Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Fay Laro Alfred

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Fay Laro Alfred

Date:

1999

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Addlestone, Marlene Alfred

Interviewee:

Alfred, Fay Laro, 1915-2003

Description:

Fay Laro Alfred, born in Poland in 1915 during World War I, was just two weeks old when her family fled the fighting. Ultimately, they settled in Michigan where Fay’s parents started a scrap metal business. She recalls stories about her relatives in the Old Country and describes growing up Jewish in small-town Michigan and meeting her husband, Clement Alfred, (Zipperstein), a dentist. Her daughter, Marlene Addlestone, is an interviewer.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Alfred, Fay Laro, 1915- -- Interviews
Addlestone, Marlene Alfred

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina –- Interviews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -– History, Jews -- Michigan -– History, Immigrants -- United States –- History, World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish, and Scrap metal industry -- Michigan -- History

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry and Siedlce (Poland) –- History

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-213

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Internet Media Type:

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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:

220746