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Kuzelia Papers

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...

Lebed Papers

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...

Lesawyer (Joseph) Papers

Joseph 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...

Lesawyer (Mary) Papers

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...

Lissiuk Papers

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...

Lysko Papers

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...

Melnik Papers

The Melnik Papers chronicle Ukrainian immigration from Ukraine to Siberia, Manchuria, China and eventual settlement in the USA during a period dating from the mid-1880s to the mid-1980s. The papers include biographical materials of the Melnik family and...

Moroz Papers

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...

Morozov Collection

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...

Nestorovych Papers

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...

Permanent Conference on Ukrainian Studies Records

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...

Peters Papers

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...