Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral History Interview with Selden K. Smith
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral History Interview with Selden K. Smith
- Date:
- 2017
- Interviewee:
- Smith, Selden K., 1930-2018
- Description:
- Selden K. Smith, a South Carolina native who taught history for nearly four decades at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina, talks about his role in the development of Holocaust education courses. He describes meeting local survivors and says of interviewer Lilly Stern Filler’s mother, “The most compelling person of all—it was all compelling—was Jadzia [Stern].” What started as an experimental course featuring presentations by survivors grew into a standard offering at Columbia College. Dr. Smith notes he was not involved in or even aware of the effort to create legislation that established the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust (SCCH) in 1989. However, he was appointed to SCCH in 1990. He credits Margaret Walden, who then worked for the South Carolina Department of Education, for much of the progress made with Holocaust education in the state. Among SCCH’s projects was a joint effort with South Carolina Educational Television to interview survivors and liberators, resulting in the publication of the teaching guide South Carolina Voices. The interviewee discusses the status of Holocaust education in South Carolina and suggests that the challenge is how to make it “relevant to one’s day and time.”
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Preferred Citation:
- Selden K. Smith, audio interview by Lilly Stern Filler and Robin Waites, 6 September 2017, Mss 1035-510, Special Collections, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
- Topical Subject:
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching, Holocaust survivors--South Carolina--Columbia
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina
- S.C. County:
- Richland County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- Mss 1035-510
- Date Digital:
- 2018-03-27
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © Jewish Heritage Collection
- Access Statement:
- All rights reserved.
- Access Information:
- For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 220854
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