Compiled by Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr.
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By Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr., SVU
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COMPILER'S
NOTE
This is a tentative listing of the US-based societies bearing on the Czech
presence in America. The present compilation is obviously incomplete. With a
constant turnover among the officers of the respective societies and as new
organizations are established, while some of the older ones become defunct, it
is practically impossible to keep listing like this up to date.
Despite its imperfections we felt it important to post this compilation on the
Net with the hope that the readers may help us keep the information as current
as possible.
The listing is a part of SVU Information and Reference Series.
C. Cultural Heritage Documents No. 5 (2000).
CONTENTS
I. Alphabetical Listing
II. Description by Subject
1. Public Affairs
2. Business / Trade
3. Religious
4. Fraternal
5. Heritage
6. Genealogical
7. Educational
8. Scholarly - Scientific
9. Music - Art - Literature
10. Professions
11. Sports
12. Social and Cultural
13. Hobby - Avocation
14. Charitable - Relief
15. Veteran
16. Cemetery
I. ALPHABETICAL LISTING
Alliance of Czech
Freethinking Schools
Alliance
of Czechoslovak Exiles in Chicago
American Czech
and Slovak Association (ACSA)
American Czech and Slovak Club of NM
American
Czech and Slovak Education Fund
American Czech Association
American Czech Women's Club
American
Czechoslovak Club of Lake Worth
American
Czechoslovak Cultural Society
American
Czechoslovak Engineering Society
American
Czechoslovak Group of Broward
American Czechoslovak
Social Club
American
Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR)
American
Friends for the Preservation of Czech Culture (AFPCC)
American Fund
for Czechoslovak Relief (AFCR)
American Sokol
Organization
Association
of Free Czechoslovak Sportsmen in New York State
Beseda
- Czech Social Club in Pasadena - Cesky spolecensky klub v Pasadene
Bohemia Historical Society
(BHS)
Bohemian-American
Concertina Association
Bohemian
Benevolent and Literary Association of the City of New York
Bohemian
Citizen's Benevolent Society of Astoria
Bohemian Free
Thinking School Society see Alliance of Czech
Freethinking Schools
Bohemian Lawyers Association
(MASUB)
Bohemian Musician
Association
Bohemian
National Cemetery Association, Chicago
Bohemian
National Cemetery of Baltimore
Brethren Mutual Aid Society
California Czech
and Slovak Club (CCSC)
Catholic Family
Fraternal of Texas (KJZT)
Catholic Union of Texas (KJT)
Catholic Workman (CW)
Ceskoslovenska obec
legionarska
Christian Sisters Union
Comenius Club
Council
of Higher Education
CSA Fraternal Life (CSA)
Czech
American Committee of Greater Cleveland
Czech American National Alliance
Czech American
Workingmen's Sokol
Czech-American Club
Czech-Slovak
American Club of Sun City
Czech and Slovak Amity
Association
Czech and
Slovak Civil Forum Foundation (CSCF)
Czech and
Slovak Club of Greater Kansas City
Czech and Slovak Club of
Tucson
Czech and
Slovak Genealogical Society of Arizona
Czech
and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois (CSAGSI)
Czech and Slovak Group of
Phoenix
Czech
and Slovak Heritage Association of Maryland (CSHA)
Czech and Slovak Music
Society (CSMS)
Czech and Slovak
Solidarity Council (CSSC)
Czech and
Slovak - US Economic Council (CSUSEC)
Czech Catholic Union (CCU)
Czech Catholic Union of Texas
Czech Cultural and Community Center
Czech Day Committee of
Tabor, SD
Czech
Educational Foundation of Texas (CEFT)
Czech
Ex-Student Association of Texas (CESAT)
Czech Heritage Club
Czech Heritage Foundation
(CHF)
Czech Heritage
Preservation Society
Czech Heritage
Society of South Texas
Czech Heritage
Society of Texas (CHST)
Czech Heritage Society
of Wisconsin
Czech Historical
Association of Austin
Czech Institute
Czech Karlin Hall
Czech Music Alliance
Czech-North
American Chamber of Commerce (CNACC)
Czech
Society for Preservation of Human Rights, Los Angeles
Czech
Working Group of the Presbyterian Church
Czechoslovak American
Musician Club
Czechoslovak American
Congress
Czechoslovak
Baptist Convention of the US and Canada
Czechoslovak Biblical Society in Chicago
Czechoslovak Cultural Center
Czechoslovak Culture Club, Los
Angeles
Czechoslovak
Genealogical Society International (CGSI)
Czechoslovak History
Conference (CHC)
Czechoslovak Moravian Club
Czechoslovak Music Society
Czechoslovak Musician Club
Czechoslovak
National Council of America (CNCA)
Czechoslovak
Social and Cultural Society
Czechoslovak
Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU)
Czechoslovak Sokol Abroad
Czechoslovak
Sportsmen in the Western World
Czechoslovakian
Collectors Guild International
District Alliance of Czech Catholics
Dobrovsky Club of Czechoslovak Masons
Domus Musicae Slavicae
Dulles Czech Club
and Historical society
Dvorak American
Heritage Association
Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (RVOS)
First
Czechoslovak Garden Club of America
First
Czechoslovak Philatelic Club of North America (FCPCNA)
The Foundation for a
Civil Society (FCS)
The Free Thought Council
Friends of Czechoslovak Center
Friends of Czech Music
Greater Kansas
City Czech and Slovak Club
Holocaust
Survivors USA from Czechoslovakia
House of Czech and Slovak Republics
International
Association of Czechs for Dual Citizenship, Restitution's and Voting Rights
Kansas Czechs Inc.
Louisiana Czech
Heritage Association
Masaryk Club of Boston
Masaryk Club of Chicago
Moravian Club of Corpus
Christi
Minnesota Czechoslovak Center
Moravian Cultural Society
Moravian Heritage Society
(MHS)
Moravian Historical
Society
Movement of Czechoslovak Exiles
Mutual
Aid Society of the Unity of the Brethren (MASUB)
National
Alliance of Czech Catholics (NACC)
Nebraska Czechs, Inc.
Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln
Nebraska Czechs of Wilber
North
American Association of Teachers of Czech (NAATC)
Oklahoma Czechs Inc.
Omaha Czech Cultural Club
Orel in Exile
Prague Historical Society
Slavonic
Benevolent Order of the State of Texas (SPJST)
Society for the
History of Czechoslovak Jews (SHCJ)
Society of
Czechoslovak Philately (SCP)
South Central Nebraska Czech Society
Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage Society
Texans
of Czech Ancestry (TOCA)
United Lutheran Society
United Moravian Societies
Unity of the Brethren in Texas
Western Fraternal
Life Association (WFLA)
The Wilson-Masaryk Society of the Woodrow Wilson House
Wilsonian Club
Wisconsin Czechs, Inc.
II.
DESCRIPTION BY SUBJECT
1. PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Alliance of
Czechoslovak Exiles in Chicago (Svaz ceskoslovenskych exulantu)
Address: c/o Weber Travel, 6805 West Cermak Rd., Berwyn, IL 60402
President: Jerry Rabas
American Friends of
the Czech Republic (AFoCR)
Address: 2801 M Street NW Washington, DC 20007
President: Phillip M. Kasik
Comunications Director: Danielle Frottier
Telephone: (202) 338-1548 FAX: (202) 338-8182
Email: afocr@afocr.org
Website: www.afocr.org
Founded: 1995
Purpose: led major project for 2002 flood relief, built the Masaryk Memorial
and park in Washington
and supported entry of the Czech Republic into NATO
Publications: AFoCR Newsletter, quarterly
Czech American
Committee of Greater Cleveland
Address: P. O. Box 27347, Cleveland, OH 44127
Telephone: (216) 321-6302
President: Miloslava Hyvnar
Founded:
1939
No. of members: 220
Purpose: Umbrella organization for Cleveland-based Czech organizations
Publications: Newsletter, irregular
Czech and Slovak Amity
Association
Address: 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 835-0744 FAX: (202) 659-5926
President: Julian Niemczyk
Founded: 1992 Members: 300
Czech and Slovak
Solidarity Council (CSSC)
Formerly: Council of Free Czechoslovakia
Address: 31 South Meadows Dr., Appleton, WI 54915
Telephone: (920) 739-3846 FAX:
President: Mojmir Povolny
Secretary: Vlado Simko:
Founded: 1949 (Renamed 1994) Members: 180
Purpose: supports Czech-Slovak relations
Provides: Grants to Czech & Slovak organizations dedicated to solidarity
Meetings: General Assembly, every 2 years
Czech Society for
Preservation of Human Rights, Los Angeles
Address: 267 N. Layton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Telephone / FAX: (310) 472-4159
President: Jaroslav Marik, tel. (310) 476-6069
Founded: 1992
Purpose: supports the initiative for dual citizenship and restitution
Czechoslovak American Congress
Address: P. O. Box 3039, Oakbrook, IL 60522-3039
Telephone: (630) 472-0500, ext. 4309 or 1 (800) 543-3272; FAX: (630) 472-11100
President: Vera Wilt
Secretary: Josef Pritasil
Founded: 1974
Members: 40 delegates
Purpose: Umbrella organization for 40 local organizations
Activities: Czechoslovak American Day - picnic
Publication: Czechoslovak Community Calendar, monthly
Czechoslovak
National Council of America (CNCA)
Address: 2137 S Lombard Ave, Rm. 292, Cicero, IL 60650
Telephone: (708) 656-1117 FAX (708) 656-5611
President: John Richard
Ex. Officer: Olga Kovar
Founded: 1917 Members:
300
Purpose: until 1990 aimed at the liberation of Czechoslovakia from communists
Publications: American Bulletin, monthly; Vestnik, monthly
Holocaust Survivors
USA from Czechoslovakia
International
Association of Czechs for Dual Citizenship, Restitutions and Voting Rights
Address: P. O. Box 66453, Los Angeles, CA 90066
Telephone: (310) 397-0505 FAX: (310) 397-8199; e-mail: jfuchs@sprynet.com
Coordinator: Jirina Fuchsova
Founded: 1995 Members: 643
Purpose: Support activities towards dual citizenship, restitutions and voting
rights for Czechs
Activities: Monitor the politics of the Czech government and state officials
International
Movement for Free Czechoslovakia (IMFC)
Address: 1217 Elizabeth Street, West Chicago, IL 60185-3918
Telephone: / FAX: (708) 231-4239
President: Carl Hodek
Movement of
Czechoslovak Christian Democrats in Exile
Wilsonian Club
Address: 9751 Firth Court, Vienna, VA 22181
Phone: (70-3) 281-2570; FAX: (703) 281-2570; e-mail: lwhite6663@aol.com
President: Lewis M. White
Purpose: The Wilsonian Club was established to commemorate the independence of
Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the leaders who made this independence possible.
Meetings: Meets once a year in October in the home of President Woodrow Wilson
to commemorate Czechoslovak independence.
Activities: Bestows awards, sponsors competitions, provides scholarships or
other financial aid. It collaborates with the Woodrow Wilson foundation to
raise funds. for research on Masaryk and Czechoslovak independence.
Source: Lewis M. White, July 6, 1999
2. BUSINESS / TRADE
American Czech and
Slovak Association (ACSA)
Formerly: American Czechoslovak Society
Address: North Bldg., Ste. 700, 601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004
Contact: Robert J. Miller, President
Telephone (202) 638-5505 FAX: (202) 638-5308
Founded: 1990
Meetings: annual
Czech and Slovak -
US Economic Council (CSUSEC)
Formerly: Czechoslovak- US Economic Council
Address: do Chamber of Commerce of the US, 1615 H. St. NW, Washington, DC
20062-2000
Contact: Kay Larcom, Ex. Director
Telephone: (202) 463-5460; FAX: (202) 463-3114
Founded: 1975 Members: 85
Meetings: annual
Czech-North American
Chamber of Commerce (CNACC)
Address: 4220 Pleasantdale Rd., Atlanta, GA 30340-3523
Phone: (770) 239-3191; FAX: (770) 239-3113
e-mail: trade@ccrcc.net, lnovotny@ccrcc.net
Contact: Lubomir J. Novotny
Founded: In 1998 by a group of prominent business people and organizations
Among the founders are well-known Czech industrialists Thomas J. Bata and A.
K. Velan with operations in the US and Canada, Mexico and around the world.
The leading sponsor is John P. Davis of Tradebank International of Atlanta, GA.
Purpose: A multilateral organization with the purpose of promoting trade,
investment and tourism ties among the Czech Republic and the US, Canada and
Mexico (NAFTA countries). With its head offices in Atlanta, GA. CNACC plans to
establish an affiliation with all existing organizations involved in Czech
Republic trade and business issues, as well as to develop new regional chapters
in states and provinces.
Publications: Gateway Magazine
Web Site: www.ccrcc.net
The Czech Village Association
Address: Cedar Rapids, IA
Telephone:
President:
Founded: 1972
Purpose: Group of Cedar Rapids merchants on the 16 Avenue SW neighborhood
shopping area, "Czech Town", met and decided to revive the Czech
spirit and heritage that concentrated area as a monument to early Czech
settlers who contributed so much to the development of Cedar Rapids and Linn
Co....
Czechoslovak American
Enterprise Fund
Telephone: (202) 467-5480
Katka Dubielova
Czechoslovak
Interamerican Chamber of Commerce
Address: 1025 Kane Concourse No. 215, Bay Harbor, FL 33154
President: Eva Taub
Texas Czech Chamber of
Commerce
Address: 11920 Beechnut, Houston, TX 77072
Telephone: (281) 564-9800; FAX: (281) 498-0851
Executive Director: Daniel Hrna
US Czech Chamber of Commerce
Address: One World Trade Center, 929 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: (312) 923-0050 or (312) 527-2779; FAX: (312) 923-0915
Contact: Mrs. Emma P. Barborka
US Czech Chamber of Commerce
Address: P. O. Box 563, Prague, OK 74864-0563
Telephone: (405) 567-2280' FAX: (405) 567-2280
President: Sundeep Kishore
3. RELIGIOUS and AGNOSTIC
Christian Sisters
Union (Unity of Brethren)
President: Janet Pomykal, P.O. Box 560, Brenham, TX 77834, Phone: (409)
836-3773
Vice President: Dorothy Hinson, 5823 Kudell, Houston, TX 77074: Phone: (713)
774-3964
Secretary:Sharon Joy Waggoner, 222 Crestwood Dr., San Angelo, TX 76903, Phone:
(915) 651-5884
Treasurer:Lillie Chafin, Rt. 3 Box 234A, Caldwell, TX 77836, Phone: (409)
272-1136
Financial Secretary:Georgia Ptacek, P.O. Box 72, Snook, TX 77878, Phone: (409)
272-8993
National Alliance of
Czech Catholics (NACC)
Address: 2340 5 61st Ave, Cicero, IL 60650
Telephone: (708) 656-1540 FAX Check
Hon. President: Rev. Daniel W. Kucera
President of Ex. Board: Frank J. Brabec
Chaplain: Vojtech Vit
Secretary: Frances Uhlir
Founded: 1917 Members:
1,000
Purpose: Seeks to unite Czech-American Catholics for religious, civic,
charitable, and educational activities
Activities: Czech Catholic Day
Meetings: quadrennial
Publication: Hlas Naroda
Czech Working Group
of the Presbyterian Church
Address: c/o Europe Office, Presbyterian Church (USA), 100 Witherspoon
Street, Louisville, KY 40202-1396
Chair: David A. Murdoch
Purpose: support church activities in the Czech Republic
The Czechoslovak
Baptist Convention of US and Canada
Address:
President: Robert Dvorak, 2833 Manor drive, Northbrook, IL 600062; Phone: (847)
498-2168;
e-mail: RCDvorak@aol.com
Purpose: The Czechoslovak Baptist Convention is an organization composed of
churches and individuals of Slavic ethnic roots, primarily Czech and Slovak.
Begun in 1909, the Convention now meets in annual conference at Philippi, West
Virginia, on the campus of Alderson-Broaddus College. Its primary mission is
Christian fellowship, worship and Bible study, and the support of Baptist and
evangelical outreach ministries in the countries of Slovakia and the Czech
Republic and to a lesser extent in other areas of Central Europe.
History: The Convention traces its history to beginnings in Chicago, where a
growing Czech and Slovak immigration settlement was taking place in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. German Baptists living in Chicago at
that time made early e
4. FRATERNAL
Catholic Family
Fraternal of Texas (KJZT)
Address: P.O. Box 1884, 4504 East Ben White Boulevard, Austin, TX 78767-1884
Telephone: (512) 444-9586; FAX: (512) 44-6887
President: Geraldine Nekuza
Secretary: Grace Vinklarek
Treasurer: Vilemina Broz
Purpose: insurance
Founded: 1894
Publication: The Catholic Family fraternal Journal, every other month
Catholic Union of Texas (KJT)
Address: P.O. Box 297, 214 E. Colorado, La Grange, TX 78945
Telephone: (409) 968-5877; 1-800-245-8182; FAX: (409) 968-5823
President: Elo J. Goerig
Secretary: Joe Lynn Oeding
Purpose: To provide security for the widow and orphans of their fellow
neighbors; to propagate support and maintain their belief in the faith of their
fathers; to unite fraternally persons of Czech and Slavonic descent who are
practicing Catholics; and to encourage the membership in performing their
duties as Catholics.
Founded: 1889 Members: 17,000
Publications: KJT News
Activities: KJT Czech Day
Catholic Workman (CW)
Absorbed: The Western Bohemian Catholic Union and the Daughters of Columbus
Address: 111 West Main Street, New Prague, MN 56071
Pone: (612) 758-2229; FAX: (612) 758-6221; e-mail: catholicwk@aol.com
President: James M. Egr
Supreme Secretary: Steve Bisek
Purpose: To provide life insurance and fraternalism to Czech Catholics at
origin
Founded: 1891 Members: 16,000
Branches: 91 active
Publications: Catholic Workman Voice - Katolicky Delnik
Awards: scholarships to eligible members and to seminary students; funds to
religious and charitable organizations
Meetings: yearly
Source: John Goldacr, Secretary/Tresurer
Date: June 29, 1995
CSA Fraternal Life (CSA)
Formerly: Czechoslovak Society of America - Ceskoslovenske spolky americke
Address: 122 W. 22nd St., Oak Brook, IL 60521-1557
Telephone: (630) 472-0500; 1 (800) -LIFE-CSA; FAX: (630) 472-1100
e-Mail: LIFECSA@aol.com
President: Vera A. Wilt
Secretary: Louis J. Kolarik
Founded: 1854 Members: 31,235 Staff: 40
Regional Groups: 10 State Groups: 14 Local Groups: 120
Purpose: Fraternal benefit life insurance society
Sponsors sports, photo, poster, and Miss National CSA competitions
Publications: The CSA Journal, 11 times per year; Directory, annual
Aid: Coordinates scholarship program
Maintains museum, biographical archives, and 1,500 volume library of magazines
and Czech books dating back to the 1860s
Meetings: quadrennial congress
Czech Catholic Union (CCU)
Address: 5349 Dolloff Road, Cleveland, OH 44127
Telephone: (216) 341-0444 FAX: (216) 341-0711
President: Ann Mahoney, 209, Gould Ave., Bedford, OH 44148
Secretary-Treasurer: Elsie T. Malec, 5171 Thomas Street, Maple Heights, OH
44137
Founded: 1879 Members: 5,323 Budget: 100,000
Local Groups: 50
Purpose: Fraternal benefit life insurance society for persons of Catholic faith
Activities: Communion Breakfast, Dinner-Dance, Card Parties, Children's
Christmas Party
Aid: Makes annual donation to the Holy Family Cancer Home
Educates a young man to the priesthood at St. Procopius Abbey.
Supports Czech Benedictines in Lisle, IL and Rome, Italy.
Bestows Awards: 50 Year Pins, High School & college Grants, Fraternalist of
Year
Publications: Posel (Messenger), quarterly
Meetings: quadrennial conventions
Source: Elsie T. Malec, Secretary-Treasurer, June 29, 1999
Mutual Aid Society
of the Unity of the Brethren (MASUB)
President::Rev. Henry E. Beseda
Vice-President: Calvin J. Vojtek, Phone: (281) 373-4839
General Secretary: Cindy DeWitt, 502 Shire Drive, College Station TX
77845-8187, Phone: (409) 696-6921
Treasurer:Guy E. Huffman, P.O. Box 216, Caldwell, TX 77836, Phone: (409)
567-7089
Junior Department: Stanley F. Mrnustik, 202 N. Shaw Street, Caldwell, TX
77836-1236, Phone: (409) 567-4386
Mutual Protective
Association of Texas (RVOS)
Also known as: Rolnicky Vzajemne Ochranny Spolek Statu Texas
Address: 2301 South 37th, Temple, TX 76504; or P.O. Box 6106, Temple, TX
76503
President: James May
Ex. Secretary: Sharlet Sladecek
Telephone: (254) 773-2181 FAX: (254) 773-1122
Founded: 1901 Members: 65,200 Staff: 57
Local Lodges: 202
Purpose: Organized by Americans of Czechoslovak desvcent to provide insurance
coverage from the perils of fire, lightning and windstorms.
Publications: Texas Farmer -Texasky Rolnik, quarterly
Meetings: Conventions, every 4 years
Aid: RVOS donates to scholarship funds of various colleges and high schools
supporting Czech language, culture, and heritage, and makes donations to and
participates in community activities
Slavonic Benevolent
Order of the State of Texas (SPJST)
Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas
Address: P.O. Box 100, Temple, TX 76503
Telephone: (254) 773-1575 or (800) 727-7578 FAX:(817) 774-7447
President: Howard B. Leshikar
Secretary-Treasurer: Leonard D. Mikeska
Founded: 1897 Members: 60,000
State Groups: 7 Local Groups: 123
Purpose: insurance
Publications: Vestnik SPJST
Maintains: museum and library
Sponsors: youth clubs, charitable activities, educational programs
Western Fraternal
Life Association (WFLA)
Formerly: Bohemian Fraternal Association - Zapadni Cesko-Bratrska Jednota
(ZCBJ)
Address: 1900 1st Ave, NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Telephone: 1-800-535-5472; (319) 363-2653; FAX: (319) 363-8806
President: Philip J. Torticill
Secretary: Howard J. Wolfe
Founded: in Omaha, NE in 1897 by the Western Lodges of the CSPS
Members: 51,030
Staff: 40 Local Groups: 177
Purpose: provides insurance in 18 Western States
Publications: Fraternal Herald Bratrsky Vestnik, monthly (in English)
Meetings: quadrennial
Aid: makes donations to colleges, universities, retirement homes, and other
charitable and philanthropic organizations
5. HERITAGE
American Czechoslovak
Cultural Society
(Americko-ceskoslovenska kulturni spolecnost)
Address: 5701 W. 22nd Place, Cicero, IL 60804-2646
President: Robert Baumruk, 67010 Riverside Drive, Berwyn, IL 60402-2226; tel.:
(708) 788-2552
Purpose: Presents cultural events conducted in the Czech and English languages
open to the public.
Founded: 1985
No. of Members: 12
Meetings: 3rd Saturday of the month, October through May.
Notice: By Robert Baumruk, July 8, 1999
American Friends for
the Preservation of Czech Culture
Address: P.O, Box 814, Dover, MA 02030
President: Katherine A. Day
e-mail: mail@czechculture.com
Purpose: Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the czechoslovak
wealth of the Czech nation. To make these national treasures more accessible to
the general public, to develop opportunities for study of the Czech cultural
heritage and to garner support for cultural life in the Czech Republic.
The Bohemia Historical Society
Address: P. O. Box 454, Bohemia, NY 11716
President: Fay L. Pagela
Founded: 1986
Purpose: Preservation of memories and traditions of the Czech families of
Bohemia, Suffolk co., NY and to educate and inform present and future
generations of the heritage and cultures of the original settlers
Bohemian Benevolent
and Literary Association of the City of New York.
Address: 306 E 51st St., New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 759-6462; or (212) 944-8242; FAX: (212) 759-6540
President: Jan Hird Pokorny
Secretary: Milos Knorr, Secretary 955 Park Ave, New York, NY 10003
Purpose: associates 13 societies ; owns National Hall in Manhattan, NYC
Orig. Founded: 1891
Bohemian Citizens'
Benevolent Society of Astoria (BCBSA)
Address: Bohemian Hall & Park, 29-19 24th Ave., Astoria, NY 11102
Telephone: (718) 274-4925; FAX: (718) 728-9278
President: Pavel Vancura; tel. (718) 788-4716; FAX: (718) 499-5641; e-mail: PVancura@compuserve.com
Founded: 1894
Members: 80
Purpose: To create and maintain an environment where the Czech and Slovak
culture can be maintained and blended with American traditions and culture,
thereby tending to make the members better Americans.
Activities: Cultural events relating to Czech and Slovak culture
Publication: Astorian, six times a year
Meetings: monthly
Dues $15
The Czech and Slovak
Heritage Association of Maryland, Inc.
Formerly: Czechoslovak Ethnic Association
Address: P.O. Box 24552, Baltimore, MD 21214-4552
Telephone / FAX: (410) 366-6016:
President: Michael G. Rokos
Secretary: Mary Bushey
Founded: 1988 Members: 1,000
Purpose: preservation of cultural heritage
Activities: Czech and Slovak Festival (October)
Publication: Hlas
Membership: $12 (individual); family $20
Czech Day Committee, Tabor, SD
Address: Tabor, SD 57063
President: Bernard Zitka
Purpose: to organize festival "Czech Day"
Czech Heritage Club
Address: 2024 Orchard Lane, La Canada, CA 91011
Contact: Iska French
Czech Heritage Foundation
(CHF)
Address: P.O. Box 761, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406
Telephone: (319) 362-8500 FAX
President: Russ Novotny
Founded: 1974 Members: 1,200
Purpose: preservation of cultural heritage
Publications: Our Czech Heritage, quarterly
Meetings: annual
Czech Heritage
Preservation Society
Address: P. O. Box 3, Tabor, SD 57063-0021
Telephone: (605) 463-2476
President: Elvin Novak
Treasurer: Mildred Cimpl
Founded: 1974 Members: 240
Purpose: preservation of cultural heritage
Activities: organize Czech Days
Publication: Newsletter
Czech Heritage Society
of South Texas
Address: P.O. Box 1974, Corpus Christi, TX 78403-1974
Telephone: (512) 882-9226 or (512) 882-9226
President: John Prochaska, 1513 North Chaparral, Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Secretary: Helen Pavelka
Founded: 1980 Members: 250
Purpose: preservation of Czech cultural heritage
Activities: Czech Heritage Festival
Czech Heritage Society
of Texas (CHST)
Address: P. O Box 2312, Victoria, TX 77902-2312
President: Anna Wheeler Krpec, 4810 Spellman, Houston, TX 77035; tel./FAX:
(713) 726-0282
Vice President: Alfred Gerik, 600 N Marable St., West, TX 76691; tel. (254)
826-5106
Secretary: Patricia Ahlhorn Parma, 33111 Carolina Way, Richmond, TX 77469; tel.
281) 342-4898
Treasurer: James Ermis. 26414 Maplewood, Spring, TX 77386-1150, tel. (281)
367-7911
Reporter: Tria Molberg, Rt. 3 Box 40, El Campo, TX 77437; tel. (409) 648-2956
Founded: October 30, 1982 in Taylor, TX at SPJST Lodge #29, at the initiative
of the late Albert J. Blaha
Chapters: 14 Members: 1,300
Purpose: A non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of Czech Heritage,
specifically to preserve and promote genealogy, heritage, culture and language
of the Czechs of Texas.
Publication: Cesky Hlas (The Czech Voice), quarterly
Activities: The society holds genealogical seminars and workshops in various
parts of the state and assists people in locating their Czech ancestors and
documenting their family histories.
Albert J. Blaha Memorial Research fund: Established in 1988, in memory of
Albert J. Blaha, designed to give financial backing to studies that increase
knowledge of the history and genealogy of Czech Texas.
Meetings :Four times a year
Membership: $8. County Chapters establish their additional local dues.
Website: http://www.czechheritage.org
e-mail: euyq36a@pridy.com or pjj0518@pop.tamu.edu
Czech Heritage Society of
Wisconsin
Address: 149 Forest Drive, R. 1 Box 177, Forestville, WI 54213
Telephone / FAX: (920) 487-2122
President: Veronica Seiler
Publication: None
Czech Historical
Association of Austin
Address: 17529 Klamath Falls Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681
Phone: (512) 255-6994
Czechoslovak Ethnic
Association
Address: P.O. Box 9813, Baltimore, MD 21284
Contact: Frank G. Trachta, President
Telephone: FAX:
Czechoslovak Moravian Club
Address: 310 Taylor Avenue, Endwell, NY 13760
Telephone: (607) 757-0475
President: Frank G. Trachta
Founded: 1935 Members: 750
Purpose: To preserve and promote Czech, Slovak, and Moravian culture and
heritage
Activities: Fasank, May Dinner Dance, Mikulas
Publication: Nase noviny
Czechoslovak Pioneers of
Maryland
Address: Recreation Pier, 1715 Thames St., Baltimore, MD 21231
Telephone: (410) 396-9177
President: Mary Alice Butts
Kansas Czechs, Inc.
Louisiana Czech
Heritage Association (LCHA)
Name: Louisiana Czech Heritage Association. Inc. - LCHA
Address: P.O. Box 131, Libuse, LA 71348
President: Caroline Chapman, P.O. Box 244, Libuse, La 71348; Phone: (318)
473-2745;
e-mail: chaplusmor@aol.com
Purpose: The purpose of this organization is to preserve. develop, and
encourage interest and research into the culture, traditions, and history of
the Czech immigrants to the United States and to Louisiana as they and their
descendants brought them to America not as they might exist in Czech and Slovak
Republics today.
Year of Founding: 1984 No. of Members: about 175
Publications: Czech Heritage News
Activities: Annual Czech Heritage Festival.
Activities: Publication of a quarterly newsletter, collection of photographs
and other memorabilia of the early colonist of the Czech communities of Kolin
and Libuse, awarding of a Czech Heritage scholarship, and the annual Czech
Heritage Days festival that is held on the second weekend of Mardi. The
association also takes on other projects that will preserve and develop Czech
Culture of the Louisiana Czech communities. Example (sponsoring a touring band
from the Czech Republic)
Meetings: The organization has at least 4 meetings for general membership
annually. Dates of meetings are decided by board and published in the
Newsletter.
Newsletter: The "Louisiana Czech Heritage News," quarterly Other
Publications: Czech Heritage Cookbook "Dobre, Dobre" (vols.I and II)
Library/Archival material: Photographs, (originals and negatives), documents,
Ledgers of early meetings, and community organizations, old records, newspaper
articles, magazines, objects of Czech culture, Czech Koj, lace and embroidered
kitchen clothes and other home furnishings.
Museum: Louisiana Czech Museum is in the process of being incorporated as a
separae entity from the La. Czech Heritage Association
Contact person: Jim HIavac, 301 Oak St., Denim Springs, LA 70726
Private Museum - Koncinskv Memory Museum, 5225 Holloway Road, Pineville,
LA 71360
Contact person: George Konciasky, 1612 Fulton Thrive, Alexandria, LA 71301
La. Czech Heritage Archives 14 Locker Road, Deville, La 71328 Contact person:
Rosie Walker
Date of Filling out Questionnaire: July18, 1999
Name and position of Person Filling out Questionnaire; Rosie Ann Walker Ed D,
Archivist
Address: 14 Locker Road, Deville, LA 71328 Phone: (318)
442-5506
RosewaIk98@vahoo.corn or RALWalk14@aol.com
Moravian Cultural Society
Address: 8012 Edgewater Road, North Riverside, IL 60546
Phone: (708) 447-0319
President: Jean Mensik Ponce
Secretary: Susan M. Kadlecek
Purpose: To preserve Czech, Moravian and Slovak culture and heritage through
folk dancing
Founded: 1965 Members: 70
Activities: Czechoslovak Folk Festival ("Krojovany ples"), St.
Joseph's Day
Dance (Svatojozefska zabava), New Year's Eve Dance (Sylvestrovska zabava)
Publication: Minutes, monthly
7600 South County Line Rd., Burr Ridge, IL 60526 wrong
Telephone: (630) 789-9767; FAX: (630) 789-9762
President: Stephen Kala
Secretary: Rosemarie Chybek
Moravian Heritage Society
(MHS)
Address: 31910 Road 160, Visalia, CA 93292
Telephone: (209) 798-1490 FAX: (209) 798-1922; e-mail : Thrncirik@aol.com
Director: Tom Hrncirik
Founded: 1994
Members: 500
Purpose: The gathering of Moravian people into unified families through
historical education, and genealogical research
Activities: Genealogical research, tours of ancestral villages
Meeting: none
Publications: Morava Krasna (Moravia, the Beautiful), quarterly (in English)
Data Base: Immigrant Data Base of Moravian immigrants
Web Site: www.czechusa.com
Source: Tom Hrncirik, July15, 1999
Nebraska Czechs, Inc
Address:
Telephone: (402) 465-4957; or (402) 435-6914
President: Debra M. Polacek, P.o. Box 487, Harvard, NE 68944; Phone: (402)
772-3451; e-mail: mp61221@navix.net
Founded:
Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln
Address: P.O. Box 131, Red Oak, IA 511506 Check
Telephone: (712) 623-4289
President: Adolph Novacek
Purpose: preservation of Czech cultural heritage
Activities: Miss Czech-Slovak Pagent
Founded: 1973 Members: 105
Publications: Hlas naroda
Nebraska Czechs of Wilber,
Inc.
Address: Route 1, Box 169, Wilber, NE 68465
Phone: (402) 821-3060
President: Tad Eickman
Secretary: Shery; J. Kastanek, R.R. 2, Box 44, Crete, NE 68333-9526' Phone:
(402) 821-2668
Purpose:
Oklahoma Czechs, Inc.
Address: P. O. Box 850211, Yukon, OK 73085
Telephone: (405) 721-1573
President: Al Zajic
Founded: 1966 Members: 300
Purpose: preservation of cultural heritage
Activities: Czech Day
Festival
The Old Bohemian
Historical Society, Inc
Address:
Telephone: (302) 378-5800
President:
Founded: 1956
Purpose: To restore and promote "Old Bohemia". Old Bohemia is the
popular name given to the first permanent Catholic area in the Delmar
Peninsula. It was established in 1704 on the territory known as "Bohemia
Manor" which belonged to famous Augustine Herman, the first lord of
Bohemia Manor.
Prague Historical Society
Address: 8601, 1008 Broadway, Prague, OK 74864
Telephone: (405) 567-4750
President: Peggy Bartosh
Founded: 1989 Members: 250
Purpose: preservation of Czech cultural heritage
Membership: $5 Student, $10 Individual, $25 Family
Meetings: fourth Monday of each month 7 p.m.
Source: Peggy Bartosh, NBU 8601, Prague, OK 74864
Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage Society
Membership: Our members are descendants of (or interested in) the Czech/Slovaks who settled in Southside Virginia, including the counties of Prince George, Dinwiddie, and Chesterfield and the cities of Petersburg, Hopewell and Emporia. Membership is free. Communications of upcoming events are announced on the website or by email, except for phone and US postal mail contact for those who do not have computer access.
Purpose: Our mission is to discover, document and promote our Czech/Slovak heritage. We do this by: Building a ?virtual library? of all available books, newspaper articles and other related materials; Documenting genealogical information of all area Czech/Slovaks in order to help families re-connect; Sponsoring events (Recipe Collection, Christmas Celebration, Easter Event, Farm and Cemetery Tours) that promote our Heritage (food, customs, folk dress, religion); Encouraging knowledge of Czech/Slovak language and phrases, assistance in translating family documents; Encouraging visits to family villages in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Romania; ?Giving back? to our ancestral homelands in thankfulness for our rich heritage (?mission? tours, fund-raisers, charitable contributions).
Activities: Presentations of culture, genealogical and travelogues to local historic societies and community organizations, periodic social events and tours of Czech/Slovak sites.
Library/Archival material: Bibliography of books, dissertations, news articles, familiy histories, chuch histories, cemetery records, music, and other items relating to Southside Virginia Czech/Slovaks. Family Surname Database (cross referenced to the Bibliography) of over 375 families containing (when available) village of origin, port and date of arrival, local farm and cemetery location.
Website: All organization Information and activities are coordinated on a password-protected website on www.myfamily.com. For access, contact webmasters at: joyprit@verizon.net, marievpearson@adelphia.net or ccfox21@adelphia.net.
Contact persons: Joyce Pritchard, 713 Francis St., Hopewell, VA 23860, phone: 804-458-1301, email: joyprit@verizon.net and Marie Pearson, 3408 West Broadway, Hopewell, VA 23860, phone: 804-458-2316, email: marievpearson@adelphia.net.
Date of Filling out Questionnaire: 2005-12-09
Name and position of Person Filling out Questionnaire; Joyce Pritchard, Co-founder,
Address: 713 Francis Street, Hopewell, VA 23860 Phone: (804) 458-1301 email: joyprit@verizon.net
Texans of Czech
Ancestry - Texane ceskeho puvodu (TOCA)
Address: 12 East Young, Temple, TX 76501 CHECK
President: Eugene B. Labay, 112 W. Craig Place, P. O. box 15244, San Antonio,
TX 78212; Phone: (210) 734-6602 (W) (210) 698-3409 (H)
Secretary: Evelyn Skopik, 1705 Mountainview Dr., Waco, TX 76710-2836; Phone:
(254) 772-2424
Treasurer: Dan Mares, 407 Hallmark Circle, Belton, TX 76513; Phone: (254)
939-6162
Founded: April 13, 1985
Members: 60
Purpose: Non-profit organization established to improve and facilitate
communications and activities among the Czech founded organizations operating
in Texas; encourage and conduct public relations activities will acquaint all
Czech-Texans, friends and the general public with the history,
contributions and present status of Czechs; encourage and assist member
organizations with worthy projects and activities; provide mutual aid and
assistance in the preservation and promotion of the Czech language, Czech
culture, Czech heritage, citizenship, fraternalism, and related activities,
services and products; undertake appropriate projects and activities which will
benefit the Czechs in Texas and provide direction, management and
funding; and continue certain projects which were envisioned or started during
the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial year.
United Moravian Societies
Address: 2912 Halifax Ave, Westchester, IL 60154
Telephone: (708) 562-2307
President: Joseph Borysek
Founded: 1939 Members: 120
Purpose: To promote Moravian culture and dance
Activities: Annual Moravian Day
Wisconsin Czechs, Inc.
Address: 1137 South 25th St., Manitowoc, WI 54220
Contact: Mrs. Dorothy Blimel, President
c/o Elsie Roberts
4618 Carter Dr.
Racine, WI 53402
Phone: (414) 681-1624
Wisconsin Czechs, Inc.
1516 North 23rd Street
Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54220
Telephone: FAX:
Founded: 1978
Members: ca 700
Purpose: planning state programs and coordinating statewide Czech activities.
Specific objectives are to promote a greater awareness of the contributions of
Czech immigrants and their descendants to the growth and prosperity of WI and
the US.; to foster the study of the Czech language and culture in both public
and private institutions; and to work with other ethnic groups.
Meetings: four times a year (with cultural programs)
Activities: provide programs and entertainment for schools etc.; sponsors
excursion tours to other Czech centers/communities and festivals
Sponsor: annual fair ( "Pout") in August
Aid: 3 scholarships annually
Publications: Nase Ceske Vzdelani
6. GENEALOGICAL
Czech and Slovak
American Genealogy Society of Illinois (CSAGSI)
Address: P.O. Box 313, Sugar Grove, IL 60554
President: Joe Hartzel
Secretary: Dolores Duy
Founded: 1996
Members: over 1000
Purpose: To collect, preserve and publish genealogical a historical material
about Czech and Slovak ancestors.
Meetings: quarterly
In addition we hold 4 meetings a year featuring a speaker relevant to our ancestral
heritage. We also hold a yearly conference dealing with History, Culture,
Genealogy, etc.
Publication: Koreny (Roots), quarterly
CSA GSI Library: T. G. Masaryk School, 5701 22nd Place, Cicero, IL 60804
(one block south of 22nd st. near Klas restaurant)
Website: http://www.csagsi.org
Czech and Slovak
Genealogical Society of Arizona
Address:
P.O. Box 82656, Phoenix, AZ 85071
President: Teri K. Thorpe
E-mail: thorpeth@futureone.com
Czechoslovak
Genealogical Society International (CGSI)
Formerly: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society
Address: P.O. Box 16225, St. Paul, MN 55116
Telephone: (612) 789-2509; e-mail: CGSI@aol.com
President: Dave Pavelka
Founded: 1988 Members: 4,000
Publications: Nase Rodina (Our Family), quarterly
Library: Located at the MN Genealogical society Library, 1650 Carroll Ave., St.
Paul, MN
Meetings: quarterly; annual conference with exhibits and workshops
HomePage: http://members.aol.com/cgsi/index.html
7. EDUCATIONAL
Alliance of Czech
Freethinking Schools
Sdruzeni ceskych svobodomyslnych skol
Formerly: Bohemian Freethinking School Society
Address: 5701 W. 22nd Place, Cicero, IL 60804-2646
President: Robert Baumruk, 6710 Riverside Drive, Berwyn, IL 60402-2226; tel.:
(708) 788-2552
Purpose: To support the Czech Freethinking Schools in their program of teaching
the Czech language, the history and culture of the Czech people
Founded: 1863
No. of Members: 22
Meetings: 2nd Saturday of month, September through May.
Newsletter: Svobodna skola
Other Publications: 100 roku ceskych svobodomyslnych skol. Ku stoletemu trvani
Ceskych Svobodomyslnych Skol v Chicagu. Nedele 6. rijna 1963 ve dvorane
Sokola Havlicek-Tyrs (Chicago, 1963) 80 p.; also occasional school texts and
readers
Notice: By Robert Baumruk, July 8, 1999
American Czech and
Slovak Education Fund (ACSF)
Address: 169 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08540
Contact: Vivian Abbott, Exec. Dir. 22 Rolling Rd., Somerset, NJ 08873
Telephone: (908) 873-3492 FAX: (908) 873-0468
Telephone: (609) 497-2955 FAX: (609) 4927
3906
Meetings:
Bohemian Free Thinking
School Society: see Alliance of Czech Freethinking Schools
Council of Higher
Education - Matice Vyssiho Vzdelani
Address: P.O. Box 136, Brookfield, IL 60513
Telephone: (847) 966-9741
President: Henry Synek
Secretary: Jana Tuzar
Founded: in 1902 in Cedar Rapids, IA; in 1924 the base operation was
transferred to Chicago, IL
Scholarships : are awarded once yearly on a competitive basis. Current stipends
are up to $1,000 per academic year. The deadline for filing applications is
July 1.
Loans: are interest-free for the duration of full-time studies and are granted
throughout the year. The current maximum loans are $700 per semester.
Criteria for Aid: US or Canadian citizens of Czech or slovak descent.
Czech and Slovak
Civil Forum Foundation (CSCF)
Address: 4900 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 200161
President: Barbara K. Kelly
Contact: Vladimir M. Kabes, Exe