Title Page | Collection Summary | History of the Collection | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Joel Martin Halpern collection, 1870-2000 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1870-2000 |
Bulk Dates | 1950-1990 |
Call No. | AFC 1998/001 |
Creator | Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-2019; Kerewsky-Halpern, Barbara |
Extent (whole collection) | approximately 3,100 items |
Extent (whole collection) | 21 containers |
Extent (whole collection) | 12 linear feet |
Extent (manuscripts) | approximately 720 documents (approximately 4,750 sheets) |
Extent (sound recordings) | 16 sound cassettes : analog |
Extent (sound recordings) | 28 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in. and 7 in. |
Extent (graphic materials) | approximately 2,005 photocopies of photographs : black and white ; various sizes |
Extent (graphic materials) | 126 photographs : prints, black and white ; 5 x 7 in. |
Extent (graphic materials) | 57 photographs : prints, color ; 3.5 x 5 and 4 x 6 in. |
Extent (graphic materials) | 54 photographs : negatives, color ; 35 mm |
Extent (graphic materials) | 37 photographs : transparencies, color ; 35 mm |
Extent (graphic materials) | 26 plates : color |
Extent (graphic materials) | 20 drawings : ink, black and white |
Extent (graphic materials) | 1 drawing : ink and paint, color |
Extent (moving images) | 8 videocassettes (VHS) : analog ; 1/2 in. |
Language | Collection material is primarily in English, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Lao. Additional materials are in Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Inuktitut, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, and Vietnamese. |
Location | American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af021009 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004695182 |
Summary | The Joel Martin Halpern Collection consists of various types of materials, both published and unpublished, related to the Halpern's ethnographic fieldwork and documentation of folk cultures in Eastern Europe, as well as their work with South Slavs in Ontario,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). |