This book explores the key moments and themes in the history of slovakia from the duchy of nitras ninthcentury origins to the establishment of independent slovakia at midnight 19923. Due to the peculiarity of this era, people have many extraordinary stories to tell. These interviews, however, are not just the recollections of participantsthey are also deliberations on the history of czechoslovakia, the fall. The story of slovak americans in chicagoland is a tale of the american dream. Largescale slovak immigration to the united states began in the late 1870s, steadily increased during the following two decades, and peaked in 1905 when 52,368 slovaks entered. Neighborhood rivals, czechs and slovaks, to meet the new. Illinois series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Jerry came to chicago in 1956 where he and betty were married in 1957, moving to cicero shortly thereafter. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. He has translated the books of rudo sloboda, balla, dusan mitana, and short stories by several other slovak writers into dutch. They participated in the national soccer league and won in 1951, 1952, and 1954. Slovaks were not usually singled out as presenting special problems. Cultural information slovakia centre for intercultural. Slovaks of chicagoland images of america fasiang, robert m.
Slovak literature is still mostly unknown to the englishspeaking public, but with an increased focus on translating original poems, short stories, and novels into english in order to reach a larger audience, it is now. Archives of czechs and slovaks abroad university of chicago. They moved to whiting, indiana, where he attended school. It is estimated that close to 100,000 slovak immigrants came to the area in the 1890s looking for work and the chance for a better life. Slovenky are a west slavic ethnic group and nation native to slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the slovak language in slovakia, c. Publisher publication place series year of publication table of contents donor uniform title notes. The story of slovak americans in chicagoland is a tale of the american. In the case of tvs, the situation is similar it used to take 57 days of work but now it only takes eight days. Jerry fajkus obituary arlington heights, il daily herald. To buy a car in 1993, slovaks had to work as much as three years and four months. Cities with the highest percentage of slovaks in illinois.
Global slovakia is raising funds for czechoslovakia. They went to school and became naturalized citizens. Slovakia church and synagogue books, 15921950 is a free collection at familysearch of christenings, marriages, and burials and includes records from roman catholic, evangelical lutheran, and reformed church parishes, as well jewish congregations in slovakia. African american avenue became branch building built calumet canal catholic century chicago area chicago river church citys company completed construction contained continued cook county cultural czech decades declined district downtown early east economic especially established ethnic european facilities families field founded german greek. The slovaks in america european reading room, library of. Buy slovaks of chicagoland book online at best prices in india on. The hamburg state archives has preserved that ports passenger lists, which include the direct records of those sailing straight to america and the indirect lists of people who changed ships en route. There were some chicago priests who did much, a slovak community that established a slovak cemetery our lady of sorrows with statues in tribute to sts.
Buy slovaks of chicagoland book online at low prices in. Czechs and slovaks in droves, accounting for 52 percent of them, more czechs than slovaks. Until the dissolution of czechoslovakia, slovakias identity seemed inextricably linked with that of the former state. Although slovaks have lived in the united states for over a years.
Setonwatson, to denounce budapests policies towards the nationalities in his book racial problems in. Since slovaks did not have a separate identifiable homeland and most americans did not know that there was a slovak people, they often referred to slovak immigrants simply as slavs, slavic, slavish, or by the pejorative terms hunky or bohunk. Worlds fair memorial of the czechoslovak group czechs and. Judy baar topinka, mentioned in the book, even made her last public appearance with a beloved chicago group.
Czechs and slovaks, worlds fair memorial book, 1933, chicago czechs forever, a biographical guide, compiled by robert s. Pamatnik ceskoslovenskeho vyboru, svetovej vystavy v chicagu, 1933 redakci poridil, dr. Slovakia, church and synagogue books, 15921910 ancestry. Pamatnik, memorial of czech protestant congregrations in the us. Esther jerabeks czechs and slovaks in north america. This book shows three generations of czechs and slovaks contributions to a growing america. There are slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including.
A history of the czech lands university of chicago press. Most of the records in the collection are from the time periods listed in the table. For years the slovak athletic clubhouse had a reputation in chicago where generations of slovaks enjoyed the company of other slovaks and friends. The breakdown was 106,428 czechs and 25,720 slovaks. Read the fulltext online edition of bohemia under hapsburg misrule. Newspaper directory to find information about american newspapers published between 1690present. Archives of the czechs and slovaks abroad university of chicago library 1100 e. Holdings in the acasa reading room room 260 joseph regenstein library. Im also glad that none really exist, because i looked for quite a long time and felt pretty dumb wondering why i could not find a slovakian restaurant chicago pretty much has every cuisine ha.
This first volunteer unit from chicago, which included many slovaks, fought in the civil war and was eventually. Immigration a few slovaks immigrated to the united states before the american civil war but their numbers were small. Slovaks of chicagoland local and regional history books. A study of the ideals and aspirations of the bohemian and slovak peoples 1915. Feb 17, 2010 the slovaks were fifth in 2006, but they threw a scare into everyone by going undefeated in the first round and beating russia, sweden and the united states. It has more than,829,595 records and free browsing through 1,615,473 images.
Home browse books book details, bohemia under hapsburg misrule. The chicago foreign language press survey was published in 1942 by the chicago public library omnibus project of the works progress administration of illinois. In december of 2005, the united states department of the interior, national park service, published the document leading to the establishment of the pilsen historic district. In a few short years, emigrants from slovakia with little to their names came to the united states and succeeded beyond their highest hopes. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow your focus using our amazing set of criteria parameters. Shop arcadia publishing to find the best history books about illinois and its great contributions. Czechs and slovaks 1933 chicago worlds fair a century of. The story of slovak americans in chicagoland is a tale of the ameri. On the thirtieth anniversary of the velvet revolution that toppled the communist regime in czechoslovakia from november to december 1989, this book gathers dissident academics, a student leader, and a foreign correspondent to discuss the revolution. Czechs outnumbered slovaks in czechoslovakia as well as in chicago, and chicagos slovaks feared that their distinctive culture would be eclipsed. Immigrants began arriving in chicago from slovakia, which was then part of the hapsburg empire and governed by hungary, in the 1880s. None of those came up in my search so i appreciate it.
It does a a good job of succinctly, and clearly, explaining how chicagos natural environment evolved. The purpose of the project was to translate and classify selected news articles that appeared in the foreign language press from 1855 to 1938. You should avoid talking about weather, politics, and money salary unless there is a special reason, such as 40degree temperatures in slovakia. This fascinating story of rags to riches has been documented in historical photographs in images of america. I would have liked to see more attention paid to chicago slovak organizations, and some longestablished slovak organizations were overlooked. The archives of czechs and slovaks abroad is a separately housed collection and its contents are not reflected in the librarys online catalog. Lured by economic, political, and social freedoms, croatians, like other immigrants, came to chicago in search of the american dream. You can view an outline of the materials at the archives. All fields title journal title author performer subject call number isbn. Many slovaks came to america with few assets, no more than a sixthgrade education, and no knowledge of the english language. Archives of czechs and slovaks abroad university of. How long did slovaks work to buy a fridge 25 years ago.
This first volunteer unit from chicago, which included many slovaks, fought in the civil war and was eventually incorporated into the 24th regiment of the illinois. Archives of czechs and slovaks abroad uchicago library. The chicago slovaks were a chicago soccer team that was based in berwyn, illinois. Many slovaks also like talking about the history and events of the communist era. Czechs and slovaks 1933 chicago worlds fair a century of progress czechoslovak group on. Chicago was once known as the second croatian capital. The first czechs came to chicago in the 1800s and settled in pilsen. Worlds fair memorial of the czechoslovak group czechs.
This collection represents a rare account of local slovak history, much appreciated by this 100% slovak descendant. May 26, 2014 the book had nice pictures of chicago and indiana churches. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. How to sell slovak books to english readers spectator. He played for several years with the slovaks in chicago s national soccer league major.
Slovaks of chicagoland images of america kindle edition. Chicago, il 60637 773 7028456 its collection includes brochures, periodicals, anniversary publications, almanacs and personal papers of czechs and slovaks who have lived outside their homeland. Fasiang was born in chicago, the son of slovak immigrants. Worlds fair memorial of the czechoslovak group czechs and slovaks international exposition, chicago, 1933, incoporated. The slovak churches showed familiar places where my slovak grandparents settled and formed friendships with other slovaks. How the slovaks were taught to think like white people. M mark stolarik discusses the history, culture, and religion of the slovaks, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in north america. This list is meant to include resources in addition to the ones found at the traditional genealogical sites like familysearch, ancestry, fold3, and the like. Czechs and slovaks embarked primarily from three european ports. The slovakia church and synagogue books familysearch historical records coverage table shows the places and time periods covered in the indexed records for this collection. They tied with the vikings for the peel cup in 1943. Chicago, 1933 includes articles in english and bohemian includes advertising matter added t. As a preliminary step in providing users with a comprehensive interactive online finding aid to acasa holdings, the compilation of two inventories of acasa materials are now in progress. Holdings in the special collections research center room joseph regenstein library.
Acasa contains a wide variety of books on the general and local history of czech and slovak emigration. It does a a good job of succinctly, and clearly, explaining how chicago s natural environment evolved. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Chicagos pilsen neighborhood map above pilsen historic district outlined in red. All fields title journal title author performer subject call number isbn, issn, etc. Isaac ferdinand sarosi also spelled sarissky, scharossy, saarossy, sarossy, saroschi, and sarossi was the first known immigrant from what is now slovakia. A history of the czech lands provides one of the most complete historical accounts of this region to date. Important developments took place at this time, including the mission of byzantine monks cyril and methodius, the development of the glagolitic alphabet an early form of the cyrillic script, and the use of old church slavonic as the official and. These interviews, however, are not just the recollections of participantsthey are also deliberations on the history of.
The first documented groups settled mainly in pilsen, bridgeport, and the south side in the late 1800s. Though the czech republic is a young nation, the areas within and just outside its modern borders boast an ancient and intricate past. This tension culminated in 1933, when slovak leaders pulled out of the committee to create a. My home state of illinois had only one city over 100,000 popula tionchicagoand 72 percent of all czechs and slovaks in illinois in 1920 lived in chicago. Slovaks also have a m haplotype thats found in the near east and among italians. Discover new authors and their books in our ebook community. The czechs and slovaks in american banking, book, 1920. Helen fedor, reference specialist european division. Today the club celebrates two of its members as soccer hall of fame members. Chicago black hawks star stan mikita 1940 was born in slovakia. No other city in the united states is home to more slovaks than pittsburgh. Csagsi was formed because people like yourself who have roots in bohemia, moravia, slovakia. The store is full of czech books, records, handcut crystal and dolls. Mitochondrial dna variability in slovaks, with application to the roma origin.