Background
Foik, Paul Joseph was born on August 14, 1880 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Joanna (Dameck) Foik.
Foik, Paul Joseph was born on August 14, 1880 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Joanna (Dameck) Foik.
Graduate Holy Cross College, 1911. Graduate School Member.
Came to the United States in 1900. Librarian in chief University of Notre Dame, 1912-1924, also archivist Catholic Archives of America. Librarian in chief Saint Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, since 1924, also head department foreign languages, professor German and of America history, dean Graduate School.
Member Congregation of Holy Cross. Founder Irish National Library Foundation, Catholic Laymen’s Library Aid Society. Fellow Texas History Association (Vice-President), American Geography Society.
Member American Library Association Wrote: The Catholic Press in America (in Encyclopedia Americana), 1918.
Member advisory board communications of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1936.