Polish American Historical Association

The Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), founded in 1942, is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of Polish American history and culture. Originally a section of the larger Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, PAHA soon became an independent organization. On September 11, 1942, historian Oskar Halecki proposed an autonomous historical institution and chose Miecislaus Haiman of the Polish Museum of America in Chicago as its founding president. Since 1944, PAHA publishes Polish American Studies, an interdisciplinary journal focused primarily in social science and the humanities relating to American Polonia. It is edited by James S. Pula, who also edited PAHA's recent The Polish American Encyclopedia (McFarland Publishing, 2011).

PAHA is recognized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization (EIN 362729972) and is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, with a membership of scholars and individuals interested in Polish immigrant history from around the world. One of PAHA's main functions is to maintain liaison with scholars throughout the world and promote research. The organization also encourages and assists local Polish American programs. PAHA'S MISSION STATEMENT identifies the following goals:

The current Officers and Board of PAHA[1] include: Dr. Grazyna Kozaczka (President), Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz (First Vice-President), Dr. Iwona Drag-Korga (Second Vice-President), Dr. James S. Pula (Treasurer), Dr. Maja Trochimczyk (Secretary and Communications Director), Dr. Pien Versteegh (Executive Director), and Dr. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann (Editor of Polish American Studies). PAHA Council: Dr. Mieczysław B. B. Biskupski, Dr. John Bukowczyk, Dr. Marta Cieslak, Dr. Ann Hetzel-Gunkel, Dr. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, Dr. Czeslaw Karkowski, Dr. Mary Erdmans, Dr. Anna Muller, Dr. Stephen M. Leahy, Dr. Thomas Napierkowski, Dr. Dorota Praszałowicz, Dr. Neal Pease, Mr. Robert Synakowski, and Dr. Theodore L. Zawistowski.

PAHA's Past Presidents are: Miecislaus Haiman (1942–49) Honorary President (1949); Rev. Joseph Swastek (1949-51); A.J. Sokolnicki (1952); Rev. Joseph Swastek (1953); Rev. Valerius Jasinski (1954); Sr. Mary Virginette, C.S.S.F. (1955); Rev. Francis Domanski, SJ (1956); Rev. M.J. Madaj (1957); Fr. Ladislaus J. Siekaniec, OFM (1958–59); Sr. Mary Catherine, CR (1960); Rev. Constantine Klukowski, O.F.M. (1961–62); Frank B. Roman (1963); Eugene Kusielewicz (1964–65); Rev. Zdzislaw Peszkowski (1966); Sigmund H. Uminski (1967); Rev. Menceslaus J. Madaj (1968–69); Joseph Wieczerzak (1970); Bernadine Pietraszek (1971); Rev. Jacek Przygoda (1972); Bernadine Pietraszek (1973); George J. Lerski (1974); Rev. M.J. Madaj (1975); Frank A. Renkiewicz (1976); Sr. Ellen Marie Kuznicki, CSSF (1977); Joseph W. Wieczerzak (1978); Anthony F. Turhollow (1979); Angela Pienkos (1980); James S. Pula (1981); Thomas J. Napierkowski (1982); Rev. Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J. (1983); Thaddeus V. Gromada (1984); Thaddeus Radzialowski (1985); Stanislaus Blejwas (1986); Rev. Leonard F. Chrobot (1987–88); M. B. B. Biskupski (1988–90); John J. Bukowczyk (1990–92); Thomas J. Napierkowski (1992–94); Thaddeus V. Gromada (1994–96); William Galush (1996-98); Thomas Gladsky (1998-2000); Stanislaus Blejwas (2000–01); Donald Pienkos (2001-03); Mary Patrice Erdmans (2003–06); Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann (2007-2008); Brian McCook (2009-2010); Neal Pease (2011-2012) and Thomas Napierkowski (2013-2014).

PUBLICATIONS

In addition to its scholarly journal, Polish American Studies, edited by Prof. Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann (for the previous 30 years edited by Prof. James Pula,[2]) the organization publishes a semi-annual PAHA Newsletter,[3] and a blog ([4]), with current news and brief articles pertaining to the history of Polish immigrants in America (edited by Dr. Maja Trochimczyk[5]). PAHA also supports the publication of books on Polish and Polish American subjects by the Ohio University Press. The Association has also sponsored its most substantial publication, The Polish American Encyclopedia, edited by Prof. James Pula and published in 2011 by McFarland Books to a great critical acclaim. ISBN 978-0-7864-6222-3.

CONFERENCES

PAHA sponsors an annual conference, in conjunction with the American Historical Association, which serves as a forum for research in the field of ethnic studies. The 73rd Annual Meeting took place in Atlanta, Georgia, in January 2016. The list of earlier Annual Meetings is posted on PAHA Website.[6]

AWARDS

Each year at its Annual Meeting, PAHA bestows a series of award honoring individuals and organizations for their contributions to the Polish American cultural and social life and to its history and the arts. The Halecki Prize honors books, the Haiman Award - distinguished scholars, the Amicus Poloniae - individuals not of Polish descent dedicated to the cause of Polonia, the Swastek Prize - the best article published in Polish-American Studies, and the Skalny Civic Achievement Awards - contributions to Polonia's community. PAHA also bestows Creative Arts Awards, Distinguished Service Award, and Graduate Student Award(s). The Awards and their honorees are described below.

The Oskar Halecki Prize

The Oskar Halecki Prize "recognizes an important book or monograph on the Polish experience in the United States." It commemorates one of the co-founders of PAHA, historian Oskar Halecki (1891-1973).[7]

List of the Halecki Prize Winners:

2015: Dr. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann and Theodore Zawistowski for "Letters from Readers in the Polish American Press, 1902-1969: A Corner for Everybody."

2014: Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz for "East Central Europe in Exile, vols. 1-2: Transatlantic Migrations, and Transatlantic Identities" (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013).

2013: Beth Holmgren, Starring Madame Modjeska: On Tour in Poland and America (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012). ISBN 978-0-253-35664-2.

2012: Brian McCook, The Borders of Integration: Polish Migrants in Germany and the United States, 1870-1924 (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2012). ISBN 978-0-8214-1926-7. 2011: James S. Pula, ed., The Polish American Encyclopedia (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011). ISBN 978-0-7864-3308-7.

2010: M. B. B. Biskupski, Hollywood's War With Poland, 1939-1945 (Knoxville: University of Kentucky Press, 2010), ISBN 978-0-8131-2559-6; and

Danusha V. Goska, Bieganski: The Brute Polak Stereotype, Its Role in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture (Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2010).

2009: Alex Storozynski, The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009). ISBN 978-0-312-62594-8.

2008: M. B. B. Biskupski & Antony Polonsky, Polin, Volume 19: Polish-Jewish Relations in North America (Oxford: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization for Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies and American Association for Polish-Jewish Studies, 2007). ISBN 978-1-874-77497-6.

2007: William J. Galush, For More Than Bread: Community and Identity in American Polonia, 1880-1940 (Boulder, Co.: East European Monographs; New York: Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2006). ISBN 978-0-88033-587-4.

2006: John Radzilowski, Poles in Minnesota (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2005). ISBN 978-0-87351-516-0.

2005: Mary Erdmans, The Grasinski Girls: The Choices They Had and the Choices They Made (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004). ISBN 978-0-8214-1582-5.

2004: Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939-1956 (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004). ISBN 978-0-8214-1527-6.

2003: Karen Majewski, Traitors and True Poles: Narrating a Polish-American Identity, 1880-1939 (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2003). ISBN 978-0-8214-1470-5.

2002: Joseph Bigott, From Cottage to Bungalow: Houses and the Working Class in Metropolitan Chicago,1869-1929 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001) ISBN 978-0-226-04875-8; and Stephen Leahy, Clement Zablocki, Milwaukee's Most Politician: A Study of Local Politics and Congressional Foreign Policy (Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2002).

2001: No award

2000: Deborah Anders Silverman, Polish-American Folklore (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000). ISBN 978-0-252-02569-3 (cloth: alk. paper).

1999: Thomas S. Gladsky and Rita Holmes Gladsky, eds.,Something of My Very Own to Say: American Women Writers of Polish Descent (Boulder, Colo.: East European Monographs; [New York] : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1997); ISBN 978-0-880-33391-7 and Joseph Wieczerzak, Bishop Francis Hodur: Biographical Essays (Boulder: East European Monographs; [New York]: Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1998). ISBN 978-0-944-49712-8.

1998: Mary Patrice Erdmans, Opposite Poles: Immigrants and Ethnics in Polish Chicago, 1976-1990 (University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998). ISBN 978-0-271-01735-8 (alk. paper).

1997: Suzanne Strempek Shea, Hoopi Shoopi Donna (New York: Pocket Books, 1996). ISBN 978-0-671-53544-5.

1996: No award

1995: James S. Pula, Polish Americans: An Ethnic Community (New York: Twayne Publishers; London: Prentice Hall International, 1995). ISBN 978-0-805-78427-5 (alk. paper).

1994: Anthony Bukoski, Children of Strangers: Stories (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993). ISBN 978-0-870-74350-4 (cloth).

1993: Thomas Gladsky, Princes, Peasants, and Other Polish Selves: Ethnicity in American Literature (Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, 1992). ISBN 978-0-870-23775-1 (alk. paper).

1992: Dominic Pacyga, Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922 (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991). ISBN 978-0-814-20541-9 (alk. paper).

1991: James S. Pula and Eugene E. Dziedzic, United We Stand: The Role of Polish Workers in the New Mills Textile Strikes, 1912 and 1916 (Boulder, Colo.: East European Monographs; New York: Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1990). ISBN 978-0-880-33183-8.

1990: Barbara Stern Burstin, After the Holocaust: The Migration of Polish Jews and Christians to Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989). ISBN 978-0-822-93603-9.

1989: Sister Ann Marie Knawa, O.S.F., As God Shall Ordain: A History of the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, 1894-1987 (Lemont, Ill.: Franciscan Sisters of Chicago, 1989).

1988: Josephine Wtulich, Marcin Kula, Witold Kula, and Nina Assorodobraj-Kula, Writing Home: Immigrants in Brazil and the United States, 1890-1891 (Boulder: East European Monographs; New York: Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1986). ISBN 9780880331074.

1987: Ex aequo: John Bukowczyk, And My Children Did Not Know Me: A History of the Polish-Americans (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987); ISBN 9780253307019.

1987: Ex aequo: Eugene Obidinski and Helen Stankiewicz, Polish Folkways in America: Community and Family (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987). ISBN 9780819158819 (alk. paper).

The Haiman Award:

The Miecislau Haiman Award of the Polish American Historical Association is "offered annually to an American scholar for sustained contribution to the study of Polish Americans." These awards commemorate a historian, writer, journalist, translator and Polonia activist, Mieczyslaw (Miecislau) Haiman (1888-1949), who was the first director of the Polish Museum of America, and the first historian of American Polonia.

List of the Haiman Award Winners:

2015: Dorota Praszalowicz; 2014: Neal Pease; 2013: Dominic Pacyga; 2012: Richard Lukas; 2011: Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann; 2010: Piotr Wandycz; 2009: Thomas Napierkowski; 2008: John Radzilowski; 2007: Eugene Obidinski; 2006: Mary Patrice Erdmans; 2005: Angela and Donald Pienkos; 2004: Adam Walaszek; 2003: Mieczyslaw B. B. Biskupski; 2002: Thomas Gladsky; 2000: William Galush; 1999: Daniel Buczek; 1994: John J. Bukowczyk; 1993: Andrzej Brozek; 1992: Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J.; 1990: Stanislaus Blejwas; 1989: Edward Pinkowski; 1988: James S. Pula; 1987: Helena Znaniecki Lopata; 1986: Edward Rozanski; 1985: Thaddeus Gromada; 1984: Eugene Kusielewicz; 1983: Thaddeus Radzilowski; 1982: Ellen Marie Kuznicki; 1981: Victor Greene; 1980: Joseph Wieczerzak; 1979: Metchie Budka; 1978: Frank Renkiewicz; 1976: Jacek Przygoda; 1975: Waclaw Jedrzejewicz; 1973: M.J. Madaj; 1971: Joseph Swastek; 1970: Ludwik Krzyzanowski; 1969: Arthur Waldo; 1967/68: Marion Moore Coleman; 1966: Oscar Halecki (first Haiman Award winner).

Creative Arts Awards

PAHA's Creative Arts Award, established in 1999, "recognizes contributions in the field of creative arts by individuals or groups who have promoted an awareness of the Polish experience in the Americas."

List of Winners:

2014: Adrian Prawica, a film maker

2013: Julian Stańczak, a Polish-born painter and printmaker recognized for his 70 years art career as one of the important pioneers in Op-Art, with a unique gift for painting and insight into visual perception.[8]

2012: Brigid Pasulka, author of "A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009) | February 18, 2014[9]

2011: John Guzlowski, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Eastern Illinois University, and a noted poet.

2008: Anthony Bukoski, professor at the University of Wisconsin, writer, author of several collection of short stories.

2007: Linda Nemec Foster, author of seven poetry collections.

2006: Ann Hetzel-Gunkel, Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies at Columbia College, Chicago.

2005: Marek Czarnecki, an iconographer, the director of Seraphic Restorations in Meriden, Connecticut.

2004: Keith Mallard, writer and novelist.

2003: Anthony Bukoski, author of Time Between Trains, a collection of 13 short stories.

2002: Lucyna Migala, founder and director of the Lira Singers, Chicago.[10]

2000: Suzanne Strempek Shea, Author of series of very well-received novels that deal with Polish American life and experience.[11]

1999: Ada Dziewanowska, author of Polish Folk Dances and Songs: A Step by Step Guide (New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997).[12]

The Swastek Prize

The Swastek Prize is awarded annually for the best article published in a given volume of Polish American Studies, the journal of the Polish American Historical Association. This award, established in 1981, is named in honor of Rev. Joseph V. Swastek (1913-1977), the editor of Polish American Studies for many years, and a past president of the Polish American Historical Association.

List of Winners:

2015: Lori A. Matten, “Scouting for Identity: Recruiting Daughters to Save the Traditional Polish Family During the Interwar Years” (PAS 71/1, Spring 2014).

2014: Leonard Kurdek, “The Real-Life Story Behind ‘Call Northside 777’: The Crime, the Conviction, and the Search for Justice” Polish American Studies, Vol. 70, no. 2 (Autumn 2013): 5-78.

2013: Anna Mazurkiewicz "'Join, or Die'--The Road to Cooperation Among East European Exiled Political Leaders in the United States, 1949-1954," Vol. 69, No.2 (Autumn 2012).[13]

2012: Myron Momryk, “Ignacy Witczak’s Passport, Soviet Espionage, and the Origins of the Cold War in Canada,”Vol.68, No. 2 (Autumn 2011).[14]

2011: Robert Szymczak, “Cold War Crusader: Arthur Bliss Lane and the Private Committee to Investigate the Katyn Massacre, 1949-1952,” Vol. 6, No. 2 (Autumn 2010).[15]

2010: Suzanne M. Zukowski, "From Peasant to Proletarian: Home Ownership in Milwaukee's Polonia" Vol. 66, No. 2 (Autumn 2009).[16]

2008: Iwona Drąg Korga, “The Information Policy of the Polish Government-in-Exile toward the American Public During World War II” Vol. 64, No. 1 (Spring 2007).[17]

2007: Maja Trochimczyk, “The Impact of Mazowsze and Sląsk on Polish Folk Dancing in California” Vol. 63, No. 1 (Spring 2006).[18]

2006: Adam Walaszek, “Tomasz Siemiradzki: An Intellectual in Ethnic Politics,” Vol. 62, No. 2 (Autumn 2005).[19]

2005: Neal Pease, “The Kosciuszko Reds, 1909-1919: Kings of the Milwaukee Sandlots,” Vol. 61, No. 1 (Spring 2004).[20]

2004: Ann Hetzel Gunkel, “The Sacred in the City: Polonian Street Processions as Countercultural Practice,” Vol. 60, No. 2 (Autumn 2003).[21]

2003: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, “American Polonia and the School Strike in Września,” Vol. 59, No. 1 (Spring 2002).[22]

2002: Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, "The Mobilization of American Polonia for the Cause of the Displaced Persons" Vol. 58, No. 1 (Spring 2001).[23]

2001: Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, "The Polish Post-World War II Diaspora: An Agenda for a New Millenium” Vol. 57, No. 2 (Autumn 2000).[24]

2000: Timothy G. Borden, "The Salvation of the Poles: Working Class Ethnicity and Americanization Efforts During the Interwar Period in Toledo, Ohio" Vol. 56, No. 2 (Autumn 1999)[25]

1999: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "The Republic of Poland and the Origins of the Polish American Congress" Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring 1998).[26]

1998: Francis C. Kajencki, "Kościuszko's Role in the Siege of Ninety-Six" Vol. 54, No. 2 (Autumn 1997).[27]

1997: Celia Berdes and Adam Zych, "The Quality of Life of Polish Immigrant and Polish American Ethnic Elderly" Vol. 53, No.1 (Spring 1996).[28]

1996: John Radziłowski, "’The Other Side of Chicago’: The Poles of Arizona" Vol. 52, No. 2 (Autumn 1995).[29]

1995: Robert D. Ubriaco, Jr., "Bread and Butter Politics or Foreign Policy Concerns? Class Versus Ethnicity in the Midwestern Polish American Community During the 1946 Congressional Elections," Vol. 51, No. 2 (Autumn 1994).[30]

1994: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "Stanisław Osada: Immigrant Nationalist," Vol. 50, No. 1 (Spring 1993).[31]

1993: Adam Walaszek, "How Could It All Appear So Rosy?--- Re-emigrants from the United States in Poland, 1919-1924" Vol. 49, No. 2 (Autumn 1992).[32]

1992: John Radzilowski, "One Community, One Church, Two Towns: The Poles of Southwestern Minnesota, 1882-1905" Vol. 48, No. 2 (Autumn 1991).[33]

1991: William J. Galush, "Purity and Power: Chicago Polonian Feminists, 1880-1914," Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 1990)[34]

1990: Marcin Kula, "Those Who Failed to Reach the United States: Polish Proletarians in Cuba During The Interwar Period," Vol. 46, No. 1 (Spring 1989)[35]

1989: Mary E. Cygan, "A ‘New Art’ for Polonia: Polish American Radio Comedy During the 1930s," Vol. 45, No. 2 (Autumn 1988).[36]

1988: Anthony J. Kuzniewski, "’Jesteśmy Polakami': Wenceslaus Kruszka and the Value of America's Polish Heritage" Vol. 44, No. 2 (Autumn 1987).[37]

1987: David G. Januszewski, "The Case of the Polish Exile Government in the American Press, 1939-1945" Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 1986).[38]

1986: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "Puritans and Poles: The New England Literary Image of the Polish Peasant Immigrant" Vol. 42, No. 2 (Autumn 1985).[39]

1985: John J. Bukowczyk, "Polish Rural Culture and Immigrant Working Class Formation, 1880-1914" Vol. 41, No. 2 (Autumn 1984) Article[40]

1984: Stanley L. Cuba, "Reverend Anthony Klawiter: Polish Roman and National Catholic Builder-Priest" Vol. 40, No. 2 (Autumn 1983). Article[41]

1982: Stanislaus A. Blejwas, "Old and New Polonias: Tensions Within an Ethnic Community" Vol. 38, No. 2 (Autumn 1981). Article[42]

1981: Daniel S. Buczek, “Ethnic to American: Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Stamford, Connecticut” Vol. 37, No. 2 (Autumn 1980). Article[43]

Amicus Poloniae Award

The Amicus Poloniae Award, established by PAHA in 2001, "recognizes significant contributions enhancing knowledge of Polish and Polish-American heritage by individuals not belonging to the Polish-American community."

List of Winners:

2015: Silvia Dapia.

2014: Terry Tegnazian.

2013: Peter Hetherington. A geologist by profession he is the author of Unvanquished – a 750-page book that through a dynamic narrative chronicles Joseph Pilsudski’s life.

2012: Harlan J. Berk, founder and president of Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, IL, was the person who noticed that items brought to his business for sale had come from the Polish Museum of America in Chicago. He did the right thing and notified authorities, thereby setting in motion the recovery of some $5 million worth of irreplaceable artifacts missing from the Polish Museum collections.

2011: Pien Versteegh, director for Strategic Projects at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, has published works on the Polish migrant workers in western Europe and in the United States in the last decade of the 19th century, and first decades of the 20th century.

2010: Ieva Zake of Rowan University (New Jersey) published research work in a field that is central to the mission of PAHA, the place of organized American ethnic groups, particularly those from east and central Europe, in the making of U.S. foreign policy.

2009: Stephen Leahy, has held several important positions within PAHA, such as editing the Newsletter and serving on the Awards Committee.

2008: Sean Martin,Associate Curator for Jewish History at the Western Reserve Historical Society who also teaches at the University of Phoenix. Dr. Martin’s academic interests lie in Polish-Jewish relations.

2007: Joel Wurl, a Senior Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C., recognized for his longtime service at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota.

2006: Gillian Berchowitz, senior editor and assistant director of Ohio University Press. She helped develop OUP’s Polish and Polish-American Studies Series, which has produced numerous award winning volumes.

2005: David McGonagle and Susan Needham, representing the Catholic University Press of America for publishing: Waclaw Kruszka, Hisotrya Polska w Ameryce. 4 vols. Translated by Krystyna Jankowski. Edited by James S. Pula. Baltimore: Catholic University of America Press, 1993-2001. This work translated Kruszka’s 1901-1904 newspaper articles chronicling the history of Polish communities in America. David McGonagle and Susan Needham were instrumental in bringing this project to fruition.

2004: Rudolph J. Vecoli of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota has provided international leadership in documenting and preserving Polish American history, e.g., the support for the Polish American Collection at IHRC.

2003: Laurie Winters, Curator of Earlier European Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, for organizing the outstanding exhibition, "Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendors of Poland."

2001: Rev. William Wolkowich-Valkavicius, recognized for his extensive published research on Lithuanian American history, religious life in America, national self-identification, and relations with other immigrant an ethnic groups, especially Polish Americans.

Skalny Civic Achievement Award

Since 1991, PAHA's Civic Achievement Awards has honored "individuals or groups who advance PAHA’s goals of promoting research on and awareness of the Polish experience in the Americas."

List of Winners:

2014: Dr. Karen Majewski, Timothy J. Kuzma, Frank Milewski, Dr. Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, Alex Storozynski

2013: Edward J. Dybicz, Susanne Lotarski, Tony Muszynski, Irene Tomaszewski, Wanda Urbanska, and the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo, Inc.

2012: Mary S. Anselmo, David Motak, Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel, Dr. Roman Solecki, and Dr. Ewa M. Thompson.

2011: Ewa Barczyk, Maria Ciesla, Dr. Bożena Nowicka McLees, Dr. Frank Kujawiński, Paul Odrobina, Hon. Aurelia Pucinski, Sharon Zago, St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital of Chicago, Gabriela Pawluś Kasprzak, Krystyna Cap, and Mark Kohan.

2010: Jacek Galazka, Joseph Gore, Jane Kedron, Neil Mesick, Congressman John Lescoe, Polish and Polish American Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, and Jonathan Shea.

2009: Richard Kobzi, Richard Widerynski, Dr. Paul Knoll, and the Polish Music Center (PMC) at the University of Southern California.

2008: Peter Obst, Janusz Bruks, and Addy Tymczyszyn.

2007: Alexander & Patricia Koproski, Dr. Kaya Mirecka-Ploss, Ambassador Edward Rowny, and Kathleen Urbanic.

2006: Elzbieta and Krzysztof Krawczynski, Dorota Lato, Folkert Lee, J. Meyer, Edward Pinkowski, and Bozena Zaremba.

2005: Michael Blichasz, Feliks Bruks, Hilary Czaplicki, Eugene Golomb, Regina Gorzkowska-Rossi,Michael Leach, Deborah Majka, and Frederic Skalny.

2004: Polish Home Association of Seattle, Tom Podl, Ron Golubiec and Martha Golubiec.

2003: Leonard Baldyga, Col. Casimir Lenard, Dr. John Lenczowski, Ted & Irena Mirecki, Dr. Estelle Wachtel Von Torres, Marcin Zmudzki, and Joseph Frugal.

2002: Victor and Irena Barczyk, Maria Teresa Chwojko, Zygmunt Dyrkacz, Christopher Kurczaba, Leszek Kuczynski, Jan Loryś, Msgr. Stanley Milewski, and Joseph Zurawski.

2001: Michael Krolewski, Rev. Walter Madej, Kathleen Urbanic, Wojciech and Maria Przezdziecki, and Wanda Tomczykowska.

2000: Rev. Anthony Iwuc, Irene Grabowy, Dr. Anthony Bajdek, and Irene Pipes. 1999: Maria Lorys, Lucyna Migala, Paul Valasek, Frank Spula, Jerry Kucharski, and Rev. Frank Philips. 1998: American Council for Polish Culture, Edward Pinkowski, Cecelia Patalita, and Chester Rog. 1997: Dr. Anatol Dekeban and the Polanie Club of Minneapolis. 1996: Maria Chrypinska (Orchard Lake, Mich.); 1995: Rose Parulski (Wilno, Minn.). 1994: Wanda Tomczykowska, Mark Kohan, and Sabina Logisz; 1993: The Kopernik Memorial Association (Utica, New York); 1992: Donald F. Samull; 1991: Blanka Rosenstiel.

Distinguished Service Award

This award is given occasional to a member of PAHA who has rendered valuable and sustained service to the organization.

2015 - Dr. Pien Versteegh 2014 - Dr. Maja Trochimczyk 2013 - Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann 2012 - Thaddeus V. Gromada & the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America 2011 - Cheryl Pula 2010 - Jagiellonian University of Krakow 2008 - Thomas Duszak 2007 - Mary Patrice Erdmans 2006 - Joseph Wieczerzak 2006 - Theodore Zawistowski 2005 - Mark Kulikowski 2003 - Tom Napierkowski 2002 - Karen Majewski 2001 - John J. Bukowczyk 2000 - Thaddeus V. Gromada 1999 - James S. Pula 1998 - Stanislaus Blejwas 1997 - THe Skalny Family 1996 - Boleslaw Wierzbianski 1995 - Rev. Senior Casimir Grotnik 1993 - Msgr. John P. Wodarski 1992 - Frank Harasick 1991 - Walter Lasinski 1988 - Henry Archacki 1986 - Sister Ellen Marie Kuznicki, CSSF, and Mieczyslaw Haiman (posthumously)

Graduate Student Research Paper Award

The Graduate Student Research Paper Award recognizes outstanding research into Polish-American history and culture by a young scholar in the humanities or social sciences. The winner receives a travel grant to present the paper at the PAHA Annual Meeting.

2014: Rachel Rothstein

2013 – Two Awards. 1: Marta Cieślak (Transnational Studies Department, SUNY at Buffalo), "Crossing the Boundaries of Modernity: The Transatlantic Journey of Polish Peasants to the United States" 2: Piotr Derengowski (Department of History, University of Gdansk, Poland), "Capt. Alexander Raszewski's Polish Legion and Other Less Known Polish Troops in the Union Army During the American Civil War"

2008: Michael T. Urbanski (Central Connecticut State University), "Polite Avoidance: The Story of the Closing of Alliance College," Polish American Studies, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Spring, 2009), pp. 25–42.[44]


SPECIAL PROJECTS

PAHA serves as an archival institution, and makes appeals for memoirs and historical artifacts among Americans of Polish descent to aid in its historical research. PAHA secured archival storage space at the Central Connecticut State Library with strong interest in acquiring firsthand memoirs and documents from the postwar Polish American diaspora and their current descendants.[45]

References

  1. ↑ http://polishamericanstudies.org/currentStaff.html
  2. ↑ James S. Pula
  3. ↑ http://www.polishamericanstudies.org/newsletters.html
  4. ↑ PAHANews.blogspot.com
  5. ↑ Maja Trochimczyk
  6. ↑ http://polishamericanstudies.org/PreviousConferences.html
  7. ↑ Oskar Halecki
  8. ↑ http://www.julianstanczak.net/ | February 18, 2014
  9. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Long-Time-Ago-Essentially-True/dp/0547336284 | February 18, 2014
  10. ↑ http://www.liraensemble.com/ | February 18, 2014
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  12. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Polish-Folk-Dances-Songs-Step-By-Step/dp/0781804205
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