This project examines the lives of Ukrainian-American immigrants. Two of the interviews are conducted in Ukrainian. The time periods covered are the 1930s-1990s. The interviewees discuss immigration, traditions, religion and Ukrainian-American community organizations. Some of major topics are the United States culture, Ukrainian-American youth organizations, Ukrainian religious ceremonies in the United States, and Ukrainian language and culture instruction. Ukrainian wedding and holiday traditions are also discussed.
Hulewicz, Maria
Lah, Marta
Liber, Maria
Medynsky, Irene
Ostapchuk, Eugenia
Stadnik, Jo
Vaughn, Katherine
Wasylowsky, Anna
Wasylowsky, Geraldine
Werkiansky, Wasylyna
Wojtechko, Emil
Wojtechko, Maria
Interviewee: | Hulewicz, Maria |
Call number: | 90-058 |
Date(s) of Interview: | March 11, 1991 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 5 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 282 minutes; interview conducted in Ukrainian |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Maria Hulewicz of, Goshen, Indiana, discusses the Ukrainian-American community, her life history, and religion.
Goshen, Indiana
Ukrainian-American churches
Ukrainian-American community
Ukrainian-Americans
Interviewee: | Lah, Marta |
Call number: | 90-057 |
Date(s) of Interview: | February 12, 1991 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 46 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Marta Lah, of Lafayette, Indiana, discusses her ethnic background and education. Lah's father is an immigrant from the Ukraine and her mother is from Austria. She describes speaking German and Ukrainian in her home as a child. She also discusses the Ukrainian ethnic community in Chicago and her involvement at the Ukrainian school.
Inland Steel Company
Plast
St. Nicolas Ukrainian School
Austria
East Chicago, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Poland
Portage, Indiana
Samir, Ukraine
tailor
welder
German language
Plast camp
Ukrainian church
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian school
Ukrainian-American community
Ukrainian-American community
Ukrainian-American organizations
World War II
family history
holiday traditions
Interviewee: | Liber, Maria |
Call number: | 90-059 |
Date(s) of Interview: | March 26, 1991 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 7 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 389 minutes; interview conducted in Ukrainian |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Restricted: contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory for more information |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Maria Liber, of Crown Point, Indiana, discusses the Ukrainian-American community, her life history, and religious traditions.
Ukrainian-American churches
Ukrainian-American community
Interviewee: | Medynsky, Irene |
Call number: | 90-060 |
Date(s) of Interview: | May 24, 1991 |
Physical Description: | 171 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 119 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Irene Medynsky, of East Hammond, Indiana, discusses her life as a Ukrainian-American woman in Munster, Indiana. She describes her education at a Ukrainian-American boarding school in the United States, her traditional wedding ceremony and her children. She discusses Ukrainian-American organizations and the traditional cultural education of her children.
St. Basil's Academy
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Ukrainian Youth Association
Buchutz, Ukraine
East Hammond, Indiana
Galacia, Ukraine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ukrainian foodways
Ukrainian holiday traditions
Ukrainian wedding traditions
Ukrainian-American organizations
Ukrainian-Americans
boarding school
education
educational youth organizations
first generation Ukrainian-American
Interviewee: | Ostapchuk, Eugenia |
Call number: | 90-063 |
Date(s) of Interview: | March 13, 1991 |
Physical Description: | 185 pp.; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 137 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Eugenia Ostapchuk of Elkhart, Indiana, born 1912, discusses her life as an immigrant to Elkhart, Indiana and her life in the Ukraine. She discusses customs, education, and community involvement in the Ukraine. She also talks about religious customs and Ukrainian organizations in the United States. Her ties with the Ukraine spans the Russian Revolution, World War I, Polish occupation, World War II, and the Cold War.
St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Ukrainian National Women's League of America
Dijurd
Feisser
Marcwich
Najuk
Papp
Sacawash
Horan, John
Pershum, Mike
Elkhart, Indiana
Massachusetts
Sapka, Zbaraz, Ukraine
Zalusha, Zbaraz, Ukraine
Greek Catholic church
Polish occupation
Soviet occupation
Ukrainian Catholic church
Ukrainian cooperatives
Ukrainian education
Ukrainian farming
Ukrainian holiday traditions
Ukrainian nationalist movement
Ukrainian wedding traditions
Ukrainian-Americans
World War II
choir
economic conditions
employment
Interviewee: | Stadnik, Jo |
Call number: | 90-054 |
Date(s) of Interview: | August 20, 1990 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 155 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Restricted: contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory for more information. |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Jo Stadnik, of Hammond, Indiana, discusses her family background and her experience with Ukrainian education and tradition. She discusses her ethnic identity and pride. Stadnik describes her involvement with the Ukrainian Orthodox church. She also shares her work experiences during World War II.
AMOCO
General American Corporation
Inland Steel Company
St. Michael's Sisterhood of Our Lady of Perpetual
Health
St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
St. Nicolas Russian Orthodox Church
Standard Steel
Ukrainian Orthodox League
Evanso
Stadnik, Michael
Verminski, Peter
Czechoslovakia
Hammond, Indiana
Velega, Austria-Hungary
homemaker
steelworker
Great Depression
Ukrainian community
Ukrainian dance
Ukrainian education
Ukrainian festivals
Ukrainian foodways
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian occupations
Ukrainian-American churches
World War II
church activities
church calendar
church choir
church construction
church memorial
employment
ethnic identity
family history
fundraising
gardening
gender roles
house structure
leisure activities
schooling
Interviewee: | Vaughn, Katherine |
Call number: | 90-061 |
Date(s) of Interview: | June 23, 1991 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 81 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Katherine Vaughn, of Munster, Indiana, discusses her life as a Ukrainian-American woman. She describes Ukrainian holiday and religious traditions that she practices with her family. She shares the American traditions that are followed in her household. She also discusses growing up in a family that was different because of their ethnic heritage and how this affected her. Katherine describes her pride in her ethnic background and her desire to continue her ethnic education.
Indiana University
St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church
Iowa City, Iowa
Munster, Indiana
Roman Catholic church
St. Nicolas celebration
Ukrainian Catholic church
Ukrainian Christmas: Traditions,
Folk Customs, and Recipes
Ukrainian foodways
Ukrainian holiday traditions
Ukrainian-American community
church organizations
ethnic education
gender roles
holy communion
religious celebrations
Interviewee: | Wasylowsky, Anna |
Call number: | 90-052 |
Date(s) of Interview: | August 6, 1990 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 30 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Anna Wasylowsky, interviewed in her home in Munster, Indiana, describes the Ukrainian community. She discusses her involvement with Ukrainian organizations such as the Ukrainian National Women's Leagues and the Ukrainian National Association. She also shares her work as a sponsor, notary, typist, and clerical worker for refugees applying for immigration to the United States after World War II.
Ukrainian National Association
Ukrainian National Women's League of America
Chicago, Illinois
Ukraine
Communism
Ukrainian community
Ukrainian ethnic education
Ukrainian famine
Ukrainian holiday traditions
Ukrainian organizations
Ukrainian-American churches
Ukrainian-American community
Ukrainian-Americans
cultural division
fundraising
refugee applications
refugee employment
refugee immigration
refugee sponsorship
Interviewee: | Wasylowsky, Geraldine |
Call number: | 90-055 |
Date(s) of Interview: | August 21, 1990 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 139 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Geraldine Wasylowsky of, Munster, Indiana, discusses her life as the child of a Ukrainian Immigrant. She describes her childhood experiences, her profession as a high school history teacher, and how she integrates Ukrainian history and customs into the classroom. She discusses Ukrainian historical literature, art, and heroes. Ms. Wasylowsky also shares her feelings about her ethnic background and her pride in her heritage.
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
News-Star
Newspaper
Northwestern University
St. Nicolas Byzantine Catholic Church
St. Nicolas Catholic School
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
Ukrainian National Association
Ukrainian National Women's League of America
Aldreich, Ira
Manning, Clarence A.
Shevchenko, Tara
Chicago, Illinois
Kiev, Ukraine
Munster, Indiana
Paramesh, Ukraine
Wynetka, Illinois
teacher
Ukrainian
Literature
Ukrainian American art
Ukrainian Catholic grammar school
Ukrainian Easter egg exhibits
Ukrainian foodways
Ukrainian historical literature
Ukrainian independence
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian newspapers
Ukrainian organizations
Ukrainian traditions
Venetian Nights
World War II
church bazaar
ethnic prejudice
family history
gender roles
gender roles
religious calendar dispute
union work
Interviewee: | Werkiansky, Wasylyna |
Call number: | 90-056 |
Date(s) of Interview: | November 15, 1990 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 89 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Restricted: contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory for more information |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Wasylyna Werkiansky of Elkhart, Indiana, discusses her life in the Ukraine and her immigration to the United States after World War II. She describes her home village of LaPushna, Ukraine, the layout of their farm and house. She also discusses the Romanian, Soviet, and German occupations of the Ukraine. Wasylyna discusses her family's escape from Soviet rule after the war. She explains their life in the displaced persons camps in Germany and the life they made in the United States.
Church World Services
International Relief Association
Plast
Raybright, George
Bochwana, Ukraine
Brooklyn, New York
Elkhart, Indiana
Kalisberg, German
LaPushna, Ukraine
Munich, Germany
Neumarkt, Germany
New York, New York
farmer
American liberation
Church of the Brethren
Easter
German school
Romanian occupation
Soviet repatriation
Ukrainian Easter eggs
Ukrainian Orthodox church
Ukrainian foodways
Ukrainian organizations
Ukrainian school
Ukrainian village layout
Ukrainian village life
Ukrainian-American churches
Ukrainian-American community
Ukrainian-Americans
World War II
displaced persons camps
holiday clothing
inheritance customs
refugee sponsorship
religious holidays
Interviewee: | Wojtechko, Emil |
Call number: | 90-051 |
Date(s) of Interview: | August 2, 1990 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 5 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 243 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Emil Wojtechko, of Illinois, discusses his experiences as a Ukrainian growing up in his home country and then his immigration to the United States. He explains the layout and jobs in his small village, and his education. Emil also discusses Polish and Soviet occupation of the Ukraine. He then shares the experiences of his family during World War II during German occupation and their stay in displaced persons camps throughout Germany after the war. Emil goes on to describe his immigration to the United States and his education after he arrived. He discusses his career, family, and Ukrainian pride.
United States Army
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
Czechoslovakia
Dabranil, Ukraine
Dachau, Germany
Karlsfeld, Germany
Kolberg, Germany
Monee, Illinois
New York, New York
Poland
Ruhr, Germany
Swiko, Germany
Ternava, Ukraine
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Zwickau, Germany
farmer
mason
steelworker
Polish occupation
Ukrainian army
Ukrainian education
Ukrainian independence
Ukrainian life
Ukrainian-American churches
Ukrainian-American community
Ukrainian-Americans
farming
house structure
inheritance customs
Interviewee: | Wojtechko, Maria |
Call number: | 90-053 |
Date(s) of Interview: | August 8, 1990 |
Physical Description: | not transcribed; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 125 minutes |
Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
Access Status: | Open |
Interviewer: | Huk, Chrystyna |
Maria Wojtechko, of Illinois, born March 26, 1919, discusses her life as the child of Ukrainian immigrants. She discusses housing, education, and language in the Ukrainian community. Maria describes her Ukrainian ethnic education, learning to play the mandolin, and ethnic dancing. She also discusses the financial hardships of the Great depression, work during World War II, and her marriage. She concludes by briefly discussing raising her children to be aware of their ethnic background.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
International Working Men's Association
Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church
Ukrainian-American Youth Association
Beck, Mary
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
Illinois
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
steelworker
welder
Great Depression
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian school
Ukrainian traditions
World War II
child-rearing
class differences
club activity
elementary education
gender roles
immigration
mandolin playing
steel mills
tenement housing