The collection predominantly consists of records between the mid-1940s and late 1990s and includes various records related to Ivan (John) Lahola and his family. It includes biographical materials, correspondence, and documents covering Lahola's life during World War II, detailing his experiences in Auschwitz and other prisons and concentration camps. The collection encompasses textual records related to Lahola's community life in Canada, published materials, and miscellaneous information. Notable correspondence involves letters from different organizations thanking Lahola for donations, including contributions to the construction of the Greek Catholic Cathedral and the Ukrainian Embassy Foundation. Additionally, the collection contains greeting cards, and printed materials such as program invitations and catalogs, offering insights into Lahola's engagement with community events, cultural activities, and charitable causes.
Lahola, IvanContains information about various acquaintances of Lahola's such as Petro Marunchiuk, Stephan Lenkaws'kiy, Valentyn Moroz, Yevhen Hrivna, Antoni Havryluk, Mr &Mrs Halina, contains obituaries, birth certificates ect...
Files 133-138 contain unrelated topics such as lists of names, newspaper articles, a lesson book on gun use, geographical materials, and a list of rules handwritten by a child.
A list of rules handwritten by a child. The list is titled "Uvaha Dity" includes 9 rules. List is incomplete.
The small booklet includes the names of cities and capitals from each country, names of oceans, seas, canals, islands, continents etc...
The large booklet includes maps of the whole world, as well as continents (Europe, Asia, Oceania...), Countries (Ukraine, Australia), maps of the world's oceans, latitudes and longitudes etc...
A typewritten book about how to properly use guns talks about the proper stance to shoot a gun, the importance of angles when aiming etc...
Includes 2 handwritten lists of names.
English newspapers that include topics such as weddings, smoking, celibacy, orphans, etc...
Misc. topics written in Russian. Photocopied information.
Includes newspaper clippings of various obituaries: Pawlessa I.A., Cwikilewycz J., Maik M., Prokopiw P., Soltykewich R. and others.
Includes clippings about acquaintances of Lahola.
Ukrainian birth certificate of Hryhorii Halina.
Includes personal documents: marriage certificate, statement of death, certificate of death, certificate of Canadian citizenship, certificate of naturalization etc.. of Anna and husband Harry Halina.
Includes a poem by Anthony Havryluk, an empty letter envelope from the World League of Ukrainian Political Prisoners, and a list of handwritten phone numbers.
One letter titled "Dani z biohrafiyi Yevhena Hryniva" about the biography of Yevhen Hrivna.