Wilmette Public Library Local History Digital Collection

Rhea Saul Adler (1906-1990) oral history

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CD 2 Track 5: CD 2 Track 5
Transcription: CD 2 Track 5 RF: . . . you have been an extremely alert person. You have been certainly aware of everything that was going on around you. You were observing, participating, testing all kinds of things. RA: Experimenting, maybe. RF: Experimenting. RA: It's been a family trait. RF: Right. You have preserved your independence. [Laughs]. RA: Well, I think I . . . RF: You've certainly passed along some of your qualities to your children, and I'm sure that they are passing it on to their children. RA: It's interesting to have my grandchildren bring their intended mates to meet us, [indistinct]. When they decide they are going to be their mates, they always wanted us to meet them. We have one new granddaughter that we haven't met personally, but we've talked to her on the telephone. RF: Also, you have come from a very close-knit family, and you have, in spite of the distances between you and your children and your grandchildren, you were able to maintain a close-knit . . . RA: This is true. RF: . . . which is very difficult to do. RA: Well, you know, I said, what do they mean when they talk about there being--what is the phrase they use for the difference in generations? RF: Generational gap. RA: The gap. What is a generational gap? I don't know. Because I never have felt that my grandchildren weren't close to me, and I think they feel the same way to both of us. Because when I was sick in the hospital, I immediately got from all the grandchildren, all kinds of, what I call my love basket. RF: I think you can be extremely proud because you have been a constant, you know, in a changing world. We live in an extremely changing world, and you are certainly a witness to that. You have been a constant. Because you have maintained a very straight. . . RA: Sometimes too straight for people! [Laughs]. RF: . . . straight-arrow kind of attitude. You have been extremely loyal to your community. You have been loyal to your family. You have contributed in many ways through whatever was possible. And I think that, in conclusion we should say, that we are very happy to have a Rhea Adler. RA: Well, Regina, your saying so is really very touching [emotional]. RF: Thank you. This is Regina Fleischer. I also live in Wilmette, and I am a librarian at the Wilmette Library. Thank you.; Fleischer, Regina
, Interviewer; Adler, Rhea Saul, 1906-1990
, Interviewee; Barnett, Amanda
, Transcriber
Media Type: Audio; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Interview of Rhea Adler by Regina Fleischer at 401 3rd Street, Wilmette, IL, in 1985.
Notes: Photograph of the first public library in Wilmette, Illinois
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: About 1985
Date Of Event: About 1985
Subject(s): Libraries
Oral histories
Wilmette Public Library
Personal Name(s): Adler, Rhea Saul
Language of Item: English
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