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 articles to various Ukrainian newspapers and edited the journal Torhovlia i promysl. In 1948 Nestorovych served as a bookkeeper for the World's YMCA-YWCA British zone headquarters in Germany. He moved to the United States in 1950 where he was active in Ukrainian credit unions, served as president of the Literary-Artistic Club in Detroit, and was a member of the editorial board of Nash svit. He wrote several books, including the autobiographical novel Sertse i burevii, and a history of businessmen in Western Ukraine entitled Ukraïns'ki kuptsi i promyslovtsi v Zakhidnii Ukraïni, 1920-1945. The papers include biographical material, personal documents, correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook.
Scope: 1948-1979
Size: 1 linear ft., 3 boxes
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