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The series consists of event programs, newspaper clippings, an article on Christmas folk customs, and handwritten records of the Ukrainian Catholic church in Vegreville (1951-1961).

The series consists of concerts programs organized by the Edmonton and Saskatoon Branches of the Ukrainian Canadian Committee (now Ukrainian Canadian Congress). The concerts are celebrating the anniversary of Mazeppa's call to arms for freedom and independence of Ukraine, Shevchenko's anniversaries, anniversaries of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, Franko's anniversaries, etc. One photograph of the UCC Choir at the Mazeppa Concert.

The series consists of name lists of teachers and pupils enrolled in the Ukrainian-Bilingual Program (in Edmonton Catholic as well as in Edmonton Public Schools) from 1974 to 1985. Also, there are baptism records with names of prospective students, as well as information on the children who left the program.

There are also various documents on Ukrainian Bilingual Transportation from different Ukrainian bilingual associations. The files include correspondences, budget and fees, name lists of pupils, who needed transportation, etc.

The Ukrainian Bilingual Program (UBP) is a partial immersion program, in which the basic subjects, consisting of science, mathematics and English, are taught in English, and the other subjects, including social studies, music, arts, physical education and Ukrainian language, are taught in Ukrainian.

The UBP was implemented by the Edmonton Catholic School System in the fall of 1974 and started as a three-year pilot project under the auspices of the Department of Education. An integral part of the UBP project was the annual evaluation of the extent to which the pupils in the program are achieving in their academic subjects, acquiring skills in the Ukrainian oral language, and the attitudes of the pupils and parents, teachers, and administrators towards the existing program. After the pilot phase, the Bilingual Program was offered in 1978 in the Edmonton Separate School System as well as in the Edmonton Public School System. The Separate, i.e. Catholic Schools offering the UBP included St. Matthew, St. Martin, and St. Bernadette. In Public Schools, the UBP was provided in five schools: Delwood, Holyrood, Northmount, Rundle and Rio Terrace. During the first year of the pilot project, 101 students were enrolled in the program and its success led to its permanent approval and simultaneous extension to Grade 6 by the Government of Alberta in 1976. The program was further extended to Grade 9 in 1980 and to Grade 12 in 1983.

Parental groups played an essential part in the existence of bilingual programs in general and the UBP in particular. They lobbied governments and made presentations to local school boards, convincing them to open their school to the concept and teaching of bilingual classes. When the UBP was first implemented, the Ukrainian Kindergarten Association assumed responsibility for acting on behalf of parents who had children enrolled in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in the Edmonton Public and Catholic School Systems. However, this association was dissolved when the Ukrainian Bilingual Association was incorporated.

The series consists of records documenting the beginning and incorporation of UBLA (Ukrainian Bilingual Association) in the 1970s and about its work in the 1980s. It also includes UBLA's publicity, correspondence, agendas and meeting minutes, and financial records.

This series also contains information about the activities of Edmonton Public Schools (EPS) in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program from 1974 until 1988. Apart from general activities concerning EPS, there are records containing information about some schools in the UBP, for example Northmount, Balwin Junior, Holyrood, and Brentwood.

The Ukrainian Bilingual Association (UBLA) is a non-profit parental organization formed in 1974 to assist the establishment of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in Edmonton Public Schools. UBLA’s goal was to develop bilingual language education programs in the Province of Alberta. UBLA prepared submissions to the Government of Alberta and organized publicity and recruitment campaigns on behalf of the bilingual program. Specifically, its projects included the recruitment of students, the arrangement of transportation of bilingual program students in the Edmonton Public School System, Junior High School Scholarships and publicity, increasing public awareness of the availability and existence of Ukrainian language education in Alberta schools. Furthermore, UBLA subsidized the annual Grade 6 graduation banquet and dance, and it organized the Ukrainian Daycamp – an extension of the UBP – until the foundation of APUE in 1984.

Bohdan Medwidsky was active in the Canadian Association of Slavists as well as maintained professional relationships with many scholars from Ukraine, and Ukrainianists from other parts of the world, for example, with Mykola Mysinka in Slovakia. The series consists of letters, invitations, reports, project documentation and other records related to Ukrainian and Slavic studies beyond the University of Alberta.

1. "Informatsiia pro Ukrains'kyi Vil'nyi Universytet."

Two articles by Ivan Keywan, based on his monograph about history of Ukrainian art, entitled "На скитальині в Німечині й Астрії" ("In Exile in Germany and Austria") and "Українська спілка образовтворчих мистців" ("Ukrainian Artists Association").

• I. Goresky's translation of the first two chapters of J.W.Stechishin's book, "History of the Ukrainian-Canadians"
• English translation of the article "Ukrainians in Canada and their future" by Yaroslav Halytskiy, 1971

Files 35-44 include "Memories from the Auswitch Concentration Camp", "Memories", a speech written by Lahola to commemorate his 33 years of liberation from Auswitch, memoirs of Father Yurii Kowalsky, and interviews, newspaper articles about World War 2.
Files 45-50 contain biographies, articles, photographs of other individuals involved in W.W.II (associates of Lahola). Individuals include Petro Bolekhivs'kyi Boian, O. Kliuk, Mykola Klymyshyn, and Yurii Kowalsky.

Concert programs, newspaper clippings and photographs of the dance group.

• UPBC financial statements 1970-1995
• Directories, bylaws & membership rosters from Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, 1970-1992
• Convention reports, 1985-1995
• Minutes of the UPBC executive meetings, 1974-1975
• other materials, miscellaneous 1966-1997

Concert programs and newspaper clippings of publications about the dance group.

The series consists of embroidered textiles (tablecloth, neck ties) and three album covers: one wooden, and two made of straw and wood. Straw album covers were hand made in DP camp in Germany by Dmytro Kubrak (straw design, dyed, cut and made) - uncle of Elsie Kawulych who also lived in Vegreville and worked at Imperial Lumber Co.

The series consists of records related to Mary Kostash (nee Maksymiuk) teaching career. It includes correspondence from her high school teacher, letters and postcards written to Mary Maksymiuk and later Kostash from her students in Hairy Hill (1937, 1940), and in Edmonton (1970s, 2000), a program of the Edmonton Women Teachers' Club Spring Meeting (where Mary received an award as an outstanding woman teacher, and a newspaper clipping of an article written by Mary.

The series also includes the article about the 50th anniversary of the Two Hills ATA Local in 1988. William Kostash was a founding member and a president of the Local.

1. Press Conference held in Ottawa on Monday, June 7th, 1971 following meeting of Representatives of Ukrainian-Canadian Committee and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
2. Ткачук П. "Кінцеве слово" [на святі Тараса Шевченка].

The series comprises documents related to the St. George parish and Edmonton Eparchy. It includes St. George parish's financial notes, one issue of parish's newsletter and some other minor documents.

Gordon Gordey documents his dance concepts and libretto, including performance photographs, for the creation of the original folk dance theatre work Shumka’s Cinderella. Shumka’s Cinderella is rooted in Ukrainian regional dance style, the poetry of folk melodies, the spirit of the rise of Ukrainian nobility, the vibrant paintbrush of village arts, and the expressive energy of the European Baroque period. This dance theatre work was created for The Ukrainian Shumka Dancers of Canada. Shumka’s Cinderella has had over 50 major performances across Canada, two tours to China, and major performances in Ukraine.

First Draft Concept/Libretto was created in 1996.
The Premiere Performance, Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary: March 3, 2000.

Chester Kuc organized the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers group in the latter months of 1958. Their first public performance took place at the first "Ukrainian Autumn Festival of Songs and Dances" on October 29, 1960. The series contains a program of the first Shumka performance and its other concerts, as well as promotional booklets, newspaper clippings of publications about Shumka. There is also a manuscript of the "Origins of Shumka" research project conducted by Joy Muller and Associates LTD in 1990.