An archive accumulated page by page since 1996.
LEMKO.org is more than a set of articles. It is a large digital collection built across different eras of the Web. The remaster will make those collections easier to enter while preserving original files, links and historical context.
Main Archive
Enter the existing archive index and its preserved collections.
Photographic Collections
Historic people, villages, churches, festivals and community life.
Books
Digitized and referenced books preserved within LEMKO.org.
eBooks
Electronic publications and reading material from the collection.
Research & Scholarship
Academic papers and research concerning Lemko history and culture.
Audio & Video
Recordings and audiovisual material, including older formats preserved from earlier web eras.
Old technology is part of the archive too.
Preserve the originals
The site contains RealAudio/RealMedia, Flash, MIDI, older Java components and pages using several historical character encodings. Those originals should not simply be discarded because today's browsers no longer understand them.
Create modern access copies
Where practical, older audio, video and documents can later receive modern browser-friendly copies while the historical originals remain preserved. This separates access from preservation.
Images become more valuable when their stories remain attached.
A photograph is strongest when we preserve its date, place, people, source and context. The Peremozhne material is our model: image, inscription, testimony, chronology and video can reinforce one another.
As we modernize the archive, we can gradually add that context without altering the original historical files.
Different questions lead to different parts of the archive.
Photographs
People, villages, churches, festivals, landscapes and community documentation.
Books & Publications
Digitized books and longer-form material preserved in the collection.
Research
Academic and historical writing for visitors pursuing a subject in depth.
Maps
Geographic evidence for villages, boundaries, migration and family history.
Reminiscences
Personal memory and community testimony preserved alongside formal documentation.
Reading the Archive
A guide to distinguishing original sources, testimony, scholarship and editorial notes.
More preserved collections
Polish-language collection → · Zhiros / Vodica Web archive → · Personal collections → · Small & supporting collections →
More to explore
- Additional Archive Collections — Explore smaller and specialized collections preserved across LEMKO.org.
- Legacy Graphics — Browse surviving graphics and visual material from earlier generations of the site.
More to explore
- Opinions Archive — Enter the preserved opinions and commentary collection.
More to explore
- Julia Archive — Explore the preserved Julia collection.
- Kyczera Archive — Enter the preserved Kyczera collection.
- Mychaliw 2005 — Browse this preserved event/photo collection.
- Olchowiec 2006 — Explore the preserved Olchowiec collection.
- Watra 1990 — Enter the preserved 1990 Watra archive.
- Watra 2005 — Browse the preserved 2005 Watra collection.
More to explore
- Bortne Collection — Explore preserved material associated with Bortne.
Guides for visitors and researchers
Collection entrances
Several large preserved collections now have modern doorways while their original files and sequences remain intact.
- Art & Cultural Collections — Artists, customs, weddings, museum material and visual collections.
- Historical Atlas Collection — Enter the preserved atlas without renumbering its original pages.
- Bortne Collection — A visual entrance to the preserved Bortne photographic archive.