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Lucy Miller (16) talks with her grandfather, Bill Bloodgood (80) about his childhood. He remembers a specific vacation in Bass Lake up in the Sierras, they were staying in an old log cabin with bats in it. His parents asked...

Louis Marler (57) speaks with her friend Evangeline Whitlock (37) about their fathers' common typewriter collections, how they met, their art, and how they plan to blend the collections after Evangeline's father passed away from COVID-19.

Father and Daughter, Carl Londene (86) and Darlene Capshaw (56), continue their conversation about the family's early years in Albuquerque, New Mexico's rural South Valley.

Adriana Fernandez-Silva (95) talks with her grandson Patricio Uribasterra (35) about her family and life in Cuba, her experience as an exile, and moving to New York.

In this interview, Elizabeth Lott (17) and her father Tony Lott spoke in Vestavia Hills, AL. Tony shared stories from his childhood in rural Alabama and spoke about important life lessons he learned throughout his life.

Reno Ficklin selling Dad antiques

We talked about how was her childhood and expirences she had.also about memories that she has about me

One Small Step conversation partners Tess Dixon (39) and Fritz Kling (61) discuss their backgrounds and how they have influenced their current beliefs.

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

My grandpa talks about his youth, some trouble he’s gotten in, and how he met my grandma.

The Fall of Saigon was when the communists in Vietnam were fighting against the non-communists. Many people tried to escape this time and went through many hardships.

Stewarts childhood and growing up in Hawaii

Carl lived on a sailboat for 2 years

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

In this interview done in January 2018 in Hickory, North Carolina, Mackenzie Smith interviews her grandma Cindy Smith about her childhood. Cindy shares her experiences with moving many times, taking care of her siblings, being in a segregated school, and...

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Idaho siblings Mark, Theresa, and Patricia Heil talk about their water skiing adventures as a family in the 1970s and '80s.

Early life in Vietnam and what it was like to transition between countries. Learn how close and tight a family can be during tough times.

Friends Steve Rozner (49) and Christopher Griffith (38) discuss their friendship and experiences at the Chautauqua Institution.

One asset I learned was a lot of family history that I did not know before. One strength I learned was that they were mentally strong and left there home country to live a better life for both there family...

I asked my friend why he picked his college major and his plans

Denise Keegan (71) and her friend Duane Nycz (62) share a conversation about their bartending and restaurant careers, their families, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Soap Lake, WA, the city that they both call home.

First memories of water as a child and the story of a water birth

D. Thomas Kincaid (91) talks with his friend Joyce Pagel (76) about waterskiing from the time he was a teenager and his life as an architect.

My family is Irish and Italian. In this interview my great aunt helped me understand how my family immigrated into the US.