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The collection consists of the Certificate of Incorporation (1941), history of the organization in Ukrainian and English, meetings agenda and minutes, correspondence between UPAA and various people in Ukraine, project reports and documentation (includes two publication projects: Svarich Memoirs and Plawiuk's Ukrainian Proverbs), photographs and a ledger.

The collection consists of nine printed illustrations for various fairytales and fables.

The collection consists of the audio recordings of proverbs recorded by Jason Golinowski with Andriy Nahachewsky for the Zabava program on the 840 CFCW.

The collection consists of personal documents, immigration documents, photographs, audio and video recordings about a life of Nick and Stephani (nee Hretciuk) Gaudun and John Lakusta and his family.

The collection consists of textual records: meeting minutes, financial statements, annual reports, promotion plans, correspondence, handwritten notices of meetings, extensive personal notes by P.Savaryn interpreting and capturing events, newsletters, and one photo of Savaryn’s family. The collection is composed of seven Series.

The collection consists of the Ukrainian folk tales collected and translated by Nick Evasiuk, one page of "explanatory remarks & apologies" by Nick, a letter from Nick to George (?), and a reply to Nick and Nettie without signature.

The collection consists of a study essay by Joyce Sirsk-Howell, memory stories of Ukrainian women and two students' notebooks. The essay describes how a specific poyas (sash) came into the possession of the informant, how a typical sash is made and its cultural and emotional significance.

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

The donation consists of 38 photos of Fred's family and members of the Ukrainian Hall in Newcastle, AB, and of a program from 1946 Ukrainian Canadian Festival.
Larisa recorded Fred talking about photos. Will ask to sign a form to keep the recording with this collection.

The library houses thousands of publications on the topics of Ukrainian folklore and ethnography, general folklore theory, Ukrainian Canadian and other dispora community life, folk art, dance, music, and other.

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.

A collection of envelopes with postmarks from various Canadian locations, specifically those that have Ukrainian place names. There are envelopes from 40 locations, two envelopes for each location, with four exceptions (one has four envelopes and three have three). All but one location is in Canada, mostly from the Prairies (e.g. Stryi, Wostok, Odesa), and one is in the US (Mazeppa). All envelopes are empty and are accompanied by a draft letter from Chrysant L. Dmytruk to post offices with a request to cancel the envelope he was mailing them, accompanied by one reply from the Edmonton District Director of Postal Services with his comments on the collecting project.

Two books: "Canadian Place Names of Ukrainian Origin" and "2000 Place Names of Alberta"

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.

The Poster collections consists of 919 posters advertising various dance events as well as Ukrainian community events across Canada: festivals, dance and choir concerts, lectures and presentations, and many other.

The collection consists of the interview conducted by Larisa Cheladyn with Nadia Korpus in Calgary, and her final essay based on her research and this interview entitled "Through the eyes of Nadia Korpus: A snap shot of Ukrainian dance in Canada from the 1930s to 1970s." The essay examines Ukrainian dance in Canada from 1930s to 1970s as seen through the eyes of one person. It starts in Regina, SK, where Nadia began Ukrainian dancing as a small girl, and then criss-crossed the country as she participated in various summer programs and seminars, taught and created Ukrainian dances and formed her own Ukrainian dance group in Calgary "Rusalka". Ukrainian identity, involvement in the Ukrainian National Federation (UNF), Ukrainian Women's Organization, Summer School "Kursy" in Winnipeg are also discussed.

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.