The collection consists of materials dealing with the history of the Kopychentsi, Chortkiv, Borshchiv and Zalishchyky counties which form the greater Chortkiv region. They contain memoirs of various authors which reflect the cultural and civic life of Ukrainians in the area. This material was used in compiling the volume on the Chortkiv region edited by Ol’ha Sonevyts’kyi, Bohdan Stefanovych and Dr. Roman Drazhn’ovs’kyi and published in 1974.