Scanned copies of 31 of Joel Halpern's publications on the Balkans, Yugoslavia, and Serbia from 1938 through 1996
Photographs from the Obrebski collection. Printed Inventory of the Indices Spyfiles: content of the Indices Spyfiles: correspondence with Yugoslavian officials (1 page)
Finding aid for the collection at the Folklife Center, The Library of Congress
Electronic copies of 62 of Joel Halpern’s publications
Electronic copies of 104 of Joel Halpern’s publications, grants, fieldnotes, and book reviews
Video file (SCN format) presenting the episode We Want Our Children Back of the network ABC about the problem of an Albanian Moslem family in Texas; Barbara Halpern is interviewed as an expert on Albanian culture.
Electronic copies of 147 of Joel Halpern’s grant applications, notes, fieldwork, and correspondence
Electronic copies of 20 of Joel Halpern’s indices and documents
A series of photographs in electronic format on CDs referred to by the donor as “Orašac 2006” taken by him and by his assistants from Graz (image files in JPG format)
Black and white photographs taken mainly in Labunište in 1962, with handwritten captions: I folder: Labunište, 45 photographs, from 210A through 254A; II folder: Labunište, 45 photographs, from 255A through 299A; III folder: Labunište, 45 photographs, from 300A through 344A; IV folder: Labunište, 45 photographs, from 345A through 389A; V folder: Labunište, 51 photographs, from 390A through 440A; VI folder: Globočica, Macedonia, 15 photographs, from 441A through 455A; Ščočivir, Macedonia, 3 photographs, from 456A through 458A; Labunište and Velešte, 16 unnumbered photographs.
Black and white photographs with handwritten and typed captions (photographs taken in the village of Bukovica, District of abljak, Montenegro in 1962: I folder: general view, vignettes, and transportation, 39 photographs, from Buk001 through Buk041;
II folder: house types, construction details, animal shelters, agriculture, and haying, 46 photographs, from Buk042 through Buk090;
III folder: market scenes, household chores, and vašar in abljak, 45 photographs, from Buk091 through Buk135; IV folder: vašar in abljak and weddings, 45 photographs, from Buk136 through Buk179; V folder: weddings, 45 photographs, from Buk180 through Buk225; VI folder: weddings, “Djurdjevdan,” “Zadušnica,” funeral, graveyard, and gypsy, 45 photographs, from Buk226 through Buk270; VII folder: random photographs, 27, presenting graveyard, gypsy, and commemorative fair, from Buk271 through Buk291
Black and white photographs with handwritten captions and colour postcards, presenting Maglaj and the surrounding areas, Bosnia. The time span is from the end of the 19th century through the 1960s. These photographs were purchased by J. Halpern at the Zemaljski Muzej in upča, Bosnia in 1964: I folder: Doboj, Maglaj, and epče, 35 photographs, from Bosnia001 through Bosnia 035; II folder: Maglaj and surrounding areas, 42 photographs, from Bosnia036 through Bosnia 077; III folder: Maglaj and surrounding areas, 33 photographs, from Bosnia078 through Bosnia110; IV folder: Maglaj and surrounding areas, special events: “Duhovi,” weddings, funerals, “vojnik-delegat,” 20 photographs, from Bosnia111 through Bosnia130; V folder: everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 53 photographs, no dates.
Villages: Bobovac, Lekenik, Orašac, Arandjelovac, Šenčur, Garaši, Telovik, Varoš Vrbica, Slovik, Vupasov, Plaskovac, Četvrtkovac, Stupnik, Bukovik, Topola, Vrbica, Banja, Kopljare, Stojnik, Belosavci, Svetice, Dubrovnik
Ph.D. Thesis by D.B. Rheubottom. The University of Rochester, 1971
A Finding aid for the Joel and Barbara K. Halpern’s archival collection at the University of Massachusetts (60 pages)
Electronic copies of black and white photographs;
Electronic copies of colour photographs from Yugoslavia: Croatia, Dalmatia, Slano, upča, Bosnia, and Dubrovnik taken in 1962 (17_001a through 17_104b); photocopied pages of handwritten descriptions of the photographs.
Electronic copies of colour photographs from Slovenia, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Croatia, Belgrade, and Serbia taken in 1964 (17_105a through 17_150b and 20_001a through 20_046b) ; photocopied pages of handwritten descriptions of the photographs.
Electronic copies of colour photographs from Slovenia, Belgrade, Serbia, Vojvodina, Arandjelovac, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bares, and Maglaj taken in 1964 (20_047a through 20_139b); photocopied pages of handwritten descriptions of the photographs.
Electronic copies of colour photographs from Slovenia, Bosnia, Maglaj, Novi Seher, Jablanica, and Breići taken in 1964 (20_140a through 20_150b and 21_001a through 21_084b); includes image files inventory and photocopied pages of handwritten descriptions of the photographs.
Electronic copies of colour photographs from Croatia, Dalmatia, Serbia, Titograd, Montenegro, Bosnia, upča, Novi Seher, Miločer, Ćilipi, and Dubrovnik taken in 1964 and 1967 (20_085a through 21_150b and 27A_001a through 27C_009b); includes image files inventory and photocopied pages of handwritten descriptions of the photographs.
Electronic copies of colour photographs from Orašac, Serbia, and Belgrade taken in 1967 and 1970 (27C_010a through 27E_020b and 37_001a through 37_054a); includes image files inventory and photocopied pages of handwritten descriptions of the photographs.