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My grandma and I talked about her childhood, her family, and about politics.

Paul Krout talks about his childhood, experiences in the National Guard, and various jobs he had.

Three generation of Winchell women chat about Camilla's early life and family history while baking Christmas cookies and watching a snowstorm.

A casual conversation with my Grandmother Ruth Braun (a Depression Era kid) on the couch in her + husband Bruno’s home in rural Clare, MI. during a family gathering.

Mawmaws is 92. I just let her talk about her life. She is amazing!

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama, Caroline Whitcomb (17) interviews her grandmother Connie Gilmer about growing up in Birmingham. Connie shares her stories on living through the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. She also...

I interviewed my mom and she told me about her experiences in life.

Mrs. Rios shares with us information about how was life before and after the Great Depression according to her past memories.

Elizabeth, age 9, interviews her granddaddy, age 88, about his youth, and life.

John Friedrich (55) interviews his friend Bob Alpern (92) about his young adulthood in the years following WWII. He discusses living in Greenwich Village in New York City in the late 1940s and early 1950s, attending New York University, and...

Interview with Edith Martin who grew up on a farm in Illinois and moved to Colorado.

Interview with my grandma. She describes her childhood.

Gwen's life in Berkeley

My Gran (Edna Fowler) talks about growing up on a farm in rural Alabama, where she lived with her parents, siblings, and maternal grandparents during the Great Depression.

In part 1 of this interview, my grandma and I talk about how it was growing up in the great depression and how she had to adjust. We also talk about how it was parenting 6 different kids in many...

Interview with my father

A woman talks of her experiences of the Great Depression

Addison K. Groff, a retired minister who was born in 1919 in Rochester, NY, but spent most of his adolescence in Boonsboro, Maryland, is interviewed by his grandson, Edwin Groff on November 25, 2017. He lived through some of the...

Marie is a 92 year old Italian women. This interview highlights childhood stories.

Bill Schauer tells his two granddaughters about his life.

My grandfather and I discussed the cause and effects the of the Stock market crash in 1929.

Great Recession interview

We talked about life and his experiences through his life.

Talking to my great grandma about the great depression and WWII

My grandfather grew up during the Great Depression and is of Greek heritage. In this he tells me how family history, where he grew up, what it was like during the Great Depression, the occupation of Germany, and many other...