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Part 03: Early Hamtramck (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 03: Early Hamtramck (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Immigration and emigration -- Social aspects.
DescriptionMrs. Czeslawa Kopacki recalls the city's rapid development of homes. Mrs. Iris Page Butler, an Afri...
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Part 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectPoland -- Social life and customs -- 1795-1918.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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Part 02: Reasons for coming (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 02: Reasons for coming (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectRefugees -- Government policy -- Poland.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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Part 04: Rapid industrial development/working conditions (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 04: Rapid industrial development/working conditions (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectAutomotive industry -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionBeatrice Kobe Adamski, Hamtramck Public Library Director and Michigan Librarian of the Year, shares ...
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Part 05: Early political development (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 05: Early political development (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
DescriptionMrs. Iris Page Butler, an African-American, known as "Hamtramck's Angel of Mercy," Health Department...
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Part 06: 1920
TitlePart 06: 1920
Date1973
SubjectProhibition -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionMrs. Iris Page Butler, an African-American, known as "Hamtramck's Angel of Mercy," Health Department...
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Part 07: Influence of the church (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 07: Influence of the church (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectSt. Florian Mission (Hamtramck, Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.
DescriptionMrs. Iris Page Butler, an African-American, known as "Hamtramck's Angel of Mercy," Health Department...
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Part 08: Respect for education (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 08: Respect for education (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectPolish Americans -- Education -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionAnnie Cairns, originally from Scotland, taught English and Family Living at the Hamtramck High Schoo...
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Part 09: Race relations (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 09: Race relations (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectAfrican Americans -- Relations with Polish Americans.
DescriptionAnnie Cairns, originally from Scotland, taught English and Family Living at the Hamtramck High Schoo...
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Part 10: Tau Beta Community House (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 10: Tau Beta Community House (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectTau Beta Community House (Hamtramck, Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.
DescriptionBeatrice Kobe Adamski, Hamtramck Public Library Director and Michigan Librarian of the Year speaks o...
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Part 12: Clubs,social and cultural organizations (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 12: Clubs,social and cultural organizations (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectClubs -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionJoseph A. Lewandowski, mayor (1934-36) and municipal judge, remembers how the early Poles built thei...
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Part 13: Polish Language and Culture (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 13: Polish Language and Culture (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectPolish Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 20th century.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school Board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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Part 16: K. T. Keller - Chrysler Corporation confrontation (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 16: K. T. Keller - Chrysler Corporation confrontation (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectKeller, Kaufman Thurma, 1885-1966 -- Political and social views.
DescriptionJoseph A. Lewandowski, mayor (1934-36) and municipal judge, shares about his heated confrontation wi...
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Part 17: Great Depression Bank Holiday (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 17: Great Depression Bank Holiday (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectBanks and banking -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionCass Piotrowski, attorney and Liberty State Bank Board member tells how there was no need for the ba...
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Part 18: The Bowery (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 18: The Bowery (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectBowery (Hamtramck, Mich. : Nightclub)
DescriptionDave Stober, Hamtramck clothier, Liberty State Bank Board member, civic leader and friend of Frank B...
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Part 19: Voting - a treasured right (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 19: Voting - a treasured right (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectElections -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionWalter J. Gajewski, World War II veteran and City Clerk from 1950 to 1979, talks about elections in ...
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Part 20: President Harry S. Truman - a shot of bourbon (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 20: President Harry S. Truman - a shot of bourbon (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectTruman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
DescriptionJoseph L. Wisniewski, Hamtramck Police Commissioner, Wayne County Democratic Chairman, Governor G.M....
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Part 21: President John F. Kennedy
TitlePart 21: President John F. Kennedy
Date1973
SubjectKennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
DescriptionWalter Bielski, Constable, City Councilman, City Treasurer, Secretary to Congressman Thaddeus M. Mac...
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Part 22: The City
TitlePart 22: The City
Date1973
SubjectCommunity development -- Social aspects -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionWalter A. Paruk, attorney, World War II veteran, Presidential Unit Citation, municipal judge, 1962-7...
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Part 23: Narrator
TitlePart 23: Narrator
Date1973
SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
DescriptionSummary comments about the oral history project, "Julia's Prayer: Recollections of Hamtramck, Michig...
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Part 14: Business community (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 14: Business community (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectHamtramck (Mich.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
DescriptionMax Witkowski and his brother Vernon were clothiers whose store was a fixture on Joseph Campau. Und...
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Part 11: Sports (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 11: Sports (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectSchool sports -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionDave Stober, local clothier, civic leader and Peoples State Bank Board member and John Wiencek, life...
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Part 15: Great Depression (RealPlayer version)
TitlePart 15: Great Depression (RealPlayer version)
Date1973
SubjectDepressions -- 1929 -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.
DescriptionBernard (Barney) Sumner, owner of Barney's Clothes, weathered the effects of the Great Depression al...
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Part 02: Reasons for coming (Windows Media version)
TitlePart 02: Reasons for coming (Windows Media version)
Date1973
SubjectRefugees -- Government policy -- Poland.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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Part 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (Windows Media version)
TitlePart 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (Windows Media version)
Date1973
SubjectPoland -- Social life and customs -- 1795-1918.
DescriptionStephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26)...
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