Interview with Alma Miller, I. A. Miller, April 24, 1983

Partial Transcript: My name is Izadar A. Miller. And, uh, my nickname is Jack.

Segment Synopsis: I. A. Miller discusses his family history and how he moved to Lexington to see his brother. He also talks about his grocery store and how he met his wife in the store he worked at. He describes going to school and being one of very few Jewish children.

Keywords: Brothers; Grocery stores; Lafayette Shopping Center; M&H Market; Parents; Siblings

Subjects: Families.; Lexington (Ky.); Saint Joseph (Mo.)

Partial Transcript: Okay then we'll go back to Lexington. Alright?

Segment Synopsis: Miller and his wife, Alma Miller describe the religious history of several Rabbis to enter Lexington. They also discuss the active Jewish community in Lexington.

Keywords: Brothers; East End Lexington (Ky.); Holiday Road (Lexington, Ky.); Rabbis; Synagogues

Subjects: Jews--Kentucky--Lexington.; Lexington (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Uh, do you, or did you belong to any groups like Brotherhood or B'nai B'rith or anything like that?

Segment Synopsis: I. A. Miller describes how his affiliations with several Jewish organizations and how his work with them have been successful and beneficial to the community. He talks about his work helping children and the burn center.

Keywords: B'nai B'rith; Helping children; Jewish Brotherhood; Masonic Order; Merit award for outstanding work; Oleika Temple (Lexington, Ky.); Scottish Rite

Subjects: Jews--Kentucky--Lexington.

Partial Transcript: Is there anything else you would like to share with us?

Segment Synopsis: I. A. Miller talks about people he knows in Lexington. He expresses his adoration for his recently passed older brother, Ben, and talks about his brother's career in Lexington. Miller describes his love for his wife and how important she is to him. He discusses how much of an impact his wife, Alma, has had on his life.

Keywords: Ben Miller; Brothers; Horses; Hoskall Goldberg (??); Jewelers; Jewish history; Judaism; Knowledge; Lexington history; Sherman Miller; Shops; Short street (Lexington, Ky.); Sisters; Temple; Wives

Subjects: Families.; Jews--Kentucky--Lexington.

Partial Transcript: Alma, would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself?

Segment Synopsis: Alma Miller tells her story of her education and career accomplishment. She describes how she was a nurse and traveled all over America with the public health service. She tells her side of the story about meeting her husband. She describes how her parents traveled form Arkansas to Oklahoma, her birth place, in a covered wagon with 5 children. Alma then talks about all of her siblings who still live all over the country.

Keywords: Arkansas; Baltimore; Boston; Brothers; Chicago; Commissioned officers; Husbands; Ireland; Married; Memphis (Tenn.); NARCO; New Orleans; New York; Oklahoma; Parents; Public health service; San Francisco; School of Nursing; Siblings; Sisters; University of Tulsa

Subjects: Education; Families.; Nurses

Partial Transcript: May I ask you something very personal and you do not have to answer it.

Segment Synopsis: Alma discusses that she decided to convert to Judaism, not because she was forced. She talks about how she spoke with the Rabbi and her husband's family before deciding to convert. She talks more about her time as a nurse during the war and why she decided to retire from the service. The interview is concluded.

Keywords: Ben Miller; Commissioned officers; Converting to Judaism; Driving; Married; Nurses; Reform Judaism; Retired; Temple; War

Subjects: Nursing; Religion