Pauline Sorensen, Family Papers
Title: Pauline Sorensen,
Family Papers
Creator: Sorensen, Pauline, 1903-2004
Dates: 1887-2002, undated
Quantity: 3 boxes (1 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS 0385
Language: English
Restrictions: None.
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Biography:
Pauline Sorensen was born in Wilber, Nebraska, on June 29, 1903 to Sylvia Chaloupka
and Mike Sorensen. Pauline married Alfred Sorensen on October 26, 1926. They had two
daughters, Phyllis Peara and Sydney (Gena) Mayer-Sorenson. The Sorensen family lived
in Wilber, Nebraska. Alfred Sorensen died in Omaha in 1986. Pauline Sorensen died in
2004.
Pauline's maternal grandfather, Frank Sadilek, was born in 1859 in Czechoslovakia and
immigrated to the United States at age 16. Frank Sadilek served in the Nebraska
state senate. Pauline had two brothers, Howard and Hugo Chaloupka. Hugo Chaloupka
was born in 1906, but died in 1914 after contracting rabies due to a dog bite.
Scope and Content:
The Pauline Sorensen papers are made up of personal correspondence, family genealogy,
a personal diary, newspaper clippings of news articles and obituaries, Czechoslovak
culture cookbooks, and a 1966 funeral guest book for Sylvia Sadilek Chaloupka,
Pauline Sorensen's mother. Also included in the collection is Pauline Sorensen's
family photographs, including a photograph scrapbook, and a family autograph book
from 1897. The materials also include the 1914 publication, "My Remembrances by Frank J. Sadilek," Sorensen's
maternal grandfather.
Subjects:
Chaloupka, Sylvia, 1880-1966
Sadilek, Frank, 1851-1933
Sorensen, Pauline, 1903-2004
Wilber (Neb.)
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia--History
Nebraska. Legistlature. Senate
Series Description:
Series 1: Family History, 1887-2002, undatedThis series includes published and unpublished books and family genealogy
files from both the Sadilek and Chaloupka families. Books included in this
series are autograph books, funeral books, and My Reminiscences by Frank
Sadilek. Genealogy files includes newspaper clippings, photographs,
correspondence, and notes written to and by Pauline Sorensen.
Series 2: Series 2: Cookbooks, 1949-1992This series consists of Pauline Sorensen's cookbooks, the majority are not
professionally published and relate to Czechoslovak cooking and culture.
Some cookbooks include notes.
Series 3: Series 3: Photographs, 1897-1942, undatedThis series includes family potraits and group photos of the Sadilek and
Chaloupka families. Some photographs include handwritten notes, as well as
dates and names of persons in photograph. Photographs are black and white or
color prints, including those in the photograph scrapbook. The oversize
photos listed are all black and white prints. Some photos may be mounted
albumen prints. Photographs have been housed separately due to their
format.
Container List:
Series 1: Family History, 1897-2002, undated Box 1. Folder 1. Autograph book, Sylvia Chaloupka, 1891-1898
Box 1. Folder 2. Autograph book, Sylvia Chaloupka, 1891-1998 (photocopy)
Box 1. Folder 3. Autograph book, graduation program, 1897
Box 1. Folder 4. Book, "My Reminiscences by Frank
Sadilek," 1914, 1998
Box 1. Folder 5. Genealogy, "Sadilek Family Tree,"
by Bill Skoupal, 2002
Box 1. Folder 6. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Howard, undated
Box 1. Folder 7. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Hugo, 1913-1914 (see also box 2 folder 14)
Box 1. Folder 8. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Mike, 1911, Aug.-1983, Nov., undated
Box 1. Folder 9. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Mike and Sylvia, 1925-1948, undated
Box 1. Folder 10. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Sylvia, 1887-1926, undated
Box 1. Folder 11. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Sylvia, diary, 1954
Box 1. Folder 12. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Sylvia, funeral book, 1966
Box 1. Folder 13. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Sylvia, funeral correspondence to Pauline
Sorensen, 1966
Box 1. Folder 14. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Sylvia, obituaries, 1966
Box 1. Folder 15. Genealogy, Chaloupka, Sylvia, notes, undated
Box 2. Folder 1. Genealogy, Sadilek, F. J., 1897-1911, undated
Box 2. Folder 2. Genealogy, Sadilek, Theresa (Jurka), 1931-1934
Box 2. Folder 3. Genealogy, Sadilek, Vic, 1953, undated
Box 2. Folder 4. Genealogy, Skoupal, Elsa, 1903-1984 (see also box 2 folder 14)
Box 2. Folder 5. Genealogy, Stastny, Robert, 1921
Box 2. Folder 6. Genealogy, obituaries, 1947-1979
Box 2. Folder 7. Genealogy, newspaper articles, 1927-1961, undated
Box 2. Folder 8. Genealogy, miscellaneous, 1922-1948, undated
Series 2: Cookbooks, 1949-1992Box 2. Folder 9. Bohemian-American cookbook, Maria Rosicky, 1949
Box 2. Folder 10. The Scandinavian Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute, 1965
Box 2. Folder 11. The Czech Book Recipe and Traditions, Pat Martin, 1981
Box 2. Folder 12. Czechoslovak Culture, Pat Martin, 1989
Box 2. Folder 13. Aunt Esther's Goodies, Esther Merkel, 1992
Series 3: Photographs, 1897-1942, undatedBox 2. Folder 14. Chaloupka and Sadilek family photographs, 1903-1917 (see oversize box 27)Item 1. Oversize group photo, Antonie Sadilek and Emil Folda
wedding, black and white photograph, 1905
Item 2. Oversize group photo, Frank and Theresa Sadilek 50th
wedding anniversary, 1912
Item 3. Oversize group photo, Geo. Green Omaha Band, 1914
Item 4. Oversize group photo, Geo. Green Omaha Band, undated
Item 5. Oversize group photo, Frank and Theresa Sadilek and
family, undated
Item 6. Oversize group photo, Harrison's Cow-Boy Band, undated
Box 3. Folder 1. Photo scrapbook, Sadilek and Chaloupka family, 1897-1942
Box 3. Folder 2. Photo scrapbook, Sadilek and Chaloupka family, loose
photographs, 1897-1942
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