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Ella and Ozzy Pelican interview their grandparents about their lives and lessons learned.

Mother and daughter learn more about each other.

Recorded on March 28, 2001 by HB Smith @76 yrs old, exactly 10 yrs to the day before his passing.

This interview is about my Mothers childhood growing up and moving from Italy to the United States.

In this interview, we talked about how she was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. Also, that’s she’s so grateful for her family. Another thing is that she has vitiligo. In her neighborhood as a child everyone was always cared for as...

On thanksgiving 11/23/17, Severn Maryland,me and my grandparents (Wendy, Otto) talked about their life and how things have changed. We also talked about the moon and boot camp for the marines. My grandmother talked about how it was growing up...

We talked about my brothers life.

Ashley Gasienica interviews Pasquale Capocci on November 23,2017 in Schererville, Indiana in Pasquale’s house. Pasquale was born in Castel San Vincenzo, Italy. He grew up on a farm in the mountains where he worked from a very young age. He...

Charlotte Kokernak (16) interviews her mom, Sue Kokernak (48), about her childhood in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. She shares some of her most memorable stories of growing up, as well as some life advice.

Italian Grandfather

What was life like growing up, how he wants to be remembered, life lessons.

Jorida Dervishi is an idealist through and through. Jorida came from Albania to Milan 4 years ago and opened her own school for women immigrants to help them learn to speak Italian. While working with her school devoted to women...

Osmil is a recent immigrant to Italy from Guatanamo, Cuba having only arrived 7 months ago. Osmil is in the country on a visiting visa living with his sister in Piotello, a town on the outskirts of Milan. Osmil has...

Steve Desroches (47) and Donna Duffy (72) talk about their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and Duffy's experiences as a woman pursuing an education and career in the 1970s.

On Valentine's Day Steve Desroches (47) and Peter Donnelly (62) talk about their relationship, marriage, wedding day and life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to his husband Peter Donnelly (62) about Christmases past, present and future on Christmas morning 2022.

Paige McLaughlin (17) interviews her mother Karin McLaughlin (47) about the past and present of her life. She shares lessons learned, happy memories, difficult memories, and how this has connected to her life today.

Mother and Son talk about childhood while making a Sunday dinner

On his 85th birthday, I interviewed my grandfather about growing up and the people in his life. He’s not ever one to hold his tongue (haha) but I wanted to capture his memories for StoryCorps, since we’re usually cracking jokes...

Sam talks about her work that she has done during the pandemic to help the people around her and her community.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Crownsville, Maryland, Julia Argilan (13) interviews her grandmother Carol Mole (77) about her childhood in Massachusetts and raising her two daughters. Carol shares stories about what people did for fun in the...

Discussion between a grandfather and granddaughter about a family autobody business.

I interviewed my grandmother from my mother's side. I asked her some questions about her life, why she immigrated to the United States in 1988, and what she was thankful for Thanksgiving.

We talked about family and what her life was like growing up and raising children.

Mustapha's journey begins in Gambia and travels through 7 different countries before reaching Calabria, Italy. Mustapha tells of the great risk as he leaves his family behind to travel for months to Libya. Mustapha tells us of how when he...