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Gheorghe and Eugenia Popescu-Judetz collection, 1885-2010

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Series I: 1990-1996 Accruals (continued)
Moving Images
BOX 33 Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz, in street clothes, demonstrating Brîul and Barbuncul dances, 1966
1 reel, 8 mm, 100 ft., silent, black and white film
ID: AFC 1990/022: MV6
Filmed by Marty Koenig in Dobrudja, Romania. Koenig later gave this copy of the film to Eugenia Popescu-Judetz.
BOX 33 Informants Liana Tircolea and Gheorghe Covaci, dressed in costume, demonstrate a couple dance, Suita de pe Somes, 1955
1 reel, 16 mm, 55 ft., silent, black and white film
ID: AFC 1990/022: MV7
Filmed by Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz in Transylvania.
BOX 33 Various informants in costume, outdoor scenes, and panoramic views, 1955
1 reel, 8 mm, 86 ft., silent, black and white film
ID: AFC 1990/022: MV8
Filmed by Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz in Moldavia, Muntenia, and Oltenia.
Series II: Oral History Interview with Eugenia Popescu-Judetz conducted by Michelle Forner, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 29/196 Manuscripts, March 28-30, 1995
Questions, tape logs, and notes.
Sound Recordings
Nine audiocassettes
ID: AFC 1990/022: SR49-SR57
BOX-FOLDER 29/197 Graphic Materials
One sheet of black and white 35 mm negatives (36 images), one 8 x 10" black and white contact sheet, and four black and white 8 x 10" photographic prints
Moving Images
Five videocassettes, hi8
ID: AFC 1990/022: MV1-MV5
Series III: 1997 Accrual
BOX 40-49 FOLDER 203-254 Dance Notation
Twenty-four files
These dance notation files were added to the collection to complement the files in folders 33-156. The new files contain dance descriptions, dance typologies, field notes, and costume documentation. There is a folder on chants and lyrics from Strigaturi and an ethnography on the folk dances of Oltenia. New Years customs are documented here as well as folk theater from Moldavia. Included are monographic descriptions from the Bicaz, Muntenia, Moldavia, and Dobrdja region.
Dance Index
BOX-FOLDER 51/255-258 Listing 5
397 pages
A list of the dance names from Moldavia, Pitra Neamt and Bacau areas and a dance dictionary/glossary from the Bicaz area.
BOX-FOLDER 51/259-262 Listing 6
400 pages
Dance names and repertoire from Muntenia, Dobrudja, and Oltenia and a dance glossary of Briul.
BOX-FOLDER 51/263-264 Listing 7
257 pages
Dance dictionaries from Dobrudja and Banat, repertoire lists from Banat, and dance glossaries from Muntenia and Arges.
BOX-FOLDER 52/265-267 Listing 8
236 pages
Dance dictionary of Banat dances and repertoire lists from Dobrudja and Muntenia.
BOX-FOLDER 52/268-270 Listing 9
252 pages
Dance repertoire from Bacau area, Moldavia. This listing also contains indexes of names from Piatra Neamt, Moldavia and dance lists from North Moldavia.
BOX-FOLDER 52/271-274 Listing 10
313 pages
Dance repertoire lists from Muntenia, Pitesti, Dambovita, Faurei, Olt, Vedea, and Teleajen regions. This listing also holds an index/glossary of dances from Galati area.
BOX-FOLDER 53/275 Listing 11
101 pages
Dance dictionary from Dobrudja, dance name lists from South Transylvania, and dance lists from Oltenia and Olt areas of Muntenia.
BOX-FOLDER 53/276-277 Listing 12
Index cards and repertoire lists from all regions.
BOX-FOLDER 53/278 Listing 13
98 pages
Dance dictionary of the Bicaz area of Moldavia and graphs.
Ephemera
BOX-FOLDER 54/279 Publications
Dances, described and notated, published in the magazine Cultura Poporului and Indrumatorul. Originals and duplications.
BOX-FOLDER 54/280 Portfolio
Contains photographs, publicity, programs, and postcards.
BOX-FOLDER 54/281 Copies of printed materials
BOX 55 Oversized materials
Includes dance notations, dance index files, and ephemera
Series IV: 2004-2011 Accruals
Manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 54/282 Field notebooks with dance notation from all regions, 1960
BOX-FOLDER 54/283 Eugenia Popescu-Judetz, Three Comparative Essays on Turkish Music, published by Pan Yayincilik, 2010
BOX-FOLDER 54/284 Musical postcards
BOX 56 Index cards, 1885
33 envelopes
Contains information on dance names, instruments, seasonal customs, rituals, weddings, costumes, clothing, objects, tools and games, from Muntenia, Moldavia, Oltenia, Banat, and Transylvania regions. Collected by the linguist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. His complete collection is housed at the Library of Romanian Academy.
Artifacts
BOX 57 Plaque, 1989
Presented to Eugenia Popescu-Judetz in 1989 in memory of Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz for his lifelong dedication to Romanian Folk Dance from the Duquesne University Tamburitzans.

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