Michael Mandybur oral history and writings
Scope and Contents
Contains audio of a telephone oral history interview, video and audio recording of a subsequent in person interview, primarily regarding his experiences in the 1930s and the Holodomor. Also includes nine pages of holograph reminiscences, and various ephemera.
Dates
- circa 1990-2015
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for researcher use. Please contact the archivist (archives@ukrhec.org) for more information and to make arrangements.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Biographical / Historical
Michael Mandybur (Михайло Мандибур) was born in 1922 in the village of Barashi in Zhytomyr oblast' of the Ukrainian SSR. He survived the Holodomor of the 1930s, though two of his siblings died. He and his parents managed to escape to Poland. He studied chemistry and engineering while a Displaced Person in Germany, then immigrated with his family to the Philadelphia area in 1955. He worked as an engineer for various military contractors, including the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
Ukrainian
- Title
- Guide to the Michael Mandybur oral history and writings
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Michael Andrec
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Ukrainian History and Education Center Archives Repository