Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter records, 1944-1946

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Series I: Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Center Records



Box 1 Publicity Material--Newspaper Clippings and Official Photographs


Box 1 Baron, Lawrence--"Haven from the Holocaust. . ." New York History LXIV/l


Final Report Summarizing All the Activities of the Shelter (9 parts)



Box 2 Project Director's Report


Box 2 Report of the Health Section


Box 2 Report of the Community Activities Section


Box 2 Report of the Welfare Section


Box 2 Internal Security Report


Box 2 Administrative Management Section Report


Box 2 Report of the Operation Division (Construction and Maintenance)


Box 2 Report of the Coordinating Committee


Box 2 Final Accountability Roster (Final Location of Refugees)



Box 3 Correspondence Files

Letters to and from various officials in charge of the shelter or working with shelter officials

Arranged in chronological order



Box 4 Correspondence Files

Letters to and from various officials in charge of the shelter or working with shelter officials

Arranged in chronological order


Rules and Regulations



Box 5 Shelter Releases--Amendments to the Fort Ortario Manual


Box 5 Fort Ortario Manual


Box 5 Shelter Safety Manual



Box 6 Handbook Releases--Amendments to Handbook


Box 6 War Relocation Authority Handbook--Sections 20.1-30.4



Box 7 War Relocation Authority Handbook--Sections 30.6-140


Program Reports

Various weekly and monthly reports on phases of activities



Box 8 Oswego Weekly and Monthly Reports


Box 8 Monthly Engineering Report


Box 8 Fire Reports


Box 8 Labor Reports


Box 8 Mess Operations


Box 8 Population Reports


Box 8 Welfare Reports



Box 9 Memoranda

Memos to shelter residents, announcements and notices

Arranged in chronological order


Box 9 Information Bulletin


Box 9 Memos to Staff



Box 11 Administrative Notices


Shelter Beginnings



Box 12 Releases, Reports, and Letters Relating to the Early Planning and Organization of the Shelter


Box 12 Special Studies



Box 13 Cooperation with other Agencies (mainly welfare agencies)--Releases, Letters, and Reports


Community Relations



Box 14 Relations among residents themselves, and between residents and the community of Oswego


Box 14 Welfare and Medical--Reports on Health and Sanitation



Box 15 Congressional Hearing on the Disbanding of the Shelter and the Future of the Residents


Box 15 Dickstein Committee, Congressional Committee Working towards the Admission of the Residents into the United States


Box 15 Smart's Speeches--Director's Speeches


Box 15 Miscellaneous Reports and Memoranda


Shelter Closure



Box 16 Panelling of Residents for Acceptance into the United States


Box 16 Attitude of State Department


Box 16 Problems Faced by the Shelter Administration