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The Writings from the War / Я пишу з війни collection consists of testimonials of Ukrainians about their experience of the Russian invasion of their country. The project’s archiving coordinator Alex Averbuch periodically deposits firsthand testimonials transmitted to the project team from various hiding places; from shelters, train stations, and refugee camps; from besieged cities. The project’s team also includes Valentyna Vzdulska (the initiator of the project), Daria Bairak and Maryna Solohub (SMM managers and co-coordinators), as well as numerous volunteers assisting in translating the testimonials and maintaining project platforms (website, social media).

The mission of Writings from the War is to collect, preserve, and disseminate these testimonials, both in the language of the original and English translation, so as to provide a documentary source for researchers, academics, students, journalists, artists, and the public in general. There are testimonials by soldiers, volunteers, doctors, drivers, teachers, animal rights activists, cooks, artists, and scientists – people of all professions; by adults and children, displaced persons, rescuers and the rescued – in short, anyone interested in sharing their experience with the world. This is a panoramic picture of the wartime “everyday,” reflecting private experiences during this catastrophe. All the testimonials have been provided to the project team by the witnesses themselves, and every story has a title, and a record of the person behind it.

The project has been carried out since March 2022 in collaboration with the University of Alberta’s Kule Folklore Centre.

The collection consists of a study essay by Joyce Sirsk-Howell, memory stories of Ukrainian women and two students' notebooks. The essay describes how a specific poyas (sash) came into the possession of the informant, how a typical sash is made and its cultural and emotional significance.

• Lazarowich's ledger of law files, 1950s-1960s
• Various lease and sale documents for Lazarowich's clients, 1946-1951
• Receipt books, 1966-1969

The series contains materials collected by Lazarowich, who was an influential individual in the USRL/CYC family organization, founding member of USRL/CYC in 1927, elected Dominion President of the USRLC in 1936-1940.

• Correspondence, 1956-1974
• Executive, circular letters and minutes, 1959-1973
• Memorandum, 1939
• Organization aims, objects, and structure, 1960s
• USRLC Statute, 1960;
• USRLC bulletins, 1965-1968
• Materials of annual conventions and preconvention meetings in Saskatoon 1935, 1936; Winnipeg and Edmonton 1958; Toronto 1960 and 1967; Edmonton 1962 and 1969; Winnipeg 1963 and 1973
• Materials of USRLC provincial congresses in Alberta in 1960, 1961, 1967, 1972
• Materials of the SUS Foundation of Canada, 1964, 1971-1973
• Information about USRLC's cultural and educational projects, 1960s-1970s
• A letter from Lazarewich to John Syrnick (former USRLC president), 1956, and materials dealing with J. Syrnick, 1967, 1972, 1974
• Statement made by Lazarowich on behalf of UCC and USRLC, Edmonton, 1964
• Materials related to the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Mohyla Institute, Saskatoon, 1976, and other materials 1958, 1965
• Materials related to St. John's Institute, Edmonton, 1973
• Materials and a photo of the Ukrainian Voice 60th Jubilee Committee in Edmonton, 1970-1971
• Materials of the USRLC conference held in Saskatoon in 1971, paper by Yaroslaw Lozowchuk, "The Role of Voluntary Ukrainian Canadian Organizations and the Future of the Ukrainian Ethnic Group in Canada: an Exploration of Possibilities"
• Paper by George Foty, "To the Issue of Necessity of Increasing Studying Ukrainian Language by the Youth"
• Programs of concerts dedicated to T. Shevchenko and S. Petliura, Winnipeg, 1948
• Dissertation by H. Udod "The Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada," Saskatoon-Munich, and the dissertation reviews, 1975

Occasional materials of the following organizations constitute the series:

• Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, 1968, 1979
• Assistance Committee for the Ukrainian National Council (Комітет сприяння українській національній раді), 1965б 1970-1
• Ukrainian Canadian Committee of Toronto, 1971
• 2nd World Congress of Free Ukrainians, 1973
• Ukrainian Mutual Benefit Association of Saint Nicholas of Canada
• Saint Vladimir Ukrainian Institute, Toronto

The series consists of materials touching upon issues of bilingualism, biculturalism, and multiculturalism. In particular it includes:

• Multiculturalism and Ukrainian-Canadians, House of Commons debates and addresses, 1971, 1973
• Speeches and presentations by the Hon. Paul Yuzyk on multiculturalism and Canadian-Soviet relations, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1971
• Addresses by professor M. Lupul on bilingualism, biculturalism, multiculturalism and education, 1964, 1971, 1977
• Royal Commission on bilingualism and biculturalism, briefs, submissions, statements and other materials1960s -early 1970s
• Address "A new cultural policy for the Province of Alberta" by Hon, Harry E. Strom, Premier of Alberta, at the Alberta Multicultural Conference, July 16, 1971

By-Laws of the Ukrainian Music Association of Alberta of the City of Edmonton. 1972. 1 English language copy, several Ukrainian language copies. Includes: by laws, objects, procedures, membership, executive, finances, meetings.

Telephone and address list of members for 1982, type-written with handwritten notes.

Typewritten letters written by the UMAA in 1973. Pages are numbered at the top right-hand corner. No page 1.

Type-written letters numbered 11 to 22. Written by the UMAA in 1974.