This collection is located on-site.
The collection contains Ivan's memoirs, written in Russian, from that period. Valentyna Shali is represented in the collection by a published anthology of Ukrainian folk tales in French translation and by an unpublished Ukrainian manuscript on the political and economic history of modern-day Eastern Europe.
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This collection is located on-site.
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Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1958.
Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1959.
Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1965.
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Manuscripts Accessioned 1958.
Manuscripts Accessioned 1959.
Manuscripts Accessioned 1965.
Manuscripts Processed 08/--/81.
Ivan Ivanovich and Valentyna Pavlovna Shali, husband and wife, were originally from KharkĖov and since World War II residents in France. Ivan Shali, a veterinarian, experienced first hand, between 1930 and 1940, life in Siberian prison camps. Valentyna Shali is an economist.