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The 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.

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.

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

The collection consists of field materials collected by Sogu Hong during his courses at the Ukrainian Folklore program, University of Alberta, as well as essays on a wide range of Ukrainian folklore topics: Ukrainian folk songs, ethnic jokes; immigrant tombstones; calendar customs and family rites, such as Christmas, childbirth, weddings; folk arts and crafts; foodways, and others.

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

The collection consists of field materials collected by Jason Golinowski during his master studies at the Ukrainian Folklore program, University of Alberta, as well as essays on a wide range of Ukrainian folklore topics, such as Ukrainian crafts, rites of passage, folksongs, celebrations, personal narratives, and others.

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

"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.

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

This collection includes an essay on proverbs, riddles, and sayings along with a book review for the courses Ukrainian 423 and Ukrainian 422.

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

The collection consists of a fieldwork project and final papers done by Markian Kowaliuk for the Ukrainian Folklore courses at the University of Alberta.

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

The collection 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 folk songs recorded during December 1979 for the UKR-422 Ukrainian Folklore course at the University of Alberta. It includes texts of 21 songs collected by Boris Radio from Mrs. T. Gural, Mrs. N. Radio, and Mrs. Hulewich, their biographical information. In addition to transcripts of the songs, Boris translated them. The audio cassette contains recording of the songs and histories of interviewees.

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.

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

A collection of texts of songs, proverbs and customs collected from informants in Alberta. Appendix contains text of a religious letter from Father Kuban.