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3 sets of Heritage patterns: Boy’s Poltavsky costume, Girl’s Poltavsky costume, Velvet Vest Costume (women). Short biography of Elsie Kawulych, her business card, short information about Heritage patterns with a photo.

Heritage Patterns originated in 1985. Designers Diana Forstey and Elsie Kawulych were active in the Vegreville Ukrainian School of Dancing and other Ukrainian groups and felt thee was a need for these patterns. With research through the University of Alberta and other sources, as well as training, they drafted these patterns, which took months of work. They sewed every garment to observe the style and fit before going into final stage of production and selling the patterns.

A collection of jokes and comic tales collected from various informants in northern Alberta for the UKR-499 course.
Interviewees: Kost' Kuz'mak, Kost' Mykhailovych Telychko, Mykhailo Vasyliv, Orest Bohonos, pani M. Chornohuz, Ol'ha Lisova, Dmytro Petriw.

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

The 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.

This file contains materials relating to the operation of the Ukrainian Catholic Council of Canada and its associate organizations at the national and provincial levels. The organizations that are associated include the Brotherhood of Ukrainian Catholics of Canada, Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada, Ukrainian Catholic Youth of Canada, and others. The documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, event schedules, operational information, financial reports, policy proposals, other documents.

This file contains materials related to Dr Medwidsky’s involvement with political parties. Most of the documents are related to his involvement with the Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta, including active participation in campaigns for Julian Koziak. The types of documents included in this file are letters and correspondence, campaign materials, party newspapers, minutes from meetings, political action plans, and policy proposals.

A collection of texts of songs, proverbs and customs collected from informants in Alberta for the course Ukrainian Folklore 499. Includes text of a religious letter from Father Kuban. Copies of work that describe love and kozak songs are also included.

"Study on Ukrainian immigrant tombstones" discusses the ritual of building tombstones for the dead with a focus on the tombstones of the first generation of Ukrainian immigrants.

1. Memorial Addressed to Right Honorable Sir Robert Borden, Prime
   Minister of Canada, and to the Senators and Members of the Parliament. From the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics of Canada regarding the invasion of Ukrainian East Galicia by Polish troops. 1919.
2. Memorial To The Right Hon. R. B. Bennett (Prime Minister of Canada) And to His Majesty's Ministers in Canada. From the Ukrainian Defence Committee of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba regarding the advancement in Canadian citizenship of those of Ukrainian origin who had established their home in Canada and Ukrainian minorities in Poland and Romania. 1930.
3. Memorandum of Ukrainian Canadian Committee to The Right Honorable
   W.L.Mackenzie King Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs, Canada. From the Ukrainian Canadian Committee regarding the Eastern boundary of Poland, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Match 23, 1943.
4. Inter-ministerial Conference, Ottawa, March 19, 1959. The presentation of Rev. Dr. B. Kushnir regarding Ukrainian Canadians and Ukrainian Canadian Committee.
5. Submission to The Prime Minister and Members of the Government of
   Canada by The Ukrainian Canadian Committee, Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 19, 1959, Ottawa,
   Canada. About some of the problems faced by the Ukrainian community in Canada.
6. Brief to The Honourable Paul Martin, Secretary of State for External Affairs, Submitted by the Ukrainian Committee. June, 1965. Problem of relations with Ukrainian nation.

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.

The file consists of:
Letter from Nicetas Romaniuk to William Grygulak;
Certificate of Incorporation "The Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko, of Derwent, Alberta;
Application - Schedule A - The Societies Act, 1924, and Amendments Thereto;
Schedule B - By-laws of The Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko, at Derwent, Alberta;
Handwritten By-laws of The Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko, at Derwent, Alberta in English;
Handwritten By-laws of The Ukrainian National Society of Taras Shevchenko, at Derwent, Alberta in Ukrainian.

This file consists of material collected in Mundare, Alberta.