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About family ancestry, growing up during the depression, and life learned lessons.

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

In this interview, done on November 27th,2016 in Flint,Michigan, Brittani Bridgett(15) and Mary(68)&Mike(68) Williams discuss their marriage,childhood,their own children and family stories while laughter and tears were shared between us three. While we were conversing,traveling for work and the holidays...

Collete is a strong 75 year old women who adores her family and neighbors. She had a fun and adventurous childhood but there were some twist and turns. She grew up in Chicago and later moved to the Eastside, life...

About a Norwegian woman who grew up in Chicago. She is a flight attendant, wife, and a mother of 3 kids.

Chicago , Illinois on 11/26/17. Interviewer is Kevin Nguyen (14) and person getting interviewed is Dung Nguyen (50). We just talked about basic stuff. I don’t want to force people to say stuff that they don’t wanna say so that...

After interviewing my mom, I’ve learned that her personality has always been consistent from her past to the present.

In this interview I talked to my sister about the path she has taken to end up where she is. She explains her current job, how she came about it, and gives advice to people who are in a similar...

For an interview assignment in my Journalism course, I decided to question my dad on some aspects of his life.

This interview is me asking questions to my 71 year old grandmother, about her life, politics and the thoughts on the generation today.

Spoke about her life moments, achivements, expectations, and regrets.

Megan Kilroe interviewed Barbara Benz on November 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Megan is a 16 year old girl, and she attends Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School as a junior. Barbara Benz is her great aunt, and she is...

My grandmother tell about her life childhood to adulthood

My name is Sunjae Lee, and I am a 17 year old junior attending Glenbrook South High school. For my Living History Project, I interviewed my mother based on events that I researched throughout her life.

This is the first part of an interview in which Trudy and Bruce describe how they met and what they live about each other after 57 years of marriage.

Grandma’s view on her childhood and young adult life

On November 22, 2017 in La Grange Park, Illinois, Declan Joseph Hynes (13) interviewed Barbara Ann Potucek. Throughout the interview Declan talked to Barbara about her life through her childhood, teenage years, work, marriage, kids and grandkids. Her life was...

“My childhood was actually great!” In November of 2018, ninth grade student, Olivia Foxman interviewed her grandmother, Shelly Foxman. Olivia learns about Shelly’s admirable  childhood post World War ll. Shelly’s story starts in 1951 in Chicago, but her family's story originates...

I , Jack Heller, talk with my father Jonathan Heller about his life. We start with his childhood, and where he grew up.Then we move on to his early adult life, where he met my mother and was hired for...

Mother and daughter have a conversation about how marriage and relationships function.

In this interview, I had a long conversation with my mom on our family immigration from Poland. We talk about how she had to learn English, our polish heritage, and how our life is now.

My grandmother’s experience growing up in Germany during the end of World War 2, and her journey to the United States.

Life of a good Midwest girl after 93years

Jolanta speaks about her childhood memories and how she met her husband.

Ann and Richard Selin talk about their love, their kindness, and how it got them through life.