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Title
Part 13: Polish Language and Culture (RealPlayer version)
Creator
Lewandowski, Thomas, 1939 - (prod., narr. )

Institution
Oakland Community College

Subject
Polish Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- History -- 20th century.

Subject
Polish language -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Subject
Discrimination in employment -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Item Number
EX01a013

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 and Dave Stober, local clothier, civic leader and Peoples State Bank Board member, share their interest in using the Polish language and culture.

Part 13: Polish Language and Culture (RealPlayer version)

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