AMICUS No.

7510202 Serial/Microfilm

Published:

Weekly in Winnipeg, March 17, 1908 - Oct. 30, 1940

Publisher:

March 17, 1908 - Feb. 11, 1925 under the publisher's variant names:
March 17, 1908 - July 15, 1914 West Canada Publishing Company
July 22, 1914 - Feb. 11, 1925 Gazeta Katolicka Publishing Company
Feb. 18, 1925 - Sept. 23, 1925 West Canada Publishing Company
Sept. 30, 1925 - Oct. 30, 1940 Canadian Publishers Ltd.

Editor:

1908-1910 Adam F. Bloch
1910-1911 Maks Major
1912-1918 Jan S. Pazdor
1918-1921 Zofia Rapalska
1921-1922 J. Baderski
1922-1940 Jan S. Pazdor

Text:

In Polish

Continued by:

Gazeta Polska w Kanadzie, AMICUS No. 7510355

Notes:

Official organ of Associated Poles of Canada since May 1934.

Information included:

• Locations and history of some of the early Polish settlements in Canada, described or referred to in Polish immigrants' letters to the editor as well as in news articles and community announcements
• Names and addresses of Polish immigrants are included in:
  • Various lists of names such as lists of donors for different causes; prize winners; individuals sought by the Polish Consulates in Canada and abroad; children who received their first communion or who received the highest marks on exams; passengers on European ships arriving in Halifax; members of Polish clubs and organizations, subscribers of Gazeta Katolicka; Polish business people in the community; Poles killed or wounded during WWI while fighting in the German army
  • Reports of community events
  • Ads of Polish businesses and self-employed individuals, missing persons ads
  • Wedding, anniversary, birth, christening announcements, obituaries
• Community news, including detailed reports from community events
• Emigration experiences described in letters and articles
• News from the partitioned Poland, from Poland during WWI and WWII, and news about Poles fighting outside of Poland
• Some news about Poles and Polish settlements in the United States
• News from Canada and the world

AMICUS No.

7503606 Serial/Microfilm

AMICUS No.

7505574 Serial

Published:

Weekly in Winnipeg, Apr. 9, 1915 - 2004

Publisher:

1915 Polish National Publishing Company
1915 - 1920 Canada North-West Publishing Company
1920 - Sept. 23, 1931 National Press Limited
Sept. 30, 1931 - 2004 Polish Press Limited

Editor:

1915 - 1919 Max Major
1919 - April 15, 1931 Juljan Nowacki
April 22, 1931 - Sept. 23, 1931 Leon S. Garczynski
Sept. 30, 1931 - Sept. 27, 1932 Juljan Nowacki
Oct. 4, 1932 - July 3, 1934 Jan Sikora
July 10, 1934 - July 18, 1935 Juljan Nowacki
July 25, 1935 - Nov. 12, 1935 Kazimierz Konarski
Nov. 19, 1935 - Oct. 15, 1940 W.A. Drelenkiewicz
Oct. 22, 1940 - March 5, 1947 August F. Chudzicki
March 12, 1947 - Jan. 7, 1970 Dr. Adam Synowiecki
Jan. 14, 1970 - Jan. 10, 1973 Wiktor L. Michalski
Jan. 17, 1973 - Sept. 5, 1973 Editorial Committee
Sept. 12, 1973 - July 23, 1975 Rev. Mieczyslaw Szwej
Aug. 20, 1975 - Dec. 1977 Joseph Michal Krajewski
March 16, 1977 - Aug. 10, 1977 Wieslawa Krajewska
Aug. 17, 1977 - May 24, 1986 Jerzy Mroczkowski
June 1986 - Editorial Committe

Text:

In Polish Merged with: Zwiqzkowiec, AMICUS No. 7976462, 9736322, 8554944, 7632221, 22842246, 23822261, to become Czas, Zwiqzkowiec, AMICUS No. 30708105

Notes:

Czas was closely associated with the Polish government and Polish diplomatic representatives in Canada and the U.S. Organ of Zjednoczenie Zrzeszen Polskich w Kanadzie / Federation of Polish Societies in Canada, 1932-1944; since 1944, organ of the Canadian Polish Congress.

Information included:

• News from Poland, Canada and the world
• Community news
• Lists of donors for various causes; prize winners; individuals sought by Polish consulates in Canada and abroad; Polish prisoners in Germany; Polish generals in the Russian army; Polish-Canadian enlistees in the Polish army
• Wedding, anniversary and christening announcements; obituaries
• Ads with names and addresses

AMICUS No.

1242913 Serial

Published:

Weekly in Toronto, Nov. 1919 - 1922

Publisher:

Slavonia Steamship Agencies Ltd.

Editor:

1919 Maks Major
1922 Edward J. Stawicki
1922 Alfons J. Staniewski

Text:

In Polish

Notes:

Only May 27, 1920 issue available.
Published for the benefit of Polish workers and farmers in Canada.

Information included:

• News from Poland, Canada and the world
• Ads with names and addresses, personal ads
• Polish community news and announcements

AMICUS No.

10606187 Serial/Microfilm

AMICUS No.

8538006 Serial

Published:

Weekly in Montreal, 1930 - Oct. 1934

Publisher:

1934 Polonia Publishing Company

Editor:

1930 - 1934 Jan M. Kreutz
1934 - Oct. 1934 Wilhelm W. Rybak

Text:

In Polish

Continued by:

Polonia, AMICUS No. 9962176

Notes:

Only two issues available.

Information included:

• News from Poland, Canada and the world
• Polish community news and announcements
• Ads

AMICUS No.

516741 Serial/Microfilm

Published:

Monthly in Toronto, Jan. 1931 - April 1932

Publisher:

Polskie Towarzystwo Robotniczo-Farmerskie / Polish Workers and Farmers Association

Editor:

An anonymous committee that included W. Dutkiewicz

Text:

In Polish

Continued by:

Glos Pracy, AMICUS No. 7832764, 7881780

Notes:

Organ of the Polskie Towarzystwo Robotniczo-Farmerskie / Polish Workers and Farmers Association (a Polish communist group)

Information included:

• Labour news
• Some articles and letters are signed

AMICUS No.

7881780 Serial/Microfilm

AMICUS No.

7832764 Serial

Published:

Biweekly/weekly/semi-weekly in Winnipeg, April 30, 1932 - Dec. 1936 and in Toronto, Jan. 2, 1937 - Aug. 17, 1940
Semi-monthly April 30, 1932 - April 15, 1933
Semi-weekly, Feb. 8, 1939 - Oct. 11, 1939

Publisher:

1932-1940 nominal publishers were the Polish Educational Publishing Association and the Polish People's Press, but actual sponsor was the Polish Workers and Farmers Association (a Polish communist group) acting, since 1936, under the name of the Polish People's Association /Polskie Towarzystwo Ludowe

Editor:

April 30, 1932 - 1938 W. Dutkiewicz
1938 Albert Morski

Text:

In Polish

Continued by:

Budzik, AMICUS No. 516741

Notes:

Organ of Polish workers in Canada. Dissolved by the Canadian government in 1940, together with the communist organization the Polish People's Association. The Polish People's Association then established Kronika Tygodniowa, AMICUS No. 6987215, 7832692.

Information included:

• News from Poland, Canada and the world, mostly concerning workers and farmers
• Reports from party banquets, concerts and other functions; names of participants included
• Reports and letters from workers and farmers from all of Canada
• Lists of donors for various causes
• Profiles of party members
• Obituaries
• Ads

AMICUS No.

7976462 Serial/Microfilm Jan. 1933 - Dec. 1976

AMICUS No.

9736322 Serial/Microfilm Jan. 1977 - Dec. 1981

AMICUS No.

8554944 Serial/Microfiche Aug. 1987 -

AMICUS No.

7632221 Serial Jan. 1933 - Sept. 23, 1999

AMICUS No.

22842246 Serial Sept.30, 1999 - Apr.13, 2000

AMICUS No.

23822261 Serial Apr.20, 2000 -

Other Title:

Nowy Zwiazkowiec / New Alliancer

Published:

Monthly/weekly/semi-weekly in Toronto since January 1933:
Monthly Jan. 1933 - Sept. 1935
Weekly Oct. 6, 1935 - March 16, 1957
Semi-weekly March 20, 1957 - Oct. 18, 1996
Weekly Oct. 25, 1996 - (Sept. 10, 1998) **

Publisher:

Polish Alliance Press Ltd.

Editor:

Feb. 1933 - Dec. 1933 Editorial committee under the guidance of Alfons J. Staniewski
Jan. 1934 - April 13, 1941 Alfons J. Staniewski
April 20, 1941 - June 27, 1943 Dr. Wiktor Rosinski
July 4, 1943 - Dec. 3, 1944 Franciszek Glogowski
Dec. 10, 1944 - Sept. 8, 1946 Leon S. Garczynski
Sept. 15, 1946 - Feb. 2, 1947 Editorial committee
Feb. 9, 1947 - Aug. 1, 1948 Franciszek Glogowski
Aug. 15, 1948 - July 9, 1950 Jerzy Gizycki
July 16, 1950 - Aug. 29, 1964 Franciszek Glogowski
Sept. 2, 1964 - April 4, 1977 Benedykt Heydenkorn
April 6, 1977 - Oct. 11, 1978 Jerzy Rozwadowski
Oct. 16, 1978 - Nov. 27, 1978 Gustaw Slodkowski
Nov. 29, 1978 - Jan. 12, 1981 Roman Buczek
Jan. 14, 1981 - Dec. 1982 Gustaw Slodkowski
Jan. 5, 1982 - Jacek Adolf
Aug. 6, 1987 - June 7, 1988 Jacek Borzecki
June 9, 1988 - Sept. 29, 1988 K. Sójka-Wilmanski
Oct. 4, 1988 - Aug. 7, 1991 Janusz Sukiennik
Aug. 13, 1991 - Dec. 31, 1997 Robert Dlugoborski
Jan. 8, 1998 - (Sept. 10, 1998) Stanislaw Stolarczyk

Text:

In Polish
Merged with: Czas, AMICUS No. 7503606, 7505574 to become Czas, Zwiazkowiec, AMICUS No. 30708105

Notes:

Official organ of the Zwiazek Polaków w Kanadzie National / Polish Alliance of Canada.
Starting January 1998 includes Nowy Prad: Kultura, Literatura, Sztuka, a bimonthly cultural-literary-art supplement published in partnership with Polski Fundusz Wydawniczy w Kanadzie Anti-communist publication.

Information included:

• Names and addresses of Polish businesses (at first, mostly from the Toronto area)
• The Polish Alliance of Canada organization's news, announcements and reports
• Articles about Poland
• Profiles of Polish-Canadian soldiers during WWII
• Lists of donors for various causes; missing individuals, especially during and after WWII; Polish refugees during WWII; individuals arrested under martial law in Poland
• News from Canada, Poland and the world
• Community news
• Readers' responses to articles in other Polish-Canadian newspapers
• Personal stories
• Marriage, births, engagements, and anniversary announcements, obituaries
• Ads with names and addresses

AMICUS No.

12492961 Serial

Published:

Biweekly/monthly in Candiac, Saskatchewan, 1935-1944

Publisher:

Rev. Dr. Franciszek Pander

Editor:

1935-1944 Rev. Dr. Franciszek Pander

Text:

In Polish

Information included:

• Community news from different settlements (for ex:, names of people who join or leave the community or who are ill)
• Letters from readers describing, their settlements, their trips, how they raise children
• Lists of donors for different causes
• Wedding anniversary announcements (some include a short history of the couple, description of the community they lived in, and the description of the celebration)
• Birth, christening and wedding announcements, obituaries
• Ads

AMICUS No.

9962176 Serial/Microfilm

Published:

Weekly (irregularly) in Montreal, Oct. 27, 1934 - Nov. 30, 1935

Publisher:

Polonia Publishing Company owned by Wilhelm W. Rybak

Editor:

1934 - 1935 Wilhelm W. Rybak 1935 L.S. Garczynski

Text:

In Polish

Continues:

Slowo Polskie, AMICUS No. 8538006, 10606187

Information included:

• News from Poland, Canada and the world
• Community news and announcements
• Ads

AMICUS No.

7510316 Serial/Microfilm

AMICUS No.

7510355 Serial

Published:

Weekly in Winnipeg, Nov. 6, 1940 - May 11, 1949

Publisher:

Canadian Publishers Ltd.

Editor:

Nov. 6, 1940 - Dec. 17, 1947 Jan S. Pazdor
Dec. 1947 - Feb. 2, 1949 No editor listed
Feb. 9, 1949 - May 11, 1949 Rev. M. Wecki

Text:

In Polish

Continues:

Gazeta Katolicka w Kanadzie, AMICUS No. 7510202

Continued by:

Gazeta Polska, AMICUS No. 7510404, 7510379

Information included:

• News from Poland, Canada and the world
• Polish community news and announcements
• Names and short profiles of Polish soldiers in the Canadian army during WWII
• Ads