Miron Dolot papers, 1915-2008

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Summary

Creators:
Dolot, Miron
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, notes, instructional materials, and printed matter relating to Ukrainian history and literature, the Ukrainian famine of 1932-1933, and the Ukrainian émigré community.
Extent:
22 manuscript boxes (6.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
Mainly in Ukrainian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Miron Dolot papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The materials include manuscripts and notes of Dolot's (Starow's) publications, including Execution by Hunger on the Ukrainian genocide and famine of 1932-1933. Other topics relating to Ukrainian history include the Winter War in Finland, the Ukrainian émigré community (especially displaced persons), Ukrainian national identity, history of Kievan Rus, Christianity in Ukraine, Ukrainian genocide, Ukraine under the Bolsheviks and Soviet Union, and Ukrainian writers and poets. Materials include correspondence, writings, notes, instructional materials, and printed matter, in Ukrainian, Russian, English, Finnish, and German.

Biographical / historical:

Miron Dolot is a pseudonym of Simon Starow, a Ukrainian-American writer and professor of Slavic languages. Starow was born in Ukraine to Ukrainian parents. His father was killed in 1919 for his loyalty to the Ukrainian Independent Republic while Starow was an infant. Starow served in the Soviet 44th Army Infantry Division during the Soviet-Finnish War on the Ukhta Front. He fled the Soviet Union to West Germany as a political refugee and lived in Frankfurt am Main, where he was a member of the Ukrainian émigré press, which he took an active part in until 1949, when he immigrated to the United States. From 1952 to 1955, Starow lived in Los Angeles and worked as a language instructor for the Voluntary Training Unit of the Marine Corps Reserve. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1954. In 1955 he moved to Monterey, California to work as Ukrainian language instructor at the Army Language School.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2015.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Miron Dolot papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US