A collection of 25 songs in the repertoire of the informants, classified by marriage/dowry songs, war/love songs/ kolomeiky/love songs and death songs to test the hypothesis that remembered songs are closely associated with special events.
Sans titreExplores the reasons for the shortage of boys in rural dance groups. quest.
Sans titreDocuments include:
fact sheet: 1987,
2 original typed letters to Lahola from B.I. Shulakewych : 1988
Contains 2 "Слово і народ" newsletters and one newsletter titled "For our Future: a quarterly of Ukrainian Affairs".
Contains a Russian language article titled "Who is in charge in Russia", an 11-page document titled "Jews and the Ecumenical Council", 2 blank postcards with Mikhail Gorbachev's name on it, a photocopied page titled "These are Thousands of Ways Gorbachev Can Improve his Image", and a page titled "The Matzah of Hope".
See FILE 45 for descriptions
A collection of five parodical folk songs and their views of the social reality of drunkenness associated with these songs
Includes a poem by Anthony Havryluk, an empty letter envelope from the World League of Ukrainian Political Prisoners, and a list of handwritten phone numbers.
A collection of songs of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (1914-1918) as recollected by one specific informant
Describes the rites and ceremonies in the Easter celebrations of one Ukrainian Canadian family
Sans titreCompares how three generations of one family celebrate Ukrainian Easter. Bib.
Sans titreExamines the explicit commemorations of the dead as celebrated by Ukrainian settlers of Galician background. Bib.
Sans titreLetters sent to Lahola from Vasyl of Poland.
General letters.
"Studynetz: The preparation of a traditional Ukrainian dish" project includes an essay and a videorecording of Mary Cherewyk of Saskatchewan where she describes the preparation of jellied pork hocks (studenetz).
Chapter 4 examines the use of folkloric elements in Storozhenko's Zakokhany chort by comparing the accuracy of this portrayal to two 19th century folkloric studies. Bib.
Sans titreThe essay "The Ukrainian wedding: The effect of memebership in Ukrainian cultural organizations on retention of Ukrainian wedding traditions" discusses the influence of cultural groups such as the "Shumka Dancers" in preserving and reviving traditional rituals, Appendix, Project Proposal, Annotated Bibliography
Contains a public Meeting announcement: 1990.
"The Electric Tsymbaly: An instrument from the past plugs into the future" describes attempts by Michael and Joe Tkachyk to electrify the traditional tsymbaly.