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| Name: | Holocaust Resource Center of Kean University |
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| Affiliation: | Kean University |
| ADDRESS: | 1000 Morris Avenue, Library 206
Union, NJ 07083 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-908) 737-4660 |
| FAX: | +(1-908) 737-4664 |
| EMAIL: | hwalzer@kean.edu |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.kean.edu; http://www.kean.edu/~hrc |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Additional hours by appointment. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Ms. Helen Walzer, Asst. Director
Phone: +(1-908) 737-4660, 4661
Email: hwalzer@kean.edu
Primary Contact:
Mr. Gerry Melnick, Director
Phone: +(1-908) 737-4633
Email: g.melnick@kean.edu
Primary Contact:
Dr. Joseph Preil, Founding Director
Phone: +(1-908) 737-4661
Email: jpreil@kean.edu
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Holocaust Resource Center (HRC) at Kean College was established in 1982. The center is located in the Kean College Library and is co-sponsored by the college and Holocaust Resource Foundation.
The main activities of the center are:
To teach and encourage public school teachers, especially on the secondary level, to incorporate Holocaust units into social studies and literature curricula.
To house print and nonprint media in the Kean College Library and the Instructional Resource Center. Books and media are made available to students, teachers in neighboring school districts, and residents of the vicinity.
To sponsor lectures each year that will be open to Kean College as well as residents of the community.
To produce and preserve a series of oral history videotapes based on the personal experiences of Holocaust survivors who reside in this community.
The Diversity 2000 Council is an important aspect of the Kean University Holocaust Resource Center and consists of 77 school districts in New Jersey. The Center provides teacher training to these school districts and supplies the materials to be used in the classrooms. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | The oral history testimonies provide information on a survivor and the fate of members of his or her family. Some tapes are related to the original founding of the Elizabeth Jewish community.
The collection is primarily on video format. Audio interviews are copies of the video. There are a few instances where an interview was recorded only on audio.
Some testimonies are also available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | No. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | There is a pre-interview questionnaire and a pre-taping consultation. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Information Not Available. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1983 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 2000 |
| Interviews Per Year: | Varies. |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 2 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | Information Not Available. |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 200 (copies of video interviews) |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 215 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Yes. |
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| Video: | Yes. In addition, DVD conversion of all the tapes ihas been completed. |
| Number of Video Hours: | Thousands. |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 215 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | 215 |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 215 |
| Number of Film interviews: | Information Not Available. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Open. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Restricted to use in viewing center. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Yes, call before coming. |
| Access Fee: | None. |
| Research Services: | Information available for use. |
| Research Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services Requirements: | By individual case. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Contact Helen Walzer at the Holocaust Resource Center. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | One sample and summaries. |
| Other: | DVD. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | Yes. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Yes. |
| Other: | DVD. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | Card catalog and Kean Library computer. |
| Published: | "Holocaust Testimonies: European survivors and American liberators in New Jersey" |
| Guide Cost: | Information Not Available. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | N/A |
| Additional Information: | A project of the Holocaust Resource Center, the book "Holocaust Testimonies: European survivors and American liberators in New Jersey" draws on the center’s oral-history videotapes based on the experiences of survivors residing in New Jersey. Joseph J. Preil, a professor of education at Kean University, brings together 153 of these testimonies as well as accounts by twenty
American liberators. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | One. |
| Available for photocopying: | One. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes, all 215 are summarized. |
| Available for Photocopying: | No. |
| Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Yes. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | N/A |
| Summaries Indexed: | Yes. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | No. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Yes. |
| Available on Computer: | Yes. |
| Other: | card catalogue |
| MARC Format: | Yes. |
| MARC Format Type: | Information Not Available. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Summaries: | Information Not Available. |
| Catalog: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices: | Information Not Available. |
| Interview Clips: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Yes. |
| OCLC: | Yes. |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | N/A |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | No. |
| Loan by other collection: | Information Not Available. |
| Loan Fee: | Information Not Available. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 215 |
| Total Female: | 104 |
| Total Male: | 111 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | 104 | 107 | 211 | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Partisans: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Rescuers: | 1 | | 1 | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Liberators: | | 5 | 5 | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | | 2 | 2 | Survivor and liberator |
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| Additional Information: | The total number of oral histories is 215, but sometimes there are also individual videotapes of guest lecturers, such as surivors or liberators visiting classes. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
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| Survivor Group(s) | | |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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