Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ellis Irvin Kahn

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Ellis Irvin Kahn

Date:

1997

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Rosenblum, Sandra Lee Kahn

Interviewee:

Kahn, Ellis Irvin, 1936-

Description:

Ellis Irvin Kahn, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, describes his family background and his years growing up in the coastal city where his father owned a wholesale and retail grocery business. His great-grandfather, Josiah Kaminitsky, appears in the South Carolina Supreme Court records of 1885. He lost both legs in a train accident, sued the North Eastern Railroad Company, and won. Ellis, an attorney and former president of the Charleston Jewish Federation, recounts the aftereffects of Hurricane Hugo (1989) on the areas residents and the relief efforts of local, national, and Israeli Jews. He married Janice Weinstein of Shreveport, Louisiana, and the couple raised three children in Charleston.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Tarshish, Allan, 1907-1982
Kahn, Ellis Irvin, 1936- -- Interviews
Heller, Max M. (Max Moses), 1919-
Atwater, Lee

Topical Subject:

Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Kalushiner Society (Charleston, S.C.), Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.), Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social conditions, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- social life and customs, Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Zionism and Judaism, Charleston Jewish Federation, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston – History, Jews -- Immigrants -- United States -- History, Hebrew Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.), and Hebrew Orphan Society (Charleston, S.C.)

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-142

Date Digital:

2011-05

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:

220762