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| Creator: | Bunka, Alexander, b. 1899. | |
| Dates: | 1925-1970 | |
| Abstract: | Papers (1916-1970) of Alexander Bunka (1899- ) consist of correspondence with editors and congressmen concerning Ukrainian political and social issues; a scrapbook pertaining to Ukrainians in Tucson, Arizona, and correspondence with congressmen and government officials; newspaper clippings pertaining to Ukrainian folk art and Ukrainian dissidents; photographs; and materials pertaining to churches and Ukrainians in Fish Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada. | |
| Quantity: | 4 linear in. | |
| Language: | In English and Ukrainian. | |
| Collection ID: | IHRC379 | |
Alexander Bunka (1899- ) was born in Fish Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada, of Ukrainian-Canadian immigrants. He served as a Ukrainian-English interpreter for John G. Diefenbaker (later prime minister of Canada) until 1922. In 1928, Bunka came to the United States after several years of farming. He was employed as a mechanic with the Santa Fe railroad, and later as a federal inspector of diesel locomotives. He also developed a ranch in the Mojave desert. In 1962, Bunka retired to Tucson, Arizona, where he served as vice president of the Tucson Ukrainian Society.
The Bunka, Alexander collection is available for public research.
The Bunka, Alexander collection is the physical property of the Immigration History Reseach Center, University of Minnesota.
For further information regrading the copyright, please contact the IHRC.
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The Bunka, Alexander Papers, Ukrainian American Collection, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
| Ukrainians--Saskatchewan--Fish Creek. | |
| Railroads--Employees. | |
| Ukrainian Americans--Arizona--Tucson. | |
| Folk art--Ukraine. | |
| Church buildings--Saskatchewan--Fish Creek. |