Worcester Countys Polish Community
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Author | : Barbara Proko |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738554549 |
Polish settlement in Worcester County had humble beginnings: a small group of German Poles in the 1870s. Over the next decades, thousands of Russian and Austrian Poles, fleeing economic and political hardship, pinned their hopes for a better life on jobs in the burgeoning industries of central Massachusetts. Practicing their religion in their native tongue was vital to these devout Catholics. New Englands first Polish parish was founded in Webster, with others following in Worcester, Gardner, West Warren, Clinton, Southbridge, and Dudley. Polish clubs served as central gathering places in Gilbertville, Uxbridge, and South Grafton. Worcester Countys Polish Americans share an intricate web of relationshipsfamily, religious, business, social, cultural, educational, political, and athleticthat celebrates their heritage and sustains them today as one of the regions largest ethnic groups.
Author | : Barbara Proko |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738513386 |
Near the beginning of the twentieth century, thousands of Polish immigrants embarked upon the American Dream in Worcester as the city's lowest-paid mill workers. Slowly, they carved out their own "Polonia," with Millbury Street as the center. By the 1920s, Worcester's Polish community had built a parish with the largest parochial school in the county, established several civic associations, and become an influential group in the city's economy and ethnic composition. The Polish Community of Worcester celebrates the resilient and patriotic spirit of Worcester's Polonia from 1870 through 1970, with rare photographs from private collections and family albums.
Author | : Ellery Bicknell Crane |
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Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Worcester County (Mass.) |
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Author | : United States. Congress |
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Total Pages | : 1452 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Law |
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Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
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Total Pages | : 1490 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
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Author | : Donald E. Pitzer |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807846094 |
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The co
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Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Income tax |
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Author | : United States. Internal Revenue Service |
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Total Pages | : 1518 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations |
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Author | : David Wagner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2015-12-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317254945 |
David Wagner explores the lives of poor people during the three decades after the Civil War, using a unique treasure of biographies of people who were (at one point in time) inmates in a large almshouse, combined with genealogical and other official records to follow their later lives. Ordinary People develops a more fluid picture of "poverty" as people's lives change over the course of time.