Michael and Nadia Karkoc papers
Abstract
The Michael and Nadia Karkoc Papers consist of 26 notebooks of correspondence (USA, Canada, Europe, Ukraine); memoirs, additional correspondence, minutes and documents of Ukrainian political and community organizations and publishers (in USA and Europe); articles published in various Ukrainian newspapers pertaining to events in the Ukrainian American community and Ukraine (in particular the Orange Revolution); material pertaining to Ukrainian churches in the Twin Cities; and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1940-2005
Creator
- Karkoc, Michael and Nadia (Person)
Language of Materials
Ukrainian, some English
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Michael Karkoc was born in 1919 in Lutsk, northwest Ukraine, immigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he died in 2019.
Nadia Mysecko Karkoc was born in 1923 in the Rivne region of Ukraine. Starting in 1939, she studied at the Pedagogical Institute in Volodymyr Volynskyi. In 1945 fled to Italy where she studied pharmacy at the University of Rome, graduating in 1950. Shortly after graduation immigrated to the United States, having spent the first years in New York before moving to Minneapolis in 1953. Died in 2018 in Minneapolis.
Extent
5 Linear Feet
PROVENANCE
Collection acquired in 1998 and 2006 from Dr. Nadia Karkoc.
RELATED COLLECTIONS
Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (ODWU), Minnesota Branch, Records (IHRC1719), Alexander Granovsky Papers (IHRC796)
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding Aid in English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area
