Newby Ely collection on Deaf Holocaust surviviors 2000

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Newby Ely collection on Deaf Holocaust surviviors 2000

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Collection of filmed interviews made by historian Newby Ely, chronicling the experiences of Deaf Holocaust survivors. The collection contains 233 DVDs of collector and historian Newby Ely's interviews with Deaf World War II Holocaust survivors. Ely made many trips to Europe and traveled to several cities to seek out these individuals, many of them quite aged, to make sure their stories were told and documented. DVDs are copies from original tapes loaned by Newby Ely. The content of the collection is his travel to eastern Europe: Berlin, Prague, Krakow, Budepest, and Munich; concentration camps Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Theresienstadt; the House of the Wannsee Conference; and interviews with deaf survivors.The last disc (#58) contains copies of papers from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) related to deaf Holocaust survivors. These files are on deposit from NARA and are for viewing only.

0.83 linear feet (2 document boxes)

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8146850

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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United States. National Archives and Records Administration

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents which make up the National Archive. NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential directives, and federal regulations. NARA also transmit...

Ely, Newby,

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Newby Ely has been an avid collector of film memorabilia for the past 40 years, amassing a private collection of thousands of items, including scripts, lobby cards and posters. After reading John Schuchman's "Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry" and taking his course in the early 2000s, Ely started collecting Deaf-related film memorabilia and video recordings. He eventually donated this collection to the Deaf Studies Archives at RIT. He continues collecting film memora...