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The series consists of eight artifacts including Anna Kuryliw's wedding dress, wedding ribbons, stocking, and veil, and the embroidered purse in which Anna kept Wasyl's letters to her. These artifacts are part of the BMUFA museum collections and can be accessed at https://collections.ukrfolk.ca/

This series contains primarily interview descriptions as well as participant observation recordings of birth, baptism, weddings, and funerary traditions. The series is particularly strong for descriptions of weddings within living memory in various “regions” of Ukrainian Brazil. The focus here is on community and vernacular views rather than clerical perspectives or those of leaders of secular organizations. Researchers may find related materials in the adjoining series on Organized Life, as well as on Church life.

This series deals with ritual and ceremonial life that does not fall neatly into the calendar of life cycle. Weekly and irregularly observed traditions fall into this category.

This series collects information from interviews and other sources about the Ukrainian language in Brazil. Numerous researchers and publications are dedicated to the retention and promotion of the Ukrainian language in Brazil, as well as linguistic connections with 19th century dialects and influences from Portuguese. This series includes a copy of the important linguistic field recordings of Dr. Wolodymyr Kulczynskyj. Audio examples of current language use can be found in the approximately 300 interview recordings throughout this collection.

This series contains documentation of organized community life in Ukrainian Brazilian communities. One subseries is organized to focus on secular organizations, including SUBraz, TPUK, various dance groups, choirs, and an agricultural cooperative. A second subseries is devoted to religious organizations, with a focus on Eparchial centres, convents, seminaries, and other institutions organized within the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brazil. A smaller portion of this subseries documents the Ukrainian Orthodox church and its resources. Commercial Activities are also included in this series, recording evidence of Ukrainian-oriented stores, private enterprises, and products for sale.

Collection of Ukrainian postal cards, predominantly with greetings from different people to Chester and Luba Kuc.

The series consists of two notebooks containing detailed notes on early history of Ukraine and Ukrainian art by unknown person. The books do not seem to be thematically connected to the collection. Probably these are private documents of one of NTSH leaders or a person who donated the NTSH documents.

Series of newspaper clippings covers topics of the Ukrainian dances and music, Ukrainian political movement, as well as contains the "Chronicles of Ukrainian life in Canada" newspaper series by Olha Voitsenko. Includes a photograph of unknown person.

1. Materialy pro knyzhku "Apostol" I.Fedorovycha.
2. “Do Sviatoho Soboru Iepyskopiv Sviatoi Pravoslavnoї Avtokefal'noї Tserkvy v Heneral-Hubernatorstvi [vid] Hrupy evakuovanykh z Kholmshchyny i Pidliashshia Dukhovenstva i myrian.” 1 lystopada 1942 roku.
3. "General Address by the Prime Minister," 1975.
4. “Ukraine as a Factor of the Political Balance in Europe.”
5. “A Contributed Role.”
6. [Ukrains'ka kanadiana.]
7. “Ukrains'ka kultura.”
8. “Zapyska v spravi vidznachennia trahichnykh dat.”
9. “Ukrainian Independence Day.”
10. “Propovid' Blazh. Verkhovnoho Arkhyiepyskopa v den' 1 lystopada 1972 r. v Sobori sv. Sofiї.”
11. [Promova na sviati ukrains'koi pisni.]
12. [Information about exhibition.]
13. [About the pamphlet' "The Situation in South-Eastern Poland".]
14. “V 31 rokovyny lystopadovoho zryvu”
15. Canadian League for the Liberation of Ukraine and Women's Association of CLLU [Address to His Holiness Pope Paul VI], 1971.
16. Holovna Uprava Bratstva Ukraїntsiv Katolykiv Kanady. [Letter to Arkhiepyskopa Kyra ta vladyk], 1966.
17. "Коспект реферату на свято 22-го січня Державности й соборности української народньої республіки."
18. "Вступне слово" [на святі Тараса Шевченка].
19. "Значіння поезії Шевченка в житті українськоо народу (реферат на свято Т. Шевченка)."
20. "Великий пророк (реферат на свято Шевченка)," Централя союзу українок Канади, 19 лютого 1946.