CATHOLIC WORKMAN:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Catholic Workman (Organization),
creator.
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| Title: | Catholic Workman organization
records. |
| Dates: | 1882-2004. |
| Abstract: | Records documenting the insurance services, activities, and
membership of the Catholic Workman (Katolický Dĕlník), a fraternal benefit society
founded by Czech Americans in Minnesota in 1891. Includes articles of incorporation,
minutes, membership registers, death claims, histories, and promotional material, as
well as records acquired during mergers. |
| Quantity: | 27.0 cubic feet (32 boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
The Catholic Workman (Katolický Dĕlník) traces its beginnings to the St. Joseph
Society of New Prague, Minnesota and to the Catholic Czech-American Workman of St.
Paul, Minnesota. In 1891, interested parties from these societies joined together
and incorporated in the state of Minnesota under the name Catholic Workman. As a
fraternal mutual benefit association, the Catholic Workman was structured to govern
the Supreme Council, the Supreme Executive Council, State Councils and the
Subordinate Branches. The main purposes of the organization were to provide for the
"spiritual, moral and social education and advancement of its members; the payment
of death benefits to the families, relatives and other benefeciaries of the deceased
members; and such other benevolent benefits, as from time to time, may be adopted."
The Catholic Workman continued to expand and gained branches in Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. The society
merged with the Western Bohemian Catholic Union (Západní Česká Katolicka Jednota) in
1930 and with the Catholic Union of Daughters of Columbus (Katolický Jednoty Dcer
Kolumbových) in 1937. In 2004, the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (Prvá
Katolícka Slovenská Zenská Jednota) acquired the assets of the Catholic Workman.
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These documents are organized into the following sections:
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| | Organizational records, 1891-2004. |
| | Memberships, 1882-1994. |
| | Newsletters, 1909-2004. |
| | Framed material, 1905. |
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Catholic Workman Organization Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,626; 16,123
Processing Information:
Processed by: Calla Smith-Dowling, July 2007
Catalog ID number: 990017374500104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Records pertaining to the mission, organization, business practices, and
traditions of the Catholic Workman. Additionally including records that were
acquired during mergers.
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| 142.G.16.2F-2 | 7 | Annual statements: |
| | | 1920-1933. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.3B-1 | 8 | | 1934-1940.
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| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.3B-2 | 9 | | 1941-1955.
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| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.4F-1 | 10 | | 1956-1972.
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| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.4F-2 | 11 | | 1973-1990.
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.2F | 2 | | 1991-2003. 13 folders. |
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| | Quarterly statements, 2004. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.1B | 1 | Anniversaries and events, circa
1930-2002. 3 folders. |
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| | Articles of incorporation, constitution, laws, rules, and
regulations, 1898-1988. 5 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.2F | 2 | Histories, 1916-circa
2001. 2 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.1B | 1 | Mergers: |
| | | Catholic Union of Daughters of Columbus (Katolický Jednoty
Dcer Kolumbových): |
| | | | Minutes, 1905-1936. 2 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.1B-2 | 5 | | | Accounts, 1906-1936. |
| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.1B | 1 | | First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (Prvá Katolícka
Slovenská Zenská Jednota): Asset purchase and reinsurance agreement, 2004. |
| | | Western Bohemian Catholic Union (Západní Česká Katolicka
Jednota): |
| | | | Organizational records, 1898-1932. 8 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.2F-1 | 6 | | | Membership applications and accounts, 1899-1917. 3 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.1B-2 | 5 | | | Membership applications and accounts, 1899-1929. 2 volumes. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.3B | 3 | Minutes: |
| | | 1891-1970. 10 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.14F | 32 | | 1920-1936.
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.2F | 2 | Procedural materials, 1899-2003. 9 folders. |
| | | Included are rate books, instruction manuals for branches, and handbooks
for rituals. |
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| | Promotional materials: |
| | | circa
1961-2003. 5 folders. |
| | | | Included is a 15 minute VHS concerning the history and mission of the
organization, as well as its major services and programs. |
| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.13B | 22 | | Cookbooks, circa
1991. 2 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.4F | 4 | Resolutions, 1939-1961. 6 folders. |
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Pertaining to membership applications and claims, these records include
information about member names, branches, dates initiated, birth and death
dates, insurance rates, medical histories, causes of death, benefits, and
other vital statistics.
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.4F | 4 | Membership applications: |
| | | Indexes: |
| | | | Arranged by member's last name. Some indexes list member number,
branch, and year of initiation. |
| | | | Undated. |
| | | | | Relationship to other membership application registers has not
been ascertained. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.5B-2 | 13 | | | 1891-1929. 3 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.6F-2 | 15 | | Central: |
| | | | Arranged numerically by member number. |
| | | | Member numbers: 1-11974, dated
1891-1928. 3 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.7B-1 | 16 | | | Member numbers: 11975-23181, dated
1928-1946. |
| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.4F | 4 | | | Member numbers: 29381-43535, dated
1944-1994. 2 folders. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.6F-1 | 14 | | Branch: |
| | | | Individual registers contain membership applications that are
arranged by branches in various cities. |
| | | | 1891-1923. 2 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.7B-2 | 17 | | | 1891-1936. 2 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.8F-1 | 18 | | | 1891-1939. 2 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.5B-1 | 12 | | Juvenile: |
| | | | Arrangement varies either by member number or by branch. |
| | | | Member numbers: 1-14191, dated
1923-1954. 3 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.4F | 4 | | | Member numbers: 14192-19999 and 1-3412, dated
1954-1984. |
| | | | | Numbering starts over after 19999. |
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| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.1B-2 | 5 | Death rolls: |
| | | Arranged in the order that deaths were recorded. Death roll number
corresponds to death claim number. Includes member number from the
membership application registers. |
| | | Roll numbers: 1-2465, dated
1892-1943. 2 volumes. |
| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.4F | 4 | | Roll numbers: 2466-7650, dated
1943-1978. 2 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.8F-2 | 24 | Death claims: |
| | | Arranged by death claim number, corresponding to the death roll
number. |
| | | Claim numbers: 831-983, dated
1921-1930. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.1B-1 | 23 | | Claim numbers: 984-1162, dated
1930-1931. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.1B-2 | 25 | | Claim numbers: 1163-1384, dated
1931-1933. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.2F-1 | 26 | | Claim numbers: 1385-1611, dated
1933-1935. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.2F-2 | 27 | | Claim numbers: 1612-1910, dated
1935-1938. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.3B-1 | 28 | | Claim numbers: 1911-2106, dated
1938-1939. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.3B-2 | 29 | | Claim numbers: 2107-2284, dated
1939-1941. |
| Location | Box |
| 142.G.17.4F-1 | 30 | | Claim numbers: 2285-2470, dated
1941-1943. |
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| Location | Box |
| 142.G.16.6F-1 | 14 | Rytĕiy Svätý Václav v Nove Praze, 1882-1899. |
| | | Relationship to other membership application registers has not been
ascertained. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.5B | 19 | 1909-1944. 36 folders. |
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| 151.I.1.6F | 20 | 1945-1963. 19 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.10F | 21 | 1964-1985. 22 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 151.I.1.13B | 22 | 1986-2004. 19 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 142.D.15.1 | 31 | Certificate, 1905. |
| | | Housed in a glass frame. Significance of the certificate has not been
ascertained. |
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Catholics, Czech.
- Czech Americans -- Minnesota -- Societies,
etc.
- Fraternal organizations -- Minnesota.
- Insurance, Fraternal.
- Organizations:
- Catholic Union of Daughters of Columbus.
- First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association.
- Katolický Dĕlník (Minn.).
- Western Bohemian Catholic Union.
- Types of Documents:
- Insurance claims.
- Photographs.
- Video recordings.
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