Lesia Kusyi
Candidate of Sciences in Social Communications, Scientific Researcher, Manuscript Department, Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv

The Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna” was founded in 1925 in the city of Stryi (now Lviv region) by the members of the 5th youth kuren named after Kniaz Yaroslav Osmomysl, who were students of the local gymnasium. In 1928, the name of the kuren was changed to the Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna”. From September 1930, when the Polish government officially banned the Ukrainian Plast until the beginning of World War II, members of the detachment operated underground, often under the threat of death or imprisonment. During the war, more than half of its members died with weapons in their hands in the ranks of the UPA, in the NKVD torture chambers, or in the fascist concent­ration camps. Those who survived, before the moscow invasion of 1944, left their native land and were forced to emigrate, ending up in displacement camps in Germany and Austria (1945–1950), and later, the majority moved to Ameri­ca. Thus, from 1950, the detachment’s headquarters were located in New York. Its members took an active part in the creation of Plast in the USA. Settlements of the Plast detachment «Chervona Kalyna» operated in Australia, Aust­ria, Argentina, England, Canada, Germany, and France. The organization’s goal was to promote the liberation of Ukraine from russian occupiers. After the declaration of independence of Ukraine in 1991, it revived its activities in Stryi.

Three generations of scouts created the archive of the detachment. It was founded in 1946 in Germany, as during the Polish rule, the detachment was prohibited, and it was only abroad that it became possible to start writing the history of its organization. The formation of the archive lasted until the end of 2006.

On February 25, 2007, the archive of the Plast detachment “Chervona Ka­lyna” (New York, 1925–2006) was transferred for permanent storage to the Manuscript department of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Uk­raine in Lviv. The archival holdings include books, periodicals, and serials published by the Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna” during 1947–2006. Until now, this archive, both as a complete documentary mass and individual groups of its documents, has not been the subject of separate research. The paper, for the first time, considers its structure and composition, providing a general characteristic.

Keywords: Plast, Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna”, archival holdings, Manuscript Department of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Uk­raine in Lviv.

1. Blahodiina diialnist plastovoho zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Charitab­le activities of the Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna”] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319 (Plastovyi zahin “Chervona Kalyna”, Niu-York, 1925–2006 rr.). Inventory 1. File 37. 68 fol. [in Ukr.].
2. Vidznachennia yuvileinykh dat – 25-ty, 50-ty ta 75-ty richchia vid dnia zasnuvannia zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Celebration of anniversaries – 25th, 50th and 75th anniversaries from the founding date of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna”] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 32. 61 fol. [in Ukr.].
3. Vidnovlennia diialnosti zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” v nezalezhnii Ukraini [Resumption of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna” in independent Ukraine] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 33. 249 fol. [in Ukr.].
4. Volnosty i Pryvilei II-ho kurenia USP zahonu “Chervona Kalyna”, dani i uvedeni v zhyttia v horodi Stryiu Halytskoi Volosty R.B. 1925 – ostatochno zatverdzheni na hori Makivka dnia 2 serpnia R. B. 1930 [Freedoms and Privi­leges of the 2-nd kuren of the USP detachment “Chervona Kalyna”, given and implemented in the city of Stryi, Galician Volost, 1925 – finally approved on mount Makivka on August 2, 1930] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 1. 2 fol. [in Ukr.].
5. Volnosty i Pryvilei zahonu “Chervona Kalyna”: proiekt Statutu, 2004 [Freedoms and Privileges of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna”: draft of Statu­te, 2004] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 4. 8 fol. [in Ukr.].
6. Volnosti y Pryvilei zahonu “Chervona Kalyna”, [1960] [Freedoms and Privileges of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna”], [1960] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 2. 8 fol. [in Ukr.].
7. Heneralni Rady plastovoho zahonu “Chervona Kalyna”, 1947–2005 [Ge­neral Councils of the Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna”, 1947–2005] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 5–27. [in Ukr.].
8. Diialnist 23-ho kurenia Uladu Starshykh Plastuniv (USP) ta robota yoho kerivnykh orhaniv [Activities of the 23rd kuren of the Senior Plast’s Council (USP) and the work of its governing bodies] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319 Inventory 1. File 29. 132 fol. [in Ukr.].
9. Diialnist zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” u 1925–1950 rr. [Activities of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna” in 1925–1950] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 31. 212 fol. [in Ukr.].
10. Diialnist 5-ho kurenia Uladu Plastuniv Senioriv (UPS) ta robota yoho kerivnykh orhaniv [Activities of the 5th kuren of the Senior Plast’s Regiment (UPS) and the work of its governing bodies] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 28. 73 fol. [in Ukr.].
11. Diialnist Starshyny zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Activities of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna” sergeant] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 30. 67 fol. [in Ukr.].
12. Zahin “Chervona Kalyna”: yuvileine vydannia plastovoho zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [do 75-littia vid dnia stvorennia] [The “Chervona Kalyna” detachment: an anniversary edition of the Plast detachment “Chervona Ka­lyna” [to the 75th anniversary of its creation]. Stryi : Niu-York, 2000. 299 p. [in Ukr.].
13. Lystuvannia chleniv plastovoho zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Corres­pondence of members of the Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna”] // LNNB Ukrainу im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 1–182. [in Ukr.].
14. Mandrivnyi tabir “Zahrava-2000”: zvit z provedennia [Traveling camp “Zagrava-2000”: report on the holding] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 33. Dodatok 1. [in Ukr.].
15. Materialy do zhyttiepysiv chleniv zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Materials for the biographies of members of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna”] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 38–68. [in Ukr.].
16. Myskiv Yu. Metodychni vkazivky dlia instruktoriv SVT’99 [Myskiv Yu. Methodological guidelines for instructors of SVT’99]. [Stryi, 1999. 9 s.] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 33. Dodatok 2. [in Ukr.].
17. Nekrolohy, spovishchennia pro pokhoron, posmertni zghadky ta inshi materialy z pryvodu smerti chleniv zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Obituaries, funeral notices, post-mortem mentions and other materials regarding the deaths of members of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna”] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 69–116. [in Ukr.].
18. Plastovyi zahin “Chervona Kalyna” v amerykanskii ta ukrainskii presi [The Plast detachment “Chervona Kalyna” in the american and ukrainian press] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 34. 47 fol. [in Ukr.].
19. Plastovi vechornytsi zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” [Plast party of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna”] // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 36. 62 fol. [in Ukr.].
20. Prava i Volnosti Menshoho tovarystva zahonu “Chervona Kalyna” 23-ho kurenia USP, [1960] [Rights and Freedoms of the Small society of the detachment “Chervona Kalyna” of the 23rd kuren USP, [1960] // LNNB Uk­rainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 3. 12 fol. [in Ukr.].
21. SVT: [Istoriia sportyvno-vyshkilnykh taboriv “Chervona Kalyna” u SSHA (1974–1993)] [SVT: [History of the “Chervona Kalyna” sports and school camps in the USA (1974–1993)]. [Niu-York, 1994]. 232 p. // LNNB Ukrainy im. V. Stefanyka. Vid. rukop. F. 319. Inventory 1. File 122. [in Ukr.].