[KRAKOW] Karolina Piątek [later Jaroszowa] — Collection of documents from a Post and Telegraph Office clerk. Krakow–Katowice, 1918–1939. 21 documents.

[KRAKOW] Karolina Piątek [later Jaroszowa] — Collection of documents belonging to a Post and Telegraph Office clerk. Krakow–Katowice, 1918–1939. 21 documents.

A collection of 21 personal and official documents pertaining to Karolina Piątek, later Jaroszowa, an employee of the Polish postal and telegraph administration.
The collection consists of 14 larger-format documents, approx. 29 cm high, and 7 smaller documents, approx. 14.5 cm high. In good condition. Shows signs of folding, localized soiling, discoloration, and minor tears along the edges.

The collection spans over twenty years of her professional career—from the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the first months of independent Poland to the final months of the Second Polish Republic.

Among the documents are, among others:
– a certificate of membership in the municipality of the city of Kraków from 1918,
– a certificate of passing the examination for postal officials from 1919, bearing the stamp and seal of the Postal and Telegraph Directorate in Kraków,
– documents regarding admission to civil service, years of service, salary, and subsequent promotions from 1920–1929,
– appointments and correspondence from the Directorate of Post and Telegraphs in Kraków,
– a document from 1936 concerning a job transfer,
– letters from the Regional Directorate of Post and Telegraphs in Katowice, including a document from 1939 regarding the salary of Karolina Jaroszowa as a senior assistant at the regional telephone and telegraph office.

Numerous documents bearing official seals, embossed stamps, and officials’ signatures.

An interesting, comprehensive archival collection documenting a woman’s career in the state postal and telegraph service of the Second Polish Republic, as well as the organizational changes in the Polish administration after 1918.