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A description of how an outdoor oven (p'iets) was made and how the weather influenced the use of it from the recollections of Ivan Ivasiuk.

A collection of course work by Mark Bandera including book reviews, annotated bibliographies, and essay on topics such as folklore, folksongs, tsymbaly, and bandury.

The collection consists of three photographs from the unveiling of Kule Theatre at Grant MacEwan University event.

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 collection consists of letters from Nick Ruptash family in Ukraine (Kitsman' district of Chernivtsi region) to Canada.

The collection consists of various certificates granted to Peter and Doris Kule: those awarded for their work in the community, as well as professional and educational ones.

This file contains early materials collected by Rena Hanchuk for her Folklore classes and a final paper. The project defines the wax ceremony as practiced in Canada. Within the written work, Rena compares and contrasts the definition of a wax ceremony through the taped interviews. The 15-page essay "A study on the Wax Ceremony as folk medicine" was done for the course Ukrainian 699.

This collection includes analyses on the wax ceremony performed by Ukrainian Canadians as folk medicine as research for her Master's thesis at the University of Alberta.

A critical analysis of the dissertation : Klymasz, Robert Bogdan. Ukrainian folklore in Canada; an immigrant complex in transition (Indiana Iniversity, 1971).

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

The collection consists of essays and supporting material collected by Frank Fingarsen while taking Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.

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

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

The collection consists of a Musical CD by the New Melody Kings titled "There's Something in the Wind". There is also a three page background story of the New Melody Kings written by Jerry Ozipko, and a one-page brief biography.

There's Something in the Wind
(Seven Selection EP)
©2016 STUDIOOZ Productions EP-01

Recording Engineer - Mike Brazeau, Reel Audio Productions

1. Ne Teper Polka/"Not Now" (Polka) 2:29
   (Traditional Ukrainian Song)

2. Shchos Nam Viter Naviva/"There's Something in the Wind" (Polka) & Arkan (Ukrainian Hutsul Dance) 3:06
   by Jerry Ozipko (2015)

3. Chowen Ketaietsia/"The Rocking Boat" (Waltz) 3:33
   (Traditional Ukrainian Song)

4. Chorney Ochi/"Dark Eyes" 2:34
   (Traditional Ukrainian Romance Song)

5. Siyanka/"Sowing Wheat" (Kolomyjka) & Arkan (Traditional Hutsul Dance) 3:05

6. Mazurka(Traditional Polish Dance) 3:52

7. Hopak/"Cossack Dance" 1:55
   (Traditional National Dance of Ukraine)

The collection consists of an interview with Ukrainian Canadian artist and iconographer Pavlo Lopata conducted by Maryna Chernyavska on October 25, 2017 at the Kule Folklore Centre, University 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 collection consists of organizational documents of the Verkhovyna ensemble, correspondence, photographs, concert programs, brochures, and press clippings.