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Evelyn Cope interviewing her brother Fred Burkett

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her childhood in Mississippi in the 1930s and 1940s.

Della Kostelnik Juarez (61) tells her daughter Julia Juarez-Kostelnik (22) about her experiences participating in a voluntary bussing/racial transfer program as an elementary school student in Seattle. Della describes how being the only white kid in a predominantly Black school...

One Small Step partners Annette Bergins (86) and Jim Chojnacki [no age given] discuss how formative experiences with their families and the neighborhoods they grew up in influence their political views.

Frank age 98 on Providence Hospice, of Dutch Indonesian heritage born in east Indies shares reflections with his son Frank who lives with his father about serving in the Dutch Indonesian army and being a prisoner of war for three...

Mother and son, Judith "Judy" Cunningham (71) and Michael "Mike" Cunningham (45), share a conversation about each of their childhoods and how they approach parenting.

Sisters Gloria Weston-Smart (66), Joyce Thomas (64), and Joann Bynum Johnson (61) reminisce about their childhood together, remember family members who have passed away, and express gratitude for the tight-knit community that they grew up in.

In this interview, conducted virtually via zoom on November 15, 2021, 22 year old student Ally Shatter interviews her mother, almost 60 year old Jeanne Shatter about what it was like for her growing up as a little girl back...

Mother, Georgette Garcia (61), and her daughter Angelina Chacon-Garcia (31) discuss Georgette's life and their family history.

Monique Sandoval (36) interviews her mother Margaret Basoco (74) about her upbringing, her relationship to traveling and her family.

This is about my moms childhood in Mississippi.

Jackie Neale interviews her undergraduate photography student, Maria Trajtenberg while we are conducting interviews and taking photographs for our storytelling project, The Corona Collective. Maria is living in TriBeCa New York City through the pandemic, and talks about how she...

Roberta Draughon Goode (53) interviews her father, Robert Jerry Draughon (84) for future generations and for family history. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Jerry enlisted in the Korean War at age 17. An entrepreneur with a taste for adventure, he...

Erin Canada: 2021-04-28 03:46:09 A quick interview with my mom in which gets into what's important to her.

Taryn Quelland (16) talks to her grandmother, Donna Quelland (73), about her time growing up in faith and being a mother, grandmother, and teacher.

Sarah Padgett interviews her friend Kaoutar Nassir about her journey moving from her childhood home in Tangier to her current home in Madrid, the obstacles she faced along the way, how she connects with herself, and her hopes for the...

Marianna Reidy (19) talks with her mother, Pamela Crossett (41) about how food, water and energy has impacted both of their lives differently.

When the war broke out, Merry's father and brother were sent to concentrations camps where they were killed. She was sent to a separate camp from her mother, but managed to find one another later in Zakopane, Poland after the...

Emily shares her experience of being the eldest of 4 children whose father died when she was 12, just 6 yrs after her mother died. Emily, had been the only mother her siblings knew and when they moved their aunt...

Emma Cortes (16) and her mother Carmela Cortes (47) discuss what it was like when Carmela had a stroke 9 years ago. Emma was freshly 8 years old when these events took place and Carmela was 39. They talk about...

Claire McCoy (58) sits down with her father, George Black (86), to ask him about his experiences as an actor and his career as a professor in the theater departments of various universities.

Amanda Coltman (30) interviews her father James Schuessler (57) about the historical events he's witnessed in his lifetime and their relationship.

Angie Sanders, resident of Morrison Village (2503 Old Mobile Ave, Pascagoula, MS 39567) is interviewed by Reba Brown, Library Assistant 1 from Singing River Genealogy-Local History Library on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Ms. Sanders discusses her two daughters and her...

Avery Echols (18) talks with her mother, Yolanda Robertson (51) about Black womanhood.

Mother, Carol Burke (69), and daughter, Kate Christensen (40), remember Carol's late father, discuss her unique small town upbringing and her hopes for the future.