Joel M. Halpern Research Materials and News Reports on the Former Yugoslavia, 1953-1997
27 records storage boxes, 2 archives boxes (28 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
One of the boxes in the collection is restricted until July 1, 2020. Otherwise, there is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Joel M. Halpern (b. 1929), American anthropologist, was professor of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1968 until his retirement in 1992. Throughout his career he conducted field research in many countries, including the U.S. (Alaska), Yugoslavia, Sweden, the Soviet Union, Greece, Israel, India, Bulgaria, Canada, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. In 1953-54 and again in 1961-62, 1964, 1978 and 1986, Halpern and his wife Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern traveled to and resided in various parts of the former Yugoslavia, where they studied Serbian village folk life.
Anthropology research materials relating to historical-demographic studies in various parts of the former Yugoslavia, 1953-1988 (bulk: 1961-62), including code books, code sheets and bound print-outs. The bulk of the collection consists of print-outs of email and Internet postings from various news sources concerning the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
This collection is organized into two series:
One of the boxes in the collection is restricted until July 1, 2020. Otherwise, there is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], in Joel M. Halpern Research Materials and News Reports on the Former Yugoslavia [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
Most of the collection was received in 1994, 1998 and 2000.
The collection was surveyed and superficially organized in 2010.
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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 Phone: (413) 542-2299 Fax: (413) 542-2692 Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives |
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Series 1: Historical-demographic research materials
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1953-1988 (bulk 1961-62)
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Series 1 consists chiefly of code books, code sheets and bound print-outs. |
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Box 1
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Research materials - Yugoslavia code books and code sheets
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1953-1988
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Box 2-6
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Series 2, News dispatches concerning wars in former Yugoslavia
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1993-1997
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Series 2 consists of print-outs from various news sources regarding daily developments in the war as well as the beginnings of the peace process. Reports are in English, Croatian and Serbian. |
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Miscellaneous
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Box 7-9
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War in Croatia: dispatches from Croatia, Serbia; Western Press (languages: English, Croatian, Serbian)
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1993-94
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Box 10
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War in ex-Yugoslavia: dispatches, also includes: materials on Armenian-Azerbaijan won, and related historical documentation from Azeri perspective
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1993-94
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Box 11
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Dispatches- War in Yugoslavia, especially Bosnia; info on Albania and former USSR, especially Caucasus
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1994-95
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Box 12
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Dispatches-War in Yugoslavia, especially Bosnia, also summaries of events in Eastern Europe, ex-USSR, Radio-Free Europe, Bosnet, Macedonia; especially fighting in Srebrenica and Žepa shelling of Sarajevo, market explosion, NATO air strikes
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1995 July-Oct
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Box 13
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Especially Bosnia, Siege of Bihac
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1994 Sep-Nov
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Box 14
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Bosnia and Macedonia, OMRI, NOWS, ex-USSR
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1994 Oct-95 Jan
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Box 15
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Croatia retaking W. Slavonia, fighting around Sarajevo, autonomous province (pro-Serb) W. Bosnia; beginning of NATO air rounds against Serbs. Also ex-USSR news and summaries and Macedonia
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1995 Jan-Apr
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Box 16
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War in ex-Yugoslavia, Bosnian War, Bihac, defeat of autonomous province of W. Bosnia, fall of Srebrenica, "unsafe havens," Croat expulsion of Krajina Serbs
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1995 May-Aug
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Box 17
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Expulsion of Serbs from Croatian Krajina, NATO bombing of Serbian Bosnia, start of peace initiative
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1995 Jul-Aug
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Box 18
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Serbs' exodus from Croatia; preparations for Dayton Peace Conference that began in Nov 1995
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1995 Jul-Nov
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Box 19
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1994-1995
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Box 20
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1994-1996
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Box 21
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1996 Jan-Feb
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Box 22
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1995 Dec-Mar
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Box 23
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1997 Jan-Apr
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Box 24
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1996 Mar-May
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Box 25
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1996 Jun-Nov
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Box 26
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1996 Aug-97 Jan
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Box 27
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1997 Apr-Sep
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Box 28
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War in ex-Yugoslavia
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1997 Aug-Sep
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Box 29
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