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CA BMUFA 0244 · Collection · 1940s-1950s(?)

This collection consists of five oil paintings by Wadym Dobrolige.

Dobrolige, Wadym
CA BMUFA 0246 · Collection · 1923-196? (predominantly 1923-1926)

Letters written to Maria (Mariika, Marusia, Mania) from various people in Galicia.

CA BMUFA 0258 · Collection · 1925-2013

The collection consists of materials pertaining to Chester and Luba Kuc's professional activities: Ukrainian folk dance, costumes, and embroidery.

Kuc, Chester and Luba
CA BMUFA 0259 · Collection · 2019

This collection consists of five final papers by students in the SLAV-204 class Slavic Folklore & Mythology taught by Maria Mayerchyk, Huculak Research Fellow, in the Fall term 2019. Topics covered are Dovbush, Ukrainian wedding, Baba-Yaga, Propp, and symbolism of the rooster. This collection also contains a copy of the course outline.

CA BMUFA 0260 · Collection · 2022-2023

The Writings from the War / Я пишу з війни collection consists of testimonials of Ukrainians about their experience of the Russian invasion of their country. The project’s archiving coordinator Alex Averbuch periodically deposits firsthand testimonials transmitted to the project team from various hiding places; from shelters, train stations, and refugee camps; from besieged cities. The project’s team also includes Valentyna Vzdulska (the initiator of the project), Daria Bairak and Maryna Solohub (SMM managers and co-coordinators), as well as numerous volunteers assisting in translating the testimonials and maintaining project platforms (website, social media).

The mission of Writings from the War is to collect, preserve, and disseminate these testimonials, both in the language of the original and English translation, so as to provide a documentary source for researchers, academics, students, journalists, artists, and the public in general. There are testimonials by soldiers, volunteers, doctors, drivers, teachers, animal rights activists, cooks, artists, and scientists – people of all professions; by adults and children, displaced persons, rescuers and the rescued – in short, anyone interested in sharing their experience with the world. This is a panoramic picture of the wartime “everyday,” reflecting private experiences during this catastrophe. All the testimonials have been provided to the project team by the witnesses themselves, and every story has a title, and a record of the person behind it.

The project has been carried out since March 2022 in collaboration with the University of Alberta’s Kule Folklore Centre.

Halyna Klid collection
CA BMUFA 0263 · Collection · 1992

Contains audiotapes and scripts from the radio show Radio Canada International recorded from 1992-1997 hosted by Halyna Klid. The reel-to-reel audiotapes are dated from 1993 to1996 and contain many interviews with various individuals such as Hryniuk, Mykola, Konolyk, Kopotun, Andriievska, Kuchma etc. Some of the audio tape topics also include Leonid Kuchma's visit to Canada, The Joke Project, V-E Day, Hockey, Chornobyl, Perogies, and many more.

The scripts from the radio show from date from 1992 to 1997. They contain the scripts from the interviews with Polkovsky, Starchenko, McCaffrey, Major Dmytro Shkurko etc. as well as scripts from topics such as the First Ukrainian combat jets in Canada, the Men Who Broke the Circle of Women's Traditional Activities, the Alberta Legislature Passes a Motion on Chornobyl, The Feast of Jordan, Ukrainian-Canadian Visual poetry in Canada, a Bukovynian Wedding Show, and many others.

Klid, Halyna
Ivan Demianiuk collection
CA BMUFA 0264 · Collection · 1942 - 1993

The collection contains materials related to a trial on Ivan Demianuk and support to him of the Ukrainian Canadian community and organizations.

Demianiuk, Ivan
Manoly Lupul collection
CA BMUFA 0265 · Collection · 1903-1999, predominantly 1960s-1990s

The collection consists of various materials, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, minutes, brochures, periodicals about history, culture, Ukrainian organizations, education and bilingual programs in Western Canada collected and organized by Manoly Lupul.

Lupul, Manoly
CA BMUFA 0266 · Collection · 1911-1998, predominant 1950s-1980s

The collection consists of materials related to Chester and Luba Kuc's professional and social life. It includes materials representing dance groups founded or taught by Chester; photographs of Ukrainian costumes and dances; concert programs, music scores of Ukrainian songs, a collection of Ukrainian postcards, and some self-published educational materials of the Ukrainian youth organizations.

Kuc, Chester and Luba
UCAMA manuscripts collection
CA BMUFA 0267 · Collection · 1944 - 1972

The collection consists of manuscripts -- books and papers -- about Ukrainian culture and history written by different authors and deposited to UCAMA over the years.

CA BMUFA 0268 · Collection · 1972 - 1989

The collection consists of records from the Ukrainian Music Association of Alberta. It contains various correspondence such as letters written by the UMAA from the years 1972 to 1984, letters written to the UMAA by various organizations and people such as the Alberta Culture Youth & Recreation, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Yurii Kowalsky, Neonilla Dmytruk and others. Also contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the UMAA such as clipping about musical events: the Women's Singing Ensemble "Merezhi", the Dnipro Choir in Edmonton, news clippings about the Ukrainian-Canadian composer Yurii Fiyala, and more. Also contains financial records from the UMAA, and announcements to musical shows.

Ukrainian Music Association of Alberta
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
CA BMUFA 0270 · Collection · 1946-1988, predominantly the 1960s and 1970s

The collection consists of materials assembled by the creator when he served as secretary for the Ukrainian Catholic Council, the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood, and the Honorary Committee of a banquet in honor of Cardinal Slipyi. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, and financial reports. It also contains discrete materials of other organizations where the creator was a member, newspaper clippings, bulletins, photographs, and honorary charters.

Nakonechny, Michael
CA BMUFA 0271 · Collection · 2001-2021

The collection consists of articles about Ukrainian diaspora composers researched, written, and translated within the Ukrainian Diaspora Research Project conducted by the Ukraine Millennium Foundation.

The Composers of the Ukrainian Diaspora Research Project was initiated in 2001 when Pittsburgh musicologist Taras Filenko, PhD, approached Ukraine Millennium Foundation president Gordon (Bud) Conway, offering to research and author the project. The UMF Board supported the concept and received permission from the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission to use gaming funds to pay for the long-term project. The project was to include the biographies of approximately 40 composers living and working outside Ukraine. It was originally conceived as a book, but ultimately has become a compilation placed into the Bohdan Medwidsky Archives of the Kule Centre at the University of Alberta.

Phase One, completed in 2021, contains articles on 21 composers of the Ukrainian diaspora. Written primarily in Ukrainian, the files have been translated into English and edited by Lada Hornjatkevyc from 2008 to 2021.

In a letter dated from October 3, 2001, Dr. Filenko related the rationale of the project:

“One of the purposes of this project is to bring hitherto hidden composers into the spotlight of international music. I feel strongly that there will be many discoveries. For example, there were two brothers-composers in the Ukrainian musical milieu at the end of the 19th century. Their surname was Akimenko, one of them emigrated to France and the other remained in Ukraine and composed under the pen name Stepovy.

I recently learned that the brother in France, although living in poverty, composed music as well… This is just one of the many interesting realities on the journey into the unknown terrain of the resurrection of Ukrainian music.”

Many years later, in 2020, Dr. Filenko explained why the article on Vasyl Bezkorovayny was still incomplete. The archive was in his brother’s private home in Simferopil and had been inaccessible since the Russian takeover of Crimea. These stories reveal some of the challenges in compiling research on composers included in this project.

Because Ukrainian history includes centuries of foreign domination, a great number of composers and musicians left their homeland and took up residence in other countries. Australia, Canada, Italy, Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and other countries have benefitted from the talents of their nationals of Ukrainian heritage. The Ukraine Millennium foundation intends to fund research into the identification of these composers.

Phase One of the Composers of the Ukrainian Diaspora Project includes Fedir Akimenko, Virko Baley, Vasyl Bezkorovayny, Peter Deriashnyj, George Fiala, Mykola Fomenko, Michael Hayvoronsky, Andrij Hnatyschyn, Wadym Kipa, Alexander Koshetz, Marian Kouzan, Gary Kulesha, Larysa Kuzmenko, Hryhory Kytasty, Zenoby Lawryshyn, Zenowij Lysko, Yuriy Oliynyk, Roman Prydatkevytch, Ihor Sonevytsky, Stefania Turkewich-Lukianovych and Wasyl Wytwycky.

The Diaspora Composers Project was designed to develop through four stages, described by Dr. Filenko in 2002:

Stage 1. Initial (Preliminary)
Evaluation of the existing research related to the project. Gathering publicly available and published information on the subject. Further delineation of the sub-stages of the project. Definition of the most efficient way of gathering information.

Stage 2. Intermediate
Systematization of the material based upon historical, socio-political, geographical and cultural criteria.

Stage 3. Advanced
Selection of auxiliary sources for additional information. Reevaluation of the cultural context and the role of the particular individual in cultural development and his/her influence on the musical culture. Musicological analysis of the selected compositions, comparative analysis of the stylistic characteristics, etc.

Stage 4. Final Stage
Unification of the form of presentation, development of academic apparatus, such as indices, maps, music examples, photo materials, and possibly audio material. Style of footnotes, especially related to archival materials from different countries, list of illustrations and additional materials.

Future of the Project
Upon completion of the Composers of the Ukrainian Diaspora Project (Phase One), with files on 21 composers placed in the Bohdan Medwidsky Archives in 2021, UMF intends to continue to fund Phase Two of the project.

Ukraine Millennium Foundation
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 0273 · Collection · 1918-1990, predominantly 1985-1988

The collection consists of materials related to the "Church in Ruins" project initiated and conducted by Oleh Iwanusiw. In particular the collection comprises six albums of original photographs predominantly of churches, crosses and Christian sacral places, but also important cultural events and people, scholarly papers and other textual materials related the creator's scholarly interests.

Iwanusiw, Oleh and Bozhena
Michael S. Kucher collection
CA BMUFA 0274 · Collection · 1956-1985, predominantly 1980-1985

The collection comprises two volumes of newspaper clippings and other related documents (such as press releases, minutes of meetings, official letters) entitled "Alleged War Criminals in North America." The publications reflect debates around accusations of war crimes.

Kucher, Michael Stanislaw
Dmytro Kupiak collection
CA BMUFA 0275 · Collection · 1948-1993, predominantly 1964-1986

The collection comprises newspaper clippings, copies of letters, and pre-electoral materials of Kupiak ran for Conservatives in 1972 federal election, the accusation of Kupiak in committing atrocities and his response to the accusation. It also includes the "Retribution" brochure (Розплата. Документи і матеріали судового процесу над групою бандитів ОУН, упор. Верета Л., Чудовський В.; Львів: Каменяр, 1970).

Kupiak, Dmytro
George Kowalsky collection
CA BMUFA 0276 · Collection · 1945-1946

The collection consists of published and unpublished chapters of George Kowalsky's memoirs about the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps in 1943 and 1944. The memoirs were partly published in 1946 in the "Christian Road. Ukrainian religious-social weekly," a Ukrainian language periodical disseminated among Ukrainian DP in Germany. Besides that, the collection is comprised of an English translation of one part of the memoirs, one religious poster, one photograph (portrait), a typed concert program where father Kowalsky was a choir conductor, and a typed statistics of deaths in Dachau by April 29, 1945.

Kowalsky, George