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My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the MRS (military rail service) in American based Japan during the Korean War. He gives personal insight into his experience as a young American man in an unfamiliar land during...

This is the life of Richard Max Friendman. Early life on the east coast. Middle life on the west coast. Raising children on a boat. And the future

My grandpa was born in Nova Scotia moved to ashtabula Ohio, grew up there and didn't like school except college. He went to Europe instead of being drafted for the army, taught French even thought he was not very qualified....

I chose to interview Mike Shaw, a retired BNSF employee. I thought that Mike would have good perspective on what being a railroad engineer was really like. Mike not only had pivotal information on what was expected of him and...

Talked with my Grandpa about his childhood and war story.

A history conversation with my great Poppa

Jennifer Fried (38) interviews her grandparents, Phyllis Gold (90) and Norman Gold (93), about their early memories, their choice in pursuing higher education, the experience of being grandparents, and importance of passing on tradition and preserving language.

Gin Lai Kwei Yee (PoPo 93) talks with her only granddaughter Jacqueline C. Larriva (36) who was raised by her PoPo for a majority of her life. Jacque interviews her PoPo about life and growing up in Guangdong (formerly Canton)...

In this interview we explore my families history with my mother who grew up in Santa Ana in the seventies. She shares details into our family’s past some of the jobs that they did and how she a mexican woman...

We talked about the way her life has influenced the person she is today and how much her life has changed. She has seen and some so much.

#childhood #work#boat

Chuck Niswonger (who I am named after) recalls his life growing up in the 30's and inlisting in the Navy for World War 2. He met my great grandmother when he was 26 and she was 19. They are 7...

I never got to meet my grandfather and my mom always talked about how much she liked spending time with him. In this interview, she told me more about the train trips they made together when they had to visit...

My grandfather tells me the stories of his service on the Military Railroad Service in American based Japan during the Korean War. He gives personal insight into his experience as a young American man in an unfamiliar land during wartime.

Richard Monson's Childhood and some of the many jobs he held during his life.

Norman Sewelson (88) tells his son, Cory Sewelson (58), about growing up in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s. He talks about his childhood and his obsession with toys with mechanical qualities.

So my dad decided to hop a train near UC Davis. This is an interview of him talking about his experience

My grandfather William Joseph Jesse and his history of working on the trains in Chicago, IL

We talked about train hopping

Long before texts, emails, and snapchat, if you wanted to talk to someone you either had to write a letter, or use the phone, and not a cell phone. Jake Freedman interviewed his grandfather Saul Freedman about his mid-high school...

My mom, Christina, describes the time she shared with her grandmother when taking the train to New Mexico.

I talk to my mom about my great grandfather.

My mother Beverly recounts her visit from Chicago to Arkansas in 1944 when she was 4 years old.

My interview conducted on November 23, 2023. Fred Wurster (17) interviewed Stephen Tresidder (74) about his young life and about his time in a law and the coast guard

This interview was recorded at Friendship village in Kalamazoo mi