Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ruth Barnett Kaye
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ruth Barnett Kaye
- Date:
- 1996
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-
- Interviewee:
- Kaye, Ruth Barnett, 1913-2007
- Description:
- Ruth Kaye, born in 1913, grew up in Sumter, South Carolina, the granddaughter of Estonian immigrant, B. J. Barnett who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. The Barnetts became landowners and cotton farmers, and ran a general store. Ruth’s mother, Emma Klein, was born in Hungary and raised in Pennsylvania and New York. Ruth recounts her family history on both sides, and describes her visits with the New York Kleins.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Kaye, Ruth Barnett, 1913- -- Interviews, Rittenberg, Lucille
- Topical Subject:
- Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.), Jews -- New York -- New York City -- History, Jews -- New York -- New York City -- Religious life, Jews -- New York -- New York City -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- Race relations, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- Social conditions, Jews -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- History, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish, Jewish soldiers -- South Carolina, Jews -- South Carolina -- Manville -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Cultural assimilation -- History, Antisemitism -- South Carolina -- Sumter -- History, Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Sumter –- History, Rodeph Sholom (New York City, N.Y.)
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-077
- 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:
- 220733
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