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| Name: | Safe Haven |
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| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | P.O. Box 846
Oswego, NY 13126 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-315) 343-1971 |
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| EMAIL: | safehavn@juno.com |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.oswegohaven.org |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment: +(1-351) 343-1971. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Mr. Scott B. Scanlon, President
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Safe Haven Museum and Education Center is dedicated to keeping alive the stories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were allowed into the United States as "guests" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These refugees were housed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, from August 1944 until February 1946. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | They have a collection of more than 20 tapes that include interviews of 60 former refugees of the Fort Ontario Emergency Shelter. They also have conducted eight interviews with Oswegonians who had special connections with the only WWII refugee camp for Holocaust survivors on American soil.
The story of the refugees and the camp is shared in several books, most notably Dr. Ruth Gruber's "Haven: The Unknown Story of 4000 World War II Refugees".
The USHMM has a complete set of their interviews.
Oral interviews were conducted by history intern at State University of New York at Oswego. Video interviews were conducted by WRVO National Public Radio News Director, Chris Ullanowski.
The collection is also available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | No. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | No. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1994 |
| Year of Last Interview: | N/A |
| Interviews Per Year: | 10-12 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 15 minutes to 30 minutes |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | No. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | N/A |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | N/A |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | N/A |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 25-30 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 40 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | 40 |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 40 |
| 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: | Contact the organization. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | By appointment. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | No. |
| Research Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services Requirements: | Videos can be ordered through the web site, with the understanding they are protected by copyright. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | No. |
| Public Lectures: | No. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Only through written permission from Safe Haven Inc. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Some. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | No. |
| Published: | N/A |
| Guide Cost: | N/A |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | N/A |
| Additional Information: | N/A |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | N/A |
| Video: | 5 |
| Available for photocopying: | 5 |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | No. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Information Not Available. |
| Available on Disk: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Our web site contains excerpts and transcripts of five of our best video interviews. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Yes. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | No. |
| Summaries Indexed: | No. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Yes. |
| Available on Computer: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Alphabetically. |
| MARC Format: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format Type: | Information Not Available. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | www.syracuse.com/safehaven |
| Transcripts: | Yes. |
| Summaries: | Information Not Available. |
| Catalog: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices: | Information Not Available. |
| Interview Clips: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | photos |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | Information Not Available. |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | No. |
| Loan by other collection: | No. |
| Loan Fee: | N/A |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 0 |
| Total Female: | 0 |
| Total Male: | 0 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | | | 60 | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | N/A |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Yes. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | N/A |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | N/A |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | N/A |
| Resisters: | | | | N/A |
| Partisans: | | | | N/A |
| Rescuers: | 1 | | 1 | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | | 60 | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | | | N/A |
| Prosecutors: | | | | N/A |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | N/A |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Other: | 5 | 3 | 8 | Oswego Residents |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
| Geographic Area(s) |  | USA |
| Experience(s) | | Americans, both Oswegonians and former refugees. |
| Survivor Group(s) | | Survivors of Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, New York; the only WWII refugee camp for Holocaust survivors in the United States. |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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