The collection consists of an essay which analyzes folkloric and symbolic elements in seven ballads by Taras Shevchenko.
UntitledThe collection consists of personal documents of Anna and Wasyl Kuryliw, family photographs, correspondence between Wasyl and Anna, and other materials.
The film Chapters & Verses: Action Bill's Walk through Life - a documentary about Wasyl Kuryliw directed by his daughter Oksana Kuryliw and produced by Oksana Kuryliw and John Leeson is also part of this collection. Other materials include: Sonia Holiad's introduction to the premier screening of the film on September 12, 2017 at the Spadina Theatre at Alliance Française in Toronto; photographs of the Edmonton screening of the film, on October 27, 2017, and a poster of the event; and poems by Ivan Franko handwritten by Wasyl Kuryliw, which he used to take with him to work around 1965-1974 in Sudbury.
Anna Kuryliw's wedding dress with the veil is also part of this collection, as well as the wedding photograph of Wasyl and Anna. There is also a photo print of 4 women (Anna among them - 3rd from the left) with a sewing machine, which was bought by Vasyl and sent to the Old Country with the proposal to Anna to marry her. Her wedding gown was sewn with it.
UntitledThe collection consists of a Musical CD by the New Melody Kings titled "There's Something in the Wind". There is also a three page background story of the New Melody Kings written by Jerry Ozipko, and a one-page brief biography.
There's Something in the Wind
(Seven Selection EP)
©2016 STUDIOOZ Productions EP-01
Recording Engineer - Mike Brazeau, Reel Audio Productions
Ne Teper Polka/"Not Now" (Polka) 2:29
(Traditional Ukrainian Song)
Shchos Nam Viter Naviva/"There's Something in the Wind" (Polka) & Arkan (Ukrainian Hutsul Dance) 3:06
by Jerry Ozipko (2015)
Chowen Ketaietsia/"The Rocking Boat" (Waltz) 3:33
(Traditional Ukrainian Song)
Chorney Ochi/"Dark Eyes" 2:34
(Traditional Ukrainian Romance Song)
Siyanka/"Sowing Wheat" (Kolomyjka) & Arkan (Traditional Hutsul Dance) 3:05
Mazurka(Traditional Polish Dance) 3:52
Hopak/"Cossack Dance" 1:55
(Traditional National Dance of Ukraine)
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.
UntitledThis collections includes an essay by Vivian Osachuk on the development of the contemporary bandura scene for the course Ukrainian Arts in Canada.
UntitledThis collection includes songs collected by Ihor Kruk in 1973 in Kuban' from the woman who was born in 1894 and moved to Kuban' in 1905, and proverbs collected in 1977 in Canada.
UntitledThis collection includes essays on Ukrainian customs in Canada, korovai as a folk art, and the Ukrainian Museum of Canada. Also included is an article review.
UntitledThis collection includes a reel-to-reel with Reverend Zuzak and Mrs. M. Werezak singing, and interviews with Mrs. S. Trefiak and Mrs. M. Herman on superstitions, northern lights, and more.
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