This collection includes wedding songs, winter cycle songs, and various other songs sung by Maria Mazuryk.
Biscoe, AnnaThe project consists of songs and verses collected in Edmonton from the informants Joe Olinyk, Anna Olinyk, Mrs. Helena Pinkyj, Mrs. Eva Kurylo, Mrs. Maria Stratychuk, Mrs. Annie Kapach, and Mrs. Mary Lagoski, some of whom grew up in Galicia or Bukovina and immigrated to Canada.
The collection consists of verses collected in Canada from various pioneers from western Ukraine, and a collection of jokes, proverbs, New Year's verses and texts of other folk songs.
Scharabun, IreneThe 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.
Savaryn, HelenThe collection consists of a fieldwork project and final papers done by Markian Kowaliuk for the Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.
Kowaliuk, MarkianA collection of texts of songs, proverbs and customs collected from informants in Alberta. Appendix contains text of a religious letter from Father Kuban.
Luciw, DariaA collection of kolomeiky, lyrical songs collected from three women who came from western Ukraine. The essay also analyzes the construction of the kolomeika and compares these collections to some found in traditional literary collections.
The collection includes Yarema Kowalchuk's final essay for the course UKR-699.
Kowalchuk, YaremaThe collection consists of field materials collected by Roman Brytan while taking Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta. It covers the following topics: Ukrainian folk songs both from Ukraine and Canada, ritual songs, and superstitious recollections.
Brytan, RomanA comparison of traditional Ukrainian folksongs from contemporary Poland with those in North America. An analysis of Lemko features in music and a general discussion of song types, texts and translations.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavA review of a book of folksongs gathered by Marko Vovchok,issued by Muzychna Ukraina in1979.
Bandera, Mark JaroslavThis collection includes an essay on proverbs, riddles, and sayings along with a book review for the courses Ukrainian 423 and Ukrainian 422.
Tokaryk, LilyA collection of course work by Mark Bandera including book reviews, annotated bibliographies, and essay on topics such as folklore, folksongs, tsymbaly, and bandury.
Bandera, Mark Jaroslav"Sing until you drop: The Ukrainian folk song tradition in western Canada" analyzes 19 lyrical-lifestyle folk songs and one kolomeika (dance song) sung at two informal singing sessions by two Canadian choir groups. Includes: essay and interview index
This comparative study analyzes Klyment Kvitka's ethnomusicological guides in contrast to other Ukrainian folk music guides.
Cherwick, Brian"Ukrainian Canadians' folk songs of family life" describes changing Ukrainian family life as Ukrainian folk songs change accordingly. Includes a project proposal.
The essay is a study of the folksong repertoire of one woman, which is classified into different genres by their content. Interview index available.
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.
Golinowski, JasonThe collection consists of field materials collected by Sogu Hong during his courses at the Ukrainian Folklore program, University of Alberta, as well as essays on a wide range of Ukrainian folklore topics: Ukrainian folk songs, ethnic jokes; immigrant tombstones; calendar customs and family rites, such as Christmas, childbirth, weddings; folk arts and crafts; foodways, and others.
Hong, SoguThe collection consists of assignments for various folklore classes at the University of Alberta including Ukrainian Material Culture (UKR-527), Ukrainian Folk Art and Performance (UKR-528), Rites of Passage (UKR-525), Ukrainian Calendar Customs (UKR-526), Ukrainian Folk Songs (UKR-522), Ukrainian Folk Prose (UKR-523), and Ukrainian Folklore in Canada (UKR-532).
The collection includes the following projects:
- Poias for the Babies
- Bunica's Funeral Dinner: The China
- A Kuzhil' [Distaff] Among Flowers
- "Yuriy Fedkowych Ukrainian Educational Society of Soda Lake" Proscenium Screen
- Ukrainian Rites of Passage: Silence and Pregnancy
- Iordan, Feast of the Epiphany
- Katie and Christine: Their Kolomyiky
- Wolves and Viagra: Katie and Metro
- Literary Folkloristics and the Personal Narrative by Sandra Dolby Stahl: A Review of the Study
- On Forgetting
Recollections of Ropchan (Rapchan) brothers, as well as indexes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Monica for her dissertation are also part of this collection.
Jensen, Monica