Joel Halpern papers, 1956-1995.

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Joel Halpern papers, 1956-1995.

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Books, brochures, correspondence, field notes, slides and photographs on Laos and Southeast Asia. Slides of photographs from USIS/Laos covering daily social, political, and economic events in the country when USIS acted as a kind of national information service, with annotated photocopies. Introduction to the exhibit catalog, "Yesterday's People: Peasants of Polesie," 1973; reprints of articles, 1957-1989; 43 postcard views of Southeast Asia; ten tapes of Laotian songs, 1956-1960; one tape of conversations relating to the International Control Commission in Luang Prabang; clippings; essays written by Laotian school primary and secondary school children in Luang Prabang, 1957; and tape recordings. Also, files relating to Laos; and biography of Kamchan Pradith, Charge d'Affairs of the Lao embassy in Washington, 1959. Also, field notes from a trip up the Mekong River in 1957 (published version included). Photos of King and Crown Prince Savang Vatana; an American published Lao newspaper and magazine; letter from Lao Buddhist Temple in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Includes a silk map of South Borneo and West Java (1944). Also, files and slides on Bosnia; material on the Balkan situation; a vita for Joel Halpern, publications, and three videocassettes: "On Being An Anthropologist." Also, files relating to research and text of Halpern's book, Neighbors at War.

49.5 cubic ft.

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