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My grandmother talks about her memory of the decade.

Me and my grandma

A brief interview with Ed Dunn, a Marine in the late 1950’s. Within our conversation, we discussed where he was stationed, life for him as a Marine, segregation, and how the Marines shaped him as a person and how he...

This is a discussion with my 96 year old grandmother and the things she has experienced in life.

Amy Spiker (43) interviews her father, James Reeves (87) about his time serving as a Marine during WWII. He also talks about his 70-year career as an auto garage owner and his 64-year marriage.

My Grandma and I talked about the events and occurrences of the 1960s and the way that they effected the current and former political scenes.

Ari interviews Saba about his love for FDR

Interview about the 1960s, primarily the role of John F Kennedy

2021-01-24: Zach Tusinger (35) talks to his grandmother Janice Tusinger (84) about living through the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and the recent 2020 election and inauguration. She shares several memories about growing up and various Twentieth Century elections and...

Helen Bauman, born of Ukrainian immigrants in 1929 recounts life as a child of the Depression while growing up on a farm in Macungie, PA. She also remembers key moments in history such as her feelings during WWII and the...

In this interview on December 1, 2018 in Plano Texas Kylie Lodes interviews her grandma Patricia Fuller about her life growing up. She talks about where she was born and what her school life was like as a child and...

Daniel Fox(74) talks with his granddaughter, Olivia Fox(17) about his childhood and about the time he spent in the US Navy during the Vietnam War.

A discussion of the Kennedy assassination and politics at the time

I interviewed my grandmother about the Kennedy administration and the way it influenced her life. We spoke about all the ways he changed the nation.

In this interview, my grandmother and I discussed her family tree, it’s history, and her personal experiences along with her best memories.

The struggles of life

As an assignment for my English 102 class, I had to interview someone about a personal experience they had with an American icon. I interviewed my Aunt, Mary Cotomatas, about her memories of seeing John F. Kennedy twice in Jersey...

Friends Hillary Cummings (Col '78) and Melinda Tabler-Stone (Col '78) sit down for a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two remember their time at UVA as Zeta sorority sisters and share their career journeys, liberal outlooks, and...

I interviewed Jan Ellis. She is 75 and I know her because she is one of the local coordinators of my American exchange student organization CIEE (Council of International Educational Exchange). We talked about her social and political experiences she...

Nick interviews his father about growing up in Brooklyn and his life experiences.

In this clip, Sofya expresses her frustration with the low wages at StoryCorps.

Witnessing the deaths of John and Bobby

A first person interview regarding Kennedy and civil rights

This interview is between two friends that lost a loved one in a drunk driving accident.

Me interviewing my grandma about her past growing up in Georgia in the 50’s and 60’s