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Insight into my mother’s childhood growing up in the 70’s

My Dad is the best influence and I think I can learn a lot more from him

I (Kira Leavitt) talked to Marcia Via my grandma about our family and her childhood. I also asked her about advice for the future.

In this interview, given on November 28th, 2017, I sit down and have a heart to heart with my grandfather. Don H. Waldrop (my bumper) and I talk about his upbringing on the family farm and how it impacted his...

My dad who is a Syrian refugee speaks about his childhood and what he had to go through being an immigrant.

Interview about the 1990's decade from the viewpoint of a mother and wife

Asked my dad when he first arrived to the US, when he finally became legalizaed, and when he got his first car and house.

Our family’s history with hemophilia and its treatment complications, including HIV, Hepatitis, and inhibitors. As we near a cure, we remember the past.

Don Millinger (66) and his husband, Gary Clinton (70), remember their first visit to Fire Island Pines, discuss learning about AIDS, and share memories of loved ones they lost throughout the epidemic. The pair also reflect on how Fire Island...

This interview is filled with important components of my mom’s life.

One Small Step partners Dagmar Ebaugh (55) and Sandy S. (55) have a conversation where they explore the life experiences that have shaped their political views. As children, they both moved often, which they believe gave them perspective on different...

Interview with my mom about the 1970’s

My Uncle Chris backpacking with my mom in Europe in the 1970s

Chad Barnum talks about growing up in Tualatin and driving his 1952 Willis Jeep with his brother.

Interview of the 1990s on video games.

Interview with Steve Heffner about the politics and music of the 1970s.

Diana Borkenhagen (49) talks with her daughter Hannah Borkenhagen (21) about her experience at Shippensburg University in the 1990s, and how it compares to Hannah's experience at SU in the 2020s.

Sarah Marvin (52) interviews her mother, Karen Marvin (80), about her life. They discuss Karen's experience going through a divorce in the 1970s, her resilience, and her guiding mantras.

Nils Kolderup discusses his career at the Northrop Corporation from the 1960s to 1994. He developed astro-intertial navigation systems and electronics which could withstand high levels of nuclear radation. We also discuss how his career influenced his perspective on the...

Interviewer Connor Freeze, a 16 year old sophomore in high school asks his father 47 year old, Scott Freeze, about how the 1990 technology boom impacted his life in high school, college, and early in his working career.

I talk to my mom about her childhood and early life (mainly just before my brother and I were born) in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

Janet Hogue Thompson (77) talks with her daughter Michelle Thompson (51) about the life of her mother Mary Maxine McAninch Hogue (1920-1993) in rural Casey County, Kentucky.

A conversation with my father about his decision to retire from the US Air Force and move the whole family to New Zealand in the 1970s.

My mom shared lessons that she learned during her lifetime. She also gave my some more insight into her teen years.