Polish declarations of admiration and friendship for the United States
Contributors: Polish-American Society
Language: pol
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Officials and employees; Poland; Anniversaries; United States; Country life; Business enterprises; Clergy; Autographs; City and town life; History; Heraldry; Buildings; Monuments; Students; Polish people; Polish Art; Pictorial works; Schools; Armed Forces; Foreign relations; Societies
Description: Volumes compiled under the auspices of the American-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Poland and the Polish American Society and presented to President Calvin Coolidge in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and in acknowledgment of American participation and aid to Poland during World War I.  The volumes contain over five million signatures of Polish citizens and are embellished with illustrations rendered by prominent postwar Polish artists of buildings, coats of arms, monuments, rural and urban scenes, and historical figures.  Signatories include Ignacy Mościcki, president of Poland; representatives of various government, religious, social, business, academic, and military institutions; students at elementary and grammar schools throughout Poland; and Poles residing in Austria.  Includes works by painters and graphic artists as Stanisław Czajkowski, Władysław Jarocki, Zygmunt Kamiński, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Władyslaw Skoczylas, Ludomir Sleńdziński, Zofia Stryjeńska, Jan Wroniecki, and Leon Wyczółkowski.
Notes: Open to research.

The first 13 volumes are also available through the Library of Congress Web site, Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States.

Transfer, White House, 1926.

Collection material primarily in Polish, with English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.