Нереалізовані видавничі проєкти Українського Генеалогічного і Гераль дичного Товариства

Abstract

The purpose of the research is determined by the necessity to identify, research, and analyze unrealized publishing projects of the Ukrainian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, which was created and operated in the environment of Ukrainian scientific emigration: "Scientific Collection of Works" and "Bibliographic Index of Ukrainian Emblematics". The research methodology is based on the principles of historicity, objectivity, systematicity, and scientificity. The research used general scientific (analysis and synthesis, classification) and historical (problematic-historical, comparative, chronological) methods. The scientific novelty is that for the first time unrealized publishing projects of the Ukrainian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, which could have an impact on the development of contemporary Ukrainian heraldry, genealogy, sphragistics, and vexillology, will be highlighted. Conclusions. Among the many tasks of the Ukrainian Genealogical and Heraldic Society were publishing projects, the implementation of which directly depended on the financial situation. Although the necessary materials were collected for the "Scientific Collection of Works", it was never published. Because of this, part of these texts were published on the pages of the UHA edition of The Ukrainian Historian journal. During 1969-1971, the Society began work on the preparation of the publication "Bibliographic Index of Ukrainian Emblems", which was supposed to contain more than 1,000 items of literature. However, only eight issues were published in a limited edition for members of the Society, which are of great importance today, because they systematized information on scientific works and research in the field of Ukrainian heraldry, sphragistics, vexillology, and numismatics for the first time. The unrealized publishing projects of the Society testified to objective problems that prevented historical science in the diaspora from developing to its full potential. Today, the analysis of the scientific and publishing activities of the Society and the republishing of individual works of the Society’s members is of great importance for Ukrainian heraldry and genealogy.