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Collection includes documentation of the project, original tapes, transcription of tapes, and English translation when necessary. Also included in the collection are materials describing various Polish-American initiatives that aimed at educating the American public opinion about Polish losses during WWII and Polish-Jewish relations during the war.

The collection consists of scrapbooks/chronicles of choir activities covering years from 1952-1963 and from 1969-2004. Each scrapbook has correspondence, programs, announcements, and minutes of meetings, lists of members, financial data, and photographs.

The Records of the International Institute primarily represent immigration trends in the early to mid-20th century, with less material related to the 1970s onward. Meeting minutes reflect the priorities and actions of the organization at the highest administrative levels, and the extensive financial records provide insight into the daily ins and outs of operation, mostly focused on the 1940s to early 1970s. The Office of the Executive Director subject files round out the key issues that were focused on.

This collection spans most of the life of Rev. Eugene Solega, mainly covering his educational and religious life. His parents' naturalization papers from before his birth are included, but the bulk of material is within the dates of 1934 to 1983. Besides some medical records from later in his life, there is nothing included that relates to his death. Most items are personal notebooks from seminary, correspondence, official programs/memorabilia from services or ceremonies, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

The materials of the Rev. M. T. Gorzela and Severina Zawistowski Collection are select parts of a larger collection they acquired during their lifetime. The items are primarily church related books, publications, newspapers, scrapbooks, anniversary materials, photographs, and mementos.

Collection contains: Correspondence spanning 1938-1973, mostly with people from "Endecja," (Narodowa Demokracja) circles in America and Western Europe (N. Siemaszko, T. Bielecki, J. Giertych, A. Syski, Jan K. Tarnowski and others); Roman Dmowski's letter to R. Galinski (which he later published under the title "Testament Romana Dmowskiego dla Polaka Amerykanina"); copies and manuscripts of his articles from Przewodnik Katolicki and other periodicals; anti-Pilsudski articles and pamphlets by other authors and 16 pamphlets and books about the "Jewish question." Some pamphlets were photocopied without source information.

Correspondence spanning 1938-1973, mostly with people from "Endecja", (Narodowa Demokracja) circles in America and Western Europe (N. Siemaszko, T. Bielecki, J. Giertych, A. Syski, Jan K. Tarnowski and others) ; Roman Dmowski letter to R. Galinski (which he later published under the title "Testament Romana Dmowskiego dla Polaka Amerykanina"), copies and manuscripts of his articles from Przewodnik Katolicki and other periodicals, anti-Pilsudski articles and pamphlets by other authors, 16 pamphlets and books about "Jewish question." Some pamphlets were photocopied without source information.

The collection consists of material related to Mr. Mrotek's presidency in the Polish American Congress, Division of Connecticut.

Collection consists of two foldres with material related to church controversy during Rev. Paul Wysocki's appointment as a Pastor of the Sacred Heart church in New Britain, Connecticut. Remaining folders are related to a cemetery controversy, consisting of correspondence with church officials and attorneys for the defendant Paul Wysocki and the plaintiff the Grygorcewicz family. Material covers years 1983-1994. Two scrapbooks contain variety of material related to the church, immigrants in New Britain area and previous pastors of the church that cover years from 1916 till 1994.