This collection contains a wide range of personal, literary, and professional materials related to Helena Nel’hivs’ka (Olena Zvychaina) and Mykhailo Mlakovyi. The personal papers, correspondence, photographs, and postcards documenting Nel’hivs’ka’s life and social activities.

Notable topics include correspondence with other authors and reviews, letters related to the publication of Fear, and translations of Mlakovyi’s works into foreign languages. Materials related to Mlakovyi’s social and political involvement include documentation on his activities in the Association of Former Ukrainian Soldiers in America, records of the Union of Ukrainian Scientists, Writers, and Artists at the DP Camp in Landeck, Austria, and materials on the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933. There is also content concerning his participation in the trial in Landek and resources on discussions of nationalism and communism.

The literary works in this collection consist of drafts, manuscripts, stories, novels, short stories, and articles by both Nel’hivs’ka and Mlakovyi. Notable works include Golden Stream, Peasant Sanatorium, The Enemy of the People (Vols. 1 and 2), For What..., and Slave Plane in two volumes. Screenplays by Mlakovyi, such as Kolyma is Burning, and an incomplete memoir titled History of a School. Additionally, the collection includes an account book, press reviews, and miscellaneous materials