Title: Phyllis Krukar Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1928-1956

Creator:

• Krukar, Phyllis

Call Number: Milwaukee SC-O 3

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 oversize folder)

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:

Miscellaneous papers collected by Phyllis Krukar, a Polish-American resident of Milwaukee, including building committee records from St. Adelbert Church; a holy card from the burial mass for baseball star Al Simmons; and a list of soldiers and a photo of officers who served in Company K, 127th Infantry, 32nd Division in World War II.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mil0sco3

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Papers collected by Phyllis Krukar (nee Kowalski), including a chronicle of meetings and a summary of costs prepared in 1928 for the St. Adalbert (Sw. Wojciech) Parish building committee, on which Mrs. Krukar's father, Frank (Franciszek) Kowalski served, a photocopy of Proroctwo Michaldy (1948), a popular book of prophecies; and a holy card from the 1956 burial Mass of Al Simmons (Szymanski), the baseball star. There is also a photocopy of the “Call to Colors,” listing men in service with Co. K, 127th Infantry, 32nd Division, 1940-1941, and a photo of company officers, Camp Livingston, Louisiana, March 1941. Emil Krukar, husband of the donor, was an officer with Co. K, which was organized as the Kosciuszko Guard in 1874.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Phyllis Krukar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1980. Accession Number: M81-021