Title: Francis S. Gurda Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1886-1981

Creator:

• Gurda, Francis S., 1895-1976

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss 49

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 flat box)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Gurda, a Milwaukee Polish American architect and engineer, containing architectural drawings of Milwaukee public and private buildings; a family tree and other papers of genealogical interest; and family photographs, including a World War I photo of Company K, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil00049

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Included in the collection are architectural drawings prepared by Gurda for buildings which he designed, among them the new church of St. Adalbert's parish 91930), St. Francis Hospital (1956), Wisconsin's first drive-in window at Lincoln State Bank (1950), and several elementary schools. Two newspaper articles, 1980 and 1981, and a magazine piece , regarding two of Gurda's designs are included in a folder of miscellany,

Gurda family records consist of a family tree (with a preliminary sketch); naturalization papers (1888) of Sylvester Gurda, father of Francis; a small book kept by Sylvester in which he recorded birth and baptismal information for all of his children; family obituaries; and a Milwaukee Common Council resolution in memory of Victoria Gurda, 1941. Family photos include a wedding photo of Sylvester and Victoria (Orzechnowski) Gurda, a photo of Leon Gurda with the Company K staff, 127th Infantry National Guard, at Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas, November 4, 1917, a photo of the Gurda brothers and sisters in 1952, several photos of what may be the dedication ceremonies of St. Francis Hospital, a construction site, an early-20th century photo of a Milwaukee(?) police officer, and others that are unidentified.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Donald F. and Dolores Gurda, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981. Accession Number: M81-354

Processing Information

Processed by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt, September 1981.

Box   1 Folder   1	Family records, 1886-1941, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Miscellany, 1935-1981
Box   1 Folder   3	Architectural drawings of Francis Gurda
Box   1 Folder   4	Naturalization certificate of Sylvester Gurda, 1888
Box   1 Folder   4	Gurda family tree
Box   1 Folder   5	Photographs