Vasyl' Chaplenko papers
Scope and Contents
This collection houses the papers of the Ukrainian American writer, linguist, and editor Vasyl' Chaplenko, primarily from the last decades of his life. It contains typescript copies of his many articles on politics, literature, linguistics, and Ukrainian scholarship, as well as works of fiction. It also includes personal and family correspondence, photographs, and an extensive collection of periodicals and newspaper clippings, many of which have his handwritten annotations.
Dates
- 1930 - 1990
- Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
Language of Materials
Materials are almost exclusively Ukrainian, with only a handful of articles and letters in English.
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
Vasyl' Chaplenko (Василь Чапленко), also known as Vasyl' Chaplia (Василь Чапля) was a Ukrainian and Ukrainian American scholar, linguist, writer, and editor. He was born on March 18, 1900 in Mylolaivka, Ekaterynoslav governate, Russian Empire (today Dnipropetrovs'k oblast', Ukraine). He attended the Teacher's Seminary in Pavlohrad, and the Pedagogical Institute in Dnipropetrovs'k. He became head of the Department of Linguistics at the Pedagogical Institute of Luhans'k, and in 1933 moved to the Pedagogical Institute of Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan). From 1937 to 1941 he was Dean and professor in the Department of Linguistics at the Pedagogical Institutes of Voroshilovsk and Piatigorsk.
As a Displaced Person, he taught General Linguistics and Ukrainian at the Institute of Modern Languages in Augsburg, Germany and edited the newspaper "Nashe Zhyttia". After emigrating to the United States in the 1950s, he served as Chairman and Professor at the Ukrainian Technical Institute in New York, and editor of the Sunday Supplement of the newspaper "Svoboda".
Extent
4.1 Linear Feet (9 boxes)
Abstract
This collection houses the personal and professional papers of the writer, linguist, and editor Vasyl' Chaplenko. It documents his studies of the Ukrainian language, politics, and literature through typescripts of his articles, his correspondence, and through his large collection of annotated newspaper and periodical articles.
Arrangement
Arranged in nine series, as follows:
Missing Title
- Articles, essays, and lectures
- Writings on linguistics
- Fiction, verse, and theatrical works
- Notebooks
- Correspondence
- Photographs
- Audio recordings
- Third-party materials
- Published materials, clippings, and ephemera
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Anna Krawczuk, stepdaughter of Vasyl' Chaplenko.
Processing Information
Collection had been partially arranged by the donor Anna Osinska Krawczuk (stepdaughter of Vasyl' Chaplenko) at the time of acquisition. The folder-level arrangement has been generally retained, but a new series structure has been imposed by the processing archivist. The original box/folder lists as well as a complete crosswalk between the original and current folder numbering is available in the last folder of the final series.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael Andrec
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018-03-09: Materials from the 2017 accrual were added, which required the addition and renumbering of folders and the addition of an "Audio recordings" series.
Repository Details
Part of the Ukrainian History and Education Center Archives Repository