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Various folklore assignments. Includes: book reviews, content analyses, and essays.

This paper discusses the Ukrainian customs and rites related to pregnancy and childbirth that are presently being done by Ukrainians and Ukrainian Canadians. Includes project proposal.

The essay is a study of the folksong repertoire of one woman, which is classified into different genres by their content. Interview index available.

The series consists of an essay "One Rushnyk" which discusses a rushnyk owned by Mrs. Severyn, and its numerous meanings for her. Submission for the course Ukrainian 427.

Describes wedding customs in Ivanivtsi (Ivano-Frankivsk region) in the 1920's. The customs begin with courtship, and end with the purification or homecoming. Some of the informants also describe wedding rites in Bereziv

A description of customs and songs associated with Zeleni Sviata (Green Holidays) as described by Mark Bandera.

A description of wedding customs and wedding songs from the Lemko region of Ukraine as told by Pavlo Kril' for the course Ukrainian 499.

A description of the midsummer customs of the holiday Kupalo with transcription of songs collected from various informants with musical scales for the course Ukrainian 499.

The project consists of songs and verses collected in Edmonton from the informants Joe Olinyk, Anna Olinyk, Mrs. Helena Pinkyj, Mrs. Eva Kurylo, Mrs. Maria Stratychuk, Mrs. Annie Kapach, and Mrs. Mary Lagoski, some of whom grew up in Galicia or Bukovina and immigrated to Canada.

A collection of texts of songs, proverbs and customs collected from informants in Alberta for the course Ukrainian Folklore 499. Includes text of a religious letter from Father Kuban. Copies of work that describe love and kozak songs are also included.

A collection of wedding songs, winter cycle songs and various other songs sung by Maria Mazuryk. The texts are transliterated with some discussion and comments by the author

This project contains an analysis of comic elements of Walter Rutka's album "The Ukrainian Cowboy" including Clyde's style and method of presentation.