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| Name: | The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada |
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| ADDRESS: | C116-123 Doncaster St.
Suite 404
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 2B2 |
| COUNTRY: | Canada |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-204) 477-7460 |
| FAX: | + (1-204) 477-7465 |
| EMAIL: | heritage@jhcwc.org |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.jhcwc.org |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Appointments are preferred. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Irma Penn, Archivist
Phone: +(1-204) 477-7461
Email: ipenn@jhcwc.org
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada was founded in May 1968 as the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada. In 1999, it amalgamated with functions as the standing committee on history, research and archives of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Its objectives are to gather, record, preserve and present the history and the religious and cultural heritage of the Jewish people of Western Canada. The Society has collected 4000 photographs, 400 shelf feet of textual records, memorabilia, artifacts and an extensive oral history program, numbering over 500 interviews. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | In the oral history program, the Society interviews individuals in a variety of contexts: Holocaust survivors, people in the needle trades, and the trade union movement, veterans of World War II, residents of certain streets and neighborhoods in Western Canada for a glimpse into a Jewish milieu, members of three generation families to determine changes in attitudes and mores in Jewish life, and Jewish personalities and pioneers in general. Summary transcripts are made of all interviews to provide easy access to the material. To date the Society has completed over 550 interviews. They range from 20 to 90 minutes in length, and cover a variety of topics including: Early Pioneers, Holocaust, World War II, Business, Arts, Sports, and others. Many of the interviews include summaries that range from 2 to 6 pages in length. These projects began in 1960. Since many of the tapes are quite old and historically valuable, a project was completed to re-record them.
Their interviews do not deal with any specific aspect of the Holocaust and are limited to the survivors who have settled in Winnipeg or the immediate vicinity. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Yes. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1978 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1978 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 16 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 1 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | +-20 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 16 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | No. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 16 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | +-100 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 47 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | No. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | No. |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 47 |
| Number of Film interviews: | No. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Open. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Appointments are necessary. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Yes. |
| Access Fee: | No. |
| Research Services: | Yes. |
| Research Fee: | No. |
| Research Services Requirements: | The service consists of providing summaries of the tapes. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Some interviews have restcictions that must be examined before they can be used. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Yes. |
| Transcripts: | Summaries, not verbatim. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | Yes. |
| 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: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | No. |
| Video: | No. |
| Available for photocopying: | No. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes, all audio and video interviews have summaries. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| 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: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Yes. |
| Available on Computer: | No. |
| Other: | Card catalogue. |
| MARC Format: | N/A |
| MARC Format Type: | N/A |
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| 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. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | No. |
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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: | 63 |
| Total Female: | 27 |
| Total Male: | 36 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | 26 | 35 | 61 | 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: | 2 | | 2 | Yes. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugees: | 9 | 10 | 19 | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | 1 | 1 | 2 | Religious prisoner (priest) - 1. Witness - 1. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) | | |
| Geographic Area(s) | | |
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| Survivor Group(s) | | |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | The names of the subjects of the interviews are available in our office. Because of our concerns with privacy issues and laws we would not release them for a general list at this time. |
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