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, Scrap metal industry -- Michigan -- History
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry, Siedlce (Poland) –- History
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-213
- 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:
- 220746
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