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This
is 'Larry's Desk', my site which will consist of various
articles, notations, and materials pertaining to a variety of interests
and subjects that I have encountered in my varied career. Having
been immersed in the Doukhobor milieu, both personally and professionally,
for decades, I have run into a wide range of information, much of
it being noteworthy, and I will be sharing this information with
visitors to this site. In reference to Doukhobor content, my intention
is not to present a history or a reference which is being ably done
elsewhere, but to present interesting side lights which may or may
not appear on other sites. In addition, there may be pieces pertaining
to my family and their lives, the Verigins and the Ewashens. I
hope you find this site interesting, and will come back and visit
from time to time to note new materials and its growing number
of historic documents and related over views of present day and
historical matters.
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| Larry A. Ewashen - Curriculum Vitae | |
| Hope History Conference, Bridging The Past | Larry Ewashen was a presenter at a recent conference in Hope entitled: Bridging the Past. A variety of topics dealing with the heritage and history of British Columbia were covered, from native residential... |
| The Day Of Love | February
12 saw a sizable crowd gathering at Tarrys Hall for the Canadian
Doukhobor Society sponsored Day of Love. |
| Hope History Conference | Larry
Ewashen will be presenting a paper on Doukhobor heritage and history
in BC at 2012 Hope History Conference, ‘Bridging the Past’
from March 2nd to 4th, 2012. |
| Play The Video | In
1977, Larry Ewashen was making a film called In Search of
Utopia, The Doukhobors. Frustrated by the government secrecy
regarding the death of Peter Verigin and their investigation, he
appealed to Robert Cooper of the CBC program, Ombudsman. This program
was the result. |
| The Legend of the Frank Slide | Intro:
Perhaps one shouldn't reinforce apocryphal stories, but like the
facts, they too can have a firm hold on one's fancy and one's roots.
As a young boy growing up on a farm north of Lundbreck, Alberta... |
| Music - A New Tab Added | As
promised, eventually new material would be added to this site, and
with the continuous coaxing and encouragement of others a Music
tab is now included... |
| Convicted But Not Convinced | Throughout
my career I have written much poetry and stories in addition to
archival and scholarly articles. With the pressures of paying work,
the latter two remained, the former two were moved to the back... |
| TAPS Christmas Choral Begins Rehearsals | The
TAPS Xmas Choral has now begun rehearsals. Shown
left to right, with more members to come, are... |
| Remembering Peter V. Verigin | On
Sunday, October 23, the 87th commemoration of the death of Peter
Vasilievich Verigin took place at the Brilliant Cultural Centre.
The mysterious and almost bizarre death of the beloved leader seemed
to... |
| Canadian
Doukhobor Society Annual General Meeting 2011 |
The
AGM took place on October 15, 2011. Following an opening prayer
the well-attended meeting commenced at 11:10. Various reports were
presented concerning the years events such as... |
| Folk Guitar Sessions Resume | 'Ever wished you could play guitar? Here is an opportunity for those in the Creston area |
| Handkerchief | Intro:
Various symbolic beliefs have been preserved and continue to this
day among the Doukhobors. In some cases the origins of these practices
are no longer relevant, and in others, are not even known... |
| In Russian and French Prisons | A review of Peter Kropotkin's In Russian and French Prisons by Larry Ewashen |
| 'That Appeals to Me' (I Love Creston July 2011 article) | The
writing is engaging but the subject is certainly fascinating to
begin with. There were parts I simply wanted to quote but my 250
word blog post won't can't catch it all. I suggest you simply read
it. |
| A Winner! | This
photograph of the Brilliant Suspension Bridge by Larry Ewashen was
awarded First Prize at the Creston Fall Fair. The category was Canadian
Historical Architecture |
| Peter’s Day 2011 | The
116th commemoration of Peter’s Day was held on July
26 at Verigin Memorial Park with an afternoon program at the Doukhobor
Discovery Centre... |
| The Doukhobors | A short summary/history of the Doukhobors written for BC History Magazine in 1998. |
| Peter Lordly Verigin, An Appreciation | First
written / published in booklet form in 1988, this is the revised
edition for Internet, published April 26/2011. |
| The Making Of The Doukhobor Suspension Bridge | The
possible preservation and restoration of the Brilliant Doukhobor
Suspension Bridge has been a subject for discussion and debate for
over fifty years. Now that it is successfully completed, we present
the history of the bridge in the following article: |
| Lev Tolstoy and the Doukhobors | Presentation at Tolstoy conference, September 22, 2010 |
| Goodbye to the DDC After 17 Great Years | Letter to the Editor, October 7th, 2010 |
| The Doukhobor Suspension Bridge | Article written for 'Articulate' magazine |
| Doukhobors and the Media | 'Doukhobors
and the Media' presented at the Learned Conference at the University
of Calgary, June 1994. 'Doukhobors and the Media' also
appears in the special issue on the Doukhobors (From Russia
With Love: The Doukhobors), published in the Canadian Ethnic
Studies journal, vol. XXVII, No. 3, 1995: 147-157. |
| C.C.U.B. Trust Fund | Although
many contemporary Doukhobor societies have received funding from
the C.C.U.B. Trust Fund, most are not aware of the origins of this
funding organization... |
| The
Changing Faces and Connections Of Doukhobor Culture |
'Changing
Faces of Doukhobor Culture'
was presented at Ottawa University on October 24, 1999 and then
published in the Proceedings of the conference papers. Published
as The Doukhobor Centenary in Canada. A multi-disciplinary perspective
on their unity and diversity. Ottawa, Ontario: Slavic Research
Group at the University of Ottawa and the Institute of Canadian
Studies at the University of Ottawa, 2000: 357-365. Edited by Andrew
Donskov, John Woodsworth and Chad Gaffield. |
| Helen Verigin Interviews | Helen Verigin was a life-long Doukhobor active member and enjoyed sharing... |
| 1919 Open Letter from James Mavor | |
| 1910 Report of General Meeting of the Doukhobor Community | Rare article first published in the Winnipeg Free Press in March, 1910. |
| The Spirit of 99 | This play was written at Yasnaya Polyana, the ancestral home and now museum of Leo Tolstoy near Tula, Russia, in 1994... |
