Barbara Horak, Czech Heritage
Correspondence
Title: Barbara Horak,
Czech Heritage Correspondence
Creator: Horak, Barbara, 1874-1974
Dates: 1900-1975
Quantity: 4 folders
Collection Number: MS 0277
Language: Czech, English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Barbara Horak, Czech Heritage Correspondence (MS 0277). Archives & Special
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Biography:
Barbara Horak was born in 1874 in Czechoslovakia. She emigrated to Saunders County,
Nebraska, with her family. They moved by covered wagon to Greeley County. At age 16,
Horak left her family to work in St. Paul, and later worked in O'Neill in a hotel.
After a few other jobs in hotels, Barbara turned to the art of millinery and opened
her own dress shop in St. Paul, which she closed after her marriage to Milth
Horak
Scope and Content:
The collection consists of the personal correspondence, newspaper clippings and one
photograph.
Subjects:
Czechs -- Barbara Horak -- Correspondence
Container List:
Folder 1. Correspondence, 1900, 1910, 1945Correspondence addressed to Milth Horak, all handwritten in English.
Folder 2. Article, 1974, Oct. 23Includes an article about Barbara Horak at the occasion of her 100th
birthday, describing her experiences with immigration to the U.S., a
calendar from 1901, a check from the Farmer State Bank from November 6,
1950, with the value of $1020.00, and a form requested by Joseph Svoboda,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries concerning the Czech Heritage
Project.
Folder 3. Articles, 1957, 1975Articles about the Czech Heritage Collection, an article about the
restoration of Bohemian ethnic cemetery, articles from Denni Hlasatel in Czech, and a published letter of Barbora Horak
to the editors of Denni Hlasatel.
Folder 4. PhotographHilda Horak with great-grandpa Horak.
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