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1. Joel Martin Halpern collection, 1870-2000

   approximately 3,100 items. 21 containers. 12 linear feet. approximately 720 documents (approximately 4,750 sheets). 16 sound cassettes : analog. 28 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in. and 7 in.. approximately 2,005 photocopies of photographs : black and white ; various sizes. 126 photographs : prints, black and white ; 5 x 7 in.. 57 photographs : prints, color ; 3.5 x 5 and 4 x 6 in.. 54 photographs : negatives, color ; 35 mm. 37 photographs : transparencies, color ; 35 mm. 26 plates : color. 20 drawings : ink, black and white. 1 drawing : ink and paint, color. 8 videocassettes (VHS) : analog ; 1/2 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Joel Martin Halpern Collection consists of various types of materials, both published and unpublished, related to the Halpern's ethnographic fieldwork and documentation of folk cultures in Eastern Europe, as well as their work with South Slavs in Ontario, Canada (Series 1) and Southeast Asia (Series 2). In addition, the collection includes Joel Martin Halpern's work in Alaska and Arctic Canada among the Inuit (Series 3), and miscellaneous manuscripts (Series 4).