Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Edward V. Mirmow, Rose Louise Rich Aronson, and Harold M. Aronson

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Edward V. Mirmow, Rose Louise Rich Aronson, and Harold M. Aronson

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Mendelsohn, Rhetta Aronson, 1946-

Interviewee:

Mirmow, Edward V., 1930-;Aronson, Rose Louise Rich, 1922-2004;Aronson, Harold M., 1919-

Description:

Edward Mirmow and Rose Louise Aronson, who grew up in Orangeburg, recall the city’s Jewish families, descendants of German and Russian immigrants, and the types of stores they operated, dating to the 1930s. Edward’s paternal relatives, the Mirmowitzes and the Goldiners, emigrated from Russia around the turn of the 20th century. In the 1950s, Rose led an effort to organize a congregation for the benefit of Orangeburg’s Jewish children, including her two daughters, and Temple Sinai was founded.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Mirmow, Edward V., 1930- -- Interviews
Aronson, Rose Louise Rich, 1922-2004 -- Interviews
Aronson, Harold M., 1919- -- Interviews

Topical Subject:

Immigrants -- United States -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- History, Jews -– South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Religious life, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Summerville -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Blackville -– History, Temple Sinai (Orangeburg), Tree of Life synagogue (Columbia), Temple Beth El (Camden), and Antisemitism -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- History

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-052

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Internet Media Type:

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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:

220736