Volodymyr Levyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ papers, 1880s-1980

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Series I: Correspondence, 1918-1979

The series consists of Levyts'kyi's professional correspondence with various people and organizations, and family correspondence. Correspondence may include various related materials, such as manuscripts, clippings, and photographs. Organized into five subseries. Correspondence on various subjects forms part of other series and subseries of the collection and remains in the files where it logically belongs.


Subseries I.1: Correspondence with Prominent Figures, 1935-1941

Contains letters to Volodymyr Levyts'kyi from Volodymyr Vynnychenko (with carbon reply) and Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Includes some related items. Arranged alphabetically.



Box 1 Folder 1 Vynnychenko, Volodymyr, 1935

(2 typed letters signed, with holograph notes; 1 carbon reply; 2 envelopes)


Box 1 Folder 2 Yarmolinsky, Avrahm, 1940-1941

(2 typed letters signed, with related item and 3 envelopes)


Subseries I.2: General Correspondence, 1919-1976

Incoming and outgoing correspondence with individuals, mainly business and professional, related to Levyts'kyi's work as a member of the Oborona Ukrainy and URS, editor of theHromads'kyi holosandNarodna volia,lecturer and community leader. Levyts'kyi corresponded with well-known and prominent figures of the Ukrainian émigré community, such as Myroslav Sichyns'kyi, Panas Fedenko, Nykyfor Hryhoryiv, Iurii Kosach, Mykola Shapoval, Matvii Stakhiv, and others. Some files include related materials, such as manuscripts of poems and articles, clippings, obituaries, and photographs. Organized in alphabetical order by correspondent. Unidentified correspondence, greeting cards, and empty envelopes are stored at the end of the subseries.


Box 1 Folder 3 Avramenko, P., 1934-1937


Box 1 Folder 4 Baczynski, Wlodzimierz, 1927


Box 1 Folder 4 Bahrii, K., 1935-1943


Box 1 Folder 5 Bezruchko, L., 1932-1938

(regarding memoirs about Ukrains'ka respublikans'ka kapela)


Box 1 Folder 5 Bilon', Petro, 1936, 1938, 1936, 1938

(Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Trenton, New Jersy)


Box 1 Folder 5 Bilyns'kyi, Andrii, 1960, 1979, 1960, 1979


Box 1 Folder 6 Black, Helen, 1947-1949

(with typescript of article "The Ukraine's biggest library" by M.Dubins'kyi)


Box 1 Folder 6 Bochkovs'kyi, I.,1937-1938


Box 1 Folder 6 Bohats'kyi, Pavlo, 1938


Box 1 Folder 7 Bratus', Dmytro (aka D. Bratush and James D. Bratush), 1935-1962


Box 1 Folder 8 Brezitskyi, Vasyl', 1935


Box 1 Folder 8 Bula, Il'ko, 1938-1939


Box 1 Folder 9 Chomyn, Mariia, 1946


Box 1 Folder 9 Crosby, Helen, 1940s

(including 1 photograph)


Box 1 Folder 10 Demush, Pavlo, 1935


Box 1 Folder 10 Detsyk, St., 1934-1942


Box 1 Folder 10 Didokha, Hryhorii, 1945


Box 1 Folder 10 Dniprovyi, M., 1935, 1938, 1935, 1938


Box 1 Folder 10 Domanchuk, Kateryna, 1942-1950


Box 1 Folder 10 Dovhan', Vasyl', 1941


Box 1 Folder 11 Fedenko, Panas, 1936-1937


Box 1 Folder 11 Fedorchuk, Vasyl', 1936-1941


Box 1 Folder 12 Galandzhii, Lev, 1935-1942


Box 1 Folder 13 Gambal', Mariia, 1935-1938


Box 1 Folder 13 Grudzins'kyi, Petro, 1935-1938


Box 1 Folder 14 Haiovyi, Dmytro, 1938-1942


Box 1 Folder 14 Haivorons'kyi, M., 1934


Box 1 Folder 14 Halii, Eugenia, 1942


Box 1 Folder 14 Hal'ko, M., 1936


Box 1 Folder 15 Hankevych, 1976


Box 1 Folder 15 Hansen, L., 1942


Box 1 Folder 15 Havryliak, V., 1942-1943


Box 1 Folder 15 Holovats'kyi, Vasyl', 1947


Box 1 Folder 15 Holovchak, A., 1965


Box 1 Folder 15 Hopkins, Anne, 1954


Box 1 Folder 15 Hovishchak, Petro, 1938


Box 1 Folder 16 Hryhoriiv, Nykyfor, 1936-1942


Box 1 Folder 17 Humeniuk, I., 1960


Box 1 Folder 17 Hurians'kyi, Volodymyr, 1935-1936


Box 1 Folder 17 Hutenko, Hryhorii, 1941, undated, 1941, undated

(including his article)


Box 1 Folder 17 Ianyshyn, M., 1961-1962. Letters to Toma Khrustavka regarding Matvii Stakhiv: see Khrustavka, Toma


Box 1 Folder 18 Iarosh, M., 1935


Box 1 Folder 18 Ivanyts'kyi, undated


Box 1 Folder 18 Ivantsev, V., undated


Box 1 Folder 19 Kaftan, Iu., 1936


Box 1 Folder 19 Kaprav[?], Andrii, 1935


Box 1 Folder 19 Karas', Stepan, 1941-1943

(See also: Series II: Professional and Public Activities--Subseries II.1: Subject Files--Sub-subseries II.1.3:Hromads'kyi holosFiles--Correspondence with Distributors; Box 6, Folders 10-14)


Box 1 Folder 20 Khodorovs'kyi, A., 1936-1937

(including his poems)



Box 2 Folder 1 Khortiv, Oleksa, 1938


Box 2 Folder 1 Khrom[?], S., 1937


Box 2 Folder 1 Khrustavka, Toma, 1938, 1961-1962, 1938, 1961-1962


Box 2 Folder 1 Kizyma, Mykola, 1938


Box 2 Folder 1 Klenovyi, Iurii: see Stefanyk, Iurii


Box 2 Folder 2 Kobzei, I.,1942


Box 2 Folder 2 Kopytko, V., 1942


Box 2 Folder 2 Kosach, Iurii, 1952


Box 2 Folder 2 Kostiv, Marusia, 1942


Box 2 Folder 2 Koval's'kyi, Onufrii, 1935


Box 2 Folder 3 Kraikivs'kyi, Oleksandr, 1938-1944

(including photograph)


Box 2 Folder 3 Kraikivs'kyi, V., 1966


Box 2 Folder 4 Krasnosel's'kyi, M., 1938-1950, undated, 1938-1950, undated

(including manuscripts of articles)


Box 2 Folder 5 Kukuruza, Mykola, (or Kukurudza), 1936-1942


Box 2 Folder 5 Kul'chyts'kyi, Ivan, 1949-1950


Box 2 Folder 5 Kushnir, Ihnatii, 1941


Box 2 Folder 6 Kuz'movych, Petro, 1941-1976


Box 2 Folder 6 Kyryliuk, P., 1936


Box 2 Folder 7 Lavnyi, Petro, 1942


Box 2 Folder 7 Lazechko, V., 1935-1943


Box 2 Folder 8 Liubachivs'kyi, Oleksandr, 1935-1950


Box 2 Folder 9 Livach, I., 1935-1937, undated, 1935-1937, undated


Box 2 Folder 10 Lobai, D., 1942


Box 2 Folder 11 Lotots'kyi, Volodymyr, 1911-1941

(including his personal documents)


Box 2 Folder 12 Lowney, Stephanie, 1938


Box 2 Folder 12 Lukashkevych, I., 1948


Box 2 Folder 13 Makukh, Roman, 1937-1938


Box 2 Folder 13 See also: file of Pavlykovs'ka, Irena, Box 3, Folder 5


Box 2 Folder 14 Margolin, A., 1936-1942


Box 2 Folder 14 Margolina, L.: see Hansen


Box 2 Folder 14 Martin, Albert, Rev., 1948


Box 2 Folder 14 Martynets', Ivan (aka John Martinec), 1941

(including minutes of the Executive Board meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Association in Scranton, November 8, 1941)


Box 2 Folder 15 Mateiko, Ivan, n.d., 1936-1938


Box 2 Folder 15 Mateiko, Oleksa, 1935-1938


Box 2 Folder 15 Mazepa, Ivan, 1937-1938



Box 3 Folder 1 Mel'nychuk, Vasyl', 1933-1943


Box 3 Folder 1 Mostovyi, St.: see Subseries I.3: Correspondence with Organizations-- Ukrainian Committee to Combat Nazism, Box 4, Folder 9


Box 3 Folder 2 Mykytyn, Vasyl', 1943


Box 3 Folder 2 Mynyk, Teodor, 1933, 1969, 1933, 1969


Box 3 Folder 3 Nastiuk, Anna, 1943


Box 3 Folder 3 Nytsak, M., 1935


Box 3 Folder 3 Onyshchuk, S., 1935


Box 3 Folder 4 Paseka, Petro, 1936


Box 3 Folder 4 Pasichnyk, Ivan, 1941


Box 3 Folder 5 Pavlykovs'ka, Irena, 1938

(with related materials)


Box 3 Folder 5 See also her correspondence of 1934-1938 in: Subseries I.3: Correspondence with Organizations--Ukrains'ke narodne mystetstvo, Box 4, Folder 10, 1934-1938


Box 3 Folder 6 Pidhainyi, D., 1938


Box 3 Folder 6 Pidkorchomnyi, St., 1936


Box 3 Folder 6 Pizniak, Mykola, 1971


Box 3 Folder 6 Poole, De Witt C., 1942-1952

(Free Europe University in Exile)


Box 3 Folder 6 Potoroka, Semen, 1935


Box 3 Folder 6 Pritsak, Omelian, 1976


Box 3 Folder 6 Prokopiv, Vasyl', 1937

(including 1 photograph)


Box 3 Folder 6 Pushkar, St., undated


Box 3 Folder 6 Pylypchuk, Stepan, 1938


Box 3 Folder 7 Rudnyts'kyi, Antin, 1937-1938


Box 3 Folder 7 Rybak, L., 1935


Box 3 Folder 8 Sarakhman, T., 1937, 1963, 1937, 1963


Box 3 Folder 8 Senchii, E., 1934-1942


Box 3 Folder 8 Sen'kiv, S., 1938


Box 3 Folder 8 Shapoval, Mykola, 1937


Sichyns'kyi, Myroslav, 1919-1957

(with related items such as documents of the Ukrainian Federation of the United States, obituaries, and clippings)


Box 3 Folder 9 Correspondence with V.Levyts'kyi, 1936-1957


Correspondence with other people


Box 3 Folder 9 Bakhur, H., 1936


Box 3 Folder 9 Gadz, Oleksa, 1938


Box 3 Folder 10 Mykuliak, Iulian, 1935


Box 3 Folder 10 Panchuk, John, 1937


Malanchuk, Antin. Sichyns'kyi - Potots'kyi: drama v 5-okh diiakh. New York, 1914 see Series II: Professional and Public Activities--Subseries II.6: Printed materials--Sub-suseries II.6.1: Books, Brochures, and Reprints, Box 14, Folder 6, 1914


Box 3 Folder 11 Simovych, Vasyl', undated


Box 3 Folder 11 Sobol', V., 1943-1974


Box 3 Folder 11 Soldan, Marie, 1934


Box 3 Folder 12 Stadnyk, A., 1937


Box 3 Folder 12 Stakhiv, Matvii, 1933


Box 3 Folder 12 Stefanyk, Iurii (aka Klenovyi), 1936


Box 3 Folder 13 Stepankivs'kyi, V., 1934-1941


Box 3 Folder 13 Stots'kyi, Roman Smal


Box 3 Folder 14 Sympovych, A., 1935


Box 3 Folder 15 Temnyts'kyi, Volodymyr, 1936


Box 3 Folder 15 Ternopil's'kyi, Hryhorii, 1936


Box 3 Folder 15 Tiahnybik, Lev, 1935-1937


Box 3 Folder 15 Tsehel's'kyi, L., 1938


Box 3 Folder 16 Tsehlyns'kyi, Mykola, 1923-1952


Box 3 Folder 17 Tuz, Ivan, 1937


Box 3 Folder 17 Uhryk, Petro, undated


Box 3 Folder 17 Vakulins'kyi, Petro, 1935-1966


Box 3 Folder 17 Vasylenko, Eugene, 1942


Box 3 Folder 18 Vihak, Ievstakhii, 1935-1950


Box 3 Folder 18 Visson, Andre, 1945-1946


Box 3 Folder 18 Vyshniovs'kyi, Kornel, 1952-1960


Box 3 Folder 19 Waschitz, G., 1945


Box 3 Folder 19 Waldmann, Moshe, 1952


Box 3 Folder 19 Yarosh: see Iarosh


Box 3 Folder 19 Zalevs'kyi, B., 1936


Box 3 Folder 19 Zalitach, Myron, 1943


Box 3 Folder 19 Zhuk, Georg, 1937



Box 4 Folder 1 to 2 Unidentified, 1917-1967, undated, 1917-1967, undated


Box 4 Folder 3 Greeting cards, 1940-1979


Box 4 Folder 4 Envelopes, 1920s-1950s


Subseries I.3: Correspondence with Organizations, 1911-1979

Comprises correspondence with various organizations. Organized in alphabetical order.


Box 4 Folder 5 American Labor Party, 1948-1949

(See also: Series II: Professional and Public Activities--Subseries II.1: Subject Files--Sub-subseries II.1.2: Election Campaign "Wallace for President", Box 6, Folder 4)


Box 4 Folder 5 American Red Cross, 1947, 1949, 1947, 1949


Box 4 Folder 5 American Slav Congress, 1945


Box 4 Folder 5 American Society for Russian Relief, 1946

(See also photographs in: Series VII: Photographs--SubseriesVII.3: Photographs for Publications--Sub-subseries VII.3.4: Various, Box 21, Folder 15)


Box 4 Folder 6 Hromada, Ukrains'ka vydavnycha spilka, 1927


Box 4 Folder 6 Hurok Attractions, Inc., 1962-1976

(including playbill of the Virs'kyi Dance Company show with Virs'kyi's and dancers' autographs. See also related photographs in: Series VII: Photographs--Subseries VII.3: Photographs for Publications--Sub-subseries VII.3.2:Hromads'kyi holos,Box 21, Folder 13)


Box 4 Folder 6 Hutsul'shchyna, vyrobnycho-zbutova kooperatyva, 1934, 1937, 1934, 1937


Box 4 Folder 7 International Institute, 1936


Box 4 Folder 7 Knyharnia naukovoho tovarystva im. Shevchenka u L'vovi, 1911, 1938, 1911, 1938


Box 4 Folder 7 Language Service, 1959


Box 4 Folder 7 Miedzynarodowi ekspedytorzy internationale spediteure C.Hartwig,, 1935


Box 4 Folder 7 National Citizens Political Action Committee, Foreign Language Division,, 1944


Box 4 Folder 7 Pilgrim Evangel Ukrainian Periodical of the Assembles of God, 1977


Box 4 Folder 7 Saturday Evening Post, 1945


Box 4 Folder 7 State of New York Workmen's Compensation Board, 1972


Box 4 Folder 7 Svoboda , 1928

(Ukrainian newspaper)


Box 4 Folder 8 Telberg Book Corporation, 1968


Box 4 Folder 8 Tovarystvo I. Franka, 1935-1937


Box 4 Folder 8 Tovarystvo im. Mykhaila Drahomanova, 1950


Box 4 Folder 8 Tovarystvo Ukraina, 1975, 1979, 1975, 1979


Box 4 Folder 8 Tovarystvo ukrains'ko-amerykans'kykh horozhan, 1935


Box 4 Folder 8 Tovarystvo Vasylia Stefanyka


Box 4 Folder 9 Ukrainian Committee to Combat Nazism (Ukrains'kyi komitet do borot'by z natsizmom),, 1941


Box 4 Folder 9 Ukrainian Free University Foundation, Inc., undated


Box 4 Folder 9 Ukrainian Women's League in Lawrence, 1937


Box 4 Folder 10 Ukrains'ke narodne mystetstvo, 1923-1938

(letters, invoices, receipts. See also: Subseries I.2: General Correspondence--Pavlykovs'ka, Box 3, Folder 5. More receipts can be found in Series II: Professional and Public Activities--Subseries II.5: Financial Records)


Box 4 Folder 10 Ukrains'ke tovarystvo druzhby i kul'turnoho zv'iazku z zarubizhnymy krainamy: see Series II: Professional and Public Activities--Sub-subseries II.1.3: Hromads'kyi holos--Editorial materials--Ukrains'ke tovarystvo druzhby i kul'turnoho zv'iazku z zarubizhnymy krainamy, Box 8, Folders 8-12


Box 4 Folder 11 Ukrains'ke Zhyttia, undated


United Nations


Box 4 Folder 11 International Refugee Organization, 1951


Box 4 Folder 11 Ukrainian Mission, 1950s-1970s

(mainly invitations to receptions)


Box 4 Folder 11 Village Independent Democrats, 1970s


Subseries I.4: Family Correspondence, 1918-1986

Letters from Levyts'kyi's son Ihor, his sister, brother, and other family members.


Box 4 Folder 12 to 13 Correspondence with family Members


Subseries I.5: Outgoing Correspondence, 1935-1953, undated, 1935-1953, undated

Includes mainly professional letters. Organized in chronological order.


Box 4 Folder 14 Outgoing Correspondence