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.
Files 51 to 81 contain files from Lahola's Community Life in Canada. Includes Lahola's collection of information from UCAMA, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, RUKH, SUSK, KYK/UCC - Ukrainian Canadian Committee, Ukrainska Narodna Pomich (Ukrainian National Assistance), Ukrainian Canadian Social Services, various Ukrainian churches, St. Michael's Extended Care Centre, Canadian League for the Liberation of Ukraine, UVAN, Ukrainian Cultural & Educational Centre, Ukrainian Book Store, Ukrainian Musical Society of Edmonton, Ukrainian Woman's Organization of Canada, St. John's Institute, Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Edmonton Eparchy, Organization for the Broadening of Ukrainian Language and Culture in Alberta, SUM, PLAST, Ukrainian National Home in Edmonton, Orhanizatsia Ukrainskoho Vyzvolenoho Frontu, Buh River Region 9 Association, Past Ukrainian Political Prisoners, Ukrainian Association of Political Prisoners and the Repressed, Against Dishonouring the Ukrainian Liberation Movement, Brotherhood of the Veterans of the 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army, World league of Ukrainian Political Prisoners, Fort Edmonton, and the Ukrainian Bilingual Program.
Files 82 to 104 contain brochures from various Ukrainian function. Includes brochures from Ukrainian dance groups, Shevchenko concerts, misc. cultural events/concerts (non-religious), Doctor's Congress: East Meets West, Harvard, Easter Concert (1977), church bulletins, misc. banquet programs, Ukrainian Settlement in Alberta, Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian National Federation, religious events, anniversary banquets for various priests, Ukrainian Canadian Centennial Festival, celebrations commemorating various people, Ukrainian nationalist events, exhibits/literature events, opera programs, L'viv - Commemoration of 50 years since Ukraine was free, OYH, misc. English brochures, ticket stubs, and commemorative ribbons.
Files 7-16 contain personal letters written by Ivan Lahola to Chuiko, Dr. Klymyshyn, his daughter Lida Lahola, his son Roman Lahola, V. Makar, Okipniuk, P. Savaryn, Soreiko, and correspondence to his relatives in Ukraine.
Files 17-25 contain personal letters written to Ivan Lahola from various individuals.
Individuals include Petro B. Boian, Wladyslaw Fortuna, Mykola Iclymyshyn, Yurij Kowalsky, S. Lewyckyj, Michael Kowalsky, Hryhorii Naniak, Roman Lahola, Mychailp Babii, M. Czujko, Peter Dackiw, Ivor Dent, Bohdan Kcjor, and more.
Files 26-34 contain business letters written to Ivan Lahola from the Dnipro Choir of Edmonton, the Ukrainian Canadian Committee, Ukrainian War Veterans' Assn. of Canada, World Congress of Free Ukrainians, Canadian League for the Liberation of Ukraine, World Congress of Free Ukrainians, Ukrainian Free University Foundation Inc., National Tribune, International Congress of Political Prisoners of Communist Regimes, SUM, PLAST, Ukrainian Credit Union, Taras Shevchenko Foundation, and more.
Correspondence between John Lahola and Hryhorii Naniak - of Munich.
General topics, including: one written from Bad Steben sanatorium, thank-you letters, and photos.
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, IvanContains published materials such as newspapers ("Вісті Братства Колишніх Вояків УГА", "Слово і Народ", "Panorama") and news clippings of Ukrainian choir groups, of Ukrainians involved in war crimes, Ukrainian-American issues, Polish-Ukrainian relations, of the famine in Ukraine, dissident information, Soviet repression of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, a transcript of a press conference, a letter to the Labour collective Ternopil, a play titled "Marusia Bohuslavka", and more.
Contains biographical materials about Lahola, such as newspaper articles about Lahola's family: Bohdan Lahola, Irene Lahola, M. Lahola, and Roman Lahola, photographs, and newspaper articles about him and his family.
-Ukrainian War Veterans' Assn. of Canada - Edmonton - 1978
-World Congress of Free Ukrainians - Toronto - 1978
-Cnd. League for the Liberation of Ukraine - Edmonton - 1979, 1983
-World Congress of Free Ukrainians - Philadelphia - 1979
-Ukrainian Free University Foundation Inc. - New York - 1984
-National Tribune - New York - 1992
-International Congress of Political Prisoners of Communist Regimes -1995
Newspaper clippings contain articles titled "Enthusiastic city Ukrainians Crowd Hotel to Give Cardinal Slipyj a Hero's Welcome, Council Byelection Candidates, Praise Piles High for PC's Lougheed, Music the Lifeblood of Ethnic Groups, Ukrainians Hail Petro Margarita, and more.
Newspaper clippings contain articles titled Ukrainians indict Reds, Human Rights: East vs. West, Russia... The Clumsy Bear, Inside the USSR: a Personal Glimpse, Struggle by Ukrainians Examined, Ukraine Autonomy Goal of the Horyns, Teetering in Russia, Ukrainian Catholic Priest Wary of Rome-Moscow Tie, and more.
Newspaper clippings include Ukrainian language articles titled The Government Helps Creditors, Why are the Communists of Ukraine Continue to be so Strong, A Ukrainian Youth Ensemble in Toronto, and more.
Contains the 20th issue from the World League of Ukrainian Political Prisoners newsletter.
- General greeting letters from Petro B. Boyan to Ivan Lahola and vice versa
- Letters on Auswitz issues
- Information about Boian's musical performances
- Conventions, requests for addresses.
A photocopied page from a Polish newspaper, containing an article titled "The Truth on the Polish-Ukrainian Relationship".
Letters include:
- M. Babij - E and U/H and T - Cleveland, Ohio, 1968, attached: news article
- M. Czujko- U/H - Burnaby, 1985.
- Peter Dackiw - U/T - Edmonton, 1974
- Ivor Dent - E/T - Edmonton, 1974
- Bohdan Kacjor - U/H - Christmas Card, New York, 1992
- W. Kardash U/T - Ontario, 2 letters and a thank-you note, 1971
- J.M. Komarnycky - U/H - Toronto, 1991
- J. Koziak - Edmonton, thank-you card, 1973
- M. Laska - U/H - Christmas card, Minnesotta, 1987
- W. Makar - U/T - Toronto, 1978
- T. Melnyk - U/H - Hartford, 1990
- K. Niajko - U/H - Toronto, 1971
- N. Norosevych - U/T - Edmonton, 1975
- Nick Ochotta - enclosed: empty envelope with stamp from Malta -
1978 - S. Petelysky - U/H - postcard and letter, Richmond, 1983
- Mike Poricky- U/H - High Prairie, 1974
- Jevhen Proniuk - envelope only, Kyiv, date unknown
- P. Ivanets - U/H - Edmonton, 1973
- DR. Boris Rudyk - U/T - Edmonton, 1976
- Pavlo Shevchuk - U/T - address unknown - 1980
- Mike Silsky - U/H - Saskatchewan, 1972