United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) records
Abstract
Records (1945-1960) of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee consist of correspondence, requests for assistance, applications, financial records, photographs, resettlement records, and other materials documenting the work of the Committee. Correspondents include V. Blavatskyi, and numerous letters from Ukrainians. Also included are financial letters, nominal rolls, approved assurances, Ukrainian newspaper articles, individual assurances from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Rhode Island; materials pertaining to the Ukrainian Museum and Ukrainian Congress Committee of America; the Mennonite Central Committee, Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare; and other relief organizations; materials from work in Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, London, Paraguay, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia; and other records, correpsondence, financial documents, and publications.
Dates
- 1945-1960
Creator
- United Ukrainian American Relief Committee. (Organization)
Language of Materials
Ukrainian and English
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS
The United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) records are the physical property of the Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota.
For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRCA.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
Founded in 1944 by concerned Ukrainian groups, the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee sought to aid displaced Ukrainians, political refugees, and other war victims. The Committee was based in the United States and had representatives in various European countries. It was affiliated with the Ukrainian Congress Committee.
Extent
260 Linear Feet
RELATED COLLECTIONS
A related collection at the IHRC Archives is the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America records.
- Refugees -- Services for. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Refugees -- Ukraine. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ukrainian Americans -- Societies, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Inventory of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) records.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Date
- 2016
- 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
