| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Polish Library Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish Library Home | | | | Dates: | 1891-1969 | | | | Abstract: | The Polish Library Home was located on Kenilworth Avenue in the Cleveland, Ohio, Tremont neighborhood. It housed a large collection of Polish literature and served as a meeting place for Polish groups, including several lodges of the Polish National Alliance, a fraternal insurance organization which sought to preserve Polish culture and worked for the re-establishment of a free Poland. The home closed in 1984. The collection consists of minute books, dues books, and an account book of the home. Also included are minute books, ledger books, dues books, and insurance rolls of the Polish National Alliance, Groups 171, 229, 861 and 2584. | | | | Call #: | MS 4133 | | | | Extent: | 3.60 linear feet (9 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish Library Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Alliance of Poles of America, Group 87 Records
| | | | Creator: | Alliance of Poles of America, Group 87 | | | | Dates: | 1895-1966 | | | | Abstract: | Group 87 of the Alliance of Poles of America was established in 1916 as one of a number of Cleveland, Ohio, lodges of the Alliance of Poles of America, a fraternal insurance organization which broke away from the Polish National Alliance in 1895. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, constitution booklets, correspondence, financial statements, bank pass books, insurance membership materials, and group activity tickets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3962 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Alliance of Poles of America. Group 87 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Group 1938 Records
| | | | Creator: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, Group 1938 | | | | Dates: | 1906-1964 | | | | Abstract: | Group 1938 was one of a number of Cleveland, Ohio, chapters of the Polish National Alliance, a national fraternal insurance society founded in 1879, with its first Cleveland chapter established in 1886. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, financial records, constitution booklets, correspondence, membership applications and statements, and grades from the lodge's Polish school. | | | | Call #: | MS 3961 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. Group 1938 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Insurance, Fraternal -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Friendly societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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