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Psychological Test, Record Booklet for For The Stanford Revision of the Binet-Simon Tests as Described in Terman's The Measurement of Intelligence

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .1 cm x 19.8 cm x 27 cm; 1/32 in x 7 25/32 in x 10 5/8 in
Object Name:
Psychological Test
Date made:
1916
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Kavruck
ID Number:
1990.0034.027
Catalog number:
1990.0034.027
Accession number:
1990.0034
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1b42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_692316

Psychological Test Record Blank, Record Blank for Yerkes-Rossy Adolescent-Adult Point Scale Examination

Maker:
Yerkes, Robert Mearns  Search this
Rossy, Cecilio Salvador  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .1 cm x 21.3 cm x 27.6 cm; 1/32 in x 8 3/8 in x 10 7/8 in
Object Name:
Psychological Test Record Blank
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Latino  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Kavruck
ID Number:
1990.0034.043
Accession number:
1990.0034
Catalog number:
1990.0034.043
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1d9a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_692332

Psychological Test, Terman-Mcnemar Test Of Mental Ability, Form C

Publisher:
World Book Company  Search this
Author:
Terman, Lewis M.  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .1 cm x 22 cm x 28 cm; 1/32 in x 8 21/32 in x 11 1/32 in
Object Name:
Psychological Test
Date made:
1941
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Kavruck
ID Number:
1990.0034.101
Catalog number:
1990.0034.101
Accession number:
1990.0034
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1967-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_692390

Sheets, Gesell Developmental Schedules. Form 5

Publisher:
Psychological Corporation  Search this
Maker:
A. Gesell and Associates  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 21.8 cm x 28 cm; 8 19/32 in x 11 1/32 in
Object Name:
set of sheets
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Kavruck
ID Number:
1990.0034.142
Catalog number:
1990.0034.142
Accession number:
1990.0034
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1953-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_692431

Psychological Test, American Council on Education Psychological Examination for College Freshmen. 1943 Edition

Publisher:
American Council on Education  Search this
Maker:
Thurstone, Thelma G.  Search this
Thurstone, L. L.  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 21.3 cm x 27.4 cm; 8 3/8 in x 10 25/32 in
Object Name:
Psychological Test
Date made:
1943
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Kavruck
ID Number:
1990.0034.166
Catalog number:
1990.0034.166
Accession number:
1990.0034
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-2ca1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_692455

Solar Spectrum

Maker:
Draper, Henry  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 14 in x 28 in x 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 71.12 cm x .635 cm
overall: 71 cm x 14 cm x .8 cm; 27 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 5/16 in
Object Name:
photograph, spectrum
photograph
Date made:
1876
Subject:
Science  Search this
Credit Line:
John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
ID Number:
PH.333976
Accession number:
304826
Catalog number:
333976
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3713-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1183955

Spectroscope

Measurements:
overall: 10 1/2 in; 26.67 cm
overall: 10 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 11 5/8 in; 26.9875 cm x 29.21 cm x 29.5275 cm
Object Name:
spectroscope
Date made:
late 19th century
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
U.S. Geological Survey
ID Number:
PH.326657
Catalog number:
326657
Accession number:
259238
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Optics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2202-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1463296
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Electrophoresis Tank, Model LT48-A

Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
lucite (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 27 in x 28 in x 12 in; 68.58 cm x 71.12 cm x 30.48 cm
Object Name:
electrophoresis tank
Date used:
1966-1976
Web subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through Gene E. Robinson
ID Number:
2013.0281.01
Catalog number:
2013.0281.01
Accession number:
2013.0281
Model number:
Model LT48-A
Serial number:
48A-74-100-LT
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7349-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1450739

Electrophoresis Tank, Model LT48-A

Maker:
Savant Instruments, Inc.  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
lucite (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 21 1/2 in x 20 in x 9 5/8 in; 54.61 cm x 50.8 cm x 24.4475 cm
Object Name:
electrophoresis tank
Date used:
1966-1976
Web subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through Gene E. Robinson
ID Number:
2013.0281.02
Catalog number:
2013.0281.02
Accession number:
2013.0281
Model number:
Model LT20-A
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ef6f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1450758

Microscope

Maker:
Hartnack, Edmund  Search this
Physical Description:
glass (overall material)
brass (overall material)
nickel (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 11 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 28.575 cm x 8.89 cm x 12.065 cm
overall in case: 4 5/8 in x 12 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 11.7475 cm x 31.115 cm x 18.415 cm
Object Name:
microscope
Place made:
Germany: Brandenburg, Potsdam
Date made:
ca 1880
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Whitman Cross II
ID Number:
2014.0264.02
Catalog number:
2014.0264.02
Accession number:
2014.0264
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Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-b266-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1671484

Microscope

Maker:
J & W Grunow  Search this
Physical Description:
brass (microscope material)
iron (microscope material)
glass (microscope material)
black (microscope color)
wood (case material)
metal (case material)
Measurements:
case: 50.6 cm x 21.3 cm x 23.3 cm; 19 15/16 in x 8 3/8 in x 9 3/16 in
microscope: 38.9 cm x 15.2 cm x 17.6 cm; 15 5/16 in x 6 in x 6 15/16 in
Object Name:
microscope
Place made:
United States: Connecticut, New Haven
Associated place:
United States: Maryland, Silver Spring
Date made:
1855-1860
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Mrs. Russell Munroe
ID Number:
MG.M-09790.01
Accession number:
212171
Catalog number:
M-09790
212171.01
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Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-483e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1083366
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Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences

Author:
Wood, Ernest Richard  Search this
Schrammel, H. E.  Search this
Maker:
National Academy of Sciences  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 5.5 cm x 24 cm x 30 cm; 2 5/32 in x 9 7/16 in x 11 13/16 in
Object Name:
Book
Date made:
1921
Subject:
Psychology  Search this
Mathematics  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of David Shakow
ID Number:
MA.316372.52
Catalog number:
316372.52
Accession number:
316372
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5395-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1195834

Abbot Periodometer

Maker:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 19 in x 37 in x 19 in; 48.26 cm x 93.98 cm x 48.26 cm
Object Name:
Calculating Machine
computing device, analog
Place made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
1932
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Transfer from Smithsonian Institution Instrument Room
ID Number:
MA.314627
Accession number:
208046
Catalog number:
314627
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Calculating Machines
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-62fc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1196344
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Troughton and Simms Dividing Engine

Maker:
Troughton and Simms  Search this
Object Name:
Dividing Engine
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
1841
Date made:
ca 1841
Subject:
Ruling and Dividing Engines  Search this
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Transfer from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survery
ID Number:
MA.309643
Accession number:
106350
Catalog number:
309643
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-eab6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1302754
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Psychological Examining in the United States Army, Foreign and Illiterate Scale

Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 22.8 cm x 28.8 cm; 8 31/32 in x 11 11/32 in
Object Name:
documentation
Date made:
after 1925
Subject:
Psychology  Search this
Psychological Tests  Search this
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of David Shakow
ID Number:
MA.316371.105
Accession number:
316371
Catalog number:
316371.105
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0dd2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_694263

Henry Draper's Research Notebook

Maker:
Draper, Henry  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 20 cm x 16.2 cm x 2.86 cm; 7 7/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in
Object Name:
manuscript
Place made:
United States: New York, Hastings-on-Hudson
Date made:
1872-1876
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
ID Number:
1985.0359.01
Accession number:
1985.0359
Catalog number:
1985.0359.01
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-df1e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1184510

Photograph of the Moon

Maker:
Draper, Henry  Search this
Measurements:
overall in enclosure: 24 in x 17 in x 1 7/8 in; 60.96 cm x 43.18 cm x 4.7625 cm
overall: 60 cm x 39.1 cm x 3.2 cm; 23 5/8 in x 15 13/32 in x 1 1/4 in
Object Name:
photograph
Place made:
United States: New York, Hastings-on-Hudson
Date made:
1860s
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
Hastings Historical Society
ID Number:
1982.0099.01
Accession number:
1982.0099
Catalog number:
1982.0099.01
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3954-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1183880

Stereoscope

Maker:
Zeiss, Carl  Search this
Measurements:
case: 6 15/16 in x 9 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 17.62125 cm x 23.495 cm x 19.05 cm
microscope: 5 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 19.05 cm x 15.875 cm
Object Name:
microscope
stereoscope
Place made:
Germany: Thuringia, Jena
Date made:
ca 1920
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
National Academy of Sciences
ID Number:
1978.2382.01
Catalog number:
1978.2382.01
Accession number:
1978.2382
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-aba0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1348590
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Arm Protractor and Goniometer Invented by Samuel L. Penfield

Maker:
Central Scientific Company  Search this
Inventor:
Penfield, Samuel Lewis  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .3 cm x 16.2 cm x 8.5 cm; 1/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 3 11/32 in
Object Name:
protractor
Place made:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
1909-1950
Patent date:
1900
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Protractor  Search this
Mineralogy  Search this
Crystallography  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Kenyon College Department of Physics
ID Number:
1982.0147.02
Accession number:
1982.0147
Catalog number:
1982.0147.02
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Science & Mathematics
Protractors
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-4bbd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_904387
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Joel Martin Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern papers

Creator:
Kerewsky-Halpern, Barbara  Search this
Halpern, Joel Martin  Search this
Names:
Inuit Cultural Institute  Search this
Interviewee:
Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997  Search this
Correspondent:
Hammel, Eugene A.  Search this
Simić, Andrei  Search this
Extent:
1 Folder (Map folder)
1 Cassette tape
60 Linear feet (Consisting of 60 boxes and 2 boxes of separated restricted materials)
Culture:
Eskimos  Search this
Bosnians  Search this
Laotians  Search this
Slavs, Southern  Search this
Croats  Search this
Slovenes  Search this
Serbs  Search this
Inuit  Search this
Shinnecock  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Cassette tapes
Photographs
Place:
Arviat (Nunavut)
Slovenia
Balkan Peninsula
Macedonia
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro
Orašac (Serbia)
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Laos
Löffingen (Germany)
Frobisher Bay (N.W.T.)
Ontario
Date:
1942-2006
Scope and Contents:
This collection is comprised of the professional papers of Joel M. Halpern and, to a lesser extent, the papers of Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern. Both their collaborations and individual work are represented here. Materials include their correspondence, published and unpublished writings, research materials, photographs, grant applications, consultant work, teaching files, their files as students, and writings by colleagues.

The bulk of the research files pertain to Halpern's Orašac demography project. Also present are notes and photographs from his field research in the Balkans during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection also reflects his research interests in the Inuit of Alaska and Canada. There is little original material, however, documenting his fieldwork in Laos. Additional materials of interest in the collection include a transcript of an interview Halpern conducted with Conrad Arensberg as well as his notes and syllabi from courses taught by a number of prominent anthropologists, such as Conrad Arensberg, Morton Fried, Alfred Kroeber, and Margaret Mead. The collection also contains a set of prints of Shinnecock Indians that Halpern obtained from Red Thunder Cloud.

Among Kerewsky-Halpern's files are notes from her research on South Slav immigrants in Ontario, her research on oral tradition among peasant communities in Southeastern Europe, as well as her involvement in multiple sclerosis organizations and the Feldenkrais Method.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Arrangement:
This collection is organized into 10 series: 1) Correspondence, 1950s-2003; 2) Research, 1953-1996; 3) Writings, 1948-2007; 4) Professional Activities, 1951-1990s; 5) Student Files, 1946-1955, 1968-1979; 6) Teaching Files, 1947-1992; 7) Personal and Biographical Files, 1948-2002; 8) Writings by Others, 1950s-1990s; 9) Photographs, 1942, 1953-1970, 1978, 1997, undated; 10) University of Massachusetts, 1968-1992
Biographical Note: Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern:
Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern was born on December 23, 1931 in Mt. Vernon, New York. Her mother, Rose S. Kerewsky, had worked with physical anthropologist Stanley Garn and coauthored a number of papers on dentition. Kerewsky-Halpern attended Barnard College, where she received a B.A. in Geology and Geography in 1953. She later obtained her M.A. in Linguistics (1974) and Ph.D. in Anthropology (1979) at University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Kerewsky-Halpern married Joel M. Halpern in 1952. In the following year she accompanied him to the field in Orašac, Serbia and assisted him in his research. She was also the illustrator and cartographer for Halpern's monograph A Serbian Village. Over the span of her career, she frequently collaborated with her husband on research projects and coauthored a number of articles. Like her husband, her research focused on peasant communities, specifically on oral traditions and the ethnography of communication. In 1974, she also studied South Slav communities in Ontario.

When she was 44, Kerewsky-Halpern became incapacitated due to multiple sclerosis. Through self-rehabilitation, she was able to regain full motion, but the experience continued to influence her life. Her research interests expanded to include medical anthropology, cross-cultural perspectives on disability, and the anthropology of movement. She also became active in multiple sclerosis associations and became a licensed instructor in the Feldenkrais Method in 1983.

Kerewsky-Halpern and Halpern divorced in 2010.

Sources consulted

[Articles about Barbara K. Halpern], Series 9. Personal, Joel Martin Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Barbara K. Halpern curriculum vitae, Series 9. Personal, Joel Martin Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Clifford, Joyce and Jeremy Smith. 2010. Finding Aid to Joel Martin Halpern Papers, 1939-2009 (Bulk: 1948-2008). http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/ead/mufs001.pdf (accessed December 3, 2012).

Halpern, Joel. 2003. Interview with Joel Halpern [regarding fieldwork in Serbia] conducted by Mirjana Prošić-Dvornić. Emeritus Faculty Author Gallery. Paper 60. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=emeritus_sw (accessed December 3, 2012).

Halpern, Joel. August 2007. Curriculum Vitae. http://works.bepress.com/joel_halpern/cv.pdf (accessed July 6, 2012).
Biographical Note: Joel M. Halpern:
Joel Martin Halpern was born on April 8, 1929 in New York City. He attended University of Michigan, where he obtained his B.A. in History in 1950. He had initially intended to major in chemistry but realized that he wanted to pursue a more "adventurous" field that would allow him to travel. While an undergraduate student, he published articles based on his ethnographic, geological, and archaeological research in Alaska, Canada, and Swedish Lapland.

Halpern decided to continue his studies at Columbia University, where he earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1956. Conrad Arensberg was his faculty advisor, while Margaret Mead was on his doctoral committee. Halpern was greatly influenced by Philip E. Mosely, the first director of Columbia University's Institute for Russian Studies. Through Mosely, he met the prominent Serbian ethnologist Milenko Filipović, who also served as his mentor. It was due to Filipovíc that Halpern chose to focus his research on a Serbian village for his dissertation.

In 1953, Halpern and his former wife, Barbara Kerewskey-Halpern, conducted ethnographic field research in Orašac, a village in the Sumadija district of central Serbia, at the time part of former Yugoslavia. This research resulted in Halpern's dissertation, Social and Cultural Change in a Serbian Village, for which he was awarded the Ainsley Award from Columbia University. The dissertation was later edited and published as A Serbian Village (1958). Halpern and his wife would return to Orašac numerous times throughout their career. The documentary The Halperns in Orašac, which aired in Yugoslavia in 1986, focuses on the couple's research in Orašac from 1953 to 1986.

In addition to Serbia, Halpern conducted research in Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, and Slovenia. A prolific writer, he published and presented a number of papers on peasant communities, historical demography, kinship, and social change in the Balkans. He also co-edited Among the People: Native Yugoslav Ethnography, Selected Writings of Milenko S. Filipovic (1982) and authored and edited works on and by Jozef Obrebski, the pioneering ethnographer of the Balkans, whose papers Halpern helped deposit at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Halpern also published extensively on Laos. He was one of the first American anthropologists to conduct research in the Southeast Asian country. After receiving his doctorate, he had worked on Area Handbook for Laos (1958) as a Research Associate for the Human Relations Area Files office in Washington, DC (1956). When he accepted a position as a Junior Foreign Service Officer (Foreign Service Reserve) with the Community Development Division of the U.S. International Cooperation Administration, he was stationed in Laos in 1957-1958. In 1959 he returned to the country under the sponsorship of Rand Corporation to study the Lao elite. He returned once again in 1969 as chair of the Mekong Seminar of the Southeast Asia Development Advisor Group to study the socio-economic impact of hydro-electrical dams constructed on the Mekong River.

In his later years, Halpern conducted research on the Inuit in Arviat (formerly known as Eskimo Point) and Frobisher Bay in Canada and immigrant populations in the United States. He was particularly interested in Southeast Asian immigrant communities in New England. He co-edited with Lucy Nguyen Far East Comes Near, a compilation of autobiographical essays by his Southeast Asian refugee students at University of Massachusetts. He also studied Jewish ethnic communities in Western Massachusetts and the urban history of the Bronx.

Halpern taught at UCLA (1958-1963) and Brandeis (1963-1965) before joining the Anthropology faculty at University of Massachusetts Amherst (1967-1996). He was also a visiting professor at Albert Ludwigs-Universitat and Arnold Bergstrasser Institute in Frieberg (1970-1971) and University of Graz (Spring 1993, Spring 1994). In addition, he was a National Academy of Sciences Senior Exchange Scientist at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1975) and Serbian Academy of Sciences (1975, 1978).

1929 -- Born April 8, New York, New York

1950 -- Receives B.A. in History from University of Michigan

1952 -- Marries Barbara Kerewsky

1953-1954 -- Conducts fieldwork in Orašac, Serbia for first time

1956 -- Earns Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University

1957-1958 -- Stationed in Laos as a Junior Foreign Service Officer with the Community Development Division of the U.S. International Cooperation Administration

1958-1963 -- Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles

1959 -- Returns to Laos to conduct research on the Lao elite under sponsorship from Rand Corporation

1963-1965 -- Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University

1964 -- Director of Brandeis University Summer Field Program in Bosnia

1967 -- Joins Department of Anthropology faculty at University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1970-1971 -- Visiting Professor, Albert Ludwigs-Universitat and Arnold Bergstrasser Institute, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany

1976, 1979 -- Research on Jewish Ethnic Communities in Western Massachusetts

1996 -- Retires from University of Massachusetts

2010 -- Divorce from Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern finalized
Related Materials:
The Smithsonian Institution holds additional materials relating to Joel M. Halpern and Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern. Their correspondence can be found in the Conrad M. Arensberg papers at the National Anthropological Archives. Halpern also donated films and video to the Human Studies Film Archives and a collection of Eskimo dolls (Accession # 409953) to the Anthropology Collections division.

The bulk of Joel M. Halpern's papers are at the Special Collections and University Archives of University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The following is a list of other repositories that hold his papers and photographs:

Joel Martin Halpern Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Joel Martin Halpern Papers, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Joel M. Halpern Papers, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University Library

Joel Martin Halpern Photograph Collection, Jones Library (Amherst, MA Public Library)

Joel Martin Halpern Southeast Europe Collection, University of Alberta Libraries

Joel Martin Halpern Balkan Archive, University of Bradford

Joel Halpern Collection, University of Graz

Joel M. Halpern Laotian Slide Collection, Department of Special Collections , University of Wisconsin, Madison

The Halpern, Joel Papers, General/Multiethnic Collection, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Provenance:
These papers were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Joel Halpern in multiple installments from the 1980s to 2006.
Restrictions:
All except Series 9. Photographs is stored off-site. Advance notice must be given to view off-site materials.

Access to materials containing social security numbers; Halpern's students' graded materials; and manuscripts and grant applications sent to Halpern for review is restricted. Additional materials have also been restricted at Halpern's request.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.

Please note that some of the materials in the collection are copies made by Joel M. Halpern; the originals are most likely deposited at other archives. For these materials, permission will need to be obtained from the repositories where the originals are held. See Related Collections for a list of repositories.
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Genre/Form:
Photographs
Identifier:
NAA.1986-17
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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