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Series 1: Eastern European materials, 1870-1999 (continued)
Subseries 2: Sound recordings, 1954-1986 (continued)
Traditional Song in South-Western Bulgaria: Songs for Various Functions," December 1980-February 1981 (continued)
Recorded in Bulgaria.
Item ID: AFC 1998/001: SR045 "The Bistritsa Babi"
1 audiocassette (90 minutes)
A group of village women ("grandmothers") from Bistrica, Sofia, Bulgaria. Members of a well-known folksong group which toured the United States.
Item ID: AFC 1998/001: SR047 "Ranjenadusa Edin Kulenovi"
1 audiocassette (60 minutes)
Subseries 3: Graphic materials, 1870-1999
Bulgaria, late 1800s-1997
Joel Martin Halpern's original black-and-white photograph inventory is filed in the front of this group of photographs; for the typewritten inventory please see Box-Folder 1/3 entitled "Black-and-White Photograph Inventory"
BOX-FOLDER 13/156 Photographs from the Ethnographic Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria, circa late 1800s-early 1900s, circa 1940s-1960s, November 14, 1997
126 photographic prints, black and white, 5x7 inch
2 lists
Prints depict Bulgarian subjects from late 19th and early 20th century. Captions handwritten in Bulgarian on verso of each print. Prints appear to be created circa 1940s-1960s. Handwritten list of photograph captions translated from Bulgarian into English by Dr. Elena Mustakova-Possardt, Psychology Dept., State University of West Georgia, Carrolton, Ga. (not in numerical order), dated November 1997. Also a typed list of photograph captions (in numerical order).
Numbered from #1 to #148. (Some numbers missing.)
BOX 13 Slides of the village of Raduil, Bulgaria, September 1996
Photographer: Joel Martin Halpern
37 photographic transparencies, color, 35mm slide
Includes scenes of wool washing and a birthday party. Printed by University Photographic Services, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Note on media: "Village researched by folklorist Prof Klaus Roth, Univ. of Munich."
BOX-FOLDER 13/157 Photocopies of photographs of Bulgarian and/or Yugoslavian scenes (1)
21 photocopies of photographs
1 document
Contains the same images as Box-Folder 13/158 but missing photocopies 1-13.
BOX-FOLDER 13/158 Photocopies of photographs of Bulgarian and/or Yugoslavian scenes (2)
34 photocopies of photographs
1 list
1 document
Assembled by Joel Martin Halpern to be used in a presentation. Includes captions.
BOX-FOLDER 14/163 Bistrica village costume. Bulgaria
1 drawing, ink and paint, color
Yugoslavia and Albania, 1870-1999
Joel Martin Halpern's original color photograph inventory is filed in the front of this group of photographs; for the typewritten inventory, please see Box-Folder 1/4 entitled "Color Photograph Inventory."
Digitized copies of some images are on deposit at the Library of Congress, provided by Joel Martin Halpern (see Box-Folders 14/159-14/160). Some items provide guides to collection of digitized images presented by Joel Martin Halpern to the Library of Congress.
BOX-FOLDER 14/159 Photocopies of photographs made from negatives at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
80 photocopies of photographs
1 list
Images depict modern Yugoslavian scenes. From negatives. Includes an 8-page list of typed captions in Serbo-Croatian; some captions have a handwritten English translation.
BOX-FOLDER 14/160 Photographs of modern Yugoslavian scenes
54 photographic prints, color, 3.5x5 inch
54 photographic negatives, color, 35mm
1 list
Images in 4 photo rolls depict modern Yugoslavian scenes. Includes photo-identification guide compiled by AFC staff.
BOX-FOLDER 14/161 Photograph of Albanian architecture
1 photographic print, color, 4x6 inch
1 list
Includes notes.
BOX-FOLDER 14/162 Photographs of Balkan Music Ensemble in native costume
2 photographic prints, color, 3.5x5 inch
2 documents
Includes program and brochures.
BOX-FOLDER 15/164 Photocopies of photographs of Bosnia-Doboj, Zepce, Odzak, Tesanj, Maglaj; Vojvodina, 1930s-1960s
130 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/165 Photocopies of photographs of former Yugoslavia-Area of Zabaljak, near Mt. Durmitor, Montenegro, 1961
291 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/166 Photocopies of photographs of former Yugoslavia, 1961-1962
428 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/167 Photocopies of photographs of former Yugoslavia-Zupca (Bosnia village), 1962
136 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/168 Photocopies of photographs of former Yugoslavia, August 1962
47 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/169 Photocopies of photographs of Macedonia-Struga district, 1962
108 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/170 Photocopies of photographs of former Yugoslavia-Orasac, Summer 1966
38 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 15/171 Photocopies of photographs of former Yugoslavia-Orasac and Arandjelovac in Serbia, 1970
104 photocopies of photographs
BOX-FOLDER 17/172 (Oversize) Color plates of Serbian traditional costumes from the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, undated, circa 1950s-1990s
5 plates, color
Mounted on black poster board, bound together with yarn. Images may date from the 1930s. Plates appear to have been printed in the 1950s-1990s.
BOX-FOLDER 17/174 (Oversize) Color plates in Die Serben an der Adria. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1870-1878, undated
9 plates, color
Yugoslavian traditional costume. Bound in portfolio. Booklet covers are imprinted 1870-1878. Plates are undated.
BOX-FOLDER 17/175 (Oversize) Color plates in Stari Zagreb
12 plates, color
Scenes of Zagreb. Mounted in a portfolio, with table of contents.
BOX-FOLDER 17/176 (Oversize) Black-and-white drawings in Deroko, A. Narodno neimarstvo. Institut za Narodnu Umetnost Beogradskog Univerziteta, 1940
20 drawings, ink, black and white
Traditional architecture. Collected in a portfolio.
Subseries 4: Moving images, 1986-1988
Item ID: AFC 1998/001: MV04 Halperns in Orasac, October 27, 1986
Producer: TV Beograd
Previous ID: AFC 1998/001: VT004
1 videocassette (120 minutes)
See also MV05, MV06, SR030, and Box-Folder 1/8
Documentary depicting the Halperns in Orasac, Serbia, produced by Belgrade Television. Master dub, English audio. Note on media: "Incomplete begins [illegible]."
Item ID: AFC 1998/001: MV05 Halpernovi u Orasacu, 1986
Producer: TV Beograd
Previous ID: AFC 1998/001: VT005
1 videocassette (60 minutes)
See also MV04, MV06, SR030, and Box-Folder 1/8
Documentary depicting the Halperns in Orasac, Serbia, produced by Belgrade Television. Taped from broadcast by Milan Grba in Beta. Notes on media: credits.
Item ID: AFC 1998/001: MV06 Slideshow of the making of Halperns in Orasac; with A Serbian Village, January 7, 1988
Previous ID: AFC 1998/001: VT006
1 videocassette (120 minutes)
See also MV04, MV05, SR030, and Box-Folder 1/8
Slideshow documenting the making of Halperns in Orasac. Notes on media: "U Mass 01/07/88 JMH + BKH slide + video / A Serbian Village;" and "JMH-BKH Slide Pres. UMass. Audio/Vis."
Series 2: Southeast Asian materials, 1957-2000
Subseries 1: Manuscript materials, 1957-1987
Dates in this series usually refer to publication dates; the collection contains many photocopies of publications, with some originals.
Joel Martin Halpern: Unpublished texts, 1957
BOX-FOLDER 18/177 Halpern, Joel Martin. "Trip with the Prince." (Prince Phetserath, Viceroy of Laos), 1957
1 folder of manuscripts
Joel Martin Halpern: Published texts, 1978-1992
BOX-FOLDER 18/178 Brafman, Fred. "The Village of the Deep Pond, Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos." Edited by James A. Hafner and Joel Martin Halpern. Amherst: International Area Studies Programs, University of Massachusetts: 48 pages, 1978
1 folder of manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 18/179 Brafman, Fred. "The Old Man: a Biographical Account of a Lao Villager." Introduced and edited by Joel Martin Halpern and James Hafner. Amherst: International Area Studies Programs, University of Massachusetts: 49 pages, 1979
1 folder of manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 18/180 A Bibliography of Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese Americans. Edited by Joel Martin Halpern and Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem. Amherst: Asian Studies Program, University of Massachusetts: 141 pages, 1992
1 folder of manuscripts
Joel Martin Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern: Published texts, 1964-1987
BOX-FOLDER 18/181 Halpern, Joel, and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern. "Laos and America: a Retrospective View." South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2, Spring 1964
1 folder of manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 18/182 Hofner, James A., Joel Martin Halpern, and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern. "River Road through Laos: Reflections of the Mekong." Amherst: International Area Studies Programs, University of Massachusetts: 76 pages, 1983
1 folder of manuscripts
BOX-FOLDER 18/183 A Far World Comes Near: the Kingdom of Laos and Laotian American: an Exhibition of Laotian Arts and Culture. Amherst: Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts: Apr. 1-Apr.17, 1987, publication prepared by Joel Martin Halpern and featuring the Laos photographs of Joel Martin Halpern and Sam Pettengill's photos of Laos in Western Massachusetts: 16 pages, 1987
1 folder of manuscripts
Subseries 2: Sound recordings, 1957-1958
Intentional gap in numbers
Item ID: AFC 1998/001: SR007 Lao Boun celebration, Luang Prabang, Laos, 1957
1 reel-to-reel tape (7 inch)
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