Polish Club of San Francisco

Artist Josephine Junosza (native of Warsaw) lived most of her life in France. She visited San Francisco from 1903-1906, at which time she was the guest of San Franciscans Casimir (Kazimierz) Bielawski and Dr. Ladislaus (Wadysaw) Pawlicki. The father of Josephine's son was the famous painter, Stanisaw Poraj-Pstrokoski. Josephine's granddaughter is an accomplished pianist, living in France, Monique Pstrokonsky-Gauche. See: http://www.PolishClubSF.org/JosephineJunosza.pdf

Dr. Pawlicki's letter to Helena Modjeska in the aftermath of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire: http://www.polishclubsf.org/31PawlickiToModjeska.pdf

Jósefina Junosza painted a portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Ladislaus Pawlicki in San Francisco.

Dr. Ladislaus (Wadysaw) Pawlicki engaged Helena Modjeska (Modrzejewska) to raise money for the Holy Family Sisters in San Francisco. Dr. Pawlicki was a friend of Dr. John (Jan) Strentzel and his father-in-law, John Muir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8RnuFbDFJ0&feature=youtu.be

In today's Writer's Almanac: "It's the birthday of the American botanist Asa Gray (books by this author), born in Oneida County, New York (1810). He wrote many books on the subject of botany, aimed at audiences of different educational backgrounds, but his great work was a comprehensive flora, the Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, first published in 1848, and subsequently in many editions. He was a close colleague and avid supporter of Charles Darwin and hi...s defense of the theory of natural selection, coming, as it did, from a devout Christian, undermined the popular notion of his day that to be an evolutionist was to be an atheist. His essays on Darwin’s theories were collected together in a volume called Darwiniana (1876)." Polish Nobel laureate, Henry Sienkiewicz, mentioned Asa Gray in his 1877 letter to Julian Horain. See: http://www.PolishClubSF.org/Letter15HenrykToHorain .pdf

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F.P. Wierzbicki, M.D. Rare books. Endangered UCSF (Toland Hall) mural. More info: http://www.PolishClubSF.org/FPW.pdf

F.P. Wierzbicki, M.D. Rare books. Endangered UCSF (Toland Hall) mural. More info: http://www.PolishClubSF.org/FPW.pdf

Dear friends and followers, Thanks to your participation and contribution in our monthly meets up last year, we were able to renovate our bathrooms! We look forward to hosting further events as soon as possible. Have a great summer! -Polish Club

All upcoming events CANCELLED until further notice due to COVID-19.

Former member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Club in San Francisco

Happy International Women’s Day to all women! We would like to dedicate this day to someone very special to us a mother of Polish National Alliance, Teofila Samoliska. She was the first female director of PNA and a leader of the emancipation of Polish women in America.

RK PIOTROWSKI and K BIELAWSKI, founders of the Polish Society of California, since 1863

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