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

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Title:

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

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

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

Interviewee:

Aronson, Rose Louise Rich, 1922-2004;Aronson, Harold M., 1919-

Description:

Rose Louise Aronson was raised in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the great-granddaughter of Moritz Rich who, with his brother Lipman, emigrated from Prussia before the Civil War and settled successively in Charleston, St. Matthews, and Orangeburg. About 1890, her maternal grandfather, Louis Leopold Block, a German immigrant, joined the Hirsch brothers in their dry goods business in Camden. In the 1950s, Rose Louise was instrumental in organizing Temple Sinai, Orangeburg’s Jewish congregation.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Aronson, Rose Louise Rich, 1922-2004 -- Interviews, Block, Louis Leopold, 1868-1940

Topical Subject:

Immigrants -- United States -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -– Interviews, Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- Camden -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- St. Matthews – History, Jews –- South Carolina –- Charleston –- History, Congregation Beth El (Camden, S.C.)

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-054

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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:

220749