Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ellis Irvin Kahn
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ellis Irvin Kahn
- Date:
- 1997
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Rosenblum, Sandra Lee Kahn
- Interviewee:
- Kahn, Ellis Irvin, 1936-
- Description:
- Ellis Irvin Kahn, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, describes his family background and his years growing up in the coastal city where his father owned a wholesale and retail grocery business. His great-grandfather, Josiah Kaminitsky, appears in the South Carolina Supreme Court records of 1885. He lost both legs in a train accident, sued the North Eastern Railroad Company, and won. Ellis, an attorney and former president of the Charleston Jewish Federation, recounts the aftereffects of Hurricane Hugo (1989) on the areas residents and the relief efforts of local, national, and Israeli Jews. He married Janice Weinstein of Shreveport, Louisiana, and the couple raised three children in Charleston.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Tarshish, Allan, 1907-1982
Kahn, Ellis Irvin, 1936- -- Interviews
Heller, Max M. (Max Moses), 1919-
Atwater, Lee - Topical Subject:
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Kalushiner Society (Charleston, S.C.), Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.), Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- social life and customs, Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Zionism and Judaism, Charleston Jewish Federation, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston – History, Jews -- Immigrants -- United States -- History, Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.), and Hebrew Orphan Society (Charleston, S.C.)
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-142
- Date Digital:
- 2011-05
- 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:
- 220762
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