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Series 1: Herbert Halpert's fieldwork (continued)
Subseries 6: Southern recording trip and hillbilly records
BOX-FOLDER 16/6 Correspondence with Mrs. Ruth Saunders (Austin Harmon's daughter), 1978
Includes 1 photographic print (Kodak Land camera image) : color ; approx. 4 in. x 4 in.
Photo of Austin Harmon was taken in December 1977 when he was 77 years old .
BOX-FOLDER 16/7 Southern recording trip - information on contacts, informants, etc., 1939
BOX-FOLDER 16/8 Virginia texts and interviews, 1939
Texts from the Emory Hamilton collection and information on singers recorded by Herbert Halpert on the Southern recording trip
BOX-FOLDER 16/9 Hillbilly songs and records, 1936-1938, 1950, 1962, 1950, 1962
Drafts of two unpublished papers and correspondence (1937-38) with The American Scholar regarding a projected article
BOX-FOLDER 16/10 Hillbilly songs on records - interviews with producers, circa 1936
BOX-FOLDER 16/11 Hillbilly records from commercial catalogs - lists, circa 1936
Subseries 7: Folklore from various locations
BOX-FOLDER 16/12 Manchester, New Hampshire - folktales and miscellaneous, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 17/1 New Hampshire folktales, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 17/2 South Carolina folktales, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 17/3 Ohio folktales, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 17/4 Carlinville (Illinois) folklore, May 1959
From Warren S. Walker
BOX-FOLDER 17/5 Folklore of sports (Illinois manuscript), undated
BOX-FOLDER 17/6 Arkansas folklore, Fall 1960
BOX-FOLDER 17/7 Folktales and songs, 1951, 1996
From Mrs. Charles G. Woodbury, Washington, D.C.
BOX-FOLDER 17/8 Songs and stories, 1961
From Mrs. Charles G. Woodbury, Washington, D.C.
Subseries 8: Photographic materials
The photographic materials are listed in approximately the order in which they are housed within each folder. This series was processed by Carl Fleischhauer. Photo titles/captions were developed by Carl Fleischhauer and Marcia Segal, based on available information. Three photos are historic in nature, and believed to have been provided to Halpert by the informants. All others are the result of Halpert's own fieldwork.
BOX-FOLDER 77/11 Photographs provided by informants and their families
Charles Grant
1 photograph : print (from a copy negative), black and white ; 7 in. x 5 in.
Samuel Giberson
1 photograph : print (from a copy negative), black and white ; 8 in. x 5 in.
Mrs. Ella M. Francis, 1946
1 photograph : print (from the original negative), black and white ; 5 in. x 4 in.
BOX-FOLDER 77/12 Charles Bozarth
Charles Bozarth, Tabernacle, NJ, circa 1938
4 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 77/13 Stacy Bozarth
Stacy Bozarth, Buddtown, NJ, circa 1938
5 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 5 in. or smaller
One photo shows Stacy with a young girl.
BOX-FOLDER 77/14 Photographs from negative sleeves (1/3)
All photos were taken in New Jersey.
Mrs. Julaney Stevenson, of Retreat, NJ; photographed at Mt. Holly, NJ
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
John Webb, Pleasant Grove, near Whiting
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Mrs. Vesty Bell, near Colliers Mill, NJ
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 6 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Newbold Prickett, near Red Lion, Vincentown, NJ
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Frelen C. Bozarth, Hainsport, NJ
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Charles Tilton; unidentified woman
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Unidentified woman and (possibly) her second husband
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 6 in. x 6 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 77/15 Photographs from negative sleeves (2/3)
All photos were taken in New Jersey.
John Youmans, South Tom's River, NJ
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Anna Chamberlain, Ed Chamberlain (brother and sister)
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Ed Chamberlain
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
L-R: John Youmans, Anna Chamberlain, Ed Chamberlain
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 77/16 Photographs from negative sleeves (3/3)
All photos were taken in New Jersey.
Unidentified man, of Whitings (possibly a friend of John Webb)
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 1/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. or smaller
Tom Test, Browns Mills
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. or smaller
Mrs. Anne Pomelier
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 7 3/4 in. x 5 in. or smaller
Unidentified woman
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. or smaller
Mrs. Charles Parker
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. or smaller
Frank Reynolds
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 7 3/4 in. x 5 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 78/1 Grant Ivins and Charles Ivins
Charles H. Grant, at Colliers Mill, near New Egypt, NJ, 1938
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Charles Grant, Ivins Grant (brothers), at Colliers Mill, near New Egypt, NJ, 1938
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 78/2 Landscapes - New Jersey Pine Barrens
Pine Road, near Lakehurst, NJ, circa 1938-1939
3 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 7 in. x 5 in. or smaller
Possibly a road, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 in. x 5 in. or smaller
Small pond or other body of water, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 in. x 5 in. or smaller
Unidentified man, possibly a woodsman, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 in. x 5 in. or smaller
Unidentified man at charcoal pit, near Lakehurst, NJ, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 in. x 5 in. or smaller
River, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
3 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 7 3/4 in. x 5 in. or smaller
Road, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. or smaller
View through the trees, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in. or smaller
View looking down a road, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 3/4 in. x 5 in. or smaller
View of trees and brush, in the Pinelands, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 7 3/4 in. x 5 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 78/3 Photocopies of selected New Jersey photos, circa early 2000s
About 17 manuscript items
These may include images that were under consideration for a posthumous book about New Jersey folk tales. See afc2004008_halpert-pho_notes-mailEnv-xerx.pdf for further details.
BOX-FOLDER 78/4 Photographs without negatives
Charles Estel, near Hornerstown, NJ, circa 1938-1939
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 5 in. x 3 1/2 in. or smaller
Mrs. Lydia Gyderson, Mt. Holly, NJ, 1938
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
Mrs. Charles Parker, 4 Mile Circle, New Lisbon, NJ
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 78/5 Elvin Sweet, Magnolia, NJ, 1938
4 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
BOX-FOLDER 78/6 New York photo enlargements (1/2)
L-R: George Edwards, James Edwards, and Frank Edwards (Frank is James's father; George and Frank are cousins)
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
L-R: George Edwards, James Edwards (cousins)
2 photographs : print enlargements, black and white ; 8 in. x 10 in. or smaller
L-R: George Edwards, Mrs. and Mr. Charles Seeley
1 photograph : print enlargement, black and white ; 8 in. x 6 in. or smaller
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