Letter from Joel M. Halpern to Nettie and Carl Halpern

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joel M. Halpern to Nettie and Carl Halpern
Description:
Field notes (pages 178-185, 187-192) by Joel and Barbara Halpern about Serbia. Include detailed descriptions of a wedding (wealthy peasant wedding) in a town around three hours away from Orsacs where they majority of their research was conducted. The notes include descriptions of the events prior to a wedding when a groom's family gathers the bride's things before she arrives. These notes also included discussion and description of a new village hall constructed in Orsacs. The notes are missing page 186 and there is a notation on page 185 to this effect. No information to indicate who provided the notation.
Creator:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Addressee:
Halpern, Carl, 1902-1986
Addressee:
Halpern, Nettie
Date:
December 8, 1953–December 12, 1953
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Genre:
Field notes
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Series:
Series 5E. Yugoslavia: Serbia
Subjects:
Anthropology--Serbia
Ethnology--Serbia
Brides--Serbia
Clothing and dress--Serbia
House furnishings--Serbia
Kolo (Dance)--Serbia
Marriage customs and rites--Serbia
Serbs--Social conditions
Water well drilling--Serbia
Wedding ceremony--Serbia
Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky
Halpern, Joel Martin
Places:
Serbia
Aranđelovac (Serbia)
Orašac (Serbia)
Extent:
15 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-rb-fn-i0019
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Serbia
Identifier:
mufs001-rb-fn-i0019