SHOULDER TO SHOULDER: Polish Americans in Rochester, NY, 1890-2000
By Kathleen Urbanic
Illustrated by Frank Anders 

Shoulder to Shoulder presents the history of Polish immigrants and their descendants in Rochester, New York, beginning with the arrival of the first Polish settlers at the end of the 19th century and continuing through the year 2000. The result of extensive research carried out over a period of ten years, the book documents the development of Rochester’s Polish community in the context of events that have also shaped the larger history of American Polonia. The 300-page, hard cover volume contains more than 140 photographs, maps, and original sketches. A full chapter is devoted to Rochester Polonia’s service to the homeland during World War I.

First published in 1991 and re-issued in 2000, Shoulder to Shoulder has been distributed widely, reaching not only Rochesterians of Polish descent but also their relatives across North America and in Poland, students and scholars of ethnic studies, Polish American organizations, genealogical societies, archives, libraries, and historical associations. The book has been favorably received, including by the Polish American Journal whose reviewer described it as “a treasure . . . one of the best local histories I have seen, a book that deserves to sit on your shelf.”

Publication of the second edition was made possible with grants from the Polish Heritage Society of Rochester and the Louis Skalny Foundation, with additional support from the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester.

Cost: $20, plus $3 shipping and handling

To order, email polishrochester@gmail.com.

Shoulder to Shoulder: Polish Americans in Rochester, NY, 1890-2000

Copyright 2000, Kathleen R. Urbanic
Library of Congress Control Number: 00-133718
ISBN 0-9628578-1-5