Can I just transfer iPhoto pictures from an old mac to a new one without transferring anything else?

I bought a new iMac back in September and finally got around to setting it up. Unfortunately, I am having loads of trouble transferring stuff from my older iMac to the new one. It probably has something to do with the reason why we've replaced it...video RAM failure. I really don't care about settings and applications and most other stuff on the old computer, but I really do want my photo library and if possible, all my saved emails. Any help would be greatly appreciated. We've tried transferring info from first set-up of the new computer and the old computer would just freeze and have to be shut down half way through the process. We tried this for HOURS yesterday and just wouldn't work. Both computers were connected via FireWire, but it didn't help. I got so fed up with it that I just manually set up the new computer, but it's a blank canvas. I can get my new e-mail, but don't have my saved emails or my contact list. We tried transferring again after setting up the new computer but that failed as well...the old one froze half way through. Can I just transfer bits and pieces without having to transfer the whole user account and settings?

I stated that I did try to do all of this when I first set up the new computer...I did do the Setup Assistant numerous times but my old computer kept freezing half way through. Even if I did it when I first got the new computer back in Septemeber, I would have had the same issue b/c my old computer has been 'broken' for a while. My old computer can't handle doing too much at once and I think the setup and then migration functions I tried were too much. That's why I was hoping I could use the migration function piecemeal. I wish I could just check off the exact files and folders I want vs. having to choose it at the 'user' level...that's too much for my old computer to have to transfer.

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