ihrcsmietana Inventory of the Walter Smietana Papers, 1970-1973. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, August 25, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries June 16, 2004

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonJune 16, 2004 English Smietana, Walter. Walter Smietana Papers, 1970-1973 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 2 linear in. POL In Polish and English. Biographical/Historical Note

Walter Smietana served as acting president of Alliance College (Cambridge Springs, Penn.), as director of the Alliance College Student Teaching Committee, and as chair of the Alliance College Teacher Education Committee. He was also National chair of the Polish American Congress Quincentennial Committee of the Birth of Nikolaus Copernicus.

Scope and Content

Papers (1970-1979) of Walter Smietana, chairman of the Department of Education and Psychology and acting president of Alliance College (Cambridge Springs, Penn.) consist of minutes of Alliance College Teacher Education Committee, press releases from the College, newspaper clippings, academic bulletins, photographs, correspondence with Dr. Mieczysla Klimaszewski, chancellor, Jagedonian University (Poland), materials pertaining to the Quincentennial Committee, and an Alliance College convocation program.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Smietana, Walter.Klimaszewski, Mieczyslaw.Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543--Anniversaries. Polish American Congress. Quincentennial Committee of the Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus.Alliance College.--Faculty. Photographs. College teachers.Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania--Cambridge Springs.Polish Americans--Pennsylvania--Cambridge Springs.