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My mom remembers my dad.

Dad’s life & times

Sisters Marilyn Heiden (76) and Nancy Heiden Langlas (77) shared their memories of growing up as children in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Family history, young life, and jobs were discussed.

Early life, travel due to the war, hopes for the future

An interview with my dad.

Spouses Florence "Floss" Whalen (89) and Richard "Dick" Whalen (89) interview each other about their childhoods, marriage, family, and occupations.

In this interview I talked to Nana about her life, how she grew up and how she meet my grandpa.

Grandma tells us all about her life

My parents talked about what they went through the first time they care Milwaukee , and what they had to do to give us their best .

Rita Hahn (65) interviews her friend, Fred Keller (90), about his childhood, life in the military police, and his love of local history.

I ask my dad about my childhood and his experiences in the Coast Guard.

Youth, Parenthood, Work

Two friends talk about their friendship and lives.

June talked about her childhood and early adult life. She grew up on a poor farm in Wisconsin during the depression.

Colleen grew up in lacrosse Wisconsin, where her biggest influence was her mother, who taught her how to be a good person, as she would like to be remembered. Her mother also taught her cooking recipes which make Thanksgiving her...

Just a kid and her mom

Joel Raney (55) interviews his wife Kristen Taney (53) about her childhood, career trajectory to becoming President of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, parenthood, and leadership.

My mother and her childhood

This eighty-minute 1974 interview of Anna Gertrude (Steinmetz) Paulus by her daughter Roman Catholic Sister Roma (Florence "Nancy") Paulus was recorded two years before Anna's death at age 86. Also present was son Bertram "Bob" Paulus. After some family singing,...

An interview with my father after he recovered from a life threatening head injury.

Martha Bache-Wiig (61) interviews her former childhood caregiver, Theresa Snyder (92) about her childhood, career, and marriage.

Linda spoke about her life, growing up in Milwaukee, the influential people who had an impact on her, work, marriage and having children.

We talked about my grandma and grandpa's lives as they were growing up and what led them to where they are now.

We talked about life in general, a lot of advice was given. We also talked about appreciation and inspiration, on both ends.