SLOVAK AMERICANS |
A Selected Bibliography in English
Compiled by Miloslav Rechcigl Jr.
Bibliographies
Jerabek, Esther, Czechs and Slovaks in North America: A Bibliography. New York: SVU, 1976.
448 p.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "A Classified Guide to Bibliographies Relating to Czech,
Slovak , and Ruthenian Immigrants in America," Kosmas 7 (1988), p. 189-212.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr.," Czechs, Slovaks and Ruthenians in the U.S.: A
Selective Bibliography," Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 10, no. 1 (Summer
1991), p. 82-132.
Historiography
Stolarik, M. Mark, "From Field to Factory: The Historiography of the Slovak
Immigration to the United States," International Migration Review 10, no. 1 (Spring
1976), p. 81-102.
Bielek, Frantisek, "Slovak Emigration in the Years 1880-1939 and Problem Involved in
Its Study," in: Overseas Migration from East-Central and Southeastern Europe,
1880-1940. Edited by Julianna Puskas. Budapest: Akademia Kiado, 1990, pp. 59-73.
Biographical Compendia
Kona, Martha M., Slovak Americans and Canadians in American Catholic Who's Who, 1911-1981
and Slovak Ethnicity. Wilmette, IL: K&K House, 1984. 101 p.
Rechcigl, Eva and Miloslav Rechcigl Jr., SVU Directory. History, Organization and
Biographies of Members. 7th ed. Washington, DC: SVU Press, 1992. 390 p.
General Surveys
Panorama: A Historical Review of Czechs and Slovaks in the United States. Cicero, IL:
CNCA, 1971. 328 p.
Stasko, Jozef, Slovaks in the United States of America. Cambridge, MA: Dobra kniha, 1974.
74 p.
Krajsa, Joseph C., Slovaks in America: A Bicentennial Study. Middletown, PA: The Slovak
League of America, 1978. 494 p.
Stolarik, M. Mark, "Slovak Migration from Europe to North America 1870-1918,"
Slovak Studies 20 (1980), p. 5-137.
Stolarik, M. Mark, "Slovaks," in: Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic
Groups. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980, p. 926-34.
Fernice, Gregory C., "Slovak Immigration to the United States in Light of American
Czech and Slovak History," Nebraska History 74, no. 3 and 4 (Fall/Winter 1993),
p. 130-35.
Early History
Zatko, James J., "Beginnings of the Slovaks in America," Slovakia 15 (1963),
p.1-37.
Tybor, M. Martina, "The Slovak Presence in America to 1890," in Slovaks in
America. Ed. Joseph C. Krajsa. Middletown, PA: The Slovak League of America, 1978, p.
3-22.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "In the Footprints of the First Czech (and Slovak) Immigrants
in America," Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 9 (1990), p. 75-90.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Early Jewish Immigrants in America from the Czech Historic
Lands and Slovakia," Rev. Soc. Hist. Czechoslovak Jews 3 (1990-91), p. 157-79.
Regional and Local Histories
California - Bazovsky, John L., Early Slovaks in Los Angeles (1883-1945)," Slovak
Studies 13 (1973), pp. 203-16.
Connecticut - McDougal, Diana, The American-Slovak Community in Bridgeport. Bridgeport,
1954. 23 p.
Florida - Hudak, Andrew F. Jr. , Slovaks in Florida. Winter Park, FL: Agency Da Vel, 1991.
112p.
Illinois - Hletko, Peter, "The Slovaks of Chicago," Slovakia 19, no. 42 (1962),
p. 32-63.
Minnesota - Stolarik, M. Mark, "The Slovaks," in: They Chose Minnesota. A Survey
of the State's Ethnic Groups. Ed. June Drenning Holmquist. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical
Society Press, 1981, p. 352-61.
New York - Tanzone, Daniel F., Slovaks of Yonkers, New York. Middletown, PA: Jednota
Printery, 1975. 126 p.
Ohio - Ledbetter, Eleanor E., The Slovaks of Cleveland with Some General Information on
the Race. Cleveland: Mayor's Advisory War Committee, 1918. 32 p.
Ohio - Kopanic, Michael J., "Slovaks in Cleveland, 1870-1930. Neighborhoods, Politics
and Nationality Relations," Czechoslovak and Central European Journal 9 (1990),
p. 115-33.
Pennsylvania - Stolarik, M. Mark, Growing Up in the South Side: Three Generations of
Slovaks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1880-1976. Lewisburg: Bucknell University, 1985. 147
p.
Religion
Kisch, Guido, In Search of Freedom. A History of American Jews from Czechoslovakia
1592-1948. London: E. Goldston, 1949. 373 p.
Hrobak, Philip A., Slovak Catholic Parishes and Institutions in the United States and
Canada. Cleveland: The First Catholic Slovak Union, 1955. 183 p.
Dolak, George, A History of the Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States of
America, 1902-1927. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1955. 207 p.
Patek, George, "Slovak Greek Catholics in America," Slovak Studies 5, Historica
3 (1965), p. 259-68.
Zubek, Theodoric J., "The Influence of Slovak Catholics in the United States and
Canada on their Social and Religious Environment," Slovak Studies 24 (1984), p.
139-75.
Alexander, June Granatir, "The Laity in the Church: Slovaks and the Catholic Church
in Pre-World War Pittsburgh," Church History 53, No. 3 (September 1984), pp. 363-78.
Alexander, June Granatir, The Immigrant Church and Community. Pittsburgh's Slovak
Catholics and Lutherans, 1830-1915. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987. 198
p.
The Society
Roucek, Joseph S., "Problems of Assimilation: A Study of Czechoslovaks in the United
States," Sociology and Social Research 17 (September/October 1931), p. 62-71.
Barton, Joseph, Peasants and Strangers: Italians, Rumanians and Slovaks in American City
1890-1950. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975.
Stolarik, M. Mark,. "Building Slovak Communities in North America," in: The
Other Catholics. Edited by Keith P. Dyrud, Michael Novak, and Rudolph J. Vecoli. New York:
Arno Press, 1978, pp. 89-109.
Stein, Howard F., An Ethno-Historic Study of Slovak American Identity. Salem, NH: Ayer Co.
Publishers, 1981.
Alexander, June Granatir, "Staying Together: Chain Migration and Patterns of Slovak
Settlement in Pittsburgh Prior to World War ," Journal of American Ethnic History 1
(Fall 1981), p. 56-83.
Alexander, June Granatir, "Diversity within Unity: Regionalism and Social Relations
among Slovaks in Pre-War I Pittsburgh," Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 70
(October 1987). pp. 317-38.
Stolarik, M. Mark, Immigration and Urbanization: The Slovak Experience. New York: AMS Pr.,
1989. 147 p.
Public Life
Laska, Vera, "Czechs and Slovaks," in: America's Ethnic Politics. Eds. Joseph S.
Roucek and Bernard Eisenberg. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982, p. 133-53.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., U.S. Legislators with Czechoslovak Roots from Colonial Times to
Present: With Genealogical Lineages. Washington, DC: SVU Press, 1987. 65 p.
Cultural Life
Rev. Joseph Murgas, Priest-Scientist:
His Musical Wireless and the First Radio : Biography. By Stephen J. Palickar. New York,
1950. 164 p.
A Pictorial Biography of Rev. Joseph Murgas, Pioneer Inventor in the Field of Wireless
Telegraphy and Radio. By Stephen J. Palickar. Wilkes-Barre, PA: Murgas Memorial
Foundation, 1953. 83 p.
Tybor, M. Martyina, "Father of American Slovaks," Slovakia 16, No. 39 (1966),
pp. 25-40.
Rechclgl, Miloslav Jr. and Jiri
Nehnevajsa, "American Scholars and Scientists with Czechoslovak Roots - Some Key
Characteristics," Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 58 (1968), p. 213-22.
Pauco, Joseph, "Twenty Years of the Slovak Institute in Cleveland," Slovakia 23,
no. 46 (1973), p. 16-23.
Tanzone, Daniel F., "Slovak Contributions to the American Cultural Mosaic,"
Slovakia 25, no. 48 (1975), p. 119-27.
Bodnar, John, "Materialism and Morality: Slavic-American Immigrants and Education,
1890-1940," Slovakia 26, no. 49 (1976), p. 21-39.
Gregorovic, M. Consuela, "Contributions of Rev. Matthew Jankola to Slovak Catholic
Education in the United States," Slovak Studies 16 (1976), pp. 7-54.
Pier, Andrew V., "Our Slovak Heritage in America," in: Slovaks in America.
Ed. Joseph C. Krajsa. Middletown, PA: Slovak League of America, 1978, p. 79-88.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., Educators with Czechoslovak Roots. U.S. and Canadian Roster.
Washington, DC: SVU Press, 1980. 122 p.
Tybor, M. Martina, "Slovak-American Theater," in Ethnic Theater in the United
States. Ed. Maxine Schwartz Seller. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983, p. 447-90.
Fodiak, William P., "Slovak Newspapers in the United States," Jednota Annual
Furdek 23 (1984), p. 27-46.
Stolarik, M. Mark, "Slovak American Newspapers, 1885-1975: A Preliminary
Listing," Slovakia 32, no. 58 and 59 (1985-86), p. 34-70.
Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr., "Contributions of Slovaks to American Culture," (in
press).
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