Emma Trayte and David Trayte
Recorded
July 11, 2020
40:10 minutes
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Id:
mby019898
Description
Emma Trayte (24) interviews her father, David Trayte (67), about his childhood memories and his experience immigrating from Scotland to the United States with his mother in 1959.Subject Log / Time Code
D.T. talks about immigrating from Scotland to the U.S. on a 7 day boat ride with his mother in August of 1959.
D.T. describes the train ride, from New York to Boston: "I had my face pressed up against the window, thinking I would see cowboys and Indians."
D.T. reflects on the home, family, and land of the Middendorf's, the family that sponsored his mother's coming to the U.S..
E.T. asks her father what he remembers about Scotland before coming to America.
E.T. asks her father to share some of his favorite memories of Christmas.
Participants
- Emma Trayte
- David Trayte