Scope and Contents

Collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings with some letters and personal documents.

Abstract Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine (AHRU) was formed in 1979 with the mission of drawing attention to human rights problems in the Ukrainian SSR. It was instrumental in lobbying for the creation of the US Congressional Commission on the Ukraine Famine in 1984, and in helping to defend John Demjanjuk. Lubow Jowa served as Treasurer and active member of the AHRU in the 1980s. The collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings, brochures, reports, and ephemera related to AHRU...

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Avhustyn Shtefan was a Ukrainian and Ukrainian American educator, politician, and social activist. This collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, and family history materials. The photographs document his life and career in Transcarpathia, Slovakia, Prague, Augsburg, and the United States. The collection also includes 19th and 20th century photographs and family records.

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This collection contains laminated newspaper pages, primarily from the New York Journal and Evening Journal containing articles on the Holodomor with accompanying photographs by "Thomas Walker" and other content related to Ukraine. Also in the collection are complete issues of My Weekly Reader and Current Events (1943-1944), some of which contain articles related to Ukraine.

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Fr. Dmytro Martin Telenson was a priest in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA who served the parishes of Jeanette and Export, Pennsylvania from the late 1950s to 1995. This collection contains his sermons, personal papers, newspaper clippings and published materials, and ephemera.

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Fr. Gregory Chomicky was one of the first Ukrainian Orthodox clergymen in the United States. This collection houses material that documents his ministry as a clergyman, both as a parish priest and as a member of the leadership of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. It also documents his personal and family life as well as parish and Ukrainian American community activities.

Abstract Fr. Joseph Zelechivsky was one of the first Ukrainian Orthodox priests in the United States. In addition to his religous ministry, Fr. Joseph was very active in Ukrainian cultural and arts activities, and he and his family were musicians, singers, and organizers of choirs and amateur theater productions. This collection consists of three scrapbooks assembled by Fr. Joseph Zelechivsky containing newspaper clippings, flyers, concert programs, and related ephemera related to activities at the...

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John Jowa was a Ukrainian post-World War II refugee to the United States from the Soviet Union, where he was persecuted for being a member of a landowning family during Stalin's forced collectivization. He was active in two associations of former Ukrainian political prisoners in New York City. The collection contains records of those organizations, as well as his autobiographical and historical writings.

Scope and Contents

Collection contains newspapers and newspaper clippings, ephemera, programs and program books, correspondence, documents related to military medals.

Content Description

This synthetic collection transferred from the UOC of USA St. Sophia Library contains material regarding commemorations of the Holodomor, including newspaper clippings, photocopies, pamphlets, ephemera, and a small number of letters.