This letter, addressed to Doris Kule from D. J. Corse of the Alberta Teachers' Association, informs Mrs. Kule that she has received a Life Membership award in the Alberta Teachers' Association. Certificate was enclosed with this letter.
The collection consists of an interview conducted with Chester Myroslav Kuc by Andriy Nahachewsky and Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn on August 20, 2003. The interview focused primarily on Chester Kuc's life story, his youth and his parents' encouragement for him to be active. It also deals with his teaching dance and the founding of Shumka and Cheremosh, and dance in general. Some information about his house and his various other arts and crafts interests: embroidery, pysanky, etc. is included as well.
Nahachewsky, AndriyThis item is an oil painting on canvas
Dobrolige, WadymThis collection includes an essay on proverbs, riddles, and sayings along with a book review for the courses Ukrainian 423 and Ukrainian 422.
Tokaryk, LilySanta Catarina cultural vernacular landscape: the farm with corn field, farmer's house in the background
Santa Catarina cultural vernacular landscape: the farm fields rotating with small forests
Santa Catarina cultural vernacular landscape: a road
Santa Catarina landscape: road, “pineiros” (“pinhora” pinheiros)
Santa Catarina cultural vernacular landscape: brick road, typical Brazilian pine tree called “pineiros” (“pinhora” pinheiros) and houses
Part 1: Born - unclear when or where; Creek-Catholic; his father got married and went to the USA (to Mississippi) in 1913, then the WWI began, and father got sick and died in USA; Moskvofily; Wasyl took part in vyzvol’ni zmahannia, Ukrains’ka armiia; he went to Canada in 1926 - cost him $500; came to Winnipeg; Ukrains’kyi holos; working on a farm in Saskatoon; working on CPR; Communists and Robitnychyi Dim in Winnipeg; discrimination against Ukrainians; his wife came to Canada during the Depression (nee Tsaps’ka (??)); relations between Ukrainians and Poles; life in Kenora.
Part 2: Work on CPR; moving to Victoria after WWII; Ukrainian Catholic church in Victoria; Fr. Makukh (??); CUC; future of Ukrainians in Canada.