Folklore assignments
Cherwick, BrianPart 1: Nee - Waluk, was born in Ukraine, came to Canada in 1910 when she was almost 6 ; before that her sister Julia Waluk came to Canada in 1908; her sister Natasha (??) came in 1909; then her father Prokopiy Waluk and her mother Ahafiya Waluk, and sister Ann and herself came; they came to Brandon; Irene attended a Roman-Catholic day school, then went to Brandon Institute, became a teacher in the country; experience at the amature theatre; hard life of teachers; first plans for marriage did not materialize because of the religious differences, then she married in 1927 Gayowsky who was a teacher of Ukrainian; changing schools; in 1934 came to Winnipeg; WWI - her was considered an alien and had to report, problems with documents; religion and Ukrainianness; teaching Ukrainian at schools; Labor Temple in Brandon; Orthodox church; her husband got a position with the Institute of Prosvita in 1934; in 1940 they taught at the Ukrainian National Association school; Taras Verbyts’kyi (??) - a Head of choir; Zankovets’kyi (??); in 1916 a Ukrainian school started; children’s mandolin orchestra; students’ club; Women’s group in 1926; Kul’turno-osvitnii komitet.
Part 2: Doroshenko - the book editor; Tracz; Oleksa Pasichniak (??) was in charge of Ridna shkola; Dr. Dyma (??); Prof. Koshets’; CUC; did not teach Ukrainian History at the school; Irene’s husband went to Ukraine after Independence; Kosar; Vasylyshyn (??); Fond dopomohy; Dr. Dackiw; Kokhan (??) - executive director; rev. Sawchuk; DPs and their attitude towards Ukrainians in Canada; opposition to joining CUC; Kushnir; Savchuk; Hlynka.
Family portrait of Gawlicki family and kids. The text on the back says: "Gawlicki family and Kids. Salka Gawlicki sister to Maryna, Stefka, Adam, John, Philip and Melonko. Bottom to Right Annette Frank, Chuk, John, Salka with baby Marx in Arms, Dido Joseph's daughter. "
The collection consists of personal documents, immigration documents, photographs, audio and video recordings about a life of Nick and Stephani (nee Hretciuk) Gaudun and John Lakusta and his family.
Gaudun familyFile contains one biography on Gary Kulesha written by Taras Filenko and translated by Lada Hornjatkevyc.
Sponsored by the Ukrainian Museum and Village Society at the Ukr. Nat. Home in Gardenton, Event program provided.
This item is an audio recording of an interview with Gail Fenton, conducted October 3, 2018.
This item is an audio recording of an interview with Gail Fenton conducted on October 3, 2018. The interview was conducted at a local coffee shop, and background noise reflects interview location.