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| Name: | Holocaust Resource Center and Jewish Archives of the Jewish Federation of Lehigh Valley |
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| Affiliation: | Muhlenberg College |
| ADDRESS: | 2400 Chew Street, Ettinger Hall, Room 209
Allentown, PA 19104 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-484) 664-3014
+(1-484) 664-3014 |
| FAX: | +(1-610) 821-8946 |
| EMAIL: | jflvhrc@muhlenberg.edu |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/holocaust |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Monday and Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Ms. Sally Eiler Cordova, Librarian\Researcher
Phone: +(1-484) 664-3014
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The Lehigh Valley Jewish Archives/ Holocaust Resource Center (HRC) of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley was established in 1982 to conduct educational outreach services with area public and parochial school districts as well as community groups and individuals. The resources of the Center include approximately 1000 books on the Holocaust and over 1000 books on Jewish history, culture and religion that may be checked out free-of-charge by the public. Other resources include audio and videotapes, displays of artwork and artifacts. The Center is also the home of the Lehigh Valley Jewish Archives and as such maintains a collection of books and memorabilia on the history of the Valley's Jewish community.
The HRC works with the Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Task Force (a program of Gratz College serving Pennsylvania educators) to develop Holocaust curriculum for teachers throughout the state. The Center sponsors yearly writing contests on "Kristallnacht" and "What the Holocaust Means to Me" for area high school and middle school students. Staff members participate in the "Youth and Prejudice" conferences sponsored by the Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding held at Muhlenberg College.
Finally, the HRC is expanding its outreach by offering teacher training workshops, teacher in-services, prejudice-reduction workshops and increased speaker services. The Center is open to the public Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 A.M. to 4 P.M. Other hours are by appointment. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | The HRC’s Oral History collection includes audio-cassette tapes of Holocaust survivors and descendants of early Jewish settlers of the Lehigh Valley that were collected by the late Ned Shulman, former Director of the Center. Videotapes of survivor Judy Freeman and her husband Lou Freeman, former residents of the Lehigh Valley, are also part of the collection. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | No. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Yes. |
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| Additional Information: | Organization does not publish contact information for individuals. They will attempt to contact those still living, if a request is made. The above list includes individuals with knowledge of early Jewish history in the Lehigh Valley. They are not all Holocaust survivors. |
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| Project Complete: | For the original project. Still accepts new material if offered. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1984 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1993 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 6 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 2 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | 75 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 66 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | 0 |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 66 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Jewish music. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | Approximately 10 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 2 |
| 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: | 2 |
| 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: | No. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Not required, but recommended. |
| Access Fee: | No. |
| Research Services: | None. |
| Research Fee: | N/A |
| Research Services Requirements: | None. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Requests to Sally Eiler Cordova at the Center address. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Books, Displays, Artwork, Periodicals, Newsletters, Speakers, Workshops |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | Yes. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Yes. |
| Other: | No onsite copy machine. Copying can be arranged. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | Yes. |
| Published: | Copying fee. |
| Guide Cost: | Ten cents per page. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | Holocaust Resource Center
Muhlenberg College
2400 Chew St.t
Allentown, PA 18104 |
| Additional Information: | Guide is primarily a catalogue of lending library of approximately 2000 books. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | 5 |
| Video: | 0 |
| Available for photocopying: | 0 |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Currently in progress (as of spring 2005) |
| Available for Photocopying: | When completed. |
| Available on Disk: | When completed there will be a fee for disk. |
| Other: | N/A |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Yes. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | No. |
| Summaries Indexed: | When completed. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | Yes, fee for disk. |
| Other: | N/A |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Yes. |
| Available on Computer: | Yes. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format: | No. |
| MARC Format Type: | No. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | No. |
| Summaries: | No. |
| Catalog: | No. |
| Indices: | No. |
| Interview Clips: | No. |
| Other: | Description of Center, biography of former Director and survivor Julius Jacobs |
| Additional Information: | Website will be expanded in the future. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | No. |
| RLIN: | No. |
| Other: | No. |
| Plan to Join: | No. |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | No. |
| Loan by other collection: | No. |
| Loan Fee: | None. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 66 |
| Total Female: | 33 |
| Total Male: | 30 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | 33 | 30 | 66 | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Prisoners of War: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Resisters: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Partisans: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugees: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Liberators: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | | | | Information Not Available. |
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| Additional Information: | Some categories are impossible to verify because of death, relocation, or underreporting. Some numbers could be higher. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) |  | Bergen Belsen |
| Geographic Area(s) | | Carpathian Mountains - Russia |
| Experience(s) | | Inmate rebellion |
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| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Some interviewees were also in Auschwitz, Dachau and other camps. Interviewees include survivors from Belgium, France, Germany and Poland. |
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