Letter from Joel M. Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky Halpern to Nettie and Carl Halpern

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joel M. Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky Halpern to Nettie and Carl Halpern
Description:
Field notes (pages 158-162 and pages 165-168) by Joel Halpern about Serbia. These notes include birth statistics (1943-1953), marriage statistics (1948-1949) and death statistics (1943-1948) for the village of Orašac, Serbia. These note also describe the beginning of a Serbian peasant wedding day with the arrival of the groom at the house of the bride.
Creator:
Halpern, Joel Martin
Addressee:
Halpern, Carl, 1902-1986
Addressee:
Halpern, Nettie
Date:
November 12, 1953–November 20, 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:
Birth certificates--Serbia
Brides--Serbia
Carriages and carts--Serbia
Death certificates--Serbia
Marriage customs and rites--Serbia
Marriage records--Serbia
World war, 1939-1945--Casualties--Serbia
World war, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Serbia
Places:
Serbia
Orašac (Serbia)
Extent:
9 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs001-rb-fn-i0014
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-i0014