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The collection includes records of several non-profit organizations that supported and lobbied for the Polish underground Solidarity movement in addition to personal papers of Ewa Slusarek. Solidarity support organizations operated in the US and Western Europe between 1982 and 1989. Material was donated by Ewa Slusarek who was active in Solidarity International, Solidarity Support Committee of Rhode Island, and worldwide Conference of Solidarity Support Organizations. Material includes correspondence, press releases, statements, minutes, membership lists, financial records, legal documents, news clippings, and speeches. There are also some records pertaining to the Rhode Island Polish American community.

The collection consists of original letters and envelopes written in Polish by Stefania Szczygłówna to her family members in the United States between 1946 and 1950. Additional materials include genealogical documents such as birth, marriage, and death certificates; family stories shared by relatives; a copy of a 1900 census page; and several photographs of family members.

This collection documents the history of one man and two Polish immigrant families and their descendants over three generations, the Gwiazda and Cieszynski families. The papers contain information on these families' lives as well as local New Britain politics.

The Holy Name Athletic Club collection covers years 1959-1997. Collection contains financial statements, annual reports, board meeting minutes, correspondence, by-laws, membership information, and yearly activities.

The collection consists of: private sociopolitical papers of Ms. Dubicka and her (now deceased) first husband Ted Morawski (IT manager/director at AIAA/IEEE/ABPI); records of Solidarity support organizations; statements pertaining to the political and economic situation in Poland after 1981 openly published by United States Government agencies and the United Nations, as well as other international human rights organizations; records related to STUDIUM (The North American Study Center for Polish Affairs), and the Polish American Congress (PAC); memoirs of Jurek Przybylski, Solidarity activist; Irene's master's thesis from Columbia University on "Solidarity's Evolutionaries" (1984) and her chapter "Solidarity and Determination: Solidarity International, the Group of Delegates, and the Nationwide Resistance Committee (OKO)" (in "Poland's Solidarity Movement," eds. Lawrence Biondi and Frank Mocha; Loyola, 1984).

The collection conists of original letters and envelopes from 1946-1948 and copies of family photographs.

The collection consists of legal documents of Jan and Elzbieta Merta, who came to the U.S. in 1950 from a refugee camp in Braunschweig, Germany under the Displaced Persons Act. Documents include birth certificates, work permits for foreigners during World War II, certificates from DP's camp, green cards, insurance cards, and photographs.

The collection consists of Mr. Wojcik's writings, published books, articles, essays, and limited correspondence.

The Polish Arts League of Pittsburgh was created in 1948 to promote Polish Culture and tradition and to support Polish and American authors, artists, and performers. It is an affiliate of the American Council of Polish Culture (formerly American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs) and twice was a host of its national convention. Over the years it organized numerous concerts, lectures, performances, exhibitions, festivals, etc. It established special scholarship, published monthly newsletter called Palette, conducted educational campaigns, and cooperated with various Polish American organizations. It regularly brought shows from Poland. Twice, in 1953 and 1988, it organized the presentation of Moniuszko's opera "Halka". This collection consists of correspondence, reports, announcements, financial records, constitutions and by-laws, membership lists, newsletter, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets covering the years 1948-1989.

The collection includes personal papers, Polish American Priests Association records, other documents, clippings and correspondence related to Monsignor Wodarski's activities and pastoral appointments. Collection includes also publications from the U.S. and Poland related to the history of Catholic Church and Polish American issues on the national and local level.