| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Polonaise Arts Club |
| Title: | Polonaise Arts Club Records |
| Dates: | 1949-1963 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The Polonaise Arts Club was founded in 1949 to stimulate the Polish-American artistic community in Cleveland, Ohio, and to foster an appreciation of the arts in general. The Club also solicited donations for a permanent scholarship fund to the Cleveland Institute of Art, beginning in 1951. The Polonaise Arts Club was affiliated with the American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs. The collection consists of correspondence, committee lists, catalogs, lists of exhibitors, publicity materials, forms, guest registers of the club's 1st (1950) through 12th (1962) art exhibitions, early membership applications and lists, incomplete meeting notices (1949-1953), and personal correspondence of club president Elizabeth Nicka (1963). |
| MS Number | MS 3783 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Polonaise Arts Club Records, 1949-1963 and undated, consist of correspondence, committee lists, catalogs, lists of exhibitors, publicity materials, forms, guest registers of the club's 1st (1950) through 12th (1962) art exhibitions, early membership applications and lists, incomplete meeting notices (1949-1953), and personal correspondence of club president Elizabeth Nicka (1963).
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Polish immigrant community and Polish culture in Cleveland, Ohio, in the mid-twentieth century. Those studying the history of the visual arts in Cleveland will also find this collection useful.
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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 3783 Polonaise Arts Club Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Elizabeth Nicka in 1974.
Polonaise Arts Club Records 1949-1963 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Annual art exhibitions 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Annual art exhibitions 1953-1962 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Membership applications and meeting notices 1949-1953 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Personal correspondence of Elizabeth Nicka 1963 | |||||||||