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ORGANIZATION
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Name:Manchester Jewish Museum
Translated Name: 
Affiliation: 
ADDRESS:190 Cheetham Hill Rd.
Manchester   M8 8LW
COUNTRY:United Kingdom
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+(44-161) 834-98-79
FAX:+(44-161) 834-98-01
EMAIL:info@manchesterjewishmuseum.com
WEBSITE:http://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com
OPERATING HOURS:Monday - Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
CONTACT PERSON(S):Primary Contact:
Ms. Susan Lord, Curator

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:Manchester Jewish Museum tells the story of the Jewish community in Manchester over the past 200 years.
  
OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION:From 1976 to 1980 German refugees and aid workers living in the Manchester area were interviewed. In 1983 the first Holocaust survivors were interviewed, and from 1988 survivors were systematically being interviewed by the Manchester Jewish Museum and the National Sound Archive.
  
Collect Holocaust Oral Histories:No.
  
Interview Guidelines:Yes.
  
Additional Information:Six interviews were conducted in 1976; four interviews in 1979-80, as well as some in 1983.
  
Project Complete:Information Not Available.
Year of First Interview:1976
Year of Last Interview:Information Not Available.
Interviews Per Year:4
Average Hours Per Interview:5
  
RECORDING METHOD 
  
Audio:Yes.
Number of Audio Hours:182.5
Total Number of Audio Interviews:58
Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews:58
Number of Audiocassette Interviews:58 (copies of reel-to-reel)
Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats:58 interviews are in the museum. 16 plus more reels of tapes still to come from National Sound Archive.
  
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
  
RULES: 
Access to Collection:Restricted. Information Not Available.
Special Requirements for Access or Use:Collection may be accessed by appointment only.
Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility:Appointment needs to be made with the curator.
Access Fee:The museum normally asks entry fee to the museum, but admission to the oral history collection and for researchers using the collections is free.
Research Services:Limited.
Research Fee:Information Not Available.
Research Services Requirements:Due to small staff size, research services are limited and depend on nature of information requested.
  
Permission Required for Use of Material in 
Publications:Yes.
Classrooms:Yes.
Public Lectures:Yes.
Documentaries:Yes.
How To Obtain permission:Through the curator.
  
RESOURCES 
Format of Collection 
Video/Audio:Yes.
Transcripts:Summaries.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
On-Site Equipment 
Audio:Yes.
Video:Information Not Available.
Users Can Bring Their Own:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
  
Finding Aids 
Guide to Collection Available:None.
Published:Information Not Available.
Guide Cost:N/A
Address to Obtain Guide:N/A
Additional Information:N/A
  
Transcripts 
Audio:Information Not Available.
Video:Information Not Available.
Available for photocopying:Information Not Available.
  
Summaries 
Summarized:Partial.
Available for Photocopying:Yes.
Available on Disk:No.
Other:There are 34 summaries from the audio interviews.
  
Indices 
Tapes Indexed:N/A
Transcripts Indexed:N/A
Summaries Indexed:N/A
Indices Available for Photocopying:N/A
Indices Available on Disk:N/A
Other:N/A
  
Cataloging Information 
Collection Cataloged:Information Not Available.
Available on Computer:Information Not Available.
Other:Information Not Available.
MARC Format:Information Not Available.
MARC Format Type:Information Not Available.
  
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.
  
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:Information Not Available.
Loan by other collection:Information Not Available.
Loan Fee:Information Not Available.
  
DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT 
Demographic Information about Interviewees: 
  
Total Number:58
Total Female:29
Total Male:29
No Data:Information Not Available.
  
  Female Male Total Other Information
Jews:292958Yes.
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:   Information Not Available.
Refugees:  15Yes.
Liberators: 11Yes.
Prosecutors:   Information Not Available.
Perpetrators/ Collaborators:   Information Not Available.
Refugee Relief Workers:4 4Yes.
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:Information Not Available.