Photographic resources in the Special Collections of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute have grown steadily over the years. Images, often accompanying collections of personal papers or occasionally given as separate gifts, now number close to 6,000 and include a wide range of subjects pertaining to Ukrainian history. These photographic resources have been consulted as a source for illustrations of various publications. They provide visual documentation of various people, places, and events important to Ukrainian history, including portraits of historical, literary, political, and religious figures; and pictures of Ukrainian cities, towns, and countryside, as well as places in the countries of Europe and North America where Ukrainian émigrés settled. Some of the photographs in the Institute's collections provide images from specific time periods of Ukrainian history; others provide images, pertaining to Ukrainian literature and music. The summaries describing the themes and significant features of the library's holdings at the collection level as well as item-level inventories are available upon request.
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