mums148 Father Walter Pelczynski Memoirs, 1983 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Linda Seidman. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
2003

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 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric S. Cartier. 2003-05-29 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu146 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Father Walter Pelczynski Memoirs, 1983 Finding Aid Manuscript Number 148bd Compiled by Linda Seidman Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Pelczynski, Walter, 1916-2000 Father Walter Pelczynski Memoirs 1983 MS 148bd 1 envelope (0.25 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Native of Adams, Massachusetts who was the second American-born person to be ordained by the Congregation of Marians, which has its roots in Poland, and served as head of the Marians at Eden Hill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts for many years. Includes a photocopy of his typewritten memoirs, which were written in 1983, and cover the years 1934 to 1983. English.

Father Walter Pelczynski, a native of Adams, Massachusetts, who was the second American-born person to be ordained by the Congregation of Marians, which has its roots in Poland. Father Pelczynski served as head of the Marians at Eden Hill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts for many years.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Photocopy of the typewritten memoirs of Father Walter Pelczynski, covering the years from 1934 until 1983.

The collection is open for research.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Father Walter Pelczynski Memoirs (MS 148bd). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from Father Walter Pelczynski, via Rev. Charles Jan Di Mascola and Stanley Radosh, 1987.

Processed by Linda Seidman.

 Search Terms Pelczynski, Walter, 1916-2000. Marian Fathers. St. Stanislaus Kostka Province. Catholic Church--Massachusetts--Stockbridge--History--Sources. Polish Americans--Massachusetts--Stockbridge--Biography. Superiors, Religious--Massachusetts--Stockbridge--Biography. Stockbridge (Mass.)--Biography.