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, and Jewish religious education -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry, St. Philip Street (Charleston, S.C.) -- History, and King Street (Charleston, S.C.) -- History
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-034
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- application/pdf;audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital resource copyright 2011, The College of Charleston. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 220741
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