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Stefan Shkymba

Calendar sources for the story of the first Lemko commercial recordings in America.

Shkymba in the original Lemko-Soyuz Calendars

These references lead directly to the digitized Calendar volumes preserved on LEMKO.org. The page references were identified from the original volumes by Walter Maksimovich.

Together they provide contemporary material, Shkymba's own later recollections, and a later remembrance of his work.

1929

1929 Lemko-Soyuz Calendar

Relevant page: 50

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1930

1930 Lemko-Soyuz Calendar

Relevant pages: 32–56

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1931

1931 Lemko-Soyuz Calendar

Relevant pages: 128–129

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1963

1963 Lemko-Soyuz Calendar

Relevant pages: 135–158

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1970

1970 Lemko-Soyuz Calendar

Relevant page: 55

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How to use the page references

The page numbers on this guide are the printed Calendar page numbers verified from the volumes. Because the scanned PDF may include covers and unnumbered preliminary pages, the PDF viewer's page counter may not match the printed number exactly. Open the volume and use the printed page number shown on the scanned page.

The story these sources support

The Calendar material can now be read alongside the surviving 1928–1930 recordings and the later Horbal–Maksimovich research. The detailed 1963 source is especially important for Shkymba's retrospective account of approaching OKeh Records and organizing the first recording sessions.

Early Lemko Recordings →   ·   All Lemko-Soyuz Calendars →