Documents reflecting the professional occupations and social lives of the men from the Zhelyov family. Includes: portrait photographs; family and wedding photographs; photographs form everyday life. Original material: poor/medium quality
Photographs of the inhabitants of the gypsy quarter doing voluntary work to improve its sanitation [1970s]
Scope & Content:
The work was organised by Zhelyo Kovachev in the 1970s in his role of “kmet” (‘mayor’), a contact person with non-Roma authorities Original material: medium quality
Photographs of a parade in honour of 9th September 1944, marking the participation of gypsies from Kyustendil in the victory of the Socialist revolution in Bulgaria [1970s]
Photograph of children drawing at a parade in honour of 9th September 1944, marking the participation of gypsies from Kyustendil in the victory of the Socialist revolution in Bulgaria [1970s]
Photograph of an amateur art activities presentation at which the gypsy youth from Kyustendil are in Bulgarian traditional costumes and participating in traditional Bulgarian dance [1977]
Photograph of dancing at a 6th May festival [1970s]
Scope & Content:
The gypsy youth from Kyustendil are in traditional Bulgarian costumes, dancing traditional Bulgarian dance on 6th May, the festival day of the quarter at which the best workers were awarded Original material: medium quality
Photograph of Stoyanka Sokolova, a female Bulgarian-Roma journalist from the gypsy newspaper 'Nov pat' from Sofia, visiting Kyustendil town's Party Committee [1970s]
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The newspaper was published by the Fatherland Front Original material: medium quality