Testimony Services
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute provides access to its Visual History Archive, in whole or in part, to interested parties. The Institute's Visual History Archive at the University of Southern California contains nearly 52,000 video testimonies collected in 32 languages and 56 countries. One-hundred-twenty thousand hours of video occupy currently 200 terabytes of storage on servers at USC. Institutions connected to Internet2, or an equivalent network in the country in which they are located, may collaborate with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute to access the entire Visual History Archive.

Please click on the links below for a complete description of services and their associated costs:
Digital Access to Entire Visual History Archive (institutions only)
Collections of Testimonies (institutions only)
Broadcast Quality Footage of Testimonies
Copies of Testimonies for Family Members

Digital Access to Entire Visual History Archive
Contact Person
Doug Ballman
Manager of External Relations - Online Archive
E-mail: dougb@usc.edu
Telephone: 213-740-6046
Fax: 213-740-6044

Description and/or information about services provided
Institutions must have 100 mbps connectivity to Internet2 within the United States or an equivalent network outside of the United States.

For more information, please download the VHA via Internet2 Overview (PDF) document.

Costs
Annual subscription cost per institution: $15,000

Collections of Testimonies - Subset of Archive
Contact Person
Tina Minh
Coordinator of Access Services
E-Mail: vhi-col@usc.edu
Telephone: 213-740-6026
Fax: 213-740-6044

Description and/or information about services provided
Institutions may acquire subsets of the archive, called Visual History Collections, in VHS or DVD media formats. Collections can be defined based on the geography in which the interviews were conducted, the language in which they were given, by a specific set of experiences, or any other criteria given by the requestor.

For more information and/or to request a collection of testimonies for your institution, please complete the Collection Questionnaire 2007 (PDF), and return it to the Institute.

Costs
$90 DVD or VHS per testimony (plus shipping costs)

Broadcast Quality Footage of Testimonies
Contact Person
Tina Minh
Coordinator of Access Services
E-Mail: vhi-acc@usc.edu
Telephone: 213-740-6026
Fax: 213-740-6044

Description and/or information about services provided
To request broadcast quality footage of USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony for a particular project, please complete the Access Questionnaire 2007 (PDF), and return it to the Institute.

Costs
$20 per minute + $53 tape stock (plus shipping)

Copies of Testimonies for Family Members
E-Mail: vhi-web@usc.edu
Telephone: 213-740-6001
Fax: 213-740-6044

Description and/or information about services provided
Interviewees and/or their family members may acquire copies of their own testimonies. Copies can be provided on DVD or VHS media format. To order copies, please complete the appropriate form, and return it to the Institute.
Request (U.S. only): Family Testimony Copy Order Form (PDF)
Request (International): Family Testimony Copy Order Form (PDF)

Costs
U.S. only requests (incl. shipping): $85 DVD or VHS per testimony
International requests (plus shipping): $78 DVD or VHS per testimony
Additional copies: $15