Series consists of correspondence so designated by Sister Cornelia Mantyka, Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg Archives archivist in the 1980s, and Nick Yakimishyn, archivist from May 1991 to September 1993. There are many cards, congratulations, letters, and postcards, personal and professional, spanning both the vocational and administrative career of Metropolitan Maxim.
The material includes the notebooks, theses, and study material produced and used while Father Maxim studied with the Redemptorists in Belgium, to obtain his Baccalaureate of Theology in 1940, his Doctorate of Theology and his Licentiate in Oriental Languages and History in 1943, and the Maitre Agrege En Theologie for his two theses in 1947. Most of the study notebooks have been stored in file cabinets in the Archives since the time of Nick Yakimishyn. A number of them, however, found in the large green trunk, have been boxed, listed and with the rest of the material from the trunk. Except for the theses themselves which are typewritten in French, most of the papers are hand-written in French.
The series is comprised of eight reels of microfilm, produced in 1977 by the Saskatchewan Archives Board. Three reels of the "Redeemer's Voice Almanac," cover issues from 1936-1951, 1952-1961, 1964, and 1967-1977. Five reels of "Logos" include 1950-1976.
Metropolitan Maxim's father poses in a photo studio in this black and white photo postcard. Hand-written on the back, in Ukrainian: "Nove Selo, Mykyta Hermaniuk, born in 1880". At the time of this picture in 1936, he is 56 years old. At the time of his death (January 16, 1942), he was 62 years old. Unidentified location.
Bishop Basil Ladyka is in the centre of the photo, surrounded by clergy, religious and lay. Description hand-written in pencil on the back of the photo, in Ukrainian, states this is a send-off before Bishop Ladyka departs for Canada from Zhovkva, 1937.
Father Joseph Pulak with students, including the Holy Communion class of the Nativity of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Brandon, Manitoba, August 13, 1937. The church was known at the time as St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church. Black and white print in good condition with the photographer's stamp on the back.