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Records (1935-1946) of the Zveza "Lilija" Wisconsin (Alliance "Lily" of Wisconsin), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consist chiefly of financial records. Also included are records of the Juvenile Department, consistution, and by-laws.

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Papers (1904-1920) of Anthony Grebenc, a Slovenian immigrant, consist of a manuscript which is an autobiographical sketch of immigrant life on Minnesota's Iron Range. Rich in Range folklore, the manuscript touches on Grebenc's parents' courtship and marriage, work in the mines, school experiences, and Slovenian village disputes which continued in America.

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Papers (1911-1963) of Anton Nemanich, an early Slovene immigrant, include minutes, correspondence, and photographs. Nemanich was once president of the Grand Carniolian Slovenian Catholic Union (KSKJ). Selected items from the collection have been digitized and are available in the University of Minnesota's U Media Archive and on the Digitizing Immigrant Letters project website (see "Digital material" below).

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Papers of Father Bertrand Kotnik papers (1913-2009) consist of correspondence, parish jubilee books, programs, and sheet music.

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Frank Klune was president of the Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota Lodge No. 110 (Chisholm, Minnesota). Papers consist of related correspondence, minutes and other records.

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Records (1953-1963) of the Slovenian American newspaper Glas Naroda include correspondence, subscriber lists, and editorial material. Also included is correspondence pertaining to Anna Pracek Krasna's book selling business, and letters to publishing houses in Slovenia.

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Papers (1920-1945) of John Berlisg (1882-1945) include a short biography of him; photographs of him and the singing group "Svoboda"; translations of operettas, sheet music and an obituary.

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Papers (1908-) of editor John Jerich (1894-1973) consist of correspondence, photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, enlistment records, and certificates.

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Papers (n.d.) of Rev. John L. Zaplotnik, a Catholic priest, comprise publications and maps, reflecting his missionary work among Slovene Americans. He used the material in his own research and writings.

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Records (1894-1924) of Kranjsko-Slovenska Katoliska Jednota (Grand Carnolian Slovenian Catholic Union) consist of Board of Directors' minutes (1894-1895) and a 30th anniversary publication (1924).

Abstract The collection consists of photocopied material obtained by Dr. Lorraine M. Lees through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests for Federal Bureau of Investigation files on three Yugoslav American ethnic organizations.Included are photocopies of surveillance records generated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Strategic Services on three ethnic organizations: the American Slav Congress; the Serbian National Defense Council; and the United Committee...

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Papers (1945-1963) of Mary Golobitsh, a Slovenian immigrant from Joliet, Illinois, whose husband Anton operated a grocery store, consist of letters to and from her niece, Ana Sklandar in Yugoslavia. Many of the letters describe the life of Slovenian immigrants in America.

Abstract Matija Pogorelc (1895-1957) was a vendor of Slovene religious articles and jewelry who visited numerous Slovene communities throughout the United States. Papers (1920-1957) of Pogorelc comprise corresondence with Slovene Americans, Slovene benefit societies, and the Slovenian Catholic Union; material pertaining to the museum honoring Msgr. J.F. Buh at the College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, Minnesota); newspaper clippings including articles Pogorelc wrote about his travels; and business...

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Papers consist of correspondence, photocopies of newspaper articles Michael Prebilic wrote, and his autobiography (158 pages).

Selected items from the collection have been digitized and are available in the University of Minnesota's U Media Archive and on the Digitizing Immigrant Letters project website (see "Digital material" below).

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Records (1906-1907) of Mother of Sorrows Church (Cleveland, Ohio) include baptism; marriage; and death registers. Also included is the baptism register (1893-1921) for St. Vitus Church (Cleveland, Ohio).

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Records (1915-1917) of the Slovenian Library, Ely, Minn., consist of Board of Directors' minutes.

Abstract Records (1909-1941) of the Slovenska Svobodomiselna Podporna Zveza (Slovene Progressive Benefit Society) (Chicago, Illinois), consist of minutes, financial records, secretary's books, records of the Juvenile Department, records of the investment committee, and records of Lodge 47.Also included is material of or pertaining to Joseph Benk, Anton Duller, Dr. J. Dvorsky, Matthew Gaishek, Joseph Ivansek, John Kalan, Martin Konda, Joseph Matko, Ludwig Mayer, Anton Mladic, Louis Skubic, Carl...

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Records (1908-1918) of the Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation (Conemaugh, Pennsylvania) consist of minutes of meetings of the organizational leadership.

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Records (1912-1913) of Slovenska Sirotisnica in Sanitarij (Slovenian Orphanage and Sanatorium), Chicago, Illinois, consist of minutes. The minutes document the temporary alliance of many Slovenian American organizations to raise money to build an orphanage and/or hospital to serve Slovene immigrants.

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Records (1904-1917) of Slovensko Podporno Drustvo "Sv. Barbara" (Slovene Benefit Society "St. Barbara")(Forest Hills, Pennsylvania) consist of minutes. The organization was a smaller benefit society organized by coal miners and other coal field workers in western and central Pennsylvania."Saint Barbara" locals were common among Slovene coal miners at this time. The society appears to have merged with the Slovene National Benefit Society after 1917.

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Records (1902-1959) of Saint Lawrence Church (Cleveland, Ohio) comprise marriage and death registers.

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Records (1893-1957) of St. Vitus Church (Cleveland, Ohio) comprise baptism, confirmation, communion, marriage, and death registers.

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Records (1905-1950) of Sv. Lovrenc and Sv. Mihel (St. Lawrence and St. Michael) Churches (Dolenjsko, Slovenia) consist of parish chronicles and surveys of emigrants from the Sv. Mihel parish.

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Papers (1894-1937) of Wenceslau Sholar, a Slovenian immigrant priest, consist of letters written to his brother in Slovenia. The letters describe the early years of Slovene settlement in Illinois and Minnesota, where Sholar served.

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Records (1922-1949) of the Jugoslovansko Republicansko Zdruzenje (Yugoslav Republican Alliance), Chicago, Illinois, include correspondence, financial records, and other internal records. Correspondents include Ljudska Tiskarna.

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The Yugoslav (Slovenian) Radio Hour (Milwaukee, Wis.) collection (ca. 1942-1953) consists of scripts used for radio programs.

Abstract Records (1905-1952) of Jugoslovanska Socialisticna Zveza (Jugoslav Socialist Federation) (Chicago, Illinois) include correspondence, minutes, financial records, membership lists, and other material of the Federation. Also included are records of the Federation's "Prosvetna Matica," the Junior Order of the Federation, and its publications Proletarec, Majski Glas, and Ameriski Druzinski Koledar. Branch records include Chicago, Cleveland, Clinton (Indiana), Waukegan (Illinois), Piney Forks...