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| Name: | American Jewish Archives |
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| Affiliation: | |
| ADDRESS: | 3101 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220-2488 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-513) 221-1875 |
| FAX: | +(1-513) 221-7812 |
| EMAIL: | kproffitt@huc.edu |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.AmericanJewishArchives.org |
| OPERATING HOURS: | Monday - Fri day 9:00a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Primary Contact:
Mr. Kevin Proffitt, Director of Research Programs
Phone: +(1-513) 221-1875
Email: kproffitt@huc.edu
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | The American Jewish Archives (AJA) was founded in 1947, and is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural personal social and family life of American Jewry.
Located at the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, the AJA contains nearly 8,000 linear feet of archives, manuscripts, print materials, photographs, audio and video tapes, microfilm and genealogical materials. |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | The AJA holds nearly 3000 audio and video recordings consisting of oral histories, lectures, religious services and music. Holocaust-related oral history holdings include the Brazilian Oral History Project as well as oral histories conducted under the auspices of the National Council of Jewish Women. Interviews were conducted by members of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. This collection is catalogued under the title “Project Eternity: A Joint Program of the American Jewish Archives and the Cincinnati Jewish Survivors of Nazism.” It contains audio tape recordings and transcripts of interviews (conducted between 1980-1982) with Cincinnati area Holocaust survivors.
Two other Holocaust-related collections include audio interviews with 12 Holocaust survivors who later converted to Christianity, as well as accounts of American soldiers who liberated Nazi concentration camps. While some of the latter are available only in written form, others are recorded on audio cassette.
In addition, there are many other individual audio and video Holocaust-related interviews which are not part of the collections mentioned above. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | Yes. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Yes. |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Project Complete: | Yes. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1980 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1991 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 50 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 2 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | 200+ |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 90+ |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 90+ |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 75+ |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 34 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 34 |
| Number of Film interviews: | Information Not Available. |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Open. (Unless otherwise designated.) |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Information Not Available. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Information Not Available. |
| Access Fee: | No access fee. |
| Research Services: | Yes. |
| Research Fee: | 20 cents per page, $6 per audio tape and $25 per video tape. |
| Research Services Requirements: | Information Not Available. |
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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 and authorization must be obtained from the Director of the American Jewish Archives. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | Yes. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | Yes. |
| Published: | N/A |
| Guide Cost: | Information Not Available. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | Online catalogue: www.AmericanJewishArchives.org |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | 90 |
| Video: | Log Sheets Available. |
| Available for photocopying: | Log Sheets Available. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | No. |
| Available for Photocopying: | No. |
| Available on Disk: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | No. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | No. |
| Summaries Indexed: | No. |
| 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: | On website. |
| Other: | Card catalogue. |
| MARC Format: | In online catalogue. |
| MARC Format Type: | Information Not Available. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | No. |
| Summaries: | No. |
| Catalog: | Yes. |
| Indices: | No. |
| Interview Clips: | No. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Records available only at NUCMC |
| OCLC: | No. |
| RLIN: | No. |
| Other: | No. |
| Plan to Join: | RLIN |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | Microfilm only. |
| Loan by other collection: | Information Not Available. |
| Loan Fee: | Information Not Available. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 128 |
| Total Female: | 74 |
| Total Male: | 54 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | 74 | 47 | 121 | 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: | | | | Information Not Available. |
| Rescuers: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | 1 | 1 | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | 5 | 5 | 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: | Information Not Available. |
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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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