Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Karl Karesh

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Karl Karesh

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Stender, Barbara Karesh

Interviewee:

Karesh, Karl, 1912-1997

Description:

Karl Karesh, born in 1912, discusses growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, focusing on his neighborhood, the local merchants, his Hebrew school training, and his family and their adherence to Orthodox religious observances. He addresses the differences between the uptown and downtown Jews before World War II, and describes his clothing business, and other Jewish- and gentile-owned dry goods stores, in Charleston during the post-war years.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Karesh, Karl, 1912-1997 – Interviews

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 -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.), Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Council of Jewish Juniors (U.S.), and Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-065

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:

Digital resource copyright 2011, The College of Charleston. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

220763