| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Gallka, John Kazimierz |
| Title: | John Kazimierz Gallka Journals |
| Dates: | 1934-1965 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | John Kazimierz Gallka (1894-1968) was a Polish immigrant to Cleveland, Ohio, who joined the Police Department and wrote articles for the Polish language daily newspaper, Wiadomosci Codzienne. He also fought with the Polish Volunteer Army in World War I. The collection consists of journals which contain copies of Gallka's newspaper articles and a long autobiographical sketch with information about Polish American life in Cleveland. |
| MS Number | MS 3638 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in Polish |
The John Kazimierz Gallka Journals, 1934-1965, consist of journals which contain copies of Gallka's newspaper articles and a long autobiographical sketch with information about Polish American life in Cleveland.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Polish immigrant community in Cleveland, Ohio, and the journalism career of John Kazimierz Gallka.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3638 John Kazimierz Gallka Journals, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Rev. Msgr. Charles Kawelkowski in 1975.
John Kazimierz Gallka Journals 1934-1965 |
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| Box | Volume | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Autobiography and journal 1934-1940 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Journal 1940-1946 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Journal 1946-1965 | |||||||||