Parish Jubilee Books as a Source for Scientific Research
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American Polonia has rich history and can be proud of many achievments on various fields of culture. Among them are jubilee books of Polish ethnic parishes, which have been published since the end of 19th century in order to commemorate important events of Polish neighborhoods. These jubilee publications characterize with bunch of information and disclose many parochial questions, relevant also to whole American Polonia. Hence they are important source of scientific research for historians, art historians, sociologist and other American Polonia researchers.
This article aims to show the Polish parishes jubilee books in United States phenomenon, what they are, why they were prepared and what are their main features as well as – their importance and role in modern science.
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