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
Romanian gypsy newsletter entitled 'Glasul Romilor' [1939-1940]
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Newspaper of the General Union of Roma in Romania, published in the period between the First and Second World Wars Original material: 2 issues; medium quality
Draft documents created in preparation of decree number 1,216. In 1958 the Bulgarian government provided measures against the nomadism of gypsies, offering support and privileges in ensuring housing, employment, education, etc. of those who settle and will continue the nomadic way of life Origi...
Photographs reflecting the lives and rituals of the Makedontsi and Turtsi families from the Gypsy quarter in Kyustendil Original material: poor/medium quality
Ata Becheva collection on the creation and history of the Roma quarter in the town of Montana, Bulgaria [1970s-1980s]
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Documents reflecting the life of Roma. The materials are handwritten in a school noticebook and typed descriptions of the creation and history of the Roma quarter in the town of Montana, Bulgaria. Material includes: images reflecting everyday life, customs and holidays of the Roma living there; ...
Nikola Ivanov collection of old Roma songs and fairy tales [1980s]
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Roma songs and fairy tales collected by a Rom, Nikola Ivanov, who belongs to a group of nomadic Roma from members of various others Roma groups he met during his travels Original material: 77 pages; handwritten text in a school noticebook; separate items stucked together with paper clamp
Hand written correspondence, songs and fairy tales, written by Dimiter Golemanov from Sliven, Bulgaria. Golemanov was a Roma activist and intellectual from the time of the Communist regime. The material contains his poetry and musical works as well as his international contacts and participation...