Carpatho-Rusin American Collections
Profile | Manuscripts | Monographs | Newspapers | Serials
Profile
Serial holdings, consisting of approximately 54 titles, include American Carpatho-Russian Youth (1949-1954, 1956, 1958-1962, 1964-1973), Amerikansko-Russkii Kalendar' (American Russian Calendar; 1911, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1928-1933, 1936-1938 1940, 1941-1943, 1950, 1956), Kalendar' Greko Kaftoliceskaho Sojedinenija v U.S.A. (Almanac of the Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A.; 1925-1930, 1935-1938, 1940, 1942, 1967), Kalendar "Sobranija" ("Alliance" Almanac, previously titled Kalendar' Prosvity; 1918-1919, 1921-1932, 1935-1938), Nebesnaja Carica (Queen of Heaven; 1927-1955), and Svit d'Itej (Children's World; 1921-1973).
Among its 23 newspaper titles, Amerikansky Russky Viestnik (American Russian Messenger; succeeded by Greek Catholic Union Messenger; 1894-1896, 1901-1904, 1906-1952), Cerkovnaja Nauka (Church Advisor; 1903, 1951-1952, 1954-1955, 1967, 1969, 1982-1984), Lemko-Karpatska Rus' (Lemko-Carpathian Rus'; 1928-1969), and Prosvita (The Enlightenment; 1917-1975) are among the most extensive files.
Many of these serials and newspapers are available on microfilm, made possible by the Carpatho-Ruthenian Microfilm Project. This Project resulted in the publication of two significant works available at the IHRC: A Guide to Newspapers and Periodicals and the index Guide to Amerikansky Russky Viestnik, 1894-1914.
Manuscript collections consist of the papers of Anne Guzy, pertaining to her family history, and the records of the Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church (Cleveland, OH), consisting of marriage registers.
Manuscripts
Papers, n.d. Ca. 1 linear in.
Papers consist of an account of family life in Velkrop, Austria-Hungary (now in Czechoslovakia), in the late 1800s. Guzy discusses agriculture, the role of the churches, marriage customs, housing, folk medicine, foods, clothing, funerals, holidays, and child care. In English.
Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church (Cleveland, Ohio).
Records, 1909-1967. 1 microfilm reel.
Church records consist of marriage registers. In Latin and English.
Monographs
Among the more comprehensive works on the history of Carpatho-Rusins in the Old World and in the United States are Paul R. Magocsi's Our People: Carpatho-Rusyns and Their Descendants in North America (1984); Keith P. Dyrud's The Rusin Question in Eastern Europe and in America, 1890-World War I (unpublished thesis, 1976); Filipp I. Svistun's "Prikarpatskaia Rus' pod vladieniem Avstrii (1850-1896)" (Subcarpathian Ruthenia Under Austrian Reign) and Peter Kohanik's "Nachalo istorii Amerikanskoi Rusi" (Early History of Rusins in America), these two works reprinted in one volume (1970); Simeon Pysh's A Short History of Carpatho-Russia (1973); and Frantisek Nemec's The Soviet Seizure of Subcarpathian Ruthenia (1955). There are also numerous individual works that deal with specific aspects of Carpatho-Rusin history, such as Magocsi's "The Ruthenian Decision to Unite with Czechoslovakia," in Slavic Review (34:2) and "The Political Activity of Rusyn-American Immigrants in 1918," in East European Quarterly (10:3); Walter K. Hanuk's The Subcarpathian-Ruthenian Question: 1918-1945 (1962); and Michael Yuhasz's Wilson's Principles in Czechoslovak Practice; The Situation of the Carpatho-Russian People Under the Czech Yoke (1929).
Research interest in the Carpatho-Rusins as a distinct ethnic group has grown in recent years. An important manifestation of this is Proceedings of the Conference on Carpatho-Ruthenian Immigration, 8 June 1974 edited by Richard Renoff and Stephen Reynolds (1975).
Religion plays a central part in the lives of Carpatho-Rusins, and the group's religious development in the homeland and in the United States is well represented in the collection. Relevant titles include a survey by Walter C. Warzeski, Byzantine Rite Rusins in Carpatho-Ruthenia and America (1971), Rev. A. Pekar's Our Past and Present: Historical Outlines of the Byzantine Ruthenian Metropolitan Province (1974), and John Slivka's two substantial works, Historical Mirror: Sources of the Rusin and Hungarian Greek Rite Catholics in the United States of America 1884-1963 (1978), and The History of the Greek Rite Catholics in Pannonia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Podkarpatska Rus' 863-1949 (1974). Among the more prolific of the learned priests who wrote on Carpatho-Rusin religious history was Rev. Basil Shereghy. His works include The Greek-Catholic Church (1948), Vospitanije Podkarpato-Ruskoho svjascenstava; The Training of Carpatho-Ruthenian Clergy (1951), and What are Greek Catholics? (1948). In addition to the above, there are many parish jubilee and anniversary booklets.
Early literary works by Carpatho-Rusins are to be found mainly in immigrant newspapers, almanacs, and periodicals. Most Carpatho-Rusin writers tended to be from the learned clergy. One of these was the Rev. Emilij A. Kubek (1859-1940), whose four-volume collection of short stories and poems, Narodny povisti i stichi (Folk Tales and Poems, 1922-1923) is available at the IHRC. A general overview of Carpatho-Rusin literature in America can be found in Paul R. Magocsi's Subcarpathian Immigrant Literature (1975). The subject of language is dealt with in Charles E. Bidwell's The Language of Carpatho-Ruthenian Publications in America (1971) and Magocsi's The Language Question Among the Subcarpathian Rusyns (1979) and Let's Speak Rusyn (1976).
Fraternal societies and brotherhoods have also played an important part in the lives of Carpatho-Rusin Americans. Among the oldest and largest of these is the Greek Catholic Union of Rusyn Brotherhoods, founded in Wilkes-Barre, PA, in 1892. Other fraternals include the United Societies of the Greek Catholic Religion of the United States of America and the Greek Catholic Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of America. The monograph collection contains constitutions, bylaws, and convention programs of those organizations.
Finally, the collection includes several significant reference works: Carpatho-Ruthenica at Harvard: A Catalog of Holdings, compiled by Paul R. Magocsi and Olga K. Mayo (1983, second printing); Magocsi's An Historiographical Guide to Subcarpathian Rus (1974); and Edward Kasinec's The Carpatho-Ruthenian Immigration in the United States: A Note on Sources in Some U.S. Repositories (1975). Also included is James M. Evans's Guide to the Amerikansky Russky Viestnik (American Russian Messenger, 1979), an index to the major weekly newspaper. This first volume covers the years 1894-1914 and is a good tool for locating literary writings and historical information.
Newspapers
Amerikánsky Russky Viestnik (American Russian Messenger; succeeded by Greek Catholic Union Messenger), Homestead, PA. Weekly: 1943. (Microfilm: 1894-1896, 1901-1904, 1906-1952). Includes English.
The Byzantine Catholic World, Pittsburgh, PA. Bi-monthly (weekly): 1957, 1959-1962, 1965-date. (Microfilm: 1956-1974). English.
The Carpatho-Russian American, Yonkers, NY. Monthly: 1968-1969. (Microfilm: 1968-1969). English.
Cerkovnaja Nauka (Church Advisor), Johnstown, PA. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1903, 1951-1952, 1954-1955, 1967, 1969, 1982-1984).
Cerkovnyj Vistnik (Church Messenger), McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh, PA; Pemberton, NJ. Weekly (semi-monthly): 1982-1984. (Microfilm: 1946-1975). Includes English.
Den (The Day), New York, NY. Daily (weekly). (Microfilm: 1923-1926).
Eastern Catholic Life, Passaic, NJ. Weekly: 1975-date. (Microfilm: 1965-1974). English.
The Eastern Observer, Homestead, PA. Bi-weekly. (Microfilm: 1942-1943). English.
Golos Naroda (Voice of the People), New York, NY. Weekly: 1919.
Golos Pravdy (The Voice of Truth), New York, NY. Semi-monthly (monthly). (Microfilm: 1938-1945). Includes English.
Greek Catholic Union Messenger (continuation of Amerikansky Russky Viestnik), Homestead, PA. Weekly: 1972, 1975-date. (Microfilm: 1953-1975). English.
Karpato-Russkoe Slovo (Carpatho-Russian Word), New York, NY. Bi-weekly: 1935. (Microfilm: 1935-1938).
Karpatska' Rus (Carpathian Rus'), Yonkers, NY. Weekly: 1939, 1952, 1955, 1960-1962, 1965-1971, 1974-1978.
Karpats'ka Zoria (Carpathian Star), New York, NY. Monthly: 1952. (Microfilm: 1951-1952).
Lemko-Karpatska Rus' (Lemko-Carpathian Rus'), Yonkers, NY. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1928-1969).
Prikarpatskaia Rus' (Carpathian Rus'; supersedes Sien Otechestva), New York, NY. Weekly (semi-weekly). (Microfilm: 1918-1920).
Prosvita (The Enlightenment), Pittsburgh and McKeesport, PA. Weekly: 1977-date. (Microfilm: 1917-1975). Includes English.
Rusin (The Ruthenian), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1910-1916).
Russian Messenger (previously titled Russkij Vistnik), Pittsburgh, PA. Frequency varies. (Microfilm: 1933-1943). Includes English.
Vistnik (Messenger), McKees Rocks, PA. Monthly: 1942-1943, 1946, 1956, 1961, 1963. Includes English.
Vistnik (Messenger), Pittsburgh, PA. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1941-1955).
Vostok (The East), Perth Amboy, NJ. Semi-monthly (monthly). (Microfilm: 1927, 1930-1933, 1935-1950).
Serials
The A.C.R.Y. Guardian (Eastern Seaboard of the American Carpatho Russian Youth), New York, NY. Quarterly: 1957-1958. English.
American Carpatho-Russian Youth, Pittsburgh, PA. Annual. (Microfilm: 1949-1954, 1956, 1958-1962, 1964-1973). Includes English.
Amerikansko-Russki Kalendar' (American Russian Calendar), Philadelphia, PA. Annual: 1911, 1919, 1936-1938, 1940, 1941-1943, 1950, 1956. (Microfilm: 1911, 1923, 1925, 1928-1933, 1940, 1943, 1950). Includes English.
Amerikanski Russki Miesiatsoslov (American Russian Almanac; previously titled Amerikansky Russko-Slovensky Kalendar), Homestead, PA. Annual: 1912, 1916, 1920-1921.
The Apostle (Newsletter of the Western States Deanery of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio), Anaheim, CA. Monthly: 1977. English.
Bratstvo (Brotherhood), Cleveland, OH. Monthly: 1945. (Microfilm: 1940-1952). Russian and English.
The Carpathian, Pittsburgh, PA. Monthly: 1943. (Microfilm: 1941-1943). English.
Carpathian Observer, Rochester, NY. Quarterly: 1976. English.
Carpatho-Russian Echoes, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Monthly: 1984-date. English.
The Carpatho-Russian Youth, Bridgeport, CT. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1938-1941). English.
Carpatho-Rusyn American, Fairview, NJ. Quarterly: 1978-date. English.
Cerkvi Pokrova Precistoj D'ivy Marii Vykaz Prijemu i Vydaju (Church of the Protection of the Virgin Mary Income and Expense Reports), Chicago, IL. Annual: 1929-1930, 1932-1933.
Chranitel' (Guardian), Johnstown, PA. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1920-1921).
The Chrysostom, Granville, NY. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1935-1938). English.
Dushpastyr (Shepherd of Souls), New York, NY. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1909-1910).
GCU Messenger (Greek Catholic Union), Munhall, PA. Bi-weekly: 1984. English.
The Greek Catholic Sower, Joliet and Lisle, IL. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1949-1950). English.
Greek Catholic Union Yearbook, Homestead, PA. Annual: 1976-1978, 1980-1982. (Microfilm: 1912-1937, 1939-1943, 1945-1977). Includes English.
Holos Vostocnej Cerkvi (The Voice of the Eastern Church), Perth Amboy, NJ. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1941-1945). Includes English.
Jedinstvo (Unity), Gary, IN. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1942-1943). Includes some English.
Kalendar' Amerikanskaho Russkaho Sokola Sojedinenija (American Russian Sokol Union Almanac; previously titled Kalendar' Uhro-Russkaho Sokola Sojedinenija), Homestead, PA. Annual. (Microfilm: 1919, 1921-1936). Includes English.
Kalendar' Greko Kaftoliceskaho Sojedinenija v U.S.A. (Almanac of the Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A.; previously titled Amerikansky Russko-Slovensky Kalendar and Amerikanski Russki Miesiatsoslov), Munhall, PA. Annual: 1925-1930, 1935-1938, 1940, 1942, 1967. Includes English.
Kalendar' Organizacii Svobody (Almanac of the Freedom Organization), Perth Amboy, NJ. Annual. (Microfilm: 1925-1929, 1933-1940). Includes some English.
Kalendar "Sobranija" ("Alliance" Almanac; previously titled Kalendar' Prosvity), McKeesport, PA. Annual. (Microfilm: 1918-1919, 1921-1932, 1935-1938). Includes English.
Karpatorusski Kalendar' "Lemko" (Carpatho-Russian Lemko Almanac), Philadelphia. PA. Annual: 1922, 1930.
Karpatorusski Kalendar' Lemko-Soiuza (Carpatho-Russian Almanac of the Lemko Uinon), Yonkers, NY. Annual: 1932, 1937-1938, 1940-1971. (Microfilm: 1930-1971).
Karpatorusskij Narodnyj Kalendar' (Carpatho-Russian National Almanac), Perth Amboy, NJ. Annual. (Microfilm: 1944-1946). Includes English.
Karpatorusskije Novosti (Carpatho-Russian News), New York, NY. Monthly, bi-weekly. (Microfilm: 1943-1945). Includes English.
Listok (Leaflet), Uzhgorod, Ukraine. Semi-monthly. (Microfilm: 1885-1903).
The Marian, Whiting, IN. Monthly (except July and August): 1954-1956. English.
Narodna Obrana (National Defense), Homestead, PA. Weekly. (Microfilm: 1917).
Nauka (Doctrine), Uzhgorod, Ukraine. Bi-weekly, weekly. (Microfilm: 1897-1921).
Nebesnaja Carica (Queen of Heaven), McKeesport, PA. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1927-1955). Includes English.
Niva (The Sown Field), Yonkers, NY (previously published in Homestead, PA). Monthly. (Microfilm: 1911, 1916).
Pravoslavije (Orthodoxy), Nicholson, PA. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1941). Includes some English.
Pravoslavny Amerikanski Viestnik (Russian Orthodox American Messenger), New York, NY. Semi-monthly. (Microfilm: 1896-1897). Includes English.
Prolom (The Breach), New York, NY. Monthly (irregular). (Microfilm: 1919-1921).
Proroczeskoe Svitlo (The Prophetic Light), Proctor, VT. Monthly, bi-monthly: 1921-1953. (Microfilm: 1921-1953).
Rusin-Ruthenian, New York, NY. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1952-1960). Includes some English.
Russki Pravoslavny Kalendar' (Russian Orthodox Calendar), Pittsburgh, PA. Annual: 1929, 1931-1932, 1934, 1941. (Microfilm: 1929, 1931, 1934). Includes some English.
Russko-Amerikanski Pravoslavny Kalendar' (Russian American Orthodox Calendar), Wilkes-Barre, PA. Annual. (Microfilm: 1906, 1910(?), 1912, 1914-1917, 1921-1923, 1925-1927, 1929-1930, 1932-1933, 1937, 1947, 1950). Includes some English.
Rusyny Newsletter, McKeesport, PA. Monthly: 1980. English.
The Seminarian, Johnstown, PA. Annual: 1969, 1971-1972, 1974. English.
Slovo k Narodu (A Word to the People), Pittsburgh, PA. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1943-1944). Includes some English.
Svit D'itej (Children's World), Homestead, PA. Semi-monthly. (Microfilm: 1921-1973). Includes English.
Svoboda (Liberty), New York, NY. Weekly: 1944. (Microfilm: 1944).
Svobodnoe Slovo Rusi (Free Word of Rus'; title varies: Svobodnoe Slovo; Svobodnoe Slovo Karpatskoi Rusi), Mt. Vernon, NY (previously published in Newark, NJ). Bi-monthly (monthly): 1959-1961, 1967-1968, 1971-date. (Microfilm: 1959-1964).
Ucitel' (Educator), McKeesport, PA. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1932). Includes some English.
UROBA Messenger (United Russian Orthodox Brotherhood of America), Pittsburgh, PA. 1982-1984. English.
Vecherni Zvon (Evening Bells), Chicago, IL (Northfield, CT). Monthly: 1958, 1960.
Visnyk Karpats'koho Soiuza (Bulletin: Carpathian Alliance), New York, NY. Quarterly. (Microfilm: 1970-1973).
The Voice of Mount St. Macrina, Uniontown, PA. Monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly. (Microfilm: 1948-1977). Includes English.
Vozhd' (Leader), Lakewood, OH. Monthly. (Microfilm: 1929-1930). Includes English.
