Complex characteristics and systematization of the source base of the problem, which allowed us to investigate scientific­pedagogical and public­political activity of the famous Ukrainian scientist, pedagogue Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Gerynovych (1900­s – 1940­s.) have been done in the article. The source base of the research consists of the complex of different published, and also promulgated for the first time archival documents, materials from the funds of six archives of Ukraine: Central state archive of higher organs of power of Ukraine, Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine city of Lviv, State archive of secret service of Ukraine, State archives of Lviv and Khmelnytskyi regions, Institute of manuscripts of the National library of Ukraine named after V.I.Vernadskyi, and also State archive of Vologda region (Russian Federation). Significant place in the study of scientific­pedagogical and public activity of the scientists belongs to Ukrainian periodicals of 1906­1930­s, which reflects practically all stages of creative way of the scientist. Works of V. Gerynovych on the geography of Ukraine are of great importance for the study of creative heritage of the scientist. They witness the scientist’s contribution into geographical science and the methodology of its teaching. Specific­research method of investigation played the important role. It provided for finding, selection, theoretic analysis, synthesis, actualization, classification, generalization of the archival and published sources on the problem under research. Exposition of the found sources was to give us complete information and understanding of the whole path of life of the scientist. Dispersed state of the source base of the problem is stipulated by versatility of activity of Volodymyr Gerynovych, connections with the functioning of the society itself.