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Brooklyn Rediscovery Folklife Study Project collection, 1980-1983

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Series 1: Giglio, Italian American traditions, 1980-1983 (continued)
BOX-GROUP 13/38 Giglio, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs by Martha Cooper (and possibly also, Sheldon Posen). Originals.
BOX-GROUP 14/41 Giglio, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly originals.
BOX-GROUP 14/42 Giglio, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 15/46 Giglio, 1982-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly originals.
BOX-GROUP 15/48-17/48 Giglio, 1981-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen and Martha Cooper. Originals and duplicates. Mixed content. Mostly for Brooklyn Folklife presentation.
BOX-GROUP 17/49-20/49 Giglio, 1981-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen and Martha Cooper. Mostly originals. Mixed content.
BOX-GROUP 20/52-21/52 Giglio, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly originals.
BOX-GROUP 21/55 Giglio, 1980-1984
35mm color slides
Some photographs likely by Sheldon Posen; others are captures of historical photographs of Giglio Feast, church, and families.
BOX-GROUP 21/57 Giglio, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Originals.
BOX-GROUP 21/59 Giglio, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen.
BOX-GROUP 14/44 Giglio and church, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 11/24 Bronx Giglio, 1981-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen.
BOX-GROUP 11/25 Old Giglio, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Color photographs of black-and-white photographs from older Giglio events.
BOX-GROUP 11/26 New Jersey Giglio, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen. Mostly originals.
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Questionnaire, 1981-1982
manuscripts
Questionnaire for participants of the Feast of St. Paulinus and the Giglio.
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Slide show, 1981-1984
manuscripts
Paper titled, "'It's in the Blood:' Dancing the Giglio in Brooklyn," with edits, notes, and correspondence.
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Miscellaneous, 1983-1984
manuscripts; 3 black-and-white photographic prints (8x10)
Research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlet from Giglio exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society, and still images relating to the Giglio. 3 35mm color slides were relocated to Box 21/61(numbered 61_001, 61_002, 61_003), 2 black-and-white copy negatives (35mm) and 6 black-and-white negatives (35mm) were relocated to Box 4, Folder 1, and 6 color negatives (35mm) were relocated to Box 5, Folder 1.
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 Miscellaneous, circa 1980s
37 color negatives (35mm)
Unidentified scenes from the Giglio festival. Photographer is unknown. Roll number: A059910. See also Box 5.
Series 2: Jewish traditions, 1981-1983
Manuscripts, photographs, and sound recordings about Jewish, specifically Hasidic, holidays and traditions. Includes documentation of a Hasidic Lubavitcher (movement of Hasidic Judaism) wedding, as well as materials about the Sukkot, Purim, and Passover holidays.
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Matza making, 1981-1983
manuscripts; 58 black-and-white photographic prints
Black-and-white photographic prints by Martha Cooper and "The Worlds of Brooklyn Matza Making," an edited paper by Sheldon Posen about matza making foodways traditions. Includes notes and script of play about matza making.
BOX-GROUP 8/12-9/12 Brooklyn Matza making, 1981-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs by Martha Cooper. Originals.
BOX-FOLDER 2/3-4 Hasidic Lubavitcher wedding I, 1981-1982
manuscripts; 69 black-and-white photographic prints; 18 black-and-white contact sheets.
Includes Hasidic (Lubavitch) wedding invitation and prayer book from wedding, as well as a story board about a Hasidic wedding. Black-and-white photographic prints and negatives of a Hasidic wedding, including images of the Kabbalat Panim (greeting of the bride and groom), the Chupah (canopy), and dancing. Contact sheet roll numbers 21042-1-21042-11; 21058-1-21057-7. 612 black-and-white negatives (35mm) were relocated to Box 4, Folder 2: roll numbers 21042-1-21042-11; 21058-1-21057-7.
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Hasidic Lubavitcher wedding II, 1982
manuscripts; 16 black-and-white phographic prints; 10 contact sheets.
Photographs of women taken by Martha Cooper; photographs of men taken by Sheldon Posen. Contact sheet roll numbers 21139-2, 21139-4, 21139-6, 21139-7, 21139-8; 21042-3, 21042-5; 21160-1, 21160-3, 21160-4. 274 black-and-white negatives (35mm) were relocated to Box 4, Folder 3: roll numbers 21139-2, 21139-4, 21139-6, 21139-7, 21139-8; 21160-1, 21160-3, 21160-4.
ITEM-ID AFC 2017/035: SR008 Hasidic wedding conversation I, 1982
1 cassette tape
Hassidic wedding conversation, tape 1. Conversation with Mordechai and Tsivia. MBRS shelf number: RYQ 2409
ITEM-ID SR009 Hasidic wedding conversation II, 1982
1 cassette tape
Hassidic wedding conversation, tape 2. Conversation with Mordechai and Tsivia. MBRS shelf number: RYQ 2410
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Hasids and chickens, 1981-1983
21 black-and-white photographic prints; 4 black-and-white contact sheets.
Photographic material by Martha Cooper of kapparot ceremony, ritual between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur to transfer a person's sins to a chicken. Contact sheet roll numbers 17195-1, 17195-2, 17195-3; 17272. 90 black-and-white negatives (35mm) were relocated to Box 4, Folder 4: roll numbers 17195-1, 17195-2, 17195-3; 5826-3.
BOX-GROUP 6/01 Sukkot, Essex Street Market, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen and Martha Cooper. Photographs of the Essex Street Market in preparation for the Sukkot holiday. Includes documentation of a Hasidic Lubavitcher wedding, as well as materials about Sukkot, Purim, and Passover.
BOX-GROUP 11/23 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen and Martha Cooper. Originals and duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 11/28-12/28 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Originals and duplicates. Mixed content.
BOX-GROUP 12/33-13/33 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 13/36 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Originals and duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 14/40 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 14/45-15/45 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly duplicates.
BOX-GROUP 15/47 Sukkot, 1981-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen and Martha Cooper. Mostly originals.
BOX-GROUP 20/50 Sukkot, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly originals.
BOX-GROUP 21/53 Sukkot, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Images from a market selling Lulav and Etrog (likely Essex Street Market), two of the Four Species used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
BOX-GROUP 12/29 Sukkot and tabernacle, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Mostly duplicates. Sukkot traditions and an ornate Jewish temple (tabernacle).
BOX-GROUP 7/06 Purim, 1980-1983
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Originals.
BOX-GROUP 21/58 Purim, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs likely by Sheldon Posen. Originals.
BOX-GROUP 10/22-11/22 Hebrew writing, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs by Sheldon Posen and Martha Cooper. Ushpizin.
BOX-GROUP 13/39-14/39 Hasidic content, 1980-1981
35mm color slides
Photographs by Martha Cooper. Mixed content.
BOX-GROUP 14/43 Hasidic content, 1980-1982
35mm color slides
Photographs by Martha Cooper and Sheldon Posen. Mixed content.
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