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Joseph Boyko fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1941-1978].

Reference:

R14905-0-X-E, MG31-K23

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

190656

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Joseph Boyko fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1941-1978].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

ca. 2.8 m of textual records.
photographs.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Ukrainian, German

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The Boyko fonds is a representative example of a successful immigrant who came as part of the third wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada. This wave of immigration settled almost entirely in the industrial areas of Eastern Canada. His papers provide an example of the range of political and community interests that were shared by many other Ukrainian immigrants.

It documents the history of Ukrainians in Canadians in the post-World War II period especially the economic evolution of the community in the Toronto area and the development of the ethnocultural role in Canadian politics.

Fonds consists of correspondence, financial reports, notes, minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, photographs and related material.

The series of correspondence and some other archival material are not complete and there are significant gaps in the collection.

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Boyko, Joseph, 1912-1982
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Boyko, Joseph, 1912-1982

Boyko, Joseph, 1912-1982 Archives
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Boyko, Joseph, 1912-1982 : Joseph Boyko was born on 6 July 1912 in Telacze, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He received a legal education at the University of Lwow and began to practice law in l936 in Poland. He was also involved in the Cooperative Banks and the Cooperative Movement. Towards the end of the Second World War he fled to Austria where he received his doctorate in law from the University of Innsbruck in 1946. He lived in Austria for four years before emigrating to Canada in 1949 as part of the third-wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada.

In Canada he worked as a welder and real estate salesman. He did not return to the legal profession since he felt that it required a perfect knowledge of English. In 1949 as Secretary of the Ukrainian Catholic Action he organized the First Catholic Congress of Eastern Canada. Among the resolutions of this Congress was the motion to establish credit unions in each parish. Dr. Boyko refused to accept any position in any new credit union to avoid comment that he was preparing a position for himself.

In 1952-1954 he studied Slavic Studies at the University of Ottawa. During the 'boom years' of the l950's when the Ukrainian Displaced Persons were buying their first homes in the Toronto area, Joseph boyko's real estate firm grew and prospered. He became interested in Canadian politics and maintained contacts with politicians particularly from the Liberal Party. He was also active in a large number of community organizations and held executive positions in the Ukrainian Professional and Businessmen's Association and the Ukrainian Canadian Committee. In 1965 he was recommended by many Ukrainian community leaders for a Senate seat in recognition for his services to the Ukrainian community.

He continued his involvement in the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Ukrainian community in the Toronto area until his death on 10 October 1982.

Finding aid:

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list of volumes 1 to 12. MSS2137 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000661.pdf

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General note:

The Boyko fonds was presented in 1984 and 1985 by Dana Boyko and Tania Melnyk respectively.
Subject heading:

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Immigrants Canada

Ukrainian Canadians

Immigrants Canada Archives

Canadiens d'origine ukrainienne
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1984/0251
1985/0415
MG31-K23

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-K23
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 K 23] 1--20

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 2137] 154

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 K 23] 12

[Consultation 90 Open]

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