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ORGANIZATION
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Name:Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial Museum
Translated Name: 
Affiliation: 
ADDRESS:401 Elmgrove Ave.
Providence, RI   02906-3400
COUNTRY:United States
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+(1-401) 453-7860
FAX:+(1-401) 861-8806
EMAIL:Information Not Available.
WEBSITE:Information Not Available.
OPERATING HOURS:Weekdays 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and weekends by appointment.
CONTACT PERSON(S):Primary Contact:
Ms. Tara Lisciandro, Executive Director

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:The Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial Museum is a small museum and an educational resource center which educates 4,000 students annually, features a weekly film series, brings traveling exhibits to Rhode Island and hosts student awareness days and projects.
  
OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:This project started with audio taping and evolved into videotaping. They have 15-20 tapes primarily of survivors residing in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. A detailed catalogue is not complete.
  
Collect Holocaust Oral Histories:No.
  
Interview Guidelines:Yes.
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Project Complete:Information Not Available.
Year of First Interview:1989
Year of Last Interview:N/A
Interviews Per Year:5-7
Average Hours Per Interview:2-5
  
RECORDING METHOD 
  
Audio:Yes.
Number of Audio Hours:Information Not Available.
Total Number of Audio Interviews:+-20
Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews:Yes.
Number of Audiocassette Interviews:Yes.
Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats:They have some of each, but do not have exact numbers.
  
Video:Yes.
Number of Video Hours:Information Not Available.
Total Number of Video Interviews:25-35
Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews:Information Not Available.
Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews:Information Not Available.
Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews:Information Not Available.
Number of Film interviews:Information Not Available.
  
RULES: 
Access to Collection:Open. Information Not Available.
Special Requirements for Access or Use:Information Not Available.
Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility:Give museum at least two days notice; tapes must be viewed on the premises.
Access Fee:Information Not Available.
Research Services:No.
Research Fee:N/A
Research Services Requirements:N/A
  
Permission Required for Use of Material in 
Publications:Information Not Available.
Classrooms:Information Not Available.
Public Lectures:Information Not Available.
Documentaries:Information Not Available.
How To Obtain permission:Organization or school needs to call ahead of time and have outline of program ready - we supply resources.
  
RESOURCES 
Format of Collection 
Video/Audio:Information Not Available.
Transcripts:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
On-Site Equipment 
Audio:Yes.
Video:Yes.
Users Can Bring Their Own:No.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Finding Aids 
Guide to Collection Available:No.
Published:N/A
Guide Cost:N/A
Address to Obtain Guide:Information Not Available.
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Transcripts 
Audio:No.
Video:No.
Available for photocopying:No.
  
Summaries 
Summarized:N/A
Available for Photocopying:N/A
Available on Disk:N/A
Other:N/A
  
Indices 
Tapes Indexed:Yes.
Transcripts Indexed:No.
Summaries Indexed:No.
Indices Available for Photocopying:No.
Indices Available on Disk:No.
Other:No.
  
Cataloging Information 
Collection Cataloged:Yes.
Available on Computer:Information Not Available.
Other:Card catalogue.
MARC Format:Information Not Available.
MARC Format Type:Information Not Available.
  
Internet Resources 
Web Address:Information Not Available.
Transcripts:No.
Summaries:No.
Catalog:No.
Indices:No.
Interview Clips:No.
Other:No.
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Bibliographic Information 
Belong to:Information Not Available.
OCLC:Information Not Available.
RLIN:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
Plan to Join:Information Not Available.
  
Loan or Purchase 
Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan:Yes.
Loan by other collection:Information Not Available.
Loan Fee:Information Not Available.
  
DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT 
Demographic Information about Interviewees: 
  
Total Number:15-25 is the estimate.
Total Female:Information Not Available.
Total Male:Information Not Available.
No Data:Information Not Available.
  
  Female Male Total Other Information
Jews:   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:   Yes.
Refugees:   Information Not Available.
Liberators:   Yes.
Prosecutors:   Information Not Available.
Perpetrators/ Collaborators:   Information Not Available.
Refugee Relief Workers:   Information Not Available.
Other:   Information Not Available.
  
Additional Information:Information Not Available.
  
Focus of Collection: 
Ghetto(s) 
Camp(s) 
Geographic Area(s) 
Experience(s) 
Survivor Group(s) 
Other 
  
Additional Information:List of interviewees should be available by January 1999. Betacam SP: Not certain. We have some of each but exact numbers I am not sure.