| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Lodzieski, Stefan Family |
| Title: | Stefan Lodzieski Family Papers |
| Dates: | 1933-1966 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Stefan Lodzieski (ca. 1882-1951) was the founder and vice-president of the Lakewood Bakery Company of Lakewood, Ohio, and nationally prominent in twentieth century Polish-American political and cultural circles. His wife, Victoria, served as president of the Polish Welfare Association. The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia relating to the activities of Stefan Lodzieski and his wife, Victoria, their daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Capt. Stefan Sliwinski, who was captured by the Germans in World War II. |
| MS Number | MS 4282 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English and Polish |
Stefan Lodzieski (ca. 1882-1951) was the founder and vice-president of the Lakewood Bakery Company of Lakewood, Ohio, and became nationally prominent in Polish-American political and cultural circles in the twentieth century. Born in Wienzbno, Poland, Lodzieski immigrated to the United States in 1902 and opened his first bakery in Lakewood in 1911. Nine years later he bought the Lakewood Bakery at 11717 Detroit Avenue and developed it into a twelve-store chain. He organized and served as vice-president of the National Committee of Americans of Polish Descent and became the president as well as patron of the Polish Research Institute of Modern History. He was also a member of the Polish National Alliance Lodge, Lakewood Elks, Lakewood Kiwanis, Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, and Polish National Council. Victoria Lodzieski (1887-1950) married Stefan in 1909. Born in Rypin, Poland, she immigrated to the United States in 1905. She was a member of the Daughters of Poland, Halina Singing Society, Jutrzenska Singing Society, and the World War I Committee for the Liberation of Poland and became president of the Polish Welfare Association in 1935. Their daughter Elizabeth (b. 1910) married Captain Stefan Sliwinski (1896-1967) who was a Polish prisoner of war captured by the Germans and liberated by the Americans.
The Stefan Lodzieski Family Papers, 1933-1966, consist of correspondence, clippings, and memorabilia relating to the activities of Stefan and Victoria Lodzieski, their daughter Elizabeth Sliwinski and their son-in-law Captain Stefan Sliwinski. Included is correspondence from Polish notables such as Kaziemier Wierzynski, Waclaw Jedrzejewicz, and Hendryk F. Rajchman.
This collection pertains largely to the activities of Polish-Americans in Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio, during the 1940s and 1950s. Much of the collection is written in Polish.
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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 4282 Stefan Lodzieski Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Elizabeth Sliwinski, 1975 and 1976.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1988.