Ukrainian Famine Survivors in Minnesota oral history project collection
Abstract
11 video recordings of interviews with survivors (or their descendants) of the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of the 1930s. The participants in the project live in Minnesota. Included are also transcripts of all interviews and translations for those in Ukrainian. The following individuals were interviewed: Olga and Helen Chorolec, Olga Kovalevsky, Kira Stetsenko Tsarehradsky, Tatiana Riabokin, Helen Bahmet, Oleksa Breslawec, Alla and Oleksiy Khrystych, Lydia Iwaskewycz, Stefan Iwaskewycz, Alexander Poletz, and Zina Poletz Gutmanis. The interviews are available online in the UMedia portal, please see "View Digital material."
Included are also print materials documenting the famine anniversary commemoration events, and a volume comprising print versions of transcripts of the interviews.
Dates
- Creation: 1983-2019
Language of Materials
In English and Ukrainian
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Biographical / Historical
The Ukrainian Famine Survivors in Minnesota oral history project was conducted in 2019 by the Ukrainian American Community Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was supported by a grant from the Statewide Historical and Cultural Grants program administered by the Minnesota Historical Society and funded by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund created in 2008 when Minnesota voters passed the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. Zinaida Poletz Gutmanis was the principal investigator of the project on behalf of the Ukrainian American Community Center.
Extent
2.5 linear inches
11 Gigabytes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection acquired from the Ukrainian American Community Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2019.
- Title
- Inventory of the Ukrainian Famine Survivors in Minnesota oral history project collection.
- Author
- IHRC Archives
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Immigration History Research Center Archives Collecting Area
