Some legal records restricted.
Organized in nine series: I. Correspondence. II. Convention records, reports, resolutions, and ballots. III. Financial records. IV. Insurance records. V. Legal records. VI. Rental property, real estate, and mortgage loan records. VII. Publication material. VII. Miscellaneous records. IX. Local assemblies and circles.
A fraternal organization, the National Slovak Society was founded in 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pa. It is the oldest Slovak society in the United States, and has over 450 lodges. Its first officers were Peter V. Rovnianek, Rev. Louis Novomesky, and Anton S. Ambrose. In 1913, at the Society's 11th Convention, a resolution was adopted providing for the Young Folk's Circle. The Society publishes its official organ, the bi-weekly newspaper National News (Národný Noviny) and the annual, Národny Kalendár.
Records (1895-1976) of the National Slovak Society include correspondence, financial and legal records, minutes, and insurance claim records. Correspondence includes that of officers with local lodges, and of the Young Folks' Circle with headquarters. Convention records (1937-1974) consist of reports, minutes, correspondence, delegates' lists, campaign literature, revised copies of by-laws, and the Society's constitutions. Also included are records of the Supreme Assembly and Executive Committee (1934-1959), official referendum ballots from individual assemblies concerning district dues, the office of Supreme Treasurer (1963), and the Office of President (1954), pledge documents of elected officers (1913, 1916), and a scrapbook of the Young Folk's Circle (1916-1917), and lists of 810 local assemblies and circles. The collections includes a financial ledger from the Monangah, WV local.
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