Unpublished bibliographic index dedicated to Pavlo Tychyna

Aim of the article. The article focuses on analyzing the manuscript of the unpublished bibliographic index “P. H. Tychyna. 1917–1971" (Kyiv, 1974) prepared for publication at the Central Scientific Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine). The purpose of the present research is to study the structure and contents of the index in order to find out the reasons why it was not published and not made available for the general public so far. The research methodology is based on the use of historical and comparative methods and source analysis. Historical and typological as well as historical and chronological methods have been also used. This methodological approach allows to thoroughly analyze the text of the index together with the previously published bibliographic manuals dedicated to Pavlo Tychyna with the aim of assessing their information capacity in order to objectively represent his factual biography as a poet. The scientific novelty of this research lies in the fact that the information about this personal bibliographic index has been introduced for scientific use for the first time. It has been proved that the authors of the index (Ivan Boiko, Yevheniya Kara, Кateryna Skokan) did a great research work by thoroughly compiling bibliographic index dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian poet, researcher and public figure Pavlo H. Tychyna (with total of 4,620 bibliographic records included). The index, prepared in a highly professional manner, was recommended for publishing, but taken on ideological grounds and complicated socio-political atmosphere of totalitarianism in Ukraine in the 1970's it did not see the light of day. Conclusions. The manuscript under study that covers publications of the poet's literary and research heritage as well as works on his life and creative legacy, published during the period from 1912 to 1972, constitutes a well-grounded basis for creating Pavlo Tychyna's full-fledged bibliographic index. Moreover, a full-scale bibliographic database can be established by using modern information technologies. In order to ensure the completeness, objectivity and reliability of the life and work study of the outstanding Ukrainian poet Pavlo Tychyna it is important that this bibliographic index should cover as complete source base as possible, in particular with foreign publications, including those by Ukrainian diaspora.