У статті проаналізовано зміст і визначено джерельне значення листів українського етнографа, мистецтвознавця і фольклориста П.Я. Литвинової-Бартош, що зберігаються в Інституті
рукопису НБУ. Листи адресовані українським письменникам і громадським діячам (М. Біляшівському, Б. Грінченку, М. Бережкову).
The part of the epistolary heritage of P.Ya. Lytvynova-Bartosh, the
prominent Ukrainian ethnographer, art critic, and folklorist of the second
half of the 19th – beginning 20th century is analyzed in article. She was
known as a researcher of the culture and everyday life of Ukrainians from
Polissia, and cooperated with many scientific institutions and famous
scientists and public figures of her time. To date the thematically diverse
creative heritage of P. Lytvynova remains under-researched and not properly
evaluated. The figure of the ethnographer is little known.
The artistic manuscript and epistolary heritage of the researcher is
stored in the funds of the M. Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folklore
Studies and Ethnology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute
of Archeology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of
Manuscript of the V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. (in text
referred to as IM NBU), National Museum of History of Ukraine.
Contest and source potential of letters of P. Ya. Lytvynova are analyzed
and determined in article. These letters are kept at the Institute of
Manuscripts of V.I. Vernadskyi National library of Ukraine (found III
and XXXI). Letters addressed to Ukrainian writers and public figures –
M. Biliashivskyi, B. Hrinchenko, M. Berezhkov. The researcher’s letters are
an important source for exploring her life and scientific and public activities.
In addition to the article, three letters of P. Ya. Lytvynova addressed to
M. Bilyashivsky and M. Berezhkov are published. The letters are printed
for the first time.
The letters are printed from the originals, the language, stylistic features
and the author’s vocabulary of the text are preserved. Information about
the place where documents were stored was added to the texts.
