Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Robert M. Zalkin


Title:
Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Robert M. Zalkin
Date:
1995
Interviewer:
Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-
Interviewee:
Zalkin, Robert M., 1925-2006
Description:
Robert M. Zalkin grew up in Charleston during the Great Depression, a grandson of Lithuanian immigrant Robert (Glick) Zalkin, who opened Zalkin’s Kosher Meat and Poultry Market on King Street. Robert served in the army during World War II, earned an engineering degree from the University of South Carolina, and married Harriet Rivkin, whose father ran a delicatessen in Columbia.
Collection Title:
Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:
College of Charleston Libraries
Media Type:
Oral Histories
Personal or Corporate Subject:
Zalkin, Robert M. -- Interviews
Zalkin, Robert, 1860-1923
Zalkin, Joseph, 1870-1954
Zalkin, Anna Cohen, 1893-
Coaxum, Samuel, 1905-1978
Topical Subject:
Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs, African Americans -– Relations with Jews, Butchers -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Kosher food industry -- South Carolina -- Charleston – History, Folly Beach (S.C.) -- History, and Jewish religious education -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Geographic Subject:
Lowcountry, St. Philip Street (Charleston, S.C.) -- History, and King Street (Charleston, S.C.) -- History
S.C. County:
Charleston County (S.C.)
Shelving Locator:
MSS 1035-034
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:
220741

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