Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Louis Joseph Zake papers
Dates: 1916-1990
Collection Number: 2006C38
Creator: Zake, Louis Joseph, 1934-
Collection Size:
5 manuscript boxes
(2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, notes, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to activities of the Wydzial Narodowy Polski Centralny Komitet
Ratunkowy w Ameryce in mobilizing Polish Americans to support relief efforts for Poland during and after World War I and to
promote establishment of Polish independence. Includes extensive photocopied records of the Wydzial Narodowy. Used as research
material for the book by L. J. Zake, The National Department and the Polish American Community, 1916-1923 (New York, 1990).
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Polish
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Louis Joseph Zake papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2006.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American historian.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, notes, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to activities of the Wydzial Narodowy Polski Centralny Komitet
Ratunkowy w Ameryce in mobilizing Polish Americans to support relief efforts for Poland during and after World War I and to
promote establishment of Polish independence. Includes extensive photocopied records of the Wydzial Narodowy. Used as research
material for the book by L. J. Zake, The National Department and the Polish American Community, 1916-1923 (New York, 1990).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Polski Centralny Komitet Ratunkowy w Ameryce. Wydzial Narodowy.
World War, 1914-1918 Poland.
World War, 1914-1918 Civilian relief.
Poles United States.