Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Sarah Burgen Ackerman

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Sarah Burgen Ackerman

Date:

1999

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-

Interviewee:

Ackerman, Sarah Burgen, 1921-

Description:

Sarah Burgen Ackerman, the daughter of Polish immigrants, grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. She moved to Walhalla and, later, Fort Mill, South Carolina, after she married George Ackerman, a cantor and Hebrew teacher. The couple operated stores in both locations and raised four children.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ackerman, Sarah Burgen, 1921- -- Interviews
Ackerman, George, 1914-1999

Topical Subject:

Immigrants -- United States -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Ackerman, George, 1914-1999, Jews -- South Carolina -- Fort Mill -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Walhalla -- History, Jewish merchants -- Alabama -- History, Jews -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History, Jews -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History, Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Southern States, and African Americans -- Relations with Jews

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-219

Digitization Specifications:

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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:

220744