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This project describes the differences between old immigrant folklore, complex and the new, and ethnic complex in the development of Ukrainian Canadian folklore.

"Baba's Church; My Church" describes the history of the establishment of two Ukrainian Catholic churches across the street from each other in Winnipeg.

This collection includes an essay written by Greg Robinson for the course Ukrainian 499.

"The Ukrainian Canadian Wedding" discuses studies of 20th century wedding practices of Ukrainian Canadians based on interviews.

The collection consists of descriptions of Ukrainian wedding customs and wedding songs recorded from Mrs. Olga Savaryn (mother) and Mrs. Olena Prystajecky (grandmother). All songs are transcribed and translated. This collection was a result of a fieldwork project which was part of the assignment for the UKR 422 course at the University of Alberta in the fall term of 1979.

This work consists of descriptions of Ukrainian wedding customs and wedding songs recorded from Mrs. Olga Savaryn (mother) and Mrs. Olena Prystajecky (grandmother). All songs are transcribed and translated. This collection was a result of a fieldwork project which was part of the assignment for the UKR 422 course at the University of Alberta in the fall term of 1979. This project includes: sheet music, song lyrics, and indexed interviews.

The collection consists of field materials collected by Jason Golinowski during his master studies at the Ukrainian Folklore program, University of Alberta, as well as essays on a wide range of Ukrainian folklore topics, such as Ukrainian crafts, rites of passage, folksongs, celebrations, personal narratives, and others.

The essay discusses a loom bought by the Trachuks, how they use it, and its significance in relation to their Ukrainian heritage and especially as a Canadian hobby. A video interview with Bill and Jessie Trachuk found on VHS UF1993.019.v1001.

The essay is a diachronic study of a High School graduation from a rural Canadian Ukrainian community with a description and history of celebrations after the formal ceremonies.

Video interviews for the project. Indexes of the interviews available.

The essay is a comparative study of immigration stories of people who were immigrants of the pioneer era with recent immigration stories.

The collection consists of an essay that analyzes comic elements of Walter Rutka's album "The Ukrainian Cowboy", and an audio cassette, which is a field recording of Walter Rutka singing the following songs: 1) Mansion on the Hill, 2) Bashful Dancer, 3) Homebrew, 4) Lara's Theme, 5) Pryvit, 6) Kolomyika, 7) Molodyi Viter.

This 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.

A collection of texts including spring songs (haivky), kolomyiky, religious songs, love songs, wedding songs, Easter songs, harvest songs, as well as descriptions of wedding customs and rituals collected from Alberta residents.

The project "Deshcho pro nashe selo" describes the village (selo) of Zolota Sloboda and the various customs and celebrations within this village as Nadia Olga Vychopen remembers it.

"My Trip from Ukraine to Canada" describes recollections from Natalia's journey from Lviv, Ukraine to Canada. The recollection includes her trip to Moscow by train and her plane ride to Canada.

"Ukrainian Contemporary Music and Youth" incorporates 10 interviews attempts to discover why Ukrainian youth listen to contemporary music and whether or not they prefer Ukrainian contemporary music composed in North America or the music from Ukraine. Includes a questionnaire.

This fieldwork collection describes a humorous story about a young girl who confesses her sins as told by Vera Bosak.

This project contains text of an interview with producer Bohdanna Bashuk of a Ukrainian programme on CJKS , a nightly Ukrainian radio program in Winnipeg.