Mykola Tanchak papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and financial documents, photographs, and postcards. Two individual letters deal with a creation of library in the village of Stil’s’k in Galicia (now the village of Stil’s’ko in L’viv oblast’) to which Mr. Tanchak donated money in the 1920s. The financial documents consist of 11 receipts of donations to the Ukrainian Congress Committee. A 1927 photograph depicts the chorus of the “Prosvita” library in the village of Stil’s’k, an undated photograph depicts delegates of the “Oborona Ukrainy” (“Defense of Ukraine”) convention in New York, and three postcards depict monuments to “Poliahlym za voliu Ukrainy” (“Those Who Perished for the Freedom of Ukraine”).
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Researchers may take photographs of archival items using hand-held cameras or smart phones without flash subject to restrictions. The responsibility to secure permissions from all relevant copyright owners rests with the patron. Please visit the main shevchenko.org website to view the full archives use policy.
Description Control
Finding aid written by Ostap Kin in 2012 and edited by Michael Andrec in 2023.
Extent
0.15 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Ukrainian
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence and financial documents of Mykola Tanchak, as well as photographs and postcards.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series:
- Correspondence, 1927-1964, undated
- Financial Documents, 1950-1964
- Photographs and Postcards, 1927, undated
Processing Information
Materials were processed by Ostap Kin in 2012.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Shevchenko Scientific Society Archives Repository