04070cpcaa2200721 a 4500 mm 82036483 DLC 20260227111714.0 cr ||||||||||| 820525|||||||||||| pol mm 82036483 DLC DLC dacs DLC pol eng R lcmd Polish declarations of admiration and friendship for the United States, 1926. 200 items. 105 volumes plus 6 oversize volumes. 13.8 linear feet. Open to research. 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. The first 13 volumes are also available through the Library of Congress Web site, Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States. Collection material in Polish, with English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009133 Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933. Czajkowski, Stanisław, 1878-1954. Jarocki, Władysław, 1879-1965. Kamiński, Zygmunt, 1888-1969. Mościcki, Ignacy, 1867-1946. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand, 1870-1936. Skoczylas, Władysław, 1883-1934. Sleńdziński, Ludomir, 1889-1980. Stryjeńska, Zofia, 1894-1976. Wroniecki, Jan. Wyczółkowski, Leon, 1852-1936. United States. Declaration of Independence Anniversaries. Art, Polish. Buildings Poland. Business enterprises Poland. City and town life Poland. Clergy Poland. Country life Poland. Heraldry Poland. Monuments Poland. Polish people Austria. Polish people Autographs. Schools Poland. Students Poland. World War, 1914-1918 United States. World War, 1914-1918 Poland. Poland Armed Forces. Poland Foreign relations United States. Poland History Pictorial works. Poland Officials and employees 20th century. Poland Societies, etc. United States Foreign relations Poland. American-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Poland, comp. Polish-American Society, comp. Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000002 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009133 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009133.3 43563 43563