Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Robert M. Zalkin

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Robert M. Zalkin

Date:

1995

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-

Interviewee:

Zalkin, Robert M., 1925-2006

Description:

Robert M. Zalkin grew up in Charleston during the Great Depression, a grandson of Lithuanian immigrant Robert (Glick) Zalkin, who opened Zalkin’s Kosher Meat and Poultry Market on King Street. Robert served in the army during World War II, earned an engineering degree from the University of South Carolina, and married Harriet Rivkin, whose father ran a delicatessen in Columbia.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Zalkin, Robert M. -- Interviews, Zalkin, Robert, 1860-1923, Zalkin, Joseph, 1870-1954, Zalkin, Anna Cohen, 1893-, Coaxum, Samuel, 1905-1978

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs, African Americans -– Relations with Jews, Butchers -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Kosher food industry -- South Carolina -- Charleston – History, Folly Beach (S.C.) -- History, Jewish religious education -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry, St. Philip Street (Charleston, S.C.) -- History, King Street (Charleston, S.C.) -- History

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-034

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Internet Media Type:

application/pdf;audio/mpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © Jewish Heritage Collection

Access Information:

For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.

Admin ID:

220741