Archive

The UCRDC archive was established in 1988 to organize the large collection of materials pertaining to the 1932-33 Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine. Since then, the archive has been expanded to include material on Ukraine and Ukrainians in the Second World War as well as on the history of Ukrainians in Canada.

The archival collection, housed in a special climate-controlled room, contains an extensive oral history collection and a collection of textual and photographic records. The collection is enhanced by a reference library and a small art collection.

The library is a research and reference collection, used to provide context and analysis and assists in interpreting and understanding the archival material. Extensive vertical files of newspaper clippings provides current information on material housed at the archives.

A small art collection consists of a Holodomor sculpture by Kateryna Nemyra, an oil painting of gulag prisoners by Opanas Zalyvakha and linoleum cut (2/150) of the destroyed village Remel-Volyn by Vitali Lytvyn.

The UCRDC archive relies heavily on volunteers to assist in:processing records, conducting interviews, identifying people in photographs, etc... Some volunteers have been with the UCRDC for over twenty  years.

Interview with Iroida Wynnyckyj, archivist of the UCRDC