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| Name: | Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive |
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| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | Gratz College, 7605 Old York Road
Melrose Park, PA 19027 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-215) 635-7300 ext. 130 |
| FAX: | +(1-215) 635-7320 |
| EMAIL: | archives@gratz.edu |
| WEBSITE: | No. |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Tuesday or by appointment 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Josey Fisher, Director
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Holocaust Oral History Archive is a special collection of the Tuttleman Library of Gratz College. The Archive is a contributing organization to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | The Oral History Archive organizers at Gratz College were interested in a range of Holocaust experiences. However, an unplanned focus on Polish and German experience (almost entirely Jewish) emerged. There is also a special collection of American military personnel, including witnesses to the liberation, liberators, POW's, and medical staff.
The project design was established by founder Professor Nora Levin to focus on pre-war experiences and 1933-1945 only. Post-Holocaust experience was to be explored if the interviewee continued in his/her desire to talk. The general line of questioning developed according to country. Interview techniques stressed open-ended questions (as well as factual details) to facilitate a rich description of experience. In general the interviewing style fell somewhere between not totally structured and not totally free association either.
All interviewers were trained and supervised by the Director.
The collection is in the process of being transcribed and catalogued. All cataloging including summaries is available on OCLC once completed. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Yes. |
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| Additional Information: | N/A |
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| Project Complete: | No. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1979 |
| Year of Last Interview: | Ongoing. |
| Interviews Per Year: | As requested. |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 2.5 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | Approximately 2,200 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 851 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 851 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | N/A |
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| Video: | No. |
| Number of Video Hours: | N/A |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Film interviews: | N/A |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Restricted. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Open to researches, authors, teachers, and students to be used for scholarly and educational purposes. A permission form must be filled out and identification provided. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Call for appointment to use archival material. |
| Access Fee: | N/A |
| Research Services: | No. |
| Research Fee: | N/A |
| Research Services Requirements: | N/A |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | "Permission to Use Form " must be filled out and must indicate how the material will be used. Material used in permanent form such as documentaries and publications must be attributed as coming from the Archive and properly identified as being part of the Archive collection. Such material must be listed on the "Permission to Use Form" according to copyright law. Material that has restrictions that apply to such use cannot be used in publications or documentaries. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Memorial books, memorabilia, unpublished memoirs. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | Yes. |
| Video: | N/A |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | No. |
| Published: | N/A |
| Guide Cost: | N/A |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | Guide to collection awaiting complete cataloging. Computerization in progress. Summaries and cataloguing of completed transcripts available through OCLC |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | 75% |
| Video: | N/A |
| Available for photocopying: | N/A |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| Available on Disk: | Yes. |
| Other: | N/A |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Yes. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | Yes. |
| Summaries Indexed: | Yes. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | Yes, unless restricted. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | Yes. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | In process. |
| Available on Computer: | Yes. |
| Other: | N/A. |
| MARC Format: | Yes. |
| MARC Format Type: | 3 Roman. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Not at present. |
| Summaries: | OCLC |
| Catalog: | OCLC |
| Indices: | Not at present. |
| Interview Clips: | Not at present. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Yes. |
| OCLC: | Yes. |
| RLIN: | No. |
| Other: | No. |
| Plan to Join: | N/A |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | Yes. |
| Loan by other collection: | No. |
| Loan Fee: | No. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 851 |
| Total Female: | 415 |
| Total Male: | 436 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
Total |
Other Information |
| Jews: | | | | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Prisoners of War: | 0 | 10 | 10 | Information Not Available. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Partisans: | 0 | 2 | 2 | Yes. |
| Rescuers: | 3 | 2 | 5 | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | | | No. |
| Liberators: | 1 | 42 | 43 | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | No. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | 3 | 2 | 5 | Yes. |
| Other: | | | | see below |
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| Additional Information: | Kindertransport (11 female, 7 male); Shanghai (22 female, 30 male); St. Louis (1 female). |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
| Geographic Area(s) | | |
| Experience(s) | | |
| Survivor Group(s) | | |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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