A talk with my Grandpa

In this interview, recorded November 23, 2016 in Urbana, Illinois, I, Jack Larson age 16, talk to my Grandpa, Carl S Larson age 84, about his life and experiences. Born in 1934, he attended University of Illinois and became a...

My Great Grandmas Life

Mackenzie Mares and her great grandmother have a discussion about her life. For example, her close relationship with her family.

Olivia Coughran and her mother Traci Coughran talk about Traci’s life as a child and becoming a mother.

Traci Coughran shares her memories as a child, becoming a mother, and her wisdom on what is important in raising children. She talks about what she wishes she would have known and what she thinks about her life and children...

Sharing Stories With Mrs. Hallman

Mrs Hallman shared her memories with us which were things that were important to her. She was explaining how school was different back in the day and told about her volunteer work. She shared who influenced her life and her...

My Past Is Your Past

Although I never knew my great great grandparents, this interview with my grandmother made it feel like I knew them my whole life. On December 31, 2018, I, Kate Godfrey, interviewed my grandmother Carol Burns in Scottsdale, Arizona. The stories...

Butterbean

An evening interview with grandmother, Belinda Lane, on November 26, 2017. Inside her Chicago home where her granddaughter came to visit! Ms. Lane tells stories about her life when young and older. She also shares how her events and adventures...

Interview with Grandma: Rosemarie “Rosie” Josephine Minor Torrence

Saturday May 29, 2021. I sat down with grandma to talk to her about her life experiences. Interview took place at her condo: 1122 Sunbolt Drive, Unit B, St. Louis, MO 63129 at around 3pm. We had just had lunch...

Dai Pham and her grandma, Van Hoang, talk about Hoang’s life, before and after she came to the U.S.

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas, Dai Pham (16) interviews her grandma, Van Hoang about her life in the U.S. They talk about Hoang’s life in Florida and how she raised Pham’s dad. Hoang also...

Heidi and her mom Deidre Mick discuss her childhood, and important people and moments in her life.

In this interview, made on December 13, 2020 in Naperville IL, Heidi Mick (13) interviews Deidre Mick (49) about important events and people in her life. Deidre talks about how her childhood has greatly affected her life, and what her...

Valerie Frederick talks about her life and heritage.

The date and location of this interview was November 24, 2017 in Flower Mound, TX. Victor Guadagnoli (15) interviews Valerie Frederick (78). She talks about her life and heritage. She also talks about her love and enjoyment of being a...

Life In A New World

In this interview, conducted December 2017 in Saint Louis, Missouri, Kelly Giang (15) and her mother Dinh Giang (37) talks about her experiences coming to America from Vietnam and how felt coming to a "new world." Dinh reflects on what...

Jerry and Candace Furlong

Jerry and Candace discuss there lives from childhood to adulthood to becoming grandparents from the 1950s to 2019.

We are related to Benjamin Franklin

I learned that me and my grandma are related to Benjamin Franklin. I learned she lived in 8 Different states. Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, and Texas. not in the order. And she lived in 38 different...

Rea’zen Chatman interviews her mother (Ebony Freeman) and her cousin (Kimberly Freeman) about their childhoods.

In this interview, created on January 8, 2018 in St. Louis, Missouri, Rea’zen Chatman (16) interviews her mother, Ebony Freeman (38) and her cousin, Kimberly Freeman (38) about their childhood, grandparents, and challenges. They both talk about their grandmother and...

Behind The Scene

November 25 2018 in Chicago IL I Interviewed Mary Thomas about her life. Mary Thomas is 61 Years old and this my grandma I am 15 years old. Mary had a good childhood she grown to be an intelligent women....

History Project

This is an interview with my dad in which we discuss his military service, childhood, and me (his daughter).

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

I interviewed my grandma, Myrna, and asked questions about her childhood including her parents and siblings, her motherhood while raising my mom and her other children, and her favorite memories of her grandchildren.

The Ups and Downs of Barbara Potucek’s 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...