This collection contains a book review and an essay on Ukrainian mixed marriages written by Walter Garbera for his Ukrainian courses.
Garbera, WalterThe 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.
Korban, JoanneThe collection consists of fieldwork materials collected by Nadia Dmitriuk for her Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta and include proverbs and sayings, as well as wedding songs and other traditional songs.
Dmitriuk, NadiaCollection of texts of songs and verses collected by Christine Nebozuk for her UKR-421 Ukrainian Folklore class at the University of Alberta from informants from Western Ukraine. Contains text to songs given by informants.
Nebozuk, ChristineThe 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 Ukrainian proverbs, jokes and comic tales collected in Alberta for Ukrainian Folklore courses taken by Roman at the University of Alberta.
Petriw, RomanA collection of songs and customs collected from Alberta residents: Mariia Mykytiv, Hafiia Ianyshevs'ka, Iustyna Visniuk, Maria Husak, Marusia Kuz'o-Hura, Ol'ha Hladun, includes carols (koliadky i shchedrivky), spring songs (haivky), kolomyiky, religious songs, love songs, wedding songs, Easter songs, harvest songs, as well as descriptions of wedding customs and rituals.
The audio cassettes contain carols, shchedrivky, religious songs; wedding songs; folk songs; ballads; kolomyiky; obzhynkovi songs; Easter songs recorded by Myra Petriw from Ol'ha Hladun, Maria Kuzio-Hura, Iustyna Visniuk and Maria Husak.
Petriw, MyraThe 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, RomanThe collection consists of the interview conducted by Larisa Cheladyn with Nadia Korpus in Calgary, and her final essay based on her research and this interview entitled "Through the eyes of Nadia Korpus: A snap shot of Ukrainian dance in Canada from the 1930s to 1970s." The essay examines Ukrainian dance in Canada from 1930s to 1970s as seen through the eyes of one person. It starts in Regina, SK, where Nadia began Ukrainian dancing as a small girl, and then criss-crossed the country as she participated in various summer programs and seminars, taught and created Ukrainian dances and formed her own Ukrainian dance group in Calgary "Rusalka". Ukrainian identity, involvement in the Ukrainian National Federation (UNF), Ukrainian Women's Organization, Summer School "Kursy" in Winnipeg are also discussed.
Sembaliuk Cheladyn, LarisaThe collection consists of video and audio recordings of an interview with Peter and Doris Kule conducted by Natalie Kononenko in 2007. This material was used for the Kules' biography that was included into the Champions of Philanthropy book edited by Natalie Kononenko and Serge Cipko.
Kononenko, NatalieThe collection consists of fieldwork materials and essays collected by Demjan Hohol for folklore courses.
Hohol, DuanePaska Workshop Documentation Project was a project by Natalie Kononenko that aimed to document a workshop conducted by Nadia Cyncar, a community leader, at the Ukrainian Catholic Parish of St. George. Attendees learned about Easter traditions, as well as how to bake paska (Easter bread), how to decorate it, symbolism of decorations, etc.
The cooking was done by Joyce Sirski-Howell. The collection consists of a video recording (raw footage), audio recording and photographs of the workshop. The team who documented the event consisted of: Natalie Kononenko, Maryna Hrymych, Svitlana Kukharenko, Maryna Chernyavska and Peter Holloway.
Kononenko, NatalieThe collection consists of fieldwork materials collected by Natalie Kononeko during her trips to numerous villages in Central Ukraine in 2001-2005. Interviews cover a wide range of folklore topics including ritual and belief, births, weddings, funerals, songs and stories, and more.
Kononenko, NatalieThe collection includes Yarema Kowalchuk's final essay for the course UKR-699.
Kowalchuk, YaremaThe 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, AndriyThe collection consists of field materials collected by Slawa Basarab as part of her assignments for the folklore courses she took at the University of Alberta, and include collected proverbs and beliefs about folk medicine, and folk sayings relating to health.
Basarab, SlawaThe collection consists of field materials collected by Anna-Marie Kryschuk as part of her assignments for the folklore courses she took at the University of Alberta. It includes collected folk remedies, and folk songs performed during vinkopletennia (wreath weaving ritual).
Kryschuk, Anna-MarieCollection consists of Larence Kenakin's drawings, paintings, goose pysanky, and a poster with L. Kenakin.
Kenakin, LawrenceThe collection consists of phonograph records published in Canada, the United States, Australia, Ukraine and other countries between 1960s and 1980s. The publication labels include: Aprelevskii Zavod, Melodia, Chwyli Dnistra and many others.
The collection contains ephemera collected from various Ukrainian Canadian community events in Edmonton, area, and other location across Canada, publications, and art cards.