Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Henry Barnett and Patty Levi Barnett
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Henry Barnett and Patty Levi Barnett
- Date:
- 1995
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Moses, Robert Altamont, 1921-
- Interviewee:
- Barnett, Henry, 1919-1997;Barnett, Patty Levi, 1927-
- Description:
- Henry Barnett’s grandfather, B. J. Barnett, emigrated from Estonia in the 1830s or ’40s and settled in Manville, South Carolina. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War and, around 1880, moved to Sumter where he opened a dry goods store and became a landowner and cotton farmer. Henry married Patty Levi, also of Sumter, and a descendant of Moses Levi, who had emigrated from Bavaria and settled in Manning, South Carolina.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Barnett, Henry D. (Bubba), 1919-1997 -- Interviews, Barnett, Patty Levi – Interviews, Barnett, Benjamin J., 1863-1950
- Topical Subject:
- Jews -- South Carolina –- Interviews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- History, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish, Jewish soldiers -- South Carolina
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-019
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- application/pdf;audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © Jewish Heritage Collection
- Access Information:
- For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 220730
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