Finding Aid
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| Creator: | UNWLA---Branch 47 | |
| Dates: | 1951-2003 | |
| Abstract: | Collections consists of the organization's meeting minutes, correspondence, anniversary event programmes and photographic documentation, copies of branch and member award certificates. Included are also financial records (accounting, reports, fundraising activities) and annual reports. | |
| Quantity: | 4 lin.ft. | |
| Language: | English, Ukrainian | |
| Collection ID: | IHRC2958 | |
Collection acquired in July 2003 from the UNWLA---Branch 47 President, Maria Lylak. The donating institution supplied a preliminary box container list.
UNWLA (Ukrainian National Women's League of America - Soiuz ukrainok Ameryky, or SUA) was founded in 1925 by the merger of five women's associations in and around New York. Its purpose is to promote Ukrainian national consciousness, organize educational programs, participate in the wider women's movement, and provide aid to Ukraine or Ukrainians in need. In 1944 it began to publish the monthly "Nashe zhyttia" (Our Life). In 1993, the League had over 100 branches with a membership of approx. 3,500. Its headquarters was moved to Philadelphia in 1943 and back to New York in 1975. (abstracted from "Encyclopedia of Ukraine", Vol. V, p.411, Toronto, 1993, Danylo Husar Struk [ed.] where additional information on the subject can be found)
The UNWLA---Branch 47, Rochester, NY collection is available for public research.
The UNWLA---Branch 47, Rochester, NY 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 UNWLA---Branch 47, Rochester, NY Records, Ukrainian American Collection, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
| Ukrainian | |
| Ukrainian National Women's League of America | |
| Charity | |
| Social services | |
| Women |