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BETWEEN US AND TELEPHONE Dear Mrs. Luba! My grandson, Oles, recently read the statement of one of the newly arrived dissidents from the USSR who said that he has noticed that here, just like in Soviet U nion.he also has to give up many of his comforts. He arrived with a certain goal: to enlighten the w est on the situation in the USSR regarding those who think differently (dissidents). The western reaction — great aid to our brothers. The fulfillment of his goal... After comprehending the ideas of the dissident, my grand son asked: ’’and why, grandma, did you and grandfather and father com e to the west? Was it for personal safety or also with a mission in mind?” It’s such an old wound, our departure. How difficult a de cision to leave o n e ’s home! I explained to my grandson how bad the last few months of the war were, especially as Soviet representatives were capturing people to "return them ”. We didn’t return becau se we wanted to be live and active Ukrainians. Due to this, there was never a usage problem of the Ukrainian language in my son's home. No one ever reminded or threatened anyone. Both the parents and grandparents spoke a faithful, un-polluted language. Both my son and daughter-in- law have always been active in the Ukrainian community. You know, Mrs. Luba, after reading last month’s "Between Us and the T elephone,” one did indeed stop and think to try to understand why we have all com e west. Maybe, after we re member why, w e will tell our children and grandchildren... It may be worth our while to remind on eself of o n e ’s activities in the community. How much have we really done for the benefit of the Ukrainian community and how much of it has been for reasons of personal ambition? Gen. Hryhorenko spoke great words when he said that it is our assignm ent to constantly sway the public opinion and in all ways possible assist our brother-dissidents, many times sacrificing comfort and pleasure. Mrs. Luba, I s e e around us many, unfortunately, su ccessfu l attempts to break up our community. S om eon e is always trying to se e to it that we not have common assem blies. And again, I recall the words of Gen. Hryhorenko: "I’m amazed that you are all so divided here into so many small groups. Why do you not work together? If you would all organize and really work together and all belonged to one representative organization, then I, not heeding my advanced years, would proudly stand in the rows of such an organization, even if to just sw eep its floors. If only you would unite!” Since I have recently heard of many unproductive events in our community, I have, instead of my usual telephone conversation, given excerpts from a letter to my friend in another part of the USA. T hese questions are quite relevant, are they not? Lubow Kalynowycz FIRST MAJOR NATIONAL STUDY OF ETHNIC MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND ART GA L LE R IE S AT KENT S T A T E UNIVERSITY The Center for the Study of Ethnic Publications at Kent State University has been awarded a $37,761 grant from the U.S. Office of Education, Ethnic Heri tage Studies Program. "Preserving the Cultural Heritage: Ethnic Museums, Li braries, Archives and Art Galleries in the United S tates” is the title of the research project to be conducted by Dr. Lubomyr R. Wynar, project director, and Lois Butt- lar, assistant director. Dr. Wynar is Pro fessor of Library S cien ce and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnic Publi cations: Mrs. Buttlar is a librarian and a Ph.D. candidate in the C ollege of Edu cation at Kent State University. The major objectives of the project are to: 1) conduct the first com prehen sive national survey of ethnic museums, libraries, archives and art galleries in the U.S. in order to determine the nature and extent of their resources and special ser vices to the community and educational institutions: 2) prepare a comprehensive guide to such ethnic institutions covering over 70 ethnic groups, which will serve as a major reference tool for teachers, li brarians and students of ethnicity in lo cating ethnic resources and materials. The new em phasis on cultural pluralism in American education is based on recognition and appreciation of the na tion's rich variety of ethnic custom s, art, tradition, language and history. The preservation of the cultural heritage by individual ethnic groups in the United States is directly related to the re sou rces and programs of ethnic mu seum s, libraries, archives and art galleries in this country. Anyone interested in contributing to the project, or who has information about institutions which should be in cluded in this survey please write to: Dr. Lubomyr R. Wynar, Center for the Study of Ethnic Publications, S chool of Library Scien ce, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242. INFORMATION WANTED Under a contract from the Library of Congress, the John Edwards Memorial Foundation (University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024) is currently engaged in a survey of foreign language recordings made in the United States du ring the past 75 years. We are anxious to learn the names and addresses of record com panies that produced such recor dings — whether or not they are still acti ve. W ewould W elcome the help of your readers in obtaining such information, b ecause many small com panies do not advertise widely and it is difficult to find out about them: We would also appreciate any cata logs, flyers, or advertisements for foreign language records made in the U.S. (par ticularly folk and popular music), whether current or 70 years old, that your readers would be willing to contri bute to this project. (However — please write to us in English*) — N. Cohen. 22 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ЧЕРВЕНЬ 1978 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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