Papers, 1918-1978. 3 linear ft., 8 boxes. Augustin Stefan was a teacher, civic activist, and political leader. He was a founding member of the Ruthenian People's party (1920-1924). Stefan established the State Commercial Academy in Uzhhorod and served as its director from 1922 to 1938, after which he served as minister of educational and religious affairs in the republic of Carpatho-Ukraine. With the fall of the state in 1939, Stefan directed educational institutions in Bratislava, Prague, and then Augsburg, Germany. Upon immigrating to the United States in 1949, he taught at a Ukrainian Catholic academy for girls until 1969. Throughout his life, Stefan was active in various cultural-educational and political societies. He served as editor and co-editor for a number of journals and newspapers, and wrote extensively about Carpatho-Ukraine. The papers include correspondence, clippings, and publications relating to Stefan's personal involvement in and research on the political and cultural life of Carpatho-Ukraine. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00005
Alchevskyi Family Papers
1902, 2 documents. Oleksii Alchevskyi (1835-1901) owned the Kharkiv Southern Russia Commercial Bank and financed a number of coal-mining and metallurgical firms in the Donbas. His wife Khrystyna (1841-1920) was a pedagogue and educator of adults. The papers include two documents: 1) an act dated May 29, 1902, confirming the sale of the Alchevskyi family property in Kharkiv to N.P. Shabelskii; 2) an act dated May 30, 1902, regarding the preservation of the commemorative bust of Taras Shevchenko sculpted by Vladimir Beklemishev for the Alchevskyi family in Kharkiv. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99153697523203941/catalog
Alex J. Zabrosky (1922-2001)
Papers, 1950-1970. 2.5 linear in., 1 box. Alex J. Zabrosky was born in Chicago in 1922. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Second World War. Following the war he served as a sponsor and helped families move to the United States. He would also help them find jobs at places such as Ryerson Steel, where Zabrosky was a structural engineer and executive. Zabrosky was involved in the Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Besides his involvement with Ukrainian organizations, he was active in the Republican Party. With backing from the party he made an unsuccessful run for the 6th District in Congress in 1970. In 1974 he ran again, but lost in the primary to Henry Hyde. The papers include personal documents, correspondence, radio transcripts, press releases, clippings, and photographs. Much of the material is related to his activities in the Chicago area on behalf of Ukraine and Ukrainians. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990097506380203941/catalog
Alexander Smakula (1900-1983)
Papers, 1962-1979. 1 linear ft., 2 boxes. Alexander Smakula (1900-1983) was a physicist, crystallographer, and inventor. He taught at Göttingen University and then headed the optical laboratory at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Heidelberg, and the research laboratory at the Carl Zeiss Optical Co in Jena, Germany. In the United States, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he organized and headed the Laboratory of Crystal Physics. The papers contain biographical material, correspondence from family members in Dobrovody, Ukraine, and circulars and other printed matter from professional organizations in the United States to which Smakula belonged, such as the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and the Ukrainian American Association of University Professors. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096804640203941/catalog
Andriǐ Shelest, “Kucheriavi peliustky: grotesky”
Manuscript, 1928-1933. 1 volume (93 leaves). This volume contains a collection of manuscript poems entitled “Kucheriavi peliustky: grotesky” written by Andrii Shelest in Western Ukraine from 1928 to 1933. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095640540203941/catalog
Antin Ivanovych Podufalyi
Papers, 1920-1923. 6 documents, 1 photograph. Antin Ivanovych Podufalyi was born on August 3, 1896 in Komarivtsi, Mohyliv county, Podilla gubernia. He studied electro-technology at the Kyiv Politechnical Institute. Podufalyi served the Ukrainian National Republic as an engineer for the 2nd Division of the Sich Riflemen Regiment and as an ensign in the Ivan Mazepa Cavalry Regiment. He immigrated to France circa 1923-1924. The papers are comprised of certificates issued by the Ukrainian National Republic, Poland and France to Podufalyi. They provide general biographical information regarding his birth, education, and military service. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095495320203941/catalog
Berchtesgaden (Orlyk) DP Camp Records
1945-1951, 5 linear in., 1 box. Following the Second World War, Ukrainian refugees numbering about 200,000 were interned in Displaced persons camps in West Germany and Austria. Berchtesgaden (Orlyk) was one of the larger Ukrainian DP camps in the American zone with over 2,000 refugees settled there in the late 1940s. The Berchtesgaden (Orlyk) DP camp operated a gymnasium, and sponsored political, youth, student, sport, musical and theater groups and organizations. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, minutes, financial records, diplomas, and membership lists of the camp's sports club. In addition there are some documents relating to the camp's Ukrainian gymnasium and its branch of the scouting organization Plast. The collection also includes circulars, reports, and other communications received from the Ukrainian Sports Club "Orlyk", a member of the Ukrainian Council for Physical Culture, and the Ukrainian Sports Club "Zaporizhzhia" in the Aschaffenburg DP camp. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098568280203941/catalog
Bohdan Kozak (1910-2003)
Papers, 1928, 1961, 1967-1974. 2 folders. The papers consist of letters and photographs sent to Bohdan Kozak by Bishop Myroslav Ripetskyi of Chrzanowo, Suwalki voivodeship, Poland. Myroslav Ripetskyi was ordained to the priesthood in 1913. He was appointed pastor to the parish of St. John the Baptist in Lisky in 1921, where he remained until June 1947, when he was deported along with the rest of the Ukrainian population to northeastern Poland. There he organized a chapel in Chrzanowo and was until 1957 the only priest to celebrate mass in the Ukrainian Catholic rite in Warmia diocese. He was mitered by Cardinal I. Slipyi in 1966. Besides his pastoral duties, Ripetskyi contributed articles to Nova zoria, Pravda, and Ukrainskyi beskyd, and published books on Ukrainian church, secular, and cultural history. The letters are general in nature, describing some of the events and publications that occupied Bishop Ripetskyi's time. The photographs show several significant events that took place at Bishop Ripetskyi's Ukrainian Catholic chapel in Chrzanowo. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094995340203941/catalog
Bohdan Krawciw (1904-1975)
Collection, 1950–74. 81 linear ft., 83 boxes. Bohdan Krawciw (1904-1975) was a poet, journalist, and literary critic. Prior to immigrating to the United States in 1949, he edited the Galician nationalist periodicals Visti, Holos natsiï, and Holos, as well as the literary journals Dazhboh and Obriï. He continued his editorial and journalistic work in the United States, working for the newspapers Ameryka and Svoboda, the Plast journal Molode zhyttia, the journal Suchasnist’, and the Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Besides publishing his poetry in periodicals and in individual collections, Kravtsiv also edited literary anthologies, published works of literary criticism, and compiled an extensive bibliography of Ukrainian émigré literature. The papers are comprised primarily of editorial files kept by Krawciw in his work for the newspapers and journals in the United States. The majority of the files contain newspaper clippings, with some correspondence and photographs, regarding artists and literary figures. There is also a considerable amount of material on Ukrainian press and community organizations. Included in the collection are also notes for Krawciw’s work on a bio-bibliographical survey of modern Ukrainian literature. Contains ca. 2,200 folders of clippings dealing with Ukrainian humanistic studies, and relating to his work Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098474770203941/catalog
Conference on Ukrainian Economics
Records, 1974-1991. 1 linear ft., 1 box. The Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, and the Department of Economics, Temple University, organized a series of four conferences on the Ukrainian economy from 1975 to 1991. The first conference was devoted to an analysis of current conditions in the Ukrainian economy. The subject of the second conference was the development of economics in Ukraine. The third conference dealt with the history of the Ukrainian economy from the time of Kyivan Rus to the outbreak of World War I. The fourth conference focused on the Ukrainian economy since the early 1970s to projections of economic trends for the beginning of the twenty-first century. The records include correspondence with conference sponsors and participants, editorial correspondence regarding the publication of conference proceedings, and financial documents. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096805250203941/catalog
Czuczman Collection
1918-1920. 16 items. The Chuchman collection consists of paper currency issued by the government of the Ukrainian state from 1918 to 1920. The notes include state credit notes worth 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, and 1000 karbovantsi; state credit notes worth 2, 10, and 100 hryvni; and State Treasury loan bonds worth 100, 200, and 1,000 hryvni. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094969740203941/catalog
Defense Of Ukraine, Branch 11, Buffalo, New York
Register of minutes, 1925-1927. 1 volume. Defense of Ukraine (Oborona Ukraïny) was a Ukrainian political organization of a radical socialist profile, established in 1920 in the United States to assist the political and military struggles for independence in Western Ukraine. The association had a network of sixteen chapters, including the Buffalo branch. It was dissolved after its 1947 convention. The collection consists of one register of minutes recorded by the organization's secretaries Mykola Soroka (1925) and Stepan Detsyk (1926-1927). The minutes include information about attendance, treasurer's reports, election results, and summaries of meeting discussions. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094970830203941/catalog
George M. Kossatch (b. 1909)
Photoarchives, in 1 box, ca. 30 items. Writer. Photographs document his trips to the Ukraine.
Hanydziuk Collection
1918-1920, 1923, 1964. 1 photo album. The collection primarily consists of postage stamps and paper currency issued by the government of the Ukrainian state from 1918 to 1920. The postage stamps include examples of trident overprints; Ukrainian National Republic shah issues; the Government-in-exile's Vienna issues; Western Ukrainian National Republic's overprints; the 1923 Ukrainian SSR famine relief set; and the Taras Shevchenko 150th anniversary series. The currency includes examples of state credit notes, as well as diaspora issued commemorative notes. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094971660203941/catalog
Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
Records, 1970-present. 1.5 linear ft., 3 boxes. The Institute's records include course announcements, brochures, programs, press clippings, and student yearbooks. The Ukrainian Summer Institute, an eight-week intensive program in Ukrainian studies, has been a part of the Harvard Summer School curriculum since 1971. The program includes courses in Ukrainian language at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Additional courses and seminars are also offered in such fields as history, literature, culture, ethnology, religion, sociology, politics, and international affairs. These classes are complemented by an extracurricular program of special events, such as films, theater or music workshops, concerts, and guest lectures by leading scholars.
Hetmanite Movement
Records, 1926-1932. 2.5 linear in., 1 box. The collection comprises correspondence between leading members of the hetmanite movement who went on to establish the Ukrainian Union of Agrarians-Statists (USKhD), an émigré conservative monarchist organization founded in Vienna in 1920. These members include Pavlo Skoropadskyi, former hetman of the Ukrainian state and leader of the hetmanite movement; Oleksandr Skoropys-Ioltukhovskyi, a former member of the Hetman's government in the Kholm region and Podlachia; Volodymyr Zalozetskyi, head of the Ukrainian National party in Bukovina; Mykola Kochubei; and the organizations founder, leader, and ideologue Viacheslav Lypynskyi. Much of the correspondence relates to political disagreements between Lypynskyi and Skoropadskyi which led to the dissolution of the Ukrainian Union of Agrarians-Statists in 1930. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098615210203941/catalog
Ievhen Kulchytskyi
Papers, 1920-1982 (inclusive), 1945-1965 (bulk). 13 boxes (10 linear ft.). Ievhen Kulchytskyi's involvement with Plast in both Europe and in North America spanned over 50 years. He also contributed articles to the journals Molode zhyttia, Plastovyi lystok, Seniorska vatra, Svoboda, Novyi shliakh, and Ukraïns'ke slovo. The Kulchytskyi Papers are comprised of three series: personal files (1922-1970) including certificates, identity cards and diplomas; publications (1920-1982), mostly periodicals published by the Plast Ukrainian Youth Association , and a small collection of books published by the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of America or by other national scouting groups; and a third series, which includes Plast correspondence (1946-1972), especially between Kulchytskyi , Oleksander Tysovskyi and Severyn Levytskyi, and other documentary material, including statutes, financial and legal documents. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095901450203941/catalog
Ihor Bilohrud (1917-1992)
Papers, 1932-1992. 2 linear ft., 2 boxes. Ihor Bilohrud, born in Romny, Ukraine, was a Ukrainian composer who spent the majority of his life composing, playing, and teaching music in the United States. In Ukraine, Bilohrud studied music at the Kiev Conservatory of Music. During the Second World War, Bilohrud and his family left Ukraine for Mannheim, Germany, where they lived in a displaced persons’ camp. He studied advanced composition at the Mannheim Conservatory, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1949. In November of 2013, at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Kiev Conservatory, Bilohrud was recognized for his work in building a foundation for the development of Ukrainian music in North America. The papers contain biographical materials, correspondence, musical works, concert programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990149254920203941/catalog
International Commission of Inquiry into the 1932-33 Famine in Ukraine
Records, 1931-1989. 2 linear ft., 2 boxes. The International Commission of Inquiry into the 1932-33 Famine in Ukraine, created on February 14, 1988, deposited one complete set of recorded testimonies, submissions, and documentary exhibits used in their investigation at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute in September 1994. The original records are deposited at the Nobel Institute of Norway (Drammensveien 19, 0255 Oslo-2, Norway). The records of the International Commission of Inquiry contain 1,714 pages of testimonies of famine eyewitnesses and prominent international experts of Stalin's terror policy, and an additional 7, 274 pages of documentary evidence including diplomatic reports, publications, and Soviet decrees. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095490240203941/catalog
Ivan Tsven' - “Z chornoi knyhy: povist’ pro holod na Ukraini 1933 r.”
Manuscript, 1943. 1 volume (84 leaves). “Z chornoi knyhy: povist’ pro holod na Ukraini 1933 r.” The autograph manuscript by Ivan Tsven’ ia a memoir of the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096183720203941/catalog
James Bratush (b. 1893)
Papers, 1921-1948. 5 linear in., 1 box. Dmytro Bratush left Ukraine in 1910 for the United States, where he settled in Rochester, New York. He actively participated in both American and Ukrainian political and social life. The papers include correspondence from Ukrainian civic, community, and political leaders, as well as some correspondence from family members. The collection primarily contains correspondence and newsletters sent to Bratush spanning the period that coincides with the inception in 1920 and dissolution in 1947 of Defense of Ukraine. Defense of Ukraine was established in the United States in the early 1920's to assist the political and military struggles for independence in Western Ukraine. Finding aid available: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/30/resources/6328
Jan Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz (1885-1954)
Papers, 1895-1955 (inclusive), 1918-1954 (bulk). 14 boxes (5 linear ft.). Jan Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz (1885-1954) completed gymnasium at Zhytomyr, and then obtained a doctorate in philosophy and economics at Fribourg University in Switzerland in 1909. In 1918-1921 he served as an adviser to the Ukrainian National Republic missions in Vienna and as consul general in Istanbul. In 1922-1924 Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz became a director of the Ministry of External Affairs for the UNR government-in-exile in Poland. From 1924 he headed the International Heraldic Institute in Paris, and from 1936 he worked in the Vatican Archives in Rome. In 1948-1954 he was a leading member of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations in London. His writings included numerous articles on Ukrainian history, literature, and heraldry, as well as the unpublished monograph Istoriia ukrainskoi dyplomatii. The collection as a whole provides insights into the immediate post-World War I period in Ukraine, especially with regard to the Ukrainian National Republic under the command of Symon Petliura and subsequently the government-in-exile. The bulk of the papers is comprised of correspondence to Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz from political and civic leaders, artists, journalists, scholars, and writers. The papers also include personal documents, manuscripts, published articles, and photographs. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00004
Joseph Lesawyer (1911-)
Papers, undated. 18 linear ft. oseph Lesawyer served as president of Young Ukraine and the Ukrainian National Home in Brooklyn. He was elected treasurer of the Ukrainian Youth League of North America in 1940, and he was a member of the Ukrainian University Society of New York. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941 and served until 1946. After the war Lesawyer returned to his career as a real estate broker. He continued to be active in Ukrainian American professional life serving as vice-president (1950-1954) and president (1961-1978) of the Ukrainian National Association, and vice-president (1961-1978) of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. He also served as president (1971-1973) of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians. The papers consist of some correspondence and photographs with the bulk of the collection containing fliers, brochures, minutes, and anniversary booklets for the numerous Ukrainian American organizations. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098388350203941/catalog
Kalenik Lissiuk (Lysiuk) (1889-1980)
Papers, 1909-1973. 17 linear in., 2 boxes. Kalenik Lissiuk (Lysiuk) (1889-1980) was a military leader, businessman, philatelist, publisher and patron. During the First World War he served in the Russian army, and during the revolutionary period in the Army of the Ukrainian National Republic. Lissiuk immigrated to the United States in 1923 and became an active member of the Ukrainian-American community, and a benefactor of many Ukrainian cultural and educational organizations. He founded the Ukrainian National Museum in Ontario, California, and he presided over the Ukrainian-American Foundation. The papers contain various documents, correspondence, an autograph book, and photographs. His collection of autographs includes signatures from various Ukrainian military and political figures. The correspondence includes letters from the Republican National Committee, The John Birch Society, and the Congress of Freedom. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094996470203941/catalog
Kalytovs’kyi Family
Papers,1905-1972. 3 folders. Teodor Kalytovskyi (1885-1975) was born in Horodenka, Galicia, and his wife Maria (née Demchuk, 1890-1972) in Balyntsi, Galicia . Teodor studied in Kolomyia and Chernivtsi, and taught gymnasium in Rohatyn and Kolomyia. The couple immigrated to the United States in 1950 and settled in the Detroit area. The documents include baptismal and marriage certificates, school report cards, immigration and other official papers, as well as few letters. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990099217200203941/catalog
Konstantyn Schynkar
Notebooks, 1915-1917. 4 notebooks. The collection consists of four notebooks of Ukrainian poetry that Schynkar collected from June 1915 to May 1917 while living in New York City. He recorded over 300 poems by people such as Iurii Fedkovych, Vasyl Shchurat, Vasyl Pachovskyi, Bohdan Lepkyi, Ievhen Zhukovskyi, Osyp Lohyn, Marko Skrytyi, and many others. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095498530203941/catalog
Kost’ Vahylevych
Papers, ca. 1924-1973. 1 linear ft. Kost’ Vahylevych was born in Iasen, Kalush county. He joined the Austrian Army in 1913, and was subsequently wounded, captured, and imprisoned first in Moscow and then in Siberia. Upon release he returned to work in Ukraine. During war with Poland he served with the Ukrainian Galician Army. In 1920 he was captured, but he managed to escape to Czechoslovakia. There he completed studies in Iozef (1923), and at the Ukrainian University in Prague (1926). Vahylevych obtained a doctorate in philosophy and pedagogy from Charles University in Prague (1930). From 1930 to 1939 he taught in Transcarpathia. Following World War II Vaylevych emigrated to Detroit, Michigan where he wrote and published a Ukrainian primer and several collections of poetry. The papers include biographical materials, personal documents, correspondence, poetry, and other writings. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096804520203941/catalog
Kostiantyn Vanchenko - “Vitrohony: komichna ukrains’ka opera, v 2-kh diiakh (z kozachoho pobytu)”
Manuscript, 1905. 1 volume (54 leaves). Kostiantyn Vanchenko was born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. He was an actor, singer, director, and playwright, working in Mykhailo Staryts’kyi’s (1883-1890) and Heorhii Derkach’s (1898-1900) troupes, and later leading his own. His manuscript “Vitrohony: komichna ukrains’ka opera, v 2-kh diiakh (z kozachoho pobytu)” is a comic Ukrainian opera on a Cossack theme. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096184930203941/catalog
Mary Lesawyer (1917-2004)
Papers, 1933-1976 (inclusive), 1946-1960 (bulk). 4 boxes (3 linear ft.). Mary (Wallick-Polyniak) Lesawyer (Lysohir) (1917-2004) was an opera singer affiliated with the New York City Opera. Her operatic and singing career spanned two decades and took her to various venues in North and South America and Europe. Mary Lesawyer also performed in numerous Ukrainian American community functions. She worked together with such Ukrainian composers as M. Haivoronskyi, O. Koshyts, M. Fomenko and others. Lesawyer was also known for her active involvement in numerous community endeavors at her husband's side, longtime president of the Ukrainian National Association, Joseph Lesawyer. The papers contain correspondence, documents, photographs, concert and opera programs, articles and reviews, relating to Lesawyer's career with the New York City Opera and her concert performances for Ukrainian-American communities throughout the United States. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990097822880203941/catalog
Michal Bazhanskyi (b. 1910)
Papers, 1920-90, 56 linear ft., 74 boxes. Mykhailo Bazhanskyi (1910-1994) was a journalist, editor and writer, a prominent leader in the Ukrainian community of the United States, where he immigrated after the Second World War. Throughout his life he served on various editorial boards, published several journals and books, and contributed numerous articles to Ukrainian periodicals devoted to the study of literature, culture, and scouting. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, clippings, and other material related to his publication activities. In addition, there are fliers, brochures, and newsletters from the various Ukrainian organizations with which he was involved. Much of the material relates to Plast, the Ukrainian community in Detroit, and to his involvement with the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098388340203941/catalog
Morozov, Kostiantyn P. (Kostiantyn Petrovych) (1944- 1991)
Collection, 1991-1996. 13 linear in., 3 boxes. Kostiantyn Morozov was the first Minister of Defense of Ukraine in 1991-1993. He graduated from the Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School, Gagarin Air Force Academy, and the General Staff Academy. Morozov has commanded an air regiment, an air division, and an air army. He was made a Colonel General in 1991. The Morozov collection is comprised of taped interviews, transcripts, and photographs used towards the publication of his memoir Above and Beyond: From Soviet General to Ukrainian State Builder (2000). Unpublishe finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990114869360203941/catalog
Mykhailo Lomac'kyj (b. 1886)
Papers, 1 box. Writer. Closed until 1 January 1982.
Mykola Butovych
Illustrations. 1 folder, 10 illustrations. Graphic artist and illustrator, Mykola Butovych was born in the Poltava region. In the 1920s he studied in Prague, Berlin, and Leipzig. Butovych worked in Lviv, Western Europe, and, from 1947, in the United States. His work is based on themes from Ukrainian folklore and mythology. The illustrations are a series of ink and watercolor illustrations of Ukrainian Cossacks of various ranks. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096184480203941/catalog
Mykola Davyskyba
Correspondence, 1936-1964. 1 folder. Mykola Davyskyba was a resident of Mattapan and served as the president of the Boston branch of the Ukrainian National Association. The correspondence to Davyskyba includes letters from the Ukrainian Invalids' Help Association in Lviv, Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Association, and other organizations. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096185880203941/catalog
Mykola Lebed (1910-1998)
Papers, 1930-1995. 17 linear ft., 39 boxes. Mykola Lebed (1910-1998) is an important figure for Ukrainian history, particularly for the period from the 1930s to the 1970s when he was closely involved in the leadership of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council (UVHR), and the Prolog Research Corporation. These organizations were engaged at various times in struggles against occupying forces in Western Ukraine, including the Polish inter-war regime, the German and Soviet Armies during the Second World War, and, subsequently, the Soviet post-war regime. Upon immigrating to the United States, Lebed's active involvement in the Ukrainian movement continued. He was instrumental in establishing the Prolog Research Corporation that was responsible for monitoring and reporting on political, economic, and cultural developments in Soviet Ukraine, including studies of the important dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The Lebed Papers are comprised of personal documents, correspondence, government documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and publications that pertain to his involvement in various Ukrainian political and civic organizations. Finding aid available: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/30/resources/6324
Mykola Ponedilok (1922- )
Papers, 1947-1975. 4 linear ft., 4 boxes. Mykola Ponedilok (1922-1976) studied philology at Odesa University until the beginning of the Second World War, after which he immigrated to the United States. His literary career began in 1947 with translations of German, English, and French plays into Ukrainian for Volodymyr Blavatskyi’s Ensemble of Ukrainian Actors, and for Iosyp Hirniak’s and Olimpiia Dobrovolska’s Theater-Studio. Besides his translations, Ponedilok wrote three plays about life under the Soviet regime. He is better known for his humorous novellas, short stories, and sketches about Ukrainian émigré life, as well as his nostalgic reminiscences about the Ukraine of his youth. Ponedilok was a founding member of the Slovo Association of Ukrainian Writers in Exile and a member of the Ukrainian Literary-Artistic Club in New York. The papers are mostly comprised of correspondence to Mykola Ponedilok, the majority of which pertain to his public appearances, publications, and professional as well as personal relationships with editors, journalists, and literary scholars. There is, however, one folder of correspondence dating from his time as a displaced person in Germany (1947-1948). The papers also include articles, book reviews, manuscripts, photographs, program announcements, and radio program transcripts. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00002
Myroslav Kotys (1908-1987)
Family chronicle, 1984. 1 volume. The collection consists of a chronicle of the Kotys family written by Myroslav Kotys in 1984. The chronicle traces the ancestry of the Kotys family from circa 1800 to the 1980s. The family originally came from the Carpathian foothills of the Lemko region, near the present-day village of Dalova, Sianik county, Poland. The memoirs include a narrative text tracing the family history, as well as the history of their ancestral home, baptismal certificates, photographs, and photocopies from secondary sources. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094971730203941/catalog
Myroslav Sichynskyi (1887-1979)
Papers, 1910-1943. 4 documents. Myroslav Sichynskyi assassinated the viceroy of Galicia, Andrzej Potocki, in protest against Polish violence and fraud in the 1908 election. After his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the Austrian emperor, he escaped and in 1915 was accepted as a political refugee by the United States. He then became an active member of the Ukrainian-American community. He edited the papers Robitnyk, Narod, Ukrains’ka hazeta, and Ukrains’ka hromada. He also helped found the Ukrainian Federation of the Socialist Party and the Oborona Ukrainy organization, and was active in the Federation of Ukrainians in the United States and the Ukrainian Fraternal Association. The papers include two letters dated 1910 regarding fundraising efforts on behalf of Sichynskyi; a flyer dated 1928 regarding a fundraising drive commemorating the 20th anniversary of Sichynskyi’s assasination of Andrzej Potocki; and a circular letter dated 1943 issued by Sichynskyi on behalf of the Oborona Ukrainy organization. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095499680203941/catalog
Permanent Conference on Ukrainian Studies
Records, 1975-1981 (inclusive). 5 linear in., 1 box. The Permanent Conference on Ukrainian Studies (PCUS) was established on October 25, 1975, following the reorganization of the Council of Academic Advisers to Ukrainian Studies at Harvard University. This organization arranged annual conferences held at Harvard University on topics from a number of disciplines, including history, linguistics, literature, and social sciences, among scholars of Ukrainian studies from the United States and Canada. The inaugural conference took place on May 29-30, 1976, and the final one on May 29-31, 1981. PCUS published a newsletter Visti Postiinoi Konferentsii Ukrains'kykh Studii. Records include correspondence, programs, lists of conference participants, articles, and newsletters. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095494720203941/catalog
Petro Moroz (1902-1991)
Papers, 1904-1967. 6 linear in., 1 box. Petro Moroz immigrated to the United States in 1929, becoming an active member of the Ukrainian community. He served as president of Branch 238, Ukrainian National Association; head of the Fundraising Committee for St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church; co-founder and secretary of the Boston Branch, Ukrainian Congress Committee; and member of the Zaporozka Sich Society. The papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, programs, and photographs. Overall the collection is useful for studying the Ukrainian community in the Boston area, particularly the development of its Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095490910203941/catalog
Po Radianskii Ukraini Photographs
Photographs, 1970-1973. 162 images. Po Radianskii Ukraini was a periodical of photographs documenting Soviet Ukraine. It was published in Kyiv beginning circa 1960 by the Ukrainian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (Ukrainske tovarystvo druzhby ta kulturnoho zviazku z zarubizhnymy krainamy). This organization served as a major source of propaganda for Soviet policy. The photographs were taken throughout Ukraine in and near cities such as Uzhhorod, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. They include images of major industrial and technical projects, idyllic rural and cultural scenes, monuments, and portraits of individuals important to Soviet history. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu-3:FCOR.URI:uri00012
Seminar in Ukrainian Studies
Audio tape collection, 1970-1976. 9 linear ft., 9 boxes. Seminar in Ukrainian Studies was initiated on October 13, 1970, and continues to be held once a week during the academic year. The Seminar provides a forum for faculty, scholars and advanced graduate students to present their research and then participate in an active discussion. The Minutes of the Seminar in Ukrainian Studies provide a record of its first nine years (1970-1979). A complete list is also available of all seminars, occasional lectures, and special events sponsored by the Institute. The collection contains audio tapes of the Seminar in Ukrainian Studies' presentations, the Ukrainian Research Institute’s occasional lectures, Summer Seminar in Ukrainian Studies, and other special events. The seminar topics cover a wide range of disciplines that pertain to Ukrainian studies, including history, philology, linguistics, literature, art, political science, anthropology, sociology, economics and Ukraine's relations with Europe, Byzantium and the Orient. Speakers have come from across the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Australia. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990114858670203941/catalog
Stefania Halychyn (1913-1994)
Papers, 1913-1962. 1 linear ft., 1 box. Stefania Halychyn (1913-1994) was an active organizer and leader in Ukrainian-American women's activities. The Halychyn Papers are organized into three series: organizational files (1935-1956); personal files (1913-1961); and photographs (1929-1957). The papers include mostly material from Halychyn's activities as organizer and president of the Ukrainian Gold Cross, a humanitarian relief and educational association of Ukrainian women in the United States. This material consists of circulars, correspondence, reports and speeches, as well as circular letters from the head of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODVU). There is additional material from her husband's, Dmytro Halychyn's, work as vice-chairman of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and as secretary and president of the Ukrainian National Association. The remainder of the collection is comprised of personal documents and family correspondence. Finding aid available: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/30/resources/6330
Stepan Dushenko (b. 1919)
Papers, 1947-1978. 5 linear in., 1 box. Stepan Dushenko was a contributor to Svit molodi, a supplement to Zhinocha dolia, a women's magazine published in Koloyia from 1925 to 1939. After the Second World War, Dushenko immigrated to the United States, where he contributed regularly to the Ukrainian periodicals Vilne slovo and Narodna volya. The papers contain correspondence with Ukrainian community, political, and military leaders. Several of Dushenko's correspondents were closely involved with the Ukrainian National Republic. Others were involved with Ukrainian community organizations in North America. The collection overall is a good source for the study of Ukrainian history and politics from 1917 to 1921, and post-World War II émigré life in the United States. Finding aid available: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/30/resources/6338
Stepan Salyk
Papers, 1947-1971. 5 linear in., 1 box. Stepan Salyk completed his studies at the Ukrainian Teachers’ Seminary in Lviv in 1921. Upon immigrating to the United States, he settled in New York City where he worked as a machinist and taught at the local Ukrainian school. With the exception of one folder of letters from the Paraguayan civic leader Omelian Paduchak about his work with the Ukrainian Relief Committee for War Victims of Asunción, the papers consist almost exclusively of correspondence from the pedagogue and writer Mykhailo Lomatskyi. Salyk began to correspond with Lomatskyi after reading his book Ukraïnske vchytelstvo na Hutsulshchyni (1958). Lomatskyi’s letters have to do not only with personal matters and his work on Hutsuls, but reflect general émigré concerns. Between 1956 and 1968, Lomatskyi published thirteen books of ethnographic sketches and Romantic-historical prose about the inhabitants of the Hutsul region. The Salyk papers include several typewritten manuscripts by Lomatskyi, including one entitled "Homin hutsul's'koi davnyny" that is dedicated to Stepan Salyk. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095498450203941/catalog
Stepan Vytvytskyi (1884-1965)
Papers, undated. 1 document. Stepan Vytvytskyi (1884-1965) was a member of the Ukrainian National Democratic party and of the political committee which prepared the declaration of 1 November 1918 by the Ukrainian National Rada. As a member of the delegation from the Western Ukrainian National Republic (ZUNR) to the Labor Congress in Kyiv, he participated in the ratification of the union of the UNR and ZUNR on 22 January 1919. He became state secretary of external affairs, and he represented the Western Province of the UNR in negotiations with the Entente for a truce with Poland. In 1919-1920 he was deputy to the head of the UNR Directory’s mission in Warsaw. Vytvytskyi directed the Department of External Affairs of the ZUNR government-in-exile in Vienna, and in 1921-1923 he headed the ZUNR missions in Paris and London. He was elected president of the Government-in-exile of the UNR upon the death of Livytskyi in 1954, and reelected at its fifth session in 1961. The papers consist of a manuscript by Stepan Vytvytskyi that traces the biography of Andrii Livytskyi (1879-1954), the former head of the Government-in-exile of the Ukrainian National Republic. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095505860203941/catalog
Sylvestr Haievskyi
Papers, 1945-1946. 1 folder, 7 documents. Literary scholar, educator, and church figure, Sylvestr Haievskyi served as vice-chancellor and then as director of the general department of the State Chancellery of the Ukrainian National Republic. In 1921 he was appointed professor of Kamianets-Podilskyi Ukrainian State University. He was arrested in 1922 and again in 1932. After his second release he spent several years in Central Asia. In 1942 he was consecrated bishop of Lubni Eparchy, and in 1949 he immigrated to Australia, where he served as acting bishop and archbishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church for Australia and New Zealand (1953-1962). The papers are comprised of letters written by Sylvestr Haievskyi to historian Dmytro Doroshenko. The primary focus is on the activities of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church among Ukrainian émigrés. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990099217020203941/catalog
Tatiana Vlasova and Iurii Lositsky
Collection, ca. 1960-1990. 13 items. The collection consists of a report with photographs that examines and shows the changing cultural and architectural policy towards the historic Podil district in Kyiv, Ukraine during the second half of the twentieth century. The report was co-written by Tatiana Vlasova and Iurii Lositsky circa 1990-1991. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990114727450203941/catalog
Theodor Wacyk (1886-1968)
Collection, 1898-1922 (inclusive), 1945-1960 (bulk). 3 boxes, 2 albums. Theodor Wacyk (1886-1968) was born in the town Kolodiivka, Skalat county, Galicia. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, and later in Vienna, Munich, and Venice. During the First World War, he served in the Austrian and Ukrainian armies. Following the war, he moved to Italy, then Czechoslovakia, where he was a professor in the School of Art. From 1935 to 1942 he lived with his family in Ternopil, and from 1942 until his death in Plattling, Bavaria, West Germany. Wacyk drew and painted still lifes, landscapes, portraits (including self-portraits), and nudes. His paintings can be found in museums in Lviv, Prague, Rome, Munich, New York City, and Toronto. The collection is comprised of personal documents, biographical material to accompany his exhibits, and correspondence between Bohdan Tomkiw and various organizations regarding Wacyk's art work. The bulk of the collection includes photographs of his art work and family; and original charcoal and ink drawings, pastels, and oil paintings. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095505720203941/catalog
Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart
Minutes, 1914-1928. 1 volume. The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart was the predecessor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity. Greek Catholic immigrants from Ukraine, arriving to Boston around 1898, established the St. Peter and Paul Brotherhood, and by 1914 raised enough money to buy a church at 136 Arlington Street. In January 1924, the parish was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 1926 Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky ordered the transfer of Rev. Iosyf Pelekhovych from Boston to Detroit, and appointed Rev. Onufrii Kovalski in his place. This appointment created much upheaval in the parish which led the parish to invite an Orthodox priest to become its pastor. The church thus joined the Orthodox Church, and became known as the Holy Trinity Church of Boston. The minutes record attendance, treasurer’s reports, elections, fundraising activities, and other parish business. The early information pertains to the purchase of a new church building, and its subsequent renovations; the later information deals with concerns that led to the conversion of the parish to the Orthodox creed. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095504570203941/catalog
Ukrainian Council for Physical Culture Album
Photograph album, 1946-1948. 1 photo album. The Ukrainian Council for Physical Culture (Rada fizychnoi kultury, or RFK) was founded by Ukrainian refugees in postwar Germany in November 1945. This organization coordinated over 50 Ukrainian sports clubs that had arisen in the DP camps. These clubs organized teams in track-and-field, volleyball, basketball, swimming, skiing, table tennis, boxing, hiking, chess, and soccer. Both men and women were involved in athletic competitions organized by the RFK. The RFK also promoted sports by introducing a standard test for a physical fitness badge; accredited referees and judges; and organized courses and training camps. On the initiative of the RFK the International Committee of Political Refugees held a DP Olympiad in June-November 1948 in Nuremberg. The council also organized competitions among Ukrainian sports clubs, between Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian clubs, and occasional contests against non-DP clubs or military units. After the mass emigration of refugees from Germany, the RFK ceased its activities in 1950. The album includes photographs of the various Ukrainian DP sports clubs in Germany that were overseen by the Council. The majority of photographs were taken during the 1948 DP Olympiad, and during inter-league competitions between Ukrainian sports clubs. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00013
Ukrainian Cultural Society in Detroit, Michigan
Minutes, 1943-1948. 1 volume. The Ukrainian Cultural Society was established on February 28, 1943. The founding members were Anna Bilovus, Osyp Bilovus, Vasyl Furhal, and Vasyl Kolodii. Mykhailo Kazymiriv was elected president at the subsequent meeting. The Society's mission was to bring Ukraine to the attention of Americans, as well as to raise awareness about Ukraine among Ukrainian-Americans. This mission was to be achieved partly through publication efforts in English and Ukrainian, such as the book Ukraine's Call to America printed in 1947. Meetings were held at the Ukrainian American Center in Detroit. The minutes include information such as opening remarks, correspondence, election results, treasurer's reports, names of new members, and brief summaries of discussions. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095553010203941/catalog
Ukrainian Knowledge Society of New York City (Prosvita)
Records, 1908-1960. 116 items. The Ukrainian Knowledge Society of New York City was founded in 1908. The goals of the society were to support fellow members both morally and materially, to foster Ukrainian national and religious goals, and to assist the Ukrainian community in the United States. Membership to the society was open to both men and women between the ages of 16 and 45. By the time of the society's thirtieth anniversary, there were 105 members. The records include registration cards, tickets, pass-books, statutes, and membership booklets. The registration cards provide useful biographical information about members of the Prosvita society. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095553100203941/catalog
Ukrainian Student Movement (Germany SUSON)
Records, 1942-1960. 7 boxes 6.5 linear ft. The Union of Ukrainian Student Organizations in Germany and Danzig (SUSOND) was founded in Berlin in August 1924. In 1938 the organization accepted the Sich student societies in Vienna and Graz, and in 1939 the Ukrainian Academic Hromada in Prague. It was reorganized as the Union of Ukrainian Student Associations in Germany (SUSON) in December 1949. SUSON became the central Ukrainian student organization in Germany and supported the work of its many member student associations. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00015
Ukrainian Student Movement (SUSTA)
Records, 1950-1966. 7 boxes (7 linear ft.). The Federation of Ukrainian Student Organizations of America (SUSTA) was founded in 1953 during the first congress of Ukrainian students in the United States, held at Columbia University. The members of SUSTA were scattered throughout some fifty universities and colleges in the United States. The mission of the federation was to help foster and disseminate knowledge about Ukrainian history, culture and traditions; to coordinate the activities of member clubs and societies; and to raise money on behalf of students. The records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, student questionnaires, administrative documents, publications, and photographs. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00016
Ukrainian Student Movement (TsESUS)
Records, 1922-1961. 6 boxes (5.5 linear ft.). Established in Prague in 1922, the Central Union of Ukrainian Students (TseSUS) was organized to act as a coordinating body between student organizations outside the Soviet Union and to represent Ukrainian students and their interests throughout the world. TseSUS headquarters were in Prague, then in Vienna, Munich, and Paris before its move to the United States. TseSUS appointed representations in various countries, participated in international student organizations and conferences, and published materials in foreign languages. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00014
Ukrainian Technical Institute in New York
Records, 1949-1964. 2 boxes (2 linear ft.). In December 1951 the Ukrainian Technical-Husbandry Institute Association was chartered in New York. This association was chartered as an education institution under the name of The Ukrainian Technical Institute on August 11, 1954, a modified continuation of the postsecondary school Ukrainian Husbandry Academy established in Prague in May 1922. Courses began during the 1954-1955 academic year and continued until the 1963-1964 academic year when the Institute folded. At first the Institute was divided into two divisions, offering courses in economics and political science. In 1956 the Board of Trustees approved the organization of a third division, Engineering; in 1958 it authorized the creation of a Department of Education and Pedagogy; and in 1962 it added a fourth division, Divinity. The mission of the Institute was to provide professional and vocational training for positions in business and government, as well as to promote Ukrainian cultural values. The Institute’s records provide background into the establishment, organization, and management of the Institute. They include administrative, financial, course, and student records. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009550601/catalog
Victor Peters
Papers, 1966-1973. 7.5 linear in., 1 box. Victor Peters is a professor emeritus of Moorhead State College in Minnesota, where he taught history for many years. Of German-Mennonite background, he comes from the same area in Ukraine where Makhno carried out his anarchism. Peters studied Russian and Soviet history at the University of Manitoba and the University of Göttingen. He has also published books on the Hutterite Brethren, Mennonites, and Low German literature. The papers consist of correspondence, articles, and reviews related to Victor Peters research for his book Nestor Makhno: The Life of an Anarchist (Winnipeg: Echo Books, 1970). The book traces the career of Nestor Makhno and the history of his anarchist movement in the Ukrainian revolutionary ferment of 1917-21. The correspondence reflects eyewitness reports that the author solicited from Ukrainians, German Mennonite colonists, and others who either knew Makno personally or who witnessed his insurgent activities. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00011
Volodymyr Nestorovych (1895-1980)
Papers, 1948-1979. 1 linear ft., 3 boxes. Volodymyr Nestorovych (1895-1980) graduated from the Higher School of International Trade in Vienna. In the 1930s he taught economics and bookkeeping at the Ridna Shkola commerce school and the business gymnasium in Lviv. In addition, he contributed articles to various Ukrainian newspapers and edited the journal Torhovlia i promysl. In 1948 Nestorovych served as a bookkeeper for the World's YMCA-YWCA British zone headquarters in Germany. He moved to the United States in 1950 where he was active in Ukrainian credit unions, served as president of the Literary-Artistic Club in Detroit, and was a member of the editorial board of Nash svit. He wrote several books, including the autobiographical novel Sertse i burevii, and a history of businessmen in Western Ukraine entitled Ukraïns'ki kuptsi i promyslovtsi v Zakhidnii Ukraïni, 1920-1945. The papers include biographical material, personal documents, correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00010
Volodymyr P. Solowij (1892-1958)
Collection, 1902-1923. 2 folders (54 pieces). Volodymyr P. Solowij (1892-1958) served as secretary of the Ukrainian National Republic mission to Denmark. In the interwar period he was active in the Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance and, in the election of 1935, ran for a seat in the Polish Sejm. In 1939 he left for Paris, and in the following year was sent to London by Oleksander Shulhyn as a representative of the Government-in-exile of the UNR. In 1952 he immigrated to Montreal, Canada, where he worked as an administrator for Sir George Williams College. The collection includes a typescript of a biography about the Slolowij family, and a folder containing foreign bank notes, including currency from Poland, Austro-Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Georgia, Italy, Yugoslavia, Russia, and Ukraine. Ukrainian currency includes an exchange note of the Ukrainian National Republic State Treasury, and state credit notes. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095500250203941/catalog
Volodymyr Sichynsky (1894-1962)
Papers, 1877-1971 (inclusive), 1951-1959 (bulk). 5 boxes (4,5 linear ft.). Volodymyr Sichynsky (1894-1962) was an architect and graphic artist. He graduated from the Kamianets Technical School in 1912, and then continued his studies at the St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers (1912-1917) and at Charles University in Prague (1924-1927). In 1930 he co-founded the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists and became a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. From 1940 he was a professor of art history at the Ukrainian Free University until immigrating in 1949 to the United States where he resumed teaching at the Ukrainian Technical Institute in New York. Besides his teaching career, Sichynsky worked as an architect designing churches, schools and many private and public buildings. He was also a scholar publishing works on Ukrainian art and architecture, culture, engraving and printing, industry, and history of Ukraine. The collection as a whole reflects Sichynsky’s career as a prolific scholar of Ukrainian architecture, art, and graphics. The personal files contain biographical sketches and bibliographies of his work. The correspondence pertains to his scholarly interests and publications in art and architecture. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts and notes for Sichynsky’s articles and books. Additional archival materials including correspondence, notes, and other research documents have been donated by Bohdan Shandor, Esq. Finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FCOR.URI:uri00006
Yaroslav Ilkovych Chyz (1894-1958)
Papers, 1912-1983. 1.5 linear ft., 3 boxes. Yaroslav Ilkovych Chyz (1894-1958) served as a non-commissioned officer and lieutenant with the Austrian Army during the First World War. After the Revolution of 1917, Chyz helped organize the Sich Riflemen and in 1919 served as a political officer on the staff of its Siege Corps. In 1921 he joined the Ukrainian Military Organization formed to overthrow Polish rule over the Western Ukraine. Chyz obtained political asylum in Czechoslovakia and graduated from Charles University. After immigrating to the United States, Chyz was editor-in-chief of Narodna volya, and served as associate director of the Common Council for American Unity. In 1956 he was one of the organizers and then the executive director of the Nationalities Committee of the President's People-to-People Program. The Chyz Papers contain personal documents, publications, telegrams, and photographs. The papers provide insights into events related to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in early 1917. The bulk of the collection consists of telegrams that were recorded by Chyz from March 1917 to March 1918, when he was a lieutenant in the radio-intelligence corps of the Austrian Army. The rest of the collection reveals Chyz's active involvement in the press, organizations, and cultural and civic affairs of American nationality groups. Finding aid available: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/30/resources/6329
Zenon Kuzela (1882-1952)
Papers, 1919–42. 5 linear in., 2 boxes. Zenon Kuzelia was an ethnographer, lexicographer, bibliographer, journalist, and community figure. From 1920 he lived in Berlin, where he edited several newspapers and books of the publishing houses Ukrainske Slovo and Ukrainska Nakladnia. Kuzelia was a member of the Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Berlin, and a lecturer at Berlin University. After the Second World War he headed the Ukrainian Students' Aid Commission, was the coeditor of the Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva, and served as president of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. The Kuzelia papers primarily consist of correspondence during the period when he lived in Berlin from 1920 to 1945. There is some additional correspondence from 1919 to 1920 when he was editing the newspaper Shliakh published in Salzwedel, Germany. Besides correspondence the papers contain letters of protest, reports, and an article by Viktor Petrov. Unpublished finding aid. Catalogue record: http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990097506660203941/catalog
Zinovii Lysko (1895-1969)
Papers, 1913-1981. 3 linear ft., 3 boxes. Zinovii Lysko (1895-1969) was a composer, musicologist, and folklorist. He taught at the Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute in Prague, the Kharkiv Conservatory, the Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, and the Lviv Conservatory. Lysko also was an editor-in-chief of the journal Ukraïnska muzyka , a member of the Union of Ukrainian Professional Musicians, and assistant director of the Music Commission of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. After the Second World War, Lysko lived in Germany where he organized a music school at the Mittenwald DP camp. In 1960 Lysko immigrated to the United States where he directed and taught at the Ukrainian Music Institute of America. Lysko composed orchestral, chamber, piano, and choral works, as well as arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs, and wrote reference works, textbooks, bio-historical studies, and articles on folk music. The papers contain biographical material, correspondence, music, writings, and photographs. Finding aid available: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/30/resources/6322
