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Student & staff records at WOA

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Digital RefTitle and description
WO/4/12/6/1d06a080Students register, 23 May 1946-16 March 1949. Listing of students awarded diplomas by ORT vocational schools in the US Zone of Germany after WWII. The register is arranged by diploma number (1-5698) and lists student's name, place/camp name, course title and date diploma was awarded.
WO/4/12/6/2d06a081Students register, 17 March 1949-23 June 1958. Listing of students awarded diplomas by ORT vocational schools in the US Zone of Germany after WWII. The register is arranged by diploma number (5699-7914) and lists student's name, place/camp name, course title and date diploma was awarded.
WO/4/12/7/1d06a082Staff register from the DP camps in Germany, 1 February 1947-12 June 1950. Listing of staff employed in ORT schools in the DP camps in the US Zone of Germany after WWII. The register lists staff names, school name, and dates of employment. It is not arranged in any discernible order.
WO/4/6/3 ORT Switzerland training courses, 1946-1947. Includes exam reports, correspondence, students' details and copies of students' course completion forms in Anieres and Chamby. Relates to courses in Les Avants, Montreux, Anieres, and Chamby. German.
WO/4/6/4 Students' details in ORT courses in Switzerland, 1946-1949. Arranged alphabetically A-G.
WO/4/22/4 Operation Department's file regarding English-language teaching programme for refugees in Rome, 1976-1978. Includes some student test results, teachers' salaries. 
WO/3/4/9 Robin Gilbert's file of correspondence relating to ORT projects funded by and project proposals submitted or considered for submission to various national and international aid and funding organisations, 1966-1976. Includes a section on DANIDA and CIDA scholarships for Anieres students, with information about scholarships awarded (1973-1976). Language: French.
WO/4/21/11 Correspondence between WOU Operations department and various individuals and organisations in Israel, 1974-1977. Relates mainly to ORT's activities in Israel and to former World ORT staff and students regarding accreditation and pensions in Israel, but also refers to work in Iran and other locations. Includes copies of ORT accreditation documents issued to students in Romania (1947). Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name. Languages: Hebrew, Yiddish, French, German.
WO/6/8/1 WOU Information Department correspondence with American ORT Federation (AO), 1972-1978. Includes names and addresses of AOF officers and other mailing lists with names and addresses.
WO/9/1/5/1 Correspondence relating to pensions of former ORT staff and students, 1930s-1980. Correspondence file concerning requests by former ORT students/employees for evidence of their past connection with ORT related to German pension applications or for pension payments by ORT, 1979-1980. Includes copies of documents from the 1930s-1960s regarding ORT operations, lists of staff/students, salaries, etc. in Poland and Germany.
 WO/4/6/6 Association of former students of ORT: membership forms, 1960-1961. Information on students in ORT Switzerland.
WO/5/9/1 Scholarships file 1976-1978. Includes personal information on students.
WO/4/44/7 Correspondence and memos regarding scholarships and loans to students in Marseilles and Anieres, 1978-1979. Lanuages: French.
DC/2077-2080 List of students/graduates at Anieres A mix of cards – some 1949-1955; others from the 1970s. List students’ details (dob, place of birth, schooling and diplomas gained; [for some] date arrived at Anieres; [for some] employment details with ORT post graduation. 
  Individual documents with lists of students/teachers/colonists – e.g. d06b062; [USSR/Birobidzhan:] d06b263-264; [Bessarabia:]d06d135; d06d136; d06d137; d06d138; d06d142; d06d143; d06d144; d06d145; [Romania/now Ukraine:] d06d140; d06d147; [Latvia:] d06d151; d06d349; d06d492; d06d932; d06d933; d06d934; [Germany:] d06d350;
[Lithuania:] d06d954; d06d957; d06d959. 
 d10a019; d07a166; d13a060British ORT Leeds (+ in other magazines)