Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Lucille Schoenberg Greenly
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Lucille Schoenberg Greenly
- Date:
- 1996
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-
- Interviewee:
- Greenly, Lucille Schoenberg, 1919-2020
- Description:
- Lucille Schoenberg Greenly was born in 1919 in Savannah, Georgia, and raised, from the time she was a young girl, in Beaufort, South Carolina. In this interview, she offers information on the emigration of the Schoenbergs (Schoenberger) from Latvia to Atlanta, Georgia, and the Goldbergs (Zakon) from Russia to Boston, Massachusetts. The eldest child of Gertrude Goldberg and Leopold Schoenberg, she relates how her parents met in Atlanta at the wedding of a mutual cousin, a member of the Lichtenstein family. While newlyweds Gertrude and Leopold were living in Savannah, Leopold started a scrap metal business, often traveling to Beaufort to take advantage of post-World War I military equipment sales on Parris Island, home to a marine recruit depot. Among the salvaged items he bought were large ovens, which led to his next business venture, Beaufort Home Bakery, established in 1924 in the Schoenbergs' new hometown of Beaufort. Lucille describes operations at the bakery, where she worked after school, and the variety of products they sold. She discusses her younger siblings, Melvin, Julian, Arthur, and Gwendolyn; Passover Seders at their home; attending Hebrew school; memories of her grandparents; and her mother's cooking. Gertrude kept a kosher home; Lucille recalls that when she was a child, there was a kosher butcher shop on Craven Street, next door to the rabbi's house. The interviewee talks about the African Americans who worked in the Schoenberg home, and considers the nature of the family's relationship with them.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Topical Subject:
- Jews--Immigrants--United States--History, Jews--South Carolina--Beaufort--Interviews, Jewish businesspeople--South Carolina--Beaufort--History, Jews--South Carolina--Beaufort--Religious life, Bakers and bakeries--South Carolina--Beaufort, African Americans--South Carolina--Beaufort--Relations with Jews, Food habits--South Carolina--Beaufort
- S.C. County:
- Beaufort County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-095
- Date Digital:
- 2012-03-06
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Format:
- 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:
- 263067
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