Guide to the Carpatho-Rusyn Society Records and Photographs, 1903-2002

Repository: Heinz History Center
Title: Carpatho-Rusyn Society Records and Photographs
Creator: Carpatho-Rusyn Society
Collection Number: MSS 796
Extent: 0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Date: 1903-2002
Abstract: The Carpatho-Rusyn Society was formed in Pittsburgh in 1994. The group promotes the culture of the Carpatho-Rusyn people of East Central Europe, both in the United States and in Europe. This collection contains materials documenting this culture in Western Pennsylvania particularly through materials from the Byzantine Catholic church community and the Carpatho-Rusyn Society.
Language: The material in this collection is in English .
Author: The guide to this collection was written by Stephanie Johnson.
Sponsor: This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher: Heinz History Center
Address: 1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

History

Founded in 1994, the Carpatho-Rusyn Society grew from a local group in Pittsburgh to a world wide organization dedicated to the promotion of Rusyn culture in the United States and in the East Central European homeland. They aim to collect, preserve, and disseminate historical, genealogical, linguistic, and ethno-cultural information about Carpatho-Rusyns. To aid in their mission the group purchased the former St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall in 2004 and opened the National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural Center.

Scope and Content Notes

Carpatho-Rusyn Society Records and Photographs contains bound materials, newsprint, and photographs pertaining to the history of the Carpatho-Rusyn ethnic group in Western Pennsylvania as well as the Carpatho-Rusyn society's activities. The bound material includes Byzantine Catholic prayer books in an unknown Slavic language and magazines published by the Greek Catholic Union. Among the paper materials are pamphlets, fliers, and programs for Carpatho-Rusyn cultural events, including those sponsored by the Carpatho-Rusyn Society. The collection also features newspapers published by Greek Catholic organizations and photographs of Carpatho-Rusyn groups.

Conditions Governing Access

None

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society in 2004.

Preferred Citation

Carpatho-Rusyn Society Records and Photographs, 1903-2002, MSS 796, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Stephanie Johnson in May 2012.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Separated Materials

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