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              CA BMUFA 0045 · Collection · 2009-2010

              This collection contains the results of two ethnographic trips to the Ukrainian communities in Brazil by Andriy Nahachewsky. The first trip took place from 4 May to 26 May 2009, and included Andriy Nahachewsky, Serge Cipko, John C. Lehr, and Maryna Hrymych. This was the first trip to Brazil for each of the participants, though they each had strong credentials in their disciplines and in fieldwork more generally. Thus the project goal was to cast a wide net for general orientation into the historical and contemporary life of the Ukrainian communities there. Each researcher also had specific personal goals. The trip included visits to Curitiba, Prudentópolis and several rural communities nearby, Craveiro in Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Brasília, and Foz do Iguaçu. The agenda included visits to an agricultural cooperative, meetings with diplomats and organizational representatives, and diverse individuals who could speak about life in their communities. Photographs by Hrymych, Lehr, and Cipko are also accessioned into the BMUFA and located in their own respective collections.

              The second trip was undertaken by Andriy Nahachewsky, for 6 months from 14 November 2009 to 13 May 2010. The goal of the project was to continue the first exploratory fieldtrip, intensifying and expanding it. The project had a strong diachronic focus, documenting change in cultural traditions, to understand better how Ukrainian cultural content, rooted in 19th century rural traditions in western Ukraine, became transplanted, disappeared, adapted, and sometimes newly created in its diaspora setting in the Brazilian context. The intent was to be able to compare these processes with similar ones known from the Ukrainian Canadian context, as well as culture in western Ukraine itself, which also changed significantly over the 20th century: One cultural root, and three branches evolving on three continents over 120 years.

              Another aspect of the fieldtrip was connected with Nahachewsky’s earlier “Local Culture and Diversity on the Prairies” project, which strove to provide documentation about regional differences in traditional Ukrainian culture in the Canadian setting. This аspect of the project was to try trace local differences in Brazilian culture in a similar way. Some of these regional differences were probably most clear in past decades. A third aspect was more synchronic, aimed to document contemporary life. Connected with this, the Brazil trip involved travelling to some 65 communities in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, the main Ukrainian settlement areas in Brazil. The project involved recording some 300 audio interviews, 53 hours of video recordings of contemporary events, 14,000 photographs, and gathering many publications and manuscripts (in hard copy and reproduced digitally), as well as diverse artifacts. The overall focus in subject matter was broad, including material culture (farming practices, folk arts), customs (calendar holidays, weddings, funerals, etc) and performing arts (music, dance). Special foci developed for dance materials, religious images, church architecture, cemeteries, music, and weddings, because of Nahachewsky’s research background, opportunities, and experiences as the fieldwork proceeded. The trips were both funded by the Huculak Chair and the Kule Folklore Centre (for the first trip: Nahachewsky, Hrymych, and various shared expenses). During both trips, the hosts in the home base in Prudentópolis, as well as other locations in Brazil, were very warm and hospitable, open, and generous. A copy of the digital photo, audio, and video fieldwork materials was deposited in the Museu do Milênio in Prudentópolis.

              Nahachewsky, Andriy
              Ivan Lahola collection
              CA BMUFA 0269 · Collection · 1932 - 1996

              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, Ivan
              Jaroslaw Iwanusiw collection
              CA BMUFA 0279 · Collection · 1936-1990, predominantly 1954-1990

              The collection consists of correspondence, leaflets, and reports related to the fundraising for and subscription to the Encyclopedia of Ukraine (Енциклопедія Українознавства), which the creator collected as a representative of the "Encyclopedia of Ukraine" dissemination in Alberta and a treasurer of the Patronage NTSh-EY-2 in Edmonton. The other part of the collection is comprised of the documents related to the Alberta fundraising for the Leonid Pliouchtch family in France. The collection also includes a rare collective photo from 1936 or 1937.

              Iwanusiw, Jaroslaw
              Kost' Telychko collection
              CA BMUFA 0286 · Collection · 1944-1994

              This collection consists of the following groups of materials:

              • baptism and Canadian citizenship certificates,
              • biographies,
              • private photographs and negatives, portraits,
              • certificates of honour,
              • appreciation letters and greeting postcards,
              • materials of anniversary celebrations: thank you letters, clipping about Telychko's 75-anniversary celebration (1982),
              • newspaper publications, presentations and addresses by Telychko: essay about the Day of Statehood (1960), an obituary of Metropolitan Illarion (1972), Telychko's speech at the Ukrainian schools' exhibit opening (1979),
              • eight broadcast scripts compiled by Telychko about Mykola Leontovych, Lesia Ukrainka, Mykola Lysenko, some historical events (Konotop battle, Carpathian Ukraine), SUS convention in 1979, Easter holiday, and Thanksgiving Day.
              Telychko, Kost'
              Lys Mykyta collection
              CA BMUFA 0096 · Collection · 1966-1982

              The collection consists of 147 issues of the satirical and humour magazine "Lys Mykyta" published in Detroit by Edward Kozak. He started publishing it in 1948, after he emigrated to Germany after the WWII. In 1949 he settled in the United States, and resumed publishing Lys Mykyta in 1951.

              Kozak, Edward
              CA BMUFA 0230 · Collection · 1918-1996

              The collection consists of personal documents of Orest and Emilia Zarsky, community event programs and other ephemera, publications on various Ukrainian and religious topics, badges and banners, an embroidered tray, and wedding clothes and items.

              Zarsky, Orest and Emilia
              CA BMUFA 0282 · Collection · 1928-1993, predominant 1932-1980

              The collection comprises personal and official documents collected by Peter Lazarowich during his career as a student of the Charles University and the Ukrainian Free University in Prague, Canadian lawyer and Ukrainian community leader. It includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, the creator's diaries and passports, minutes of organizations, photographs, etc.

              Lazarowich, Peter John
              CA BMUFA 0116 · Collection · 1951 - 1976

              The collection consists of posters, programs, brochures, periodical publications related to various events and organizations in the Ukrainian Canadian community in Edmonton. Collected by Roman Soltykewych and Orest Soltykevych. The collection is organized into the following series:

              • Plast Functions 1956 -1978
              • Exhibits 1967 - 1974
              • Taras Shevchenko Functions 1952 - 1980
              • Religious Occasions (Christmas near end) 1951 - 1987
              • Dancing Concerts 1960 - 1990
              • Out-of-Towner's in Edmonton 1969 - 1990
              • Political Functions (Jan. 22 near end) 1951 - 1979
              • Ukrainian Festivals 1951 - 1979
              • Ukrainian Cultural Functions 1962 - 1980
              • Festivals with Ukrainians & Other Ethnic Groups 1961 - 1974
              • CYMK 1956 - 1981
              • Concerts out of Edmonton by non-Edmontonians 1961 - 1976
              • Live Ukrainian Theatre 1964 - 1977
              • Phonograph recordings
              • Portraits
              • Maps
              Soltykewych, Roman
              CA BMUFA 0272 · Collection · 1901-1992

              This collection includes speeches, addresses, and public presentations, predominantly unpublished, by various community leaders. The collection contains materials of many leaders and members of women's organizations.

              Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta
              CA BMUFA 0293 · Collection · 1913-1997, predominant 1970s-1990s

              Th collection contains information about the establishment of the Ukrainian Bilingual Program (UBP) in the Edmonton Catholic and Public School systems. Starting as a three-year pilot project, the UBP was finally established in 1978 and further extended in the following years. Parental groups played an essential part in the existence of bilingual programs in general, and for the UBP in particular, because they lobbied governments and actively engaged in local school boards in order to convince them to establish the bilingual program in their schools. The collection contains records documenting various parental groups’ activities, including the Ukrainian Bilingual Association (UBLA), assisting the UBP’s establishment in Edmonton Public Schools, and the Parent Advisory Committee/Society (PAC/PAS), serving the UBP’s needs in Edmonton’s Separate School System.

              The collection contains documents concerning the Alberta Parents for Ukrainian Education Society (APUE), an umbrella organization for the existing parental groups founded to coordinate support, promotion, and expansion of Ukrainian language education in Alberta schools, covering their events and activities from 1984 to 1994. There are also records of related organizations such as the Ukrainian Community Development Committee - Alberta section; Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association and others. There is also information about parental organizations in other provinces, and in particular the Manitoba Parents for Ukrainian Education (MPUE). The documents include correspondence, incorporation materials, statutes, financial statements, reports, applications, publications, booklets, etc.

              Alberta Parents for Ukrainian Education Society
              CA BMUFA 0318 · Collection · 1917-1936

              The collection consists of records of the Ukrainian Educational Association (Укр. Тов. Просьвіта ім. М. Павлика) in Vermillion, AB; and records of the Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko of Derwent, Alberta. Records include:

              • Incorporation papers of the Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko of Derwent, AB
              • Order Book of the Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko of Derwent, AB
              • Membership list of the Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko of Derwent, AB
              • Meeting minutes of the Ukrainian Educational Association (Укр. Тов. Просьвіта ім. М. Павлика) in Vermillion, AB
              • Library contents of the Ukrainian Educational Association (Укр. Тов. Просьвіта ім. М. Павлика) in Vermillion, AB
              • Financial records of both organizations
              • Vertep