages.
Manuscripts
Contains 20 related files which deal with Irish
234 Ire land
APPENDIX I-II
Sources Available in County Archives
(Ireland)
APPENDIX I-III
Sources Available in Other Archives
(Ireland)
3. FRANCISCAN LIBRARY
Dun Mhuire
Killiney
Co. Dublin
Hours: by appointment
Note: The Library has a large collection, now in the pro
cess of being sorted, of l9th century correspondence
from priests, including those in America. The cor
respondence may include United States letters from
relatives and friends of various priests in the
Franciscan Order. Included are the O'Meara Papers,
a large l9th century collection which contains some
242 Ire land
GENEALOGICAL OFFICE
The Castle
Dublin
Note: This contains a very large collection devoted to
such matters as dealing with genealogical traces, and
has a series of Registered Pedigrees with references to
families or individuals. Also in the Registers of
Grants and Confirmation of Arms, it is possible to
find entries relating to Americans. There are also
other collections such as wills, funeral entries,
unofficial pedigrees, etc., which are useful for trac
ing ancestry or the immediate background of individuals.
Collections :
a. Douglas Hyde
ca. l9l6-l920's
2 volumes — small bound diaries, one about 50 pages,
the other about l50 pages.
Manuscript diaries
Within the Hyde Papers, Manuscripts 48 and 59 deal with
the papers of Eoin O'Cathail of Pentwater, Michigan.
Generally, the papers contain scattered recollections,
poems, and short stories. There is a discussion of
talking with an American Indian as well as other ac
counts of adventures on the American "frontier."
The ''papers are very well written.
Finding aid available: see manuscript numbers; no re
strictions on access.
b. Passenger List
l8l5-l8l6
Published material
This is a list drawn from the Journal of the American
Irish Historical Society, 29 (l930-l93l) , pp. l83-
206, by Charles Early. The JAIHS published a list
of about 3l50 names of arrivals at American ports.
The list was an amalgamation of the lists published
in The Shamrock, or Irish Chronicle, a weekly New
York newspaper, between l8l0 and l8l7.
Ire land
APPENDIX I-IV
Sources Available in Private Hands
(Ireland)
Mary E. Edgar
Ballintra
County Donegal
4 letters from Ellen Edgar Hewitt; l letter from Catherine
Edgar.
l885-l889
5 letters.
Manuscript
The letters discuss farming, farm prices, taxes, etc., in
Ida County, Iowa, show chain migration, and mention aid
from the United States to those in Ireland. The 4 let
ters from Ellen (Edgar) Hewitt are written to her cousin
Robert Edgar, County Donegal. (He was the grandfather of
Miss Edgar.) Ellen E. Hewitt was also from Ballydavid,
County Donegal, and left when young. Her family were
small farmers and relatively poor. She married Mr. Hew
itt, although it is not known whether they married in
Ireland or the United States. He too was. Irish and from
County Donegal. She was his second wife and he had a
son by his first marriage. They had no children of their
own. Although most of these letters to her cousin Robert
concern a farm she had acquired for him in Iowa, he
never did go to claim it. Eventually, therefore, Ellen
Hewitt sold the farm and sent him the money from the
sale. This money made it possible, it is believed, for
the Edgar family to stay on their farm in Ireland, where
they still live today. The l889 letter is from Robert
Edgar's daughter Catherine. She went to join the above
cousin Ellen in Iowa when she was l6 years old. She
never returned to Ireland, but married a man there named
Johnson. These people are Protestant Irish.
Mr. C. HcKeown
Enniskillen
County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
Letters of John Nolan
l880-l884
l6 letters
Originals on deposit at Public Records Office, Belfast;
typescript on deposit at County Fermanagh Museum, Ennis
killen .
The letters relate to John Nolan's work in hotels in New
York, Boston, and Panama.
5 . Dermot Sweeney
Loughrea
County Galway
Letter from Bernard Flynn and also letter of recommendation
for him.
l858, l868
2 letters.
Manuscript
Among these papers is a letter of recommendation for Martin
Flynn, who emigrated to Great Britain and is the brother
of Bernard who emigrated to the United States. More im
portant, however, is a letter from Bernard in New York,
detailing wages and conditions in the printing trade.
It is of interest as a good example of the "pull" of
wages and as a sign of the chain migration process.
Bernard Flynn went to Birmingham, England, with his
parents, brothers and sisters after the famine caused
his family to be evicted. Their house was burned down
by the landlord, probably to keep them off the land and
away. When they arrived in Birmingham, the boys went
to night school and learned trades. Mr. Sweeney (whose
mother was Martin Flynn 's daughter) thinks they could
not speak or write English before going to England ex
cept in very rudimentary form, as they spoke Gaelic at
home. They came from Bohola, County Mayo. The father
of Bernard and Martin Flynn finally went home again to
Ireland to die. Martin Flynn' s daughter met her future
husband at a Hibernian Hall in Birmingham. They returned
to Ireland to live after their marriage. Mr. Sweeney
stated that all the family retained a strong dislike for
the British and all things British, despite the years
they spent there.
by
Herbert J. Brinks
the whole populace. Such records include the names and des
tinations of both emigrants and migrants within the country.
In contrast to the already published immigration data men
tioned above, the Gemeente records extend, with local varia
tion, from l8l5 to the present; but because the notations on
the emigrants are mixed within the vastly larger number of
migrant notations, the research required to isolate and
record the names of the emigrants will be enormously time con
suming. But those scholars who may be interested in res
tricted regional studies will find the data manageable. To
assemble a complete list of emigrants from the Gemeente
archives would require a team effort involving several archi
vists over an extended period. But, further refinement of
existing clio- metric sources and an expansion of Swierenga ' s
Dutch Emigration Records past l880 will clearly require such
a project.
Notes
l. Robert P. Swierenga and Harry R. Stout, "Dutch Immi
gration in the Nineteenth Century, l920-l977: A Quantitative
Overview," Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, XXXIII, l975,
pp. 7-34.
2. Gemeente archives are regional archives similar in
scope and function to United States counties.
3 . Dutch Emigration Records, l335-l880: A Computer List,
by Robert P. Swierenga, l977. Swierenga' s list includes data
from both the emigration statistics and the vital statistics
records of the Gemeenten; this accounts for the extended time
period of Swierenga ' s list.
4. While the primary purpose of the survey of the
Netherlands was to locate manuscript material relevant to the
study of the emigration of the Dutch, Dr. Brinks was able to
copy all the immigrant letters which he found. Numbering over
l,500, these are now available for research in the Bentley
Historical Library at the University of Michigan and at the
Colonial Origins Collection at Calvin College, Grand Rapids,
Michigan. Funds for copying this material were provided by
the Dutch American Heritage Foundation. (Ed.)
The Netherlands 265
APPENDIX N-I
Sources Available in National and Regional Archives
(Netherlands)
l. ALGEMEEN RIJKSARCHIEF
Bleyenburg 7
Den Haag
Phone: 070-647800
Hours: 9:00-5:l5; Sat. 9:00-5:00
Collection :
Interior Department
l8l5-l870
30 meters
Official administrative reports from various departments
such as justice, population, and poverty.
In the general heading. Interior Department, are records
of the justice department (see note below) , and the
department of poverty where the social background of
the poorer immigrants can be studied. The population
department records include a category entitled "Land-
verhuizers" or emigrants. These records give lists
of family heads and single individuals leaving the
Netherlands. The Algemeen Rijksarchief contains the
provincial records of South Holland, and thus the
emigration records of that province. The national
archives also house the Landverhuizers records from
the eleven provinces, but some of these can also be
found in provincial archives. Their holdings, however,
are not identical (see Swierenga's Inventory below).
As the official archives of the government, the Alge
meen Rijksarchief has few private collections of
papers, and most of these are the papers of important
political leaders. Thus the possibility of finding
letters from immigrants is very slight.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: These records will be essential for studying the
social background of the emigrants, but of special
interest for the German emigration, are the justice
department records which deal with German refugees
who became dependents in port cities such as Rotterdam
and Amsterdam.
RIJKSARCHIEF IN DRENTHE
Brink 4
Assen (Drenthe)
Phone: 05920-l3523
Hours: 9:00-5:00; Sat. 9:00-l2:00
Collection:
Population Register (Bevolkingsregister ) which includes
"Landverhuizers" or emigrants.
l843-l876
One volume for each year (approx. 20 ft.), but the emi
gration data is a small part of each volume.
Lists of emigrants' names reported by the village
(gemeente) officials to the Provincial government.
Each emigrant household head is listed with data such as
age, occupation, social status, reason for emigration,
church affiliation, place of origin, and destination.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: Similar records exist for every province in the
Netherlands. No personal correspondence from emigrants
is preserved in the Drenthe Archives. The published
summaries of the population registers have the title
Staat Der Bevolking .
The "bevolkings register" (population register) in the
Netherlands is a primary source for social history.
From the time when the Napoleonic Codes were adopted
in the Netherlands (l8l5) , the population of each
"gemeente" (city with surrounding villages and hinter
land) was required to register and acquire family
names. Thereafter the vital statistics in each gemeente
were recorded in the "bevolkings register." Among the
items listed are occupation, church affiliation, tax
records, and such matters. In l847-48, the general
government required a special report from each gemeente
to indicate which people were emigrating. This special
report (l847-l876), "Landverhuizers Berichten," was
required, but the regular "Bevolkings Register" always
included a notation on "verhuizers, " or people who moved
from the gemeente and their destination. Among these
were people moving to America. All these reports orig
inated in the gemeente; their contents were then com
piled by the various provinces (similar to state
governments in the United States) where they were
available for further summary or analysis by the general
government— particularly the Department of Interior
(Ministerie van Binnenland) .
RIJKSARCHIEF IN FRIESLAND
Boterhoek l
Leeuwarden (Friesland)
Phone: 050l00-27l03
Hours: 9:00-5:00; Sat. 9:00-l2:30
Collection:
Population Register which includes "Landverhuizers" or
emigrants .
l845-l880
68 The Netherlands
RIJKSARCHIEF IN GELDERLAND
Markt l
Arnhem (Gld.)
Phone: 058"420l48
Hours: 9:00-5:00; Sat. 9:00-l2:00
Collection :
"Population Statistics" consisting of small collection of
immigrants' names.
l850-l865
One volume for each year - partly concerning emigration.
Lists of household heads who emigrated to America.
These records are in published form, but because of fire
during World War II the sources for these records are
lost.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: The archives in Arnhem, i.e., the Rijksarchief in
Gelderland, were largely destroyed during World War II.
RIJKSARCHIEF IN GRONINGEN
St. Jansstraat 2
Groningen
Hours: l:30-5:l5 (Visiting scholars may use the library
in the morning by contacting the Archivist.)
Collections :
a. Population Register including names of emigrants with
data .
l835-l864, occasional reports l879-l90l
Three folders.
Lists of emigrants - name, occupation, church affilia
tion, etc.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: The complete record of emigrants' names for
Groningen is in the Rijksarchief in Den Haag.
b . Provincial Groninger Courant
l850-l900
One volume per year.
Newspaper, bi-weekly.
Regular format, but including letters from immigrants
The Netherlands 269
8. RIJKSARCHIEF IN UTRECHT
Alexander Numankade 20l
Utrecht
Phone: 030-7ll8ll4
Hours: 9:00-5:00
Collection :
Population register (Bevolking Register) which includes
records of "Landverhuizers" or emigrants.
l846-l905
Lists of emigrants' names reported by each village
(gemeente) in the Province Utrecht.
Each emigrant household head is listed with data such as
age, occupation, social status, reason for emigration,
place of origin, and destination.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
270 The Netherlands
9. RIJKSARCHIEF IN ZEELAND
St. Pieterstraat 38
Middelburg (Zeeland)
Phone: 0ll80-l2767
Hours: 9:00-l2:30 and l:30-5:00
Collections :
a. Afgescheidenen (separated) churches in Zeeland.
l834-l860
Approx. 6 folders.
Letters, reports, official minutes.
Letters from and about the emigration to North America;
notes from church gatherings which discussed the
emigration. Names include J. Van De Luyster and
C. Van Der Meulen, founders of Zeeland, Michigan.
Finding aid available: Index; no restrictions on access.
b. Population Register (Bevolkingsregister) which includes
"Landverhuizers " or emigrants.
l845-l90l
One volume for each year (approx. 20 ft.), but the
emigration data is a small part of each volume.
Lists of emigrants' names reported by the village
officials to the provincial government.
Each emigrant household head is listed with data such
as age, occupation, social status, reason for emi
gration, church affiliation, place of origin, and
destination.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: The contents of these records have been copied
and computerized and are available in the United
States. However, under the category "Reason for
immigration," many evaluative statements appear
which cannot be readily computerized.
The Netherlands 27l
APPENDIX N-II
Sources Available in City Archives
(Netherlands)
GEMEENTEARCHIEF APELDOORN
Molenstraat 59
Apeldoorn (Gld.)
Phone: 05760-7ll22
Hours: 9:00-l2:00, l:00-5:00
Col lection :
Population Statistics
l884-l897
One folder.
Lists of emigrants.
272
3. GEMEENTEARCHIEF ARNHEM
Koningstraat 32
Arnhem (Gld.)
Phone: 058-457ll
Hours: 8:00-4:30
No records pertaining to immigration as these were de
stroyed during World War II.
4. GEMEENTEARCHIEF DELFT
Oude Delft l69
Delft, South Holland
Phone: 0l5-l33lll
Hours: 9:00-l2:l5, l:30-5:00
These archives, like almost every city archive, contain
population statistics which include notations on those
who emigrated to America.
5. GEMEENTEARCHIEF DEVENTER
Stadhuis
Grootekerkhof 4
Phone: 05700-72l2l
Hours: 8:30-l2:30, l:45-5:00
Collections :
a . Family Archive Besier
l797-l83l
One folder.
Accounts of investments in America.
Reports from Amsterdam Banks on investments in America
by the Besier family (possibly related to loans
to U. S. government during Revolutionary War).
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: Material not directly connected with immigration
between l850-l920.
b. Houck Family
l873-l874
Four letters.
Correspondence .
Includes 4 letters from an immigrant, W. H. de Lange , who
settled in Grand Rapids.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
c. Bevolking Register - Population Register - including
lists of emigrants.
The Netherlands 273
l847-l876
One volume per year, part of which includes emigrant
lists .
Lists of family household heads.
Names with age, occupation, church affiliation, etc.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: The emigration list appears in the context of
official reports from various branches of the City
Government. Records of poverty, police work, and
other departments could be consulted to determine a
correlation between emigration and poverty or emi
gration and legal difficulties.
GEMEENTEARCHIEF IN HAARLEM
Jansstraat 40
Haarlem (N. Holland)
Hours: 9:00-4:45
Good collection of city archives - official and private
papers. Most papers are those of important city
leaders .
Slight possibility of sources relating to immigration.
Finding aid available: Index.
GEMEENTEARCHIEF KAMPEN
Oudestraat l33
Kampen
Phone: 05202-7855
Hours: 8:30-l2:00, l:30-5:l5
Collections :
a. Gereformeerde Kerk Seminary
l850-l970
20 feet
Official papers of the Seminary.
Papers of teachers, administrators, and some students.
Finding aid in progress; no restrictions on access.
Note: This seminary had strong connections with the
Dutch Reformed Churches in America. The founders
of the Seminary were also leaders in the emigration
movement to America.
b. Population Register which includes "Landverhuizers" or
emigrants .
l847-l876
One volume for each year which contains immigrant data.
Lists of emigrants' names reported by each village in
the area governed by Kampen.
Each emigrant household head is listed with data such
as age, occupation, social status, reasons for
emigration, place of origin, and destination.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
274 The Netherlands
9. GEMEENTEARCHIEF IN ROTTERDAM
Mathenesser laan 3l5
Rotterdam
Hours: 9:00-5:00
See "Index to Personal Papers" Catalogus van de Hand-
schriften Verzameling, 2 vols., inclusive dates:
twelfth century to the present. This is a two volume
index, with part of volume one including the list of
personal papers. These volumes may be used for an
extended search for immigrant letters. Most of the
personal papers are from community leaders and few,
if any, will contain immigrant letters.
Collections :
a. "Gereformeerde" Churches in the Netherlands
l836-l970
Bulk is large—entire bank of shelves
Church and synodical notes
Discussion of church polity, doctrinal issues, social
issues and the ordinary business of church life.
Finding aid available: Inventory; no restrictions on
access .
Note: In these papers are letters from ministers in the
sister churches of America, for example, A. C. van
Raalte in Holland, Michigan.
b . Helenius De Cock Papers
l850-l900
Four feet.
Correspondence, sermon notes, reports, and memorabilia.
Correspondence with family and colleagues concerning
family and church matters.
Finding aid available: Index; no restrictions on access.
Note: In this collection are letters from A. C. van
Raalte, H. Scholte, S. van Velzen, A. Zwemer, and
perhaps other leaders of the Christelijke Afgescheid-
enen Kerk leaders. Some letters are written from
America, others refer to the Dutch-American settle
ments .
The Nether! and a 275
GEMEENTEARCHIEF ZWOLLE
Voorstraat 26-28
Zwolle (Overijssel)
Phone: 05200-32488
Hours: 8:30-l2:45, l:l5-5:00
Collection:
Gereformeerde Kerken
a. Congregations
b. Classes
c. Synods
[l834-??]
Approx. l2 meters.
Notes .
Consists primarily of church business, but many Dutch
immigrants came from the Zwolle area and church min
utes often refer to the causes and results of dimin
ished membership.
Finding aid available; no restrictions on access.
Note: Also contains population statistics.
76 The Netherlands
APPENDIX N-III
Sources Available in Other Archives
(Netherlands)
b. Abraham Kuyper
l880-l920
3 meters.
Correspondence, reports.
Primarily contains information regarding the political
career of A. Kuyper. Also contains letters from
over 25 Dutch-Americans.
Finding aid available: Index; no restrictions on access.
Note: A. Kuyper was the prime minister in the Nether
lands from l9l0-l920, and an influential leader
among Calvinists throughout the world. Many Ameri
can immigrants asked him for intellectual and reli
gious advice.
APPENDIX N-IV
Sources Available in Private Hands
(Netherlands)
Note : All of these collections have been copied and are avail
able for research in the Bentley Historical Library, The
University of Michigan.
l . A; W. Baron
Hellendoorn (Overijssel)
Correspondence.
l848
3 letters.
Comments about travel, arrival and searching for land
in America.
2 . Beuker Family
Emlichheim, Germany
Letters from H. Beuker.
l899 - [l905]
9 letters.
Comments about family life in America (Chicago, Kalamazoo
and Grand Rapids) .
3 . Frederick Braams
Gemeente Rolde (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l945-l967
22 letters.
Letters concern private activities of Klaas Braams in
Richmond, California. Some comments about politics
and the end of World War II.
4 . H. Brinks
Eet (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l853-l946
l0 letters.
First letter about settlement in Michigan and later mov
ing to Iowa. Letters from l920-l946 about family
developments, economy, and war.
5 . A. Bruinsel
Markelo
Correspondence-
l892
l letter.
280 The Netherlands
6 . W. Bulsink-Wisman
Ijzerlo - Aalten
Correspondence .
l872-l875
2 letters.
General comments about health and well-being; few particu
lars .
7 . Mevr . De Jong
Schoonoord (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l9l8
l letter.
Discussion of possible places to live in North and South
America .
8 . J. de Wolde
Rouveen (Overijssel)
Correspondence .
l850-l865
l0 letters.
Church, farm, and community life in Grandville and
Beaverdam, Michigan. Very early correspondence from
western Michigan.
9 . J. H. Ensink
Laar , Germany
Correspondence .
l899-l933
l6 letters.
Comments about family and church life in Graafschap, Mich
igan by H. Gruppen to Gerrit Gruppen in Emlichheim,
Germany.
l 0 . Hensen Family
West Germany
Correspondence .
l882-l923
l0 letters.
From family member; contains family news about economic/
social life in America and about World War I.
l l . W. Hovenga
Deventer
Correspondence .
[l8981-l907
4 letters.
Discussion of Spanish- American War. Discussion of family,
farm, and church affairs. Interesting account of
The NethcrlanJ. 28l
l2 . Jolink Family
Balenge (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l950
l letter.
Comments about travel and life in America - Allegan,
Michigan .
l3. W. Kappe
Enter (Overijssel)
Correspondence .
l883-l886
3 letters.
Comments about farm and church life in North Holland,
Michigan.
l4. Kistemaker
Andijk (North Holland)
Letters and travel account.
l897-l93l
40 letters.
Church, farm, and family life in America.
l 5 . I. Warger-te Kolstee
Lelystad
Correspondence .
l906-l9l6
l2 letters.
Discussion of family, farm, and church life.
l6 . Mvr. Koopman
Borger (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l892-l922
l4 letters.
Comments about family life, work, and opportunities in
Chicago .
l 7 . William Lanning
Noordsleen (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l872
l letter.
Farewell letter - written just before leaving the
Netherlands .
282 The Netherlands
l 8 . Mevr. G. P. Lanting
Assen
Correspondence .
l866-l886
25 letters.
Discussion about church, family and social situation in
America. especially Chicago.
l9. G. H. Ligterink
Lochem
Correspondence of Peterson family.
l87l-l873
3 letters.
Account of travel, arrival, and family life in America.
Good account of travel difficulties.
20 . Frau E. Lankamp
Velsen, Germany
Correspondence .
l847
l letter.
Discussion of moral problems involved in emigration -
directed against the decisions of van Raalte and
Scholte. Important letter discussing the theological
arguments against emigration; letter written by Rev.
J. B. Zondag and addressed to the churches in Graaf-
schap, Bentheim.
2 l . J. A. Niemeijer
Haren (Groningen)
Correspondence .
l904-l935
25 letters.
Comments about family life, church life and other Dutch
families in Chicago. Letters from the "Groningen 's
Corner" in Chicago.
2 2 . Mr. S. Noorda
Ulrum
Correspondence .
l854-l900
ll letters.
About settlement in Grand Haven, Michigan (l854), Holland,
Michigan (l890), and Oak Harbor, Washington (l896).
23. A. Often
Rijssen (Overijssel)
Correspondence .
l889-l892
40 letters.
Discussion of family, farm and church life.
The Netherlands 283
25 . Nico Plomp
Zegveld
Correspondence and travel account.
l856-l9l0
6 letters, l5 page travel account.
Discussion of farm and church life in America.
26. E. Postma
Losser (Overijssel)
Correspondence .
l935-l956
25 letters.
Comments about family, church, and World War II by J. R.
Brink.
27. W. L. A. Reggelink
Winterswi jk
Correspondence .
l859
2 letters.
Information about settlers and life in Holland, Michigan
and Cheboygan, Wisconsin.
28. A. Riends
Holte (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l882
3 letters.
Comments on farm life in Sioux Center, Iowa.
30. E. Smit
Vassen (Gelderland)
Correspondence .
l88l-l905
25 letters.
284 The Netherlands
3l . Dr. C. Smits
Haren (Groningen)
Printed correspondence.
l862
2 letters.
Comments about settlement in Pella, Iowa; church life and
new immigrants. Originals in possession of Van Hinte
family—the author in l928 of a two volume work en
titled Nether landers in America.
32 . Mvr . Stoepman
Nijverdal (Overijssel)
Travel account and diary.
l885-l886
22 typewritten pages.
Travel account includes comments about the trip to America
and the efforts of Mr. Vis to find work in New York,
Minnesota, and Chicago.
34 . E . Van Lenep
Leeuwarden (Friesland)
Letters and copies of letters.
l909-l932
2 small notebooks and l5 letters.
Discusses business efforts of an immigrant, G. Charles
van Lidth. Letters written to his father, "L. J. A.
van Lidth de Jeude."
37 . Weenink Family
Haarlo
Correspondence .
l950-l975
25 letters.
Comments about family life, farm life, church affairs
in Sunnyside, Washington.
38. D. J. Wesselo
Pi jnacker
Correspondence and family genealogy.
l885-l908
l0 letters.
Contains information regarding family, religious, and
economic affairs from Zeeland, Michigan.
39. H. H. Wilms
Groningen
Correspondence .
l948-l957
l5 letters.
Discussion of immigrant families in America. Letters
are late, but demonstrate long-term interest in
family connections.
40. J. S. Wilting
Erm (Drenthe)
Correspondence .
l895-l9l3
6 letters.
Comments regarding farm, family and church life.
V
by
Stephen D. Corrsin
city"); and Russia had the central Polish area, known as the
Congress Kingdom, centered around Warsaw, plus the lands of
the Commonwealth's Lithuanian Grand Duchy, which now make up
most of the Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, and Latvia. This
was the situation up to World War I.3 The interwar Polish
Republic included most of the former Prussian and Austrian
areas and the Congress Kingdom, plus a stretch of eastern bor
derlands largely populated by Ukrainians, Belorussians , and
Lithuani is. This eastern area was annexed by the Soviet
Union during World War II. As compensation Poland got a large
part of former Prussia.
Poland has throughout its history had a very mixed popu
lation. In the period covered by the Bentley Library project (pri
marily l820-l920, with some interest in l920-l939), the major
ethnic groups were the Poles, Jews, Germans, Lithuanians,
Ukrainians, and Belorussians. The major religious groups were
the Roman Catholics, Greek Catholics (Uniates) , Jews, Russian
Orthodox, and various Protestant sects. Poland today is al
most completely Polish in ethnic composition and heavily
Roman Catholic in faith, as a result of the near-extermination
of the Jewish community during World War II and the border
changes and population transfers of that time. For the pro
ject we decided not to limit ourselves to a single group;
rather, we have been interested in any material now extant i
Poland regardless of the group concerned. Studies now being
undertaken in Poland concentrate on ethnic Poles and pay lit
tle attention, by and large, to other groups.
During the partitions era and under the interwar repub
lic, Poland became one of Europe's most important countries
of emigration. In regard to the emigrations to America, the
major motivations were political and economic ones. After the
unsuccessful Polish insurrections of l830, l846, l848, and
l863, some thousands of political and military refugees left
their homelands. While most stayed in Europe, a sizable
minority came to the United States. These exiles included
many members of the Polish gentry and intelligentsia. The
real mass emigrations began in the l880s, mostly from the Aus
trian- and Russian-controlled areas. The millions of emigrants
left for several reasons, often — perhaps usually — mixed ones:
to have a better chance to make a decent living, to avoid mil
itary service, to escape persecutions and pogroms. While the
largest number of people came to the United States, many also
went to Latin America, Canada, and western Europe. Emigration
was largely halted by the outbreak of World War I. Although
it gained momentum again after the war, American laws restrict
ing immigration in the l920s cut the flood coming to this
country to a trickle. Between the world wars there was a siz
able return migration to Poland, especially of ethnic Poles. ^
"The fathers hung about the door, but the young men of
the mountains would crowd up to the table asking many ques
tions, for there was work to be got all the year round at
three dollars a day in America, and no military service
to do."
The third statement was written about the middle of the l9th
century by an unidentified Polish immigrant.
"Nothing is free in America, because it is easier to
Po land 295
Notes
l. In western Europe there are Polish libraries in
France and England; these may well have materials relating to
the United States. Such materials probably also exist in
other American countries where emigrants from Poland settled,
especially Canada, Brazil, and Argentina.
2. Recent surveys of Polish history include: Piotr S.
Wandycz, The Lands of Partitioned Poland, l795-l9l8 (Seattle:
University of Washington Press, l974) ; M. K. Dziewanowski ,
Poland in the Twentieth Century (New York: Columbia University
Press, l977); and Aleksander Gieysztor et. al., History of
Poland (Warsaw: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe (hereafter PWN) ,
l968) .
3. The question of city names in eastern Europe is a
particularly thorny one. The above-mentioned L'vov, for
instance, is the Russian name for the city known in Polish as
Lwow, in Ukrainian as L'viv, and in German as Lemberg. City
names appear here as they are in The Times Atlas of the World,
Comprehensive Edition, 5th ed . rev. (London: Times Books, l977),
with the exception of Warszawa, for which the standard English
name, Warsaw, is used. A useful guide to name changes is
Henryk Batowski, S^ownik nazw geograf icznych Europy srodkowej
i wschodniej XIX i XX wieku (Dictionary of geographical names
in nineteenth and twentieth century Central and Eastern Europe)
(Warsaw: PWN, l964) .
4. See Celina Bobinska and Adam Galos, "Poland: Land of
Mass Migration (l9th and 20th Centuries)," in Poland at the
l4th International Congress of Historical Sciences in San
Francisco: Studies in Comparative History (Wroc^aw: Zak^ad
Narodowy imienia Ossolinskich (hereafter ZNO) , l975) , pp. l69-
209.
5. I would like to take this opportunity to express my
thanks to the following: in Krakow —Doctors Hieronim Kubiak,
Andrzej Kapiszewski, Miros^aw Francic, W^odzimierz Wnuk, and
doctoral candidates Adam Walaszek and Zbigniew Wojnar; in War
saw— Doctors Marcin Kula, Marian Drozdowski, Andrzej Paczkow-
ski, Krzysztof Groniowski, and Wojciech Chojnacki; in Lublin —
Dr. Jan Turowski, and the other professors of the Catholic
University's migration institute.
6. There are currently efforts underway in Poland to
prepare an inventory of archival and library materials in Poland
in the field of migration and Polonia studies. Taking part in
this are the National Library, the Bibliographical Section of
the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and
the Archive of Modern Records. See W^adys^aw Chojnacki, "Stan
i potrzeby w zakresie dokumentacji ruchow emigracy jnych i
296 Po 1 and
APPENDIX P-I
Chicago
Bicz Boży l909, l9l2-l9l3
Bulletin of Polish Medical and
Dental Assoc. of America l932-l933
Diabe^. Devil l894
Dziennik Chicagoski l92l-l93l, l938-l939
Dziennik Zjednoczenia l923
Dziennik Związkowy. Dziennik
Narodowy. Polish Daily. Zgoda l923-l924
Echo Młodzieży l934
Echo Muzyczne l925-l926
Free Poland l9l4-l9l8
G^os Polek l939
Harcerz Związku Narodowego
Polskiego l936
Kalendarz "Bicza Bożego" l9l3, l9l6
Kalendarz Hallerczyk l922
Kalendarz Ludowy l923, l925
Kalendarz Rycerstwa Polskiego l9l8
Kalendarz Robotniczy l904
Kalendarz Związkowy Inf ormacyjno-
Encyklopedyczny l9ll, l9l3-l9l6,
l9l9, l922
Okólnik Wydzia^a Narodowego
Polskiego l9l9
Polish Day Annual "Dzień Polski" l929, l930, l932
The Polish Student l929
Przebudzenie l937
Przegląd Kościelny. Polish
Ecclesiastical Review l9l9
Przegląd Polsko-Amerykański l9ll, l9l2
Wici l9l4, l9l6-l9l7
Zgoda l923, l929-l93l
Chicopee, Mass.
Nowa Anglia l936- l938
Cleveland
Kuryer Prawdziwie l939
Detroit
Apostoj? l937- l939
Nasze Pisemko l939
Przewodnik Kupiecki l938
Rekord Codzienny l923
Roczny Raport Ligi Spraw
Polskich l923-l924
Straż l93l-l932, l936-l939
Erie, Pa.
Trybuna Polska l938
Granville, N.Y.
Kalendarz Katolicki l924
Hollywood, Cal.
Polish Art and Film l938
Jersey City, N.J.
G^os Narodu l9l9, l923, l928-l939
Polski Katolik l936-l938
304 Po land
Milwaukee
Komunikat . Klub Książki Polski l939
New Bedford, Mass.
Trybuna l939
New Britain, Conn.
Przewodnik Katolicki l923-l924
Newark, N.J.
Pos^aniec Polsko-Katolickiego
Kościoła l923-l926
New York
Echo z Polski l863-l864
Future l939
Journal of American-Polish Cham
ber of Commerce & Indu stry l920-l922
Kalendarz "Kuryera Nowoyorskiego" l898
Kuryer Narodowy l923
Nasza Szkota l932
Nowy Świat l9l9
Poland l924, l926
Poland. Historical, Literary,
Monumental and Picturesque l84l
Poland a Publication and
a Service l923-l928, l93l-l933
Pos^aniec Serca Jezusa Czyli
Intencya Miesięczna
Apostolstwa Modlitwy l9l9, l923, l925-l940
New York & Chicago
S^owo Ludowe l939
Niles, 1ll.
G^os Niedzielny l930s(?)
Omaha
Pulaski Magazine l936, l938
Orchard Lake, Mich.
Orchard Lake Alumnus l938
Sodalis Maryański l923, l936-l937, l939
Sodalis l923-l924, l939
Pittsburgh
Kalendarz ("Wielkopolanina") l90l
Pittsburczanin l923-l924
Pulaski, Wis.
Kalendarz Franciszkański l928, l938-l939
Miesięcznik Franciszkański l9l3, l9l5/l6,
l925/26, l927/28, l939/40
Miesięcznik Parafialny
oraz Organ Rożaficowy l923-l924
Scranton, Penn.
Polka l938-l939
Rola Boża l926-l927, l929-l939
Shamokin-Mt. Carmel, Penn.
Rekord l939
Sharon, Penn.
Materia^y Statystyczne l932-l933
Po land 305
APPENDIX P-II
Sources Available in the Libraries of the
Polish Academy of Sciences
(Poland)
APPENDIX P-III
Sources Available in University Libraries
(Poland)
l89l-l895
l volume
Letters, programs, photographs, press clippings,
printed materials.
Something of a potpourri, more useful for Poland's
part in the Fair than for Polish-American partici
pation. However, relevant immigrant materials are
included, such as letters; photograph of delegates
to Sejm XVII of Polish Roman Catholic Union, Mil
waukee, l890 (#726); press clippings; etc.
Finding aid available: Inwentarz rekopisow; no restric
tions on access.
Materials on proposed Polish colonies in Central Ameri
ca. Call number 3678 II.
l865
l volume
Manuscripts .
Relevant materials include letter from A. BogusZawski
to J. Jankowski, about hardships faced by Polish
emigrants to U.S. in the l830s; entitled, "A Warn
ing to the Young Emigrants being Recruited for
America . "
Finding aid available: Inwentarz rekopisow; no restric
tions on access.
MateriaXy do historii Galicji na poczatku XX wieku. 9.
Emigracja zarobkowa i posrednictwo pracy (Materials
on the history of Galicia at the start of the 20th
century. 9. Economic emigration and labor exchange).
Call number 8ll4 IV.
l908-l9l3
l bundle
Typescripts, manuscripts, printed materials.
Relevant materials include: Tadeusz Zebracki, "On sea
sonal economic emigration"; "Circulars of the Presi-
dium of the Governor-Generalship to the starostwa.
l908-l3 . . . concerning the regulation of travel
bureaus and the recruitment of seasonal workers"
(includes lists of bureaus and agents, and official
instructions) ; information on and publications of
the Polish Emigration Society (see reports on the
Krakow Provincial State Archives and Main Archive
of Older Records for more Society materials) .
Finding aid available: Inwentarz rekopisow; no restric
tions on access.
Note: These materials are more concerned with seasonal
migration within Europe than with American emigra
tion .
"Wiadomosc o tuZaczach polskich umariych w Ameryce,"
przez Marcina Ros ienkiewicza (News about Polish
exiles who have died in America, by Marcin Rosien-
kiewicz). Call number 7043 IV.
l838
2 sheets
Manuscript .
Letter to Eustachy Januszkiewicz from Rosienkiewicz,
Philadelphia, l838. Has brief biographies on l2
Polish emigrants who died in U.S.
Finding aid available: Inwentarz rękopisów; no restric
tions on access.
Note: Rosienkiewicz was an important figure among Po
lish political emigrants in the U.S. in the l830s;
the Czartoryski Library has other materials by him.
Polish-American Press, pre-World War II
l870-l939
55 titles
Periodicals .
See Kazimierz Tatarowicz, Katalog Poloników periodycz
nych wydanych zagranica do roku l939. Zbiory Bibli
oteki Jagiellońskie3 (Catalog of Polonian Periodi-
cals Published Abroad up to l939. The Collections
of the Jagiellonian Library) (Kraków: NakZadem Uni
wersytetu Jagiellońskiego, l96l) .
Finding aid available: see Tatarowicz; no restrictions
on access.
In addition to the following titles in Tatarowicz,
there is one other title, on microfilm: Wiadomości
Codzienne, Cleveland; 3 reels, incl. v. 3, l9l8
(n. l47-299), and v. 4, l9l9 (n. l-305). This is
a copy of a film at the University of Minnesota.
The numbers in parentheses refer to the numbers
in Tatarowicz.
Ameryka (2), Toledo, l89l-l893, l895-l897
Bicz Boży (9) , Chicago, l9l5 (l issue)
Bulletin of the Polish Medical and Dental Associa
tion of America (25) , Chicago, l933-l938
Dziennik Chicagoski (40) , Chicago, l890-l9l3
Dziennik Milwauki (42) , Milwaukee, l902
Dzień Swiety (46-7, Chicago, l883, l897
Echo Muzyczne (5l) , Chicago, l924-l933
Echo z Polski (54) , New York, l863-l865
Free Poland (62) , Washington, Chicago, l9l8-l9l9
Gazeta Katolicka (64) , Chicago, l898 (l issue)
Gazeta Nowoyorska (66), New York, l874
Gazeta Polska w Chicago (70), Chicago, l873-l875,
l877-l878, l880, l882-l9l2
GXos Narodu (79) , Jersey City, l922-l924
Harmonia-n03) , Buffalo, l90l-l902
Katolik (ll6) , Winona, Minnesota, l894-l895
Katolik (ll7), Milwaukee, l897-l900
Kuryer Narodowy (l39), New York, l925 (l issue)
Kurjer Nowojorski i Brooklynski (l40) , New York,
l890-l892, l896-l898
Naród Polski (l70), Chicago, l904-l9l0, l9l2
Niedziela (l8l) , Detroit, l89l-l893
Niedzielny Gornik (l82), Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania,
l922
Nowy Świat (l99), New York, l92l-l925
Obywatel (20l) , New York, l895-l896
Po land 32l
New York
Kalendarz 'Kuryera Nowoyorskiego ' l898
Kuryer Narodowy l923-l926, l928-l929, l930-l93l
Motyl l9l9
Nowy Świat l920-l927, l929-l93l
Philadelphia and other cities
Jedność l930-l93l
Pittsburg
Sokót Polski l9l9, l92l-l926, l930-l93l, l935-l938
Wielkopolanin l9l8, l92l, l923
Reading, Pennsylvania
Gazeta Readingska l9 3l
Toledo
ZrodZo (Zwiastun) Prawdy could not be determined
Toledo, Chicago
Ameryka-Echo l92l-l927
Utica, New York
S^owo Polskie l930-l93l
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Górnik Codzienny l92l-l922
Niedzielny Gornik could not be determined
Youngstown, Ohio
Goniec l930-l93l
Finding aid available: general periodical catalog; no
restrictions on access; material available for copy
ing.
APPENDIX P-IV
Sources Available in Local Archives
(Poland)
Collections :
a. Akta C. K. Dyrekcji Policji w Krakowie (l849-l9l8)
(Records of the Imperial Directorate of the Police
in Krakow). Call numbers l24, l25.
l886-l9l8
2 bundles
Manuscripts and typescripts.
Includes police material on illegal emigration, largely
to America; reports, circulars, internal corres
pondence, case files.
Finding aid available: printed inventory.
b . Akta C. K. Starostwa w Zywcu. Sprawy paszportowe
(Records of the Zywiec Starostwo. Passport matters )
Call numbers St 2 I 37, 38.
l892-l9l8
2 folders
Manuscripts and typescripts.
Consists mostly of applications for passports; earli
est mention of America as destination, l907.
Often include name, birthplace and date, residence,
physical description; sometimes have information on
religion, army status, etc. Very little directly
about America.
Finding aid available: printed inventory.
Note: A "starostwo" was an institution of local gov
ernment. Many of these types of records were des
troyed during World War II; the Zywiec materials
make up one of the most complete surviving records
groups from the Krakow area.
c . Akta Starostwa Powiatowego w Zywcu. Emigracja zarob-
kowa i opieka nad wychodzstwem (Records of the
District Starostwo in Zywiec. Economic emigration
and protection of emigrants) . Call numbers St Z
II 268, 269.
l9l9-l936
2 folders, about l0 relevant items included
Manuscripts and typescripts.
Official materials on employment-seeking emigration;
requests, permissions (for passports) ; central gov
ernment instructions; reports.
Finding aid available: printed inventory.
Note: see note on preceding collection.
d. Archiwum Naczelnego Komitetu Narodowego (Archive of
the Main National Committee). Microfilms l00203-4,
l00206-7. Call numbers NKN-l8, l9, 20, 2l.
l9l3-l9l8
2 whole reels, parts of 2 others
Microfilms of typescripts, manuscripts, printed mate
rials; originals also here.
Archive of the NKN, an important nationalist political
organization during World War I. Collection has
materials about its attempts to influence Polish-
Americans on the "Polish question"; reports on
328 Poland
Collection :
Zespoj? Akt Kancelarii Gubernatora Lubelskiego (Collection
of Records of the Chancery of the Governor of Lublin
Province)
l866-l9l7
l3,864 archival units
Manuscripts and typescripts; some material also in Rus
sian.
Very small part (apparently under l percent) on emigration.
Relevant records concern passports, illegal emigration.
Finding aid available: J. Tomczyk, Przewodnik po zespole
akt kancelarii gubernatora lubelskiego z lat l866-l9l7
(Guide to the Collection of Records of the Governor of
Lublin Province) (Warsaw, l966) ; restrictions on
access: permission of the Main Board of State Archives
required; material is available for copying.
Note: This archive also includes records of Siedlce and
Che^m provinces.
Collections :
a. Landratsamt Birnbaum/Landratura Międzychod (Region of
Birnbaum)
l8l6-l9l8
88.l linear meters
Mostly manuscripts; in German.
Probably less than l percent of collection deals with
emigration. Relevant materials can be found under
"Migration and Emigration" (call numbers l20-l24
and ll0l-ll09) .
Finding aid available: printed inventory.
Note: The "landrat" was the unit of local government
approximately equal to a county. This is the best
preserved of the "landrat" collections; others also
have relevant material (see the Guide to the
archive) .
b . Oberprasidium Posen/Naczelny Prezes Prowincji Poznan-
skiej w Poznafiiu (Head of the Province of Poznan)
l8l5-l9l9
220 linear meters
330 Poland
APPENDIX P-V
Sources Available in Other Archives
(Poland)
l9l9-l967
About 80 items, mostly letters
Manuscripts and typescripts.
Consists mostly of letters written from U.S. in l940s,
l950s, and l960s, to village in Tatra region; part of
a group of over 200 letters covering l896-l968 col
lected by W^odzimierz Winclawski for a sociological
study, apparently entitled, "Przemiany srodowiska
wychowawczego wsi peryferynej" (Changes in the educa
tional milieu of a peripheral village) . He returned
most of the letters to their original owners, depos
iting remainder in the Museum.
One interesting series consists of copies of seven
letters by G. Kula to his mother in Poland, written
while he was with the U.S. army in Germany, l9l9-l920;
shows strong attachment to America, refuses to return
to Poland, as many people did at that time.
No finding aid available; no restrictions on access;
material available for copying.
INDEX
Note: Collections are indexed by groups which generated the
records. In cases where the ethnic composition of an
organization was very mixed or where the subject of the
collection was immigration generally the category "mixed"
was used.
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