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This series consists of records pertaining the first Ukrainian Folklore course offerings at the University of Albert, as well as the establishment of the Ukrainian Folklore master and PhD degrees. It also includes documents related to establishing several endowments in support of the Ukrainian Folklore Studies: the Huculak Chair Endowment, the Kule Chair Endowment, the Ukrainian Folklore Archives Endowment, the Ivan Franko Ukrainian Scholarship, and others.

The series consists of records related to teaching Ukrainian language, culture and folklore, and includes course outlines, assignment and test designs, reading lists, correspondence with students, fieldwork projects, and other records starting from early course offerings in the end of 1970s, and until early 2000s. The courses covered are: Ukrainian Folk Song, Ukrainian Folk Prose, Ukrainian Calendar Customs, Rites of Passage, Folk Bilief, Material Culture, and Early Ukrainian Canadian Culture. There are also materials related to graduate students, master and PhD, whom Dr. Medwidsky supervised, and to their theses and dissertations.

1. Mariia Iasen'. "Ukrains'kyi Patriotyzm." 19 marta 1975.

The series consists of name lists of teachers and pupils enrolled in the Ukrainian-Bilingual Program (in Edmonton Catholic as well as in Edmonton Public Schools) from 1974 to 1985. Also, there are baptism records with names of prospective students, as well as information on the children who left the program.

There are also various documents on Ukrainian Bilingual Transportation from different Ukrainian bilingual associations. The files include correspondences, budget and fees, name lists of pupils, who needed transportation, etc.

The Ukrainian Bilingual Program (UBP) is a partial immersion program, in which the basic subjects, consisting of science, mathematics and English, are taught in English, and the other subjects, including social studies, music, arts, physical education and Ukrainian language, are taught in Ukrainian.

The UBP was implemented by the Edmonton Catholic School System in the fall of 1974 and started as a three-year pilot project under the auspices of the Department of Education. An integral part of the UBP project was the annual evaluation of the extent to which the pupils in the program are achieving in their academic subjects, acquiring skills in the Ukrainian oral language, and the attitudes of the pupils and parents, teachers, and administrators towards the existing program. After the pilot phase, the Bilingual Program was offered in 1978 in the Edmonton Separate School System as well as in the Edmonton Public School System. The Separate, i.e. Catholic Schools offering the UBP included St. Matthew, St. Martin, and St. Bernadette. In Public Schools, the UBP was provided in five schools: Delwood, Holyrood, Northmount, Rundle and Rio Terrace. During the first year of the pilot project, 101 students were enrolled in the program and its success led to its permanent approval and simultaneous extension to Grade 6 by the Government of Alberta in 1976. The program was further extended to Grade 9 in 1980 and to Grade 12 in 1983.

Parental groups played an essential part in the existence of bilingual programs in general and the UBP in particular. They lobbied governments and made presentations to local school boards, convincing them to open their school to the concept and teaching of bilingual classes. When the UBP was first implemented, the Ukrainian Kindergarten Association assumed responsibility for acting on behalf of parents who had children enrolled in the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in the Edmonton Public and Catholic School Systems. However, this association was dissolved when the Ukrainian Bilingual Association was incorporated.

The series consists of information about the Parents Advisory Committee (PAC) for the Ukrainian Bilingual Program in the Edmonton Catholic School System (ECS) and the Edmonton Catholic Schools Ukrainian Bilingual Parent Advisory Society (PAS). It includes PAC's meeting agendas, minutes, and correspondence (1974-1981). There are also records of PAS, incorporated in 1982, as well as information about general activities of the Edmonton Catholic Schools concerning the Ukrainian Bilingual program. The records provide information about the PAS's meetings and correspondence from 1982 until 1989. There is also information about the extension of the UBP, claimed by ECS-PAC.

As a counterpart of UBLA, the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) was founded in 1975 under the auspices of the Edmonton Catholic School Boards to serve the Ukrainian Bilingual Program’s needs in the Separate School System. One of PAC’s main concerns was to provide assistance with the provision of transportation services for students enrolled in the Ukrainian-Bilingual Program. In 1982, the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) stopped appearing in the documents. Instead, the documents were signed by the Parent Advisory Society.

The series contains a handwritten biography, two notebooks of memoirs, typed "The Sawka family" story told by Wasyl Iwanec and translated by Michael Sawka, as well as a newspaper clippings of his bio and obituary.

After leaving the Shumka Dancers group in 1969, Chester Kuc founded another dancing group called Cheremosh. The series consists of the Cheremosh's booklets, leaflets, posters, and other promotional materials. There also are newspaper clippings and letters of appreciation. A collection of photographs shows the Cheremosh performances and the group's trip to Ukraine in 1981 (Reshetylivka village, Poltava region). There is also a picture taken at the Cheremosh concert showing Chester Kuc and Swystun, a founder of the Kashtany Singers.

1. “Mixed Marriages.”Excerpts from a speech delivered at the World Congress of Free Ukrainians November 2, 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2. “Najvazhlyvishi zavdannia odnym rechennian.” 29.1.1977.
3. “V al'bom dr-ovi Marusi Bek” (17 chervnia 1984 r. na Benketi v
   Detroiti).
4. “Kil'ka dumok na praznyku sv. Petra i Pavla y Monderi z nahody
   1000-littia khreshchennia Ukrainy.” 29.6.1986.
5. “100-littia UKTs v Kanadi” (Slovo na benketi).
6. “Ukrainians in British Columbia.”
7. Speech at the occasion of the first volume of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine launch.
8. “Andrej Sheptytskyj - his life and work” (opening remarks.)
9. “Kil'ka zavvah hospodaria na zustrichi z Morozom.”

Andrew wrote his memoirs at the urging of his granddaughter, Irene Mazurenko, in 1973 when he was 83. He sent them to her as letters. The memoirs tell about his roots, his life back in the Old country, his journey to Canada, and early years in Canada.

The memoirs were written in Ukrainian. Irene got them translated into English while preparing her family history. She inserted some explanations to the text in Italics, when she felt, they would be helpful. They come from her own memories and stories heard in the family. These five typed pages are also a part of this collection.

This series contains materials related to Dr Medwidsky's involvement with various organizations throughout his life and career. Included are documents relating the Ukrainian Catholic organizations, Ukrainian Scouts organization Plast activities and reports, advocacy for Ukrainian bilingual education in Alberta, Ukrainian community organizations and events, as well as non-Ukrainian ethnic organizations. The series consists of journals, reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, and promotional materials.

Various materials related to bilingual education in Alberta including newspaper clippings, conference proceedings, curricula, educational materials, official letters, documents, research studies, and legal materials on equality rights.

Ten attendance books of unknown organizations, presumably of dance groups. One book has a mark "Cheremosh" (n.d.).

1. Maryna Antonovych-Rudnyc'ka. "Nashi zavdannia dlia krashchoho rozvoiu ukraiins'koi kul'tury ta zberezhennia ukrains'koi identychnosti v Kanadi." Dopovid' vyholoshena na konferentsiї KUK u Winnipegu 16 hrudnia 1972.
2. Armand. “Pro potrebu ideolohichnoho politychnoho vyshkolu.”

Materials related to workshops that Doris Yanda held at her house and other locations; membership lists, attendance rolls, handouts, etc. Materials of the Ukrainian Weaving Guild, Hand Weavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta, and other heritage weavers' organizations used by Doris Yanda for her workshops.

• I. Goresky's translation of the first two chapters of J.W.Stechishin's book, "History of the Ukrainian-Canadians"
• English translation of the article "Ukrainians in Canada and their future" by Yaroslav Halytskiy, 1971

The series consists of seven self-published books on history of families whose ancestors immigrated from Bukovyna, the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

1. Press Conference held in Ottawa on Monday, June 7th, 1971 following meeting of Representatives of Ukrainian-Canadian Committee and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
2. Ткачук П. "Кінцеве слово" [на святі Тараса Шевченка].

This series includes correspondence with various individuals and families in Ukraine (mostly western: L'viv, Ternopil', Ivano-Frankivs'k, Chernivtsi regions), letters from Brazil and Argentina, North America, and Poland. Some letters have photographs. Most letters are addressed to Mike and Elsie Kawulych.

Bohdan Medwidsky was active in the Canadian Association of Slavists as well as maintained professional relationships with many scholars from Ukraine, and Ukrainianists from other parts of the world, for example, with Mykola Mysinka in Slovakia. The series consists of letters, invitations, reports, project documentation and other records related to Ukrainian and Slavic studies beyond the University of Alberta.

The series contains obituaries, eulogies, biographies and CVs of famous Ukrainian Canadians