Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Mary Octavia Moses Mahon
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Mary Octavia Moses Mahon
- Date:
- 2013
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Moses, Elizabeth
- Interviewee:
- Mahon, Mary Octavia Moses, 1918-
- Description:
- Mary Octavia "Ta" Moses Mahon, born in 1918, shares her memories of growing up in Sumter, South Carolina, with her six siblings, two of whom died in childhood of polio. She describes how the Moses children occupied their time in Sumter and Saluda, North Carolina, where they had a summer home. She recalls attending Sunday school and, on occasion, accompanying her father to Friday night services at Temple Sinai, the Reform Jewish congregation in Sumter. The Moses family observed the Sabbath and the High Holidays at the temple, but not in the home. Ta, with help from her niece Elizabeth Moses reviews some of the family genealogy, which includes surnames such as Seixas, Emanuel, and Cohen, and she responds to questions about her Jewish identity. Ta graduated from Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina, with a degree in history, and taught in Sumter schools for four years. She married John Mahon, a Methodist, and they raised their four children in Sumter as Methodists. For related information see the August 7, 1999 interview with Octavia's brother Richard Moses and August 16 and 17, 2013 interviews with Octavia's brother Robert Moses. Special Collections, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, is the repository for Moses family photographs and papers.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Preferred Citation:
- Mary Octavia Moses Mahon, audio interview by Dale Rosengarten and Elizabeth Moses, 19 August 2013, Mss 1035-377, Special Collections, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.)
- Topical Subject:
- Jews--South Carolina--Sumter--Interviews, Jews--South Carolina--Sumter--Identity, Jews--South Carolina--Sumter--Social life and customs
- S.C. County:
- Sumter County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-377
- Date Digital:
- 2013-10-02
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- audio/mpeg;application/pdf
- 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:
- 221035
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