Polish Women's Alliance of America records
Scope and Contents
Records of a national fraternal organization headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois, for Polish-American women that provided insurance and other financial services for its members. Includes constitutions and bylaws, insurance applications, indexes and rosters, loan records and other materials providing individual genealogical information for Polish-American women.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-approximately 1979
Creator
- Polish Women's Alliance of America (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unprocessed and is available by appointment only. Please contact reference@newberry.org at least 5 business days in advance to request an appointment.
Insurance applications less than 75 years old are closed to the public. Researchers using open files must sign an agreement in which they promise to use medical information only for statistical or summary purposes and not to disclose specific names or individually identifiable information.
Extent
85 Linear Feet (204 boxes)
Abstract
Records of a national fraternal organization headquartered in Park Ridge, Illinois, for Polish-American women that provided insurance and other financial services for its members. Includes constitutions and bylaws, insurance applications, indexes and rosters, loan records and other materials providing individual genealogical information for Polish-American women.
Physical Location
1 28 1-7
Source
- Polish Women's Alliance of America (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Polish Women's Alliance of America records, 1898-approximately 1979
- Status
- In Progress
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org