Anna Jaros papers

  • Creator Names Jaros, Anna.
  • Title Anna Jaros papers [manuscript], 1890-1921.
  • Physical description
    • ca. 25 items (1 folder).
    • 1 oversize folder.
  • Collection summary Letters to Anna Jaros of Chicago, Ill. (1914-1919), several written by U.S. servicemen in France and Siberia during World War I; Frank Petrouka's 1919 honorable discharge from the U.S. Army; a wedding remembrance book from Anna Jaros's 1921 marriage to Frank Petrouka; and miscellaneous family memorabilia from the 1890s, including a passport of Joseph Jaros and ocean passage contracts for Vaclav Jaros and Barbara Hraback from Bremen with travel ending in Chicago. Family members came from Bohemia.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Ethel Baxter (1989.0851).
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Anna Jaros collection of visual materials [graphic].
  • Names
    • Jaros, Anna Archives.
    • Hraback. Barbara. 1898 travel contract.
    • Jaros, Joseph, recipient. rcp U.S. passport issued in Vienna Austria 1897.
    • Jaros, Vaclav. 1898 travel contract.
    • Petrouka, Frank.
  • Subjects
    • Czech Americans Illinois Chicago.
    • Families Illinois Chicago.
    • Immigrants Illinois Chicago.
    • Soldiers Illinois Chicago.
    • World War, 1914-1918 France.
    • World War, 1914-1918 Illinois Chicago.
    • World War, 1914-1918 Russia.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 19th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Certificates. aat
    • Contracts. aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Marriage records. aat 1921.
    • Passports. aat U.S. issued in Vienna, Austria 1897.
  • Geographic name
    • Belgium.
    • France.
    • Russia.
    • United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.