Architektka, projektantka, inwentaryzatorka i urzędniczka. Aktywność zawodowa Gizelli Gryczyńskiej w latach 1932–1939
Architect, Designer, Inventory Taker and Clerk. Professional Activity of Gizella Gryczyñska in the Years 1932–1939

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to supplement the biography of Gizella Gryczyñska, until 1936 Margulies, a Polish architect of Jewish origin. An analysis of archival sources and materials from the Collec- tions of Photographs and Survey Drawings held at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences has made it possible to present her activity in the field of inventorying historical monu- ments. The article describes Gizella Gryczyñska’s participation in the inventory-taking action conducted in the years 1933–1934 in Kazimierz Dolny under the aegis of the Society for the Protection of the Monuments of the Past in the framework of the governmental Labour Fund. At the same time, search queries conducted in the State Archive in Kielce and in the Student Records Division of the Warsaw University of Technology revealed a number of hitherto unknown source materials that shed new light on Gryczyñska’s professional activity and personal life after the year 1936. Thus, it has been possible to present her achievements in a new perspective, taking under consideration the economic and social context of the era.

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