Voice of America radio program on the 30th anniversary of the ODUM Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organization, the Ukrainian artist Oleksa Terziiev, and an award-winning play by the Ukrainian Canadian playwright Ted Galay.
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Content intended for a Radio Liberty program with Mykola Francuzenko (as "Oleksandr Tereshchenko") related to the Holodomor and the Great Terror of the 1930s, including a poem by Bohdan Boichuk and review of an article in "Lysty do pryiateliv".
Radio Liberty program produced in New York City hosted by Mykola Francuzenko (as "Oleksandr Tereshchenko") on the commemoration of the Holodomor at the Metropolia Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in South Bound Brook, NJ.
Radio Liberty program reporting on the 1964 dedication of the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Washington DC. Reporting and interview fragments by Mykola Francuzenko (using the pseudonym Oleksander Tereshchenko), speech fragments, and music clips by the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. The program concluces with summary of American press coverage of the event.
Account by Fr. Ihor Hubarzhevs'kyi of his first-hand recollections of his time in Kyiv during the Holodomor.
Ievhen Malaniuk reading his own works, followed by conversation involving unknown individuals.
Radio Liberty program produced in New York City commemorating the recent death of the Ukrainian poet Maksym Ryl's'kyi. It consists of a historical essay by Iurii Lavrinenko (as "Iurii Haidar"), as well as interviews with poet Vasyl' Barka and actor Iosyp Hirniak.
Interview of Voice of America correspondent Izrail Kleiner by Mykola Francuzenko regarding the Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky (Volodymyr Zhabotyns'kyi), particularly regarding on views on politics and Jewish-Ukrainian relations.
"Interview" of Izydora Kosach regarding her famous older sister, the writer Lesia Ukrainka. The speaker on the recording, however, is not Izydora Kosach, based on attestations of her living descendents in 2021. The voice is presumably that of an individual reading written responses to submitted questions provided by Izydora Kosach. These responses contain reminiscences, as well as critiques of inaccuracies in Soviet sources on Lesia Ukrainka. This recording was likely made for Radio Liberty, though it is not so identified.
Annotation of this recording was done with the assistance of students at the Department of Ukrainian History at Dnipro National University.
Recording of a panakhyda (memorial service) for those who perished under the Soviet regime that took place at the Ukrainian Orthodox church in New York City. It begins with an introductory speech by Archbishop Mstyslav, and ends with a station announcement that would have eventually been spliced into the beginning of the broadcast.
Unedited interview of Metropolitan Ioan (Teodorovych) by unknown female interviewer, and commentary by C. Warvariw. Interview covers the coming 50th anniversary of the 1921 Sobor in Kyiv, reminiscences of his arrival in the US, the Ukrainian Orthodox League, and the current state of the Church. The commentary gives more details about the Ukrainian Orthodox League and its 22nd Convention in Philadelphia.
A Mother's Day-themed program by the Voice of America. Includes musical performances by "Khor Pyzhukа Romanova" and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, and a talk by "Fr. Myroslavs'kyi" (likely a pseudonym).
Musical selections have been trimmed for copyright reason
Radio Liberty program produced in New York City with a historical essay by Iurii Lavrinenko (as "Iurii Haidar") on the Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevs'kyi. It also includes an account of a lecture on Hrushevs'kyi by Oleksandr Ohloblin at Columbia University.
Mykola Francuzenko reads the 1917 poem "Zolotyi Homin" by the Ukrainian poet Pavlo Tychyna.
Interview of Mykola Shlemkevych by Mykola Francuzenko of Radio Liberty Ukrainian Service regarding the periodical "Lysty do Pryiateliv" ("Letters to Friends") (January 3, 1964, 9 minutes). Readings by Mykola Shlemkevych of two essays from "Lysty do Pryiateliv" titled "Holosy z kraiu" and "Spovid'" in 1957-58 for the "Holos Ukrainy" radio program in Chicago under the direction of Zenon Holubets'.
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