Series includes correspondence representing all aspects of Škorić’s life and work, including personal and professional exchanges with colleagues, family, and friends both in North America and Europe. Given the degree to which the material covers multiple aspects of Skoric’s activities, this series also includes correspondence with various members of both the executive board and membership of the Serbian heritage Academy’s (SHA) Canadian and American factions. Similarly, material covers exchanges with the Serbian Academy of Arts & Sciences (SANU).Please see file listing for additional details.

Series includes Škorić’s professional projects connected to her work as a librarian, and more generally, as a researcher and author. These activities span from her CIDA-funded work consulting on library modernization projects to her translation work. While most projects represented in this series were developed independent of the many Serbian-Canadian organizations for which she volunteered and worked, there exists some overlap given her many interests and roles. One example is research material related to her 1987 book, Serbs in Ontario, co-authored with George Vid Tomashevich and published by the Serbian Heritage Academy. Project are represented through personal and professional correspondence, handwritten notes, travel documentation, and publication drafts.Please see file listing for additional details.

Series consists of material related to Škorić’s positions at the University of Toronto. The majority of files document Škorić’s curatorial project, Thank you, Canadians!, an exhibit commemorating the service of Canadian medical workers in Serbia during World War I. Thank you, Canadians! was praised for its recognition of Canadian-Serbian relations and has been memorialized with plaques in Canada and Serbia. Also included is documentation of the 1981 conference with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, the Munk School’s Centre for Eastern European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES), Democracy and Parliamentarism: The 100th Anniversary of the Serbian Radical Party 1881-1981Overall, material spans textual and photographic material from early in of Škorić’s career at the University of Toronto Libraries to her retirement in 2002. Files contains examples of cataloguing, reference, and bibliographic work in the library, in addition to library correspondence. Škorić’s early activism and community work was achieved through usage of University of Toronto facilities and leveraging her professional connections. Materials included contain examples of events held at UofT and contact with colleagues.Please see file listing for additional details.

Series consists of documentation of Škorić’s involvement in multiple national and international organizations, such as the Serbian Women’s Organization, North American Society of Serbian Studies, Serbian Unity Congress, the publishing house, the Serbian Literary Company. Records predominantly document the Association of Serbian Women (ASW) and include correspondence, meeting minutes, presentation notes, and planning documents for events, including a visit from Sanda Raskovic, former Serbian politician. Records also cover Škorić’s interest in Serbian literary and cultural production both in Serbia and North America, linguistics papers, and translations of Serbian works.Please see file listing for additional details.

Series documents Škorić’s roles with the Serbian Heritage Academy over three decades. It contains organizational records of the executive committee: financial records, minutes, and correspondence; membership information, buildings and renovation projects (2381 Dundas St. W), events, exhibits, and publication information. Multiple projects and initiatives are represented, included Škorić’s Nikola Pašić research, which is also documented in Series 2.Škorić’s commitment to collaboration and maintaining contact with many prominent Serbian individuals and communities contributed to the SHA’s ability to establish itself as a serious Serbian cultural establishment. Correspondence in this series includes communication with Nicholas Pašić, Alex N. Dragnich, George Vid Tomashevich (Tomašević), Matija Bećković, Milovan Djilas, UofT Professors Emeriti Gleb Žekulin and Milan Surdučki, and members of the Matica Srpska.Please see file listing for additional details.

Series contains a variety of documentation and media related to the Serbian-Canadian community and Serbia and Yugoslavia, including newspaper and journal articles, promotional material, photographs of Serbian community events in Toronto, Windsor, and other areas of Ontario. Contains material that highlights the achievements of the SHA and members of the Serbian-Canadian community, as well as material for events relevant to the community or to Serbia more broadly. Material also includes a wide range of academic and journalistic materials documenting the Yugoslav Wars, including NATO’s bombing of Serbia and articles highlighting the struggle faced by Serbians, particularly Serbian women.Digital files consists of a WordPerfect digital manuscript, ca. 1994-1995, *History of the Serbs in Croatia and Slavonia (1848-1914)* by Vasilije Krestić; translated by Margot and Boško Milosavljević. Files were originally on two 3.5 inch floppy disks.

Series consists of photographs related to various aspects of Sofija Škorić’s work. Included are portraits, images documenting events (both at UofT and SHA), and images of the Serbian community used for her research and writing.Please see file listing for additional details.