Kost’ Vahylevych was born in Iasen, Kalush county. He joined the Austrian Army in 1913, and was subsequently wounded, captured, and imprisoned first in Moscow and then in Siberia. Upon release he returned to work in Ukraine. During war with Poland he served with the Ukrainian Galician Army. In 1920 he was captured, but he managed to escape to Czechoslovakia. There he completed studies in Iozef (1923), and at the Ukrainian University in Prague (1926). Vahylevych obtained a doctorate in philosophy and pedagogy from Charles University in Prague (1930). From 1930 to 1939 he taught in Transcarpathia. Following World War II Vaylevych emigrated to Detroit, Michigan where he wrote and published a Ukrainian primer and several collections of poetry. The papers include biographical materials, personal documents, correspondence, poetry, and other writings.
Scope: 1924-1973
Size: 1 linear ft.
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