the making of modern michigan



Browse Collections
Browse by subject
Browse by institution
participating libraries project background
Title
Part 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (RealPlayer version)
Creator
Lewandowski, Thomas, 1939 - (prod., narr.)

Institution
Oakland Community College

Subject
Poland -- Social life and customs -- 1795-1918.

Subject
Polish Americans -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Subject
Polish Americans -- Michigan -- Hamtramck -- Interviews.

Item Number
EX01a001

Relation
Extracts from oral histories of Hamtramck, MI in the Albert J. Zak Memorial Library (Hamtramck), Detroit Public Library (Burton Collection), Hamtramck Historical Collection, Library of Michigan, Macomb County Library, Oakland Community College Libraries

Type
sound, image

Format
mpeg2

Description
Stephen A. Majewski, mayor (1926-28), attorney, school board trustee, justice of the peace (1922-26) and Peoples State Bank Board member, recalls life as a child on the banks of the Vistula River. Mrs. Czeslawa Kopacki shares her recollections of Poland as a teenage domestic helper responsible for an elderly couple.

Part 01: Life in turn of the twentieth century Poland (RealPlayer version)

imls
The Making of Modern Michigan was funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency that supports the nation's museums and libraries. Through agreement, this site is hosted by the MSU Libraries and therefore is subject to its privacy statement. Please feel free to send any comments regarding this site to digital@mail.lib.msu.edu.