#  Lissiuk Papers 

 



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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.  
Scope: 1909-1973  
Size: 17 linear in., 2 boxes [Harvard Library Link](http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009499647/catalog)



 



 

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