Papers, 1948-1979.

The collection consists of papers and a scrapbook. The papers include biographical material, personal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts.

There are several unpublished autobiographical and published biographical sketches about Nestorovych and his family. His personal documents include baptismal and school certificates, diplomas, and honorary decrees. Arranged chronologically, the general correspondence relates primarily to Nestorovych's work on a novel about the forced resettlement of Ukrainians in the Far East, and on a history of Ukrainian merchants and manufacturers in Western Ukraine. The general correspondence is followed by material concerning his involvement in the publication of the Entsyklopediia Ukraïnoznavstva; participation in the Union of Ukrainian Merchants and Entrepreneurs (SUKiP); publication of his own works Sertse i burevii and Ukraïns'ki kuptsi i promyslovtsi v Zakhidnii Ukraïni, 1920-1945; and membership on the Jubilee Committee of the 100th anniversary of the Academic Gymnasium of Lviv. The series of articles were written by Nestorovych and are either speeches delivered to the Literary-Artistic Club in Detroit or articles published in the émigré press, such as Svoboda. There is also a manuscript of an unpublished work entitled "Vtechi vid Sovietiv" (Escape from the Soviets).

The scrapbook was kept by Nestorovych during his years as bookkeeper for the World's YMCA-YWCA for Displaced Persons in the British zone of Germany from 1948 to 1950. Its pages include autographs and letters from representatives and staff of the World's YMCA-YWCA. In addition, the scrapbook contains photographs of the World's YMCA-YWCA training centers in Neustadt and Horneburg, including images from the YMCA-YWCA leader's conferences held in Horneburg and Neustadt; photographs of joint conferences of Ukrainian YMCA-YWCA leaders from the American and British zone held in Regensburg, Horneburg, and Delmenhorst; photographs of Ukrainians at Displaced Persons camps in Burgdorf, Delmenhorst, and Neugraben; and photographs of Volodymyr Nestorovych and his wife. Among the photographs of Ukrainians in DP camps, those of particular interest include: an elementary school in the DP Camp Westerflug in Delmenhorst; a ceremony remembering Ukrainian heroes at the DP Camp Vancouver Barracks in Delmenhorst; a chess game portraying the struggle of Ukrainians against the Turks involving live players at the DP Camp Vancouver Barracks in Delmenhorst; a performance of the operetta Natalka Poltavka at the DP Camp in Delmenhorst; and portraits of Vasyl Ryzhevskyi, Head of the Ukrainian YMCA-YWCA in the British zone of Germany.