Czech & Slovak Organizations,Institutions, Museums, Hall

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Cultural Organizations
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American Czech-Slovak Cultural Club, North Miami, FL
American Sokol Organization, Brookfield, IL
Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society of Astoria, NY
Council of Higher Education, Chicago, IL
CSA Fraternal Life, Oak Brook, IL
Czech and Slovak Association, Boston, MA
Czech & Slovak Club of Greater Kansas City, MO
Czech & Slovak Heritage Association of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Czech Heritage Preservation Society, Tabor, SD
Czech Heritage Society of Texas
Czech-Slovak American Club of Tucson, AZ
Czech Society of Oregon, Portland, OR
Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU), Washington, DC
Friends of Via, Pittsburgh, PA
Louisiana Czech Heritage Association, Libuse, LA
Komensky Club, Lincoln, NE
Moravian Heritage Society, Tomball, TX
Nebraska Czechs, Lincoln, NE
Oklahoma Czechs, OK
SPJST, Temple, TX
United Moravian Societies, Chicago, IL
Western Fraternal Life Association (WFLA), Cedar Rapids, IA

Institutions, Museums, Halls
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American Czech Educational Center, St. Louis, MO
American Czech-Slovak Cultural Club - North Miami, FL - Clubhouse
Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden, Astoria, NY
Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY
Czech and Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota, St., Paul, MN
Czech Center New York, NY
Czech Cultural Center of Greater Cleveland, OH
Czech Cultural Center Houston, TX
Czech Heritage & Cultural Center, La Grange, TX
Burleson Co. Czech Heritage Museum, Caldwell, TX
Czech-Slovak Culture & Business Center of Florida, Tarpon Springs, FL
CSA - Czechoslovak Heritage Museum, Oak Brook, IL
Louisiana Czech Museum. Libuse, LA
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, IA
Prague Historical Museum, Prague, OK
SPJST Museum, Temple, TX
Yukon Czech Hall, Yukon, SD

News & Media
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Kosmas - Czechoslovak and Central European Journal
SVU News
Czech-American Newspapers, Newsletters and other Serials
Czech-American TV
Czech-American Radio Stations
A Czech-American Blog

Notable Czech Americans
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Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
Richard Bassett, signer of the US constitution
George Blanda, one of the most successful football players
Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch, founders of H&R Block Co.
Louis D. Brandeis, Justice of the US Supreme Court
Thomas Cech, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry
Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago
Eugene Cernan, Astronaut
Carl Cori, Nobel Prize laureate
Francis Dvornik, historian of Byzantine and Slavic history
Rudolf Firkusny, pianist of note
Abraham Flexner, reformer of American medical education
Simon Flexner, founder and first director of the Rockefeller Institute (now University)
Milos Forman, film director
Rudolf Friml, composer of operettas
George S. Halas, “Papa Bear”, player-coach of the Chicago Bears
John Havlicek, basketball player
John Heckewelder, Moravian missionary
Augustine Herman, creator of first accurate map of MD & VA
Ales Hrdlicka, founder of American physical anthropology
Karel Husa, Pullitzer Prize-winning composer
Jaromir Jagr, NHL star, currently Captain of the NY Rangers, won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penquins in the early 1990s.
Karl Jansky, discoverer of radio astronomy
Otto Kerner, Jr., Governor of Illinois
John Kerry, US Senator
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Hollywood composer
Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald empire
Ivan Lendl, tennis player
Stanley Frank Musial, baseball player of international fame
Martina Navratilova, tennis player
John Neumann, first American male Saint
Jarmila Novotná, opera singer
Frederick Philipse, wealthiest person in New Amsterdam
Albin Polasek, sculptor
Edmund Jennings Randolph, Governor of VA, first Attorney-General of US, US Secretary of State
Mila Rechcigl, one of the founders and long-time President of SVU
Arnold Schoenberg, composer
Joseph Alois Schumpeter, economist of note at Harvard University
Rudolf Serkin, eminent pianist
Josef Skvorecky, writer
Sissy Spacek, movie star
George Szell, prominent conductor and composer of Cleveland Orchestra
Helen Taussig, medical researcher at Johns Hopkins University who alerted physicians of the dangers of thalidomide
Karl Wallenda, founder of the Flying Wallenda, with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Casper Weinberger, Secretary of HEW, Secretary of Defense
Jaromír Weinberger, composer
Rene Wellek, founder of literary criticism and comparative literature
Franz Werfel, writer
Isaac Mayer Wise, Rabbi and founder of American reformed Judaism
David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary

External links
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The Bohemians of the United States- Catholic Encyclopedia article
Notable Americans with Czech Roots
Bohemian and Moravian Pioneers in Colonial America
Augustine Herman Bohemiensis
Early Jewish Emigrants in America from the Czechlands
Gateway to America
Czech Americans in Sports
Czech Societies in the US
Czechs and Slovaks Worldwide and their Culture
Writings on Czech Americans
Czech American Biography
Kosmas - Czechoslovak and Central European Journal
Euroamericans.net: Czechs in America

Anonymní · Zaslal: čt listopad 01, 2007 9:37 am Předmět:

Maly problem; na tyto links na internetu bylo mozne kliknut a dostat se primo na jejich website. Jak je videt tak to tady na foru tak nefunguje. Kdyz sem to posilal pres email tak se ten link zachoval ze je mozne porad na neho kliknut, ale nevim proc ne tady.