A photograph of Wasyl and Anna Kuryliw. After several years of courtship by correspondence, Wasyl sponsored Anna's arrival to Canada, and they got married immediately following her arrival in 1936.
This is a travel document certifying that Anna Zabolotna is healthy enough to travel from Poland to Canada.
This is the sewing machine, which Wasyl bought and sent to his home village. Anna is sitting third from the left. She sewed her wedding dress on this machine and brought it with her to Canada where she married Wasyl.
The series consists of three photographs of Anna and Wasyl Kuryliw including their wedding picture, and a picture of the sewing circle in Potochyshche which Anna was a part of.
This is a Polish passport issued for Vasyl Kuryliw. Stamps indicate immigration to Canada in 1928.
Polish passport and Canadian Immigration Identification Card for Anna Zabolotna. Stamps indicate she immigrated to Canada in 1936 and arrived on the ship “Montrose”.
The 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.
Kuryliw familyThe file includes funeral photographs of family members of Wasyl and Anna sent to them from Ukraine, as well as two telegrams from the family in Ukraine to the Kuryliws about family members' passing.
The series consists of sheets of paper with poems of Ivan Franko handwritten on them by Wasyl Kuryliw.
Anna Kuryliw's embroidered purse in which she kept all of her letters. She embroidered it before moving to Canada, a few years before she and Wasyl got married.
This series contains letters, passports, and other textual documents relating to Anna Zabolotna Kuryliw and Wasyl (Bill) Kuryliw.
This is a poster of the Edmonton premier of the Chapters & Verses documentary held at St. John's Institute on October 27, 2017. Oksana Kuryliw and John Leeson were in attendance to introduce their documentary and answer questions after the screening. The event was organized by the Kule Folklore Centre and Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
The series consists of the documentary film about Wasyl directed by his daughter Oksana Kuryliw, a video of the introduction to the first screening, and a poster of the screening event in Edmonton.
This is the marriage certificate for Bill Kuryliw and Anna Zabolotna. Ceremony conducted by Reverend Peter Kamenesky and witnessed by Peter Oleksiuk and Anne Mateyko.
This is the baptismal record for Anna Zabolotna. Details include the date, location, and organization that conducted the baptism.
The series consists of eight artifacts including Anna Kuryliw's wedding dress, wedding ribbons, stocking, and veil, and the embroidered purse in which Anna kept Wasyl's letters to her. These artifacts are part of the BMUFA museum collections and can be accessed at https://collections.ukrfolk.ca/