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1. Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Arthur V. Williams and Elza Meyers Alterman

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Arthur V. Williams and Elza Meyers Alterman
Date:
2/3/1997
Description:
Cousins Arthur Williams and Elza Meyers Alterman grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. They discuss the Williams and Meyers family histories, intermarriage and assimilation, and Charleston’s Reform Jewish community, including changes in the congregation and services during their lifetimes. Arthur became a physician and helped to develop an artificial kidney machine in the 1940s. Elza followed her mother into retail and ran a dress shop in the former home of the Williams family on George Street.