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This project contains texts of wedding and other traditional songs by John Ewasiuk who has sung at weddings for over 50 years.

The material was collected by Roman Brytan for his UKR-421 course at the University of Alberta. The collection consists of texts and some musical scores for songs sung in Alberta communities. Contains musical scores for some songs and choreography for dance songs.

The audio recording contains songs recorded in Edmonton from Sophia Klymkovych, Mykhailo Shmihel's'kyi and Maria Bukyda in December 1978.

Final essay on Drahomanov's collection of Ukrainian political songs circa 1709-1739 by Yarema Kowalchuk for course UKR 699.

The collection of proverbs and beliefs consists of field notes by Demjan Hohol made during his fieldwork project for UKR-421 course in October-November 1977. It includes proverbs written down from respondents and their equivalents from Plaviuk and other sources.

Anna-Marie discusses Vinkopletennia (wreath weaving ritual) songs collected around Saskatoon in this project.

The essay is a study of the folksong repertoire of one woman, which is classified into different genres by their content. Interview index available.

"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

A 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.

"Ukrainian Canadians' folk songs of family life" describes changing Ukrainian family life as Ukrainian folk songs change accordingly. Includes a project proposal.

This comparative study analyzes Klyment Kvitka's ethnomusicological guides in contrast to other Ukrainian folk music guides.

A review of a book of folksongs gathered by Marko Vovchok,issued by Muzychna Ukraina in1979.

A 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.

This project contains an analysis of comic elements of Walter Rutka's album "The Ukrainian Cowboy" including Clyde's style and method of presentation.

Collection of songs and proverbs collected by Ihor Kruk in 1973 in Kuban' from the woman who was born in 1894 and moved to Kuban' in 1905, and proverbs collected in 1977 in Canada.

This project analyzes the theme, folkloric and symbolic elements, and song and dance influences in seven ballads by Taras Shevchenko.

This work 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. This project includes: sheet music, song lyrics, and indexed 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.

The 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.

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

This collection includes wedding songs, winter cycle songs, and various other songs sung by Maria Mazuryk.