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I interviewed my 96 year old Grandmother and discussed her childhood, including her school life and what the great depression entailed.

The Great Recession was bad

I interviewed my 88 year old grandmother about her life.

My Grandad Bob has many interesting stories. During the interview, I’ve learned that my grandad wasn’t allowed to serve in the military because of his eyes, suffered in school because of his eyes and living during the great depression and...

A discussion on Dick's life. Lessons he learned as an accountant and in life.

Pieces of Sybil’s life story

An interview with 98-year-old Delbert Supler of Rochelle, IL about his life.

Mr. Lennon and Cameron talk about life in the Great Depression and his time in WW2, and Japan. They also talked about his jobs on a farm, Oldsmobile, and war plants. They talked about his memories and his childhood.

My 94-year-old great-aunt remembers her upbringing in Troy, NY, including playing on the Williams Farm (now Hudson Valley Community College).

We talked about her life growing up in the great depression and her beliefs and her motherhood

Memories with great grandparents, and talking about hard workers.

When my mom was a child, she was stuck in a riot in India, this is her experience

My grandfather, Harry, was a rocket scientist for General Electrics. My grandmother, Marie, worked in an atomic power lab and chemistry research lab. They were married in 1951.

We talked about my grandmother’s childhood, the loss of her father and sister, food, friends, and her family.

I found out about Donnie Lutgens childhood. I learned about him as an individual and his past.

In this interview, conducted on November 30, 2017, in Arab, Alabama, Adrianne Smith (16) interviews her grandfather James Hendrix (81) about what life was like in 1930s Fayette, Alabama. He talks about how he lived through the depression and how...

We talked about how her life was as a kid and what she had moved to. I asked her about my Papa who I didn’t know much about and I got a lot of new info about him and how...

What my family, home, and community were like when I was growing up... NOTE: There is an error of WHO the interview is labeled for, at the very beginning. It is NOT for Estelle Lewis in Nashville, but rather it...

Ted Shank, university professor, director, and playwright, sits down with friend Sara Ah Sing and discusses life and experiences. Interview conducted on 4/24/18 in San Diego, California.

the Great Recession of 2008 interview

Race riot in 1969

Morri explains his love for his father as well as the education system in milwaukee growing up.

1993 interview of Dolphus Lawrence Putman, the son of an Alabama coal miner who was killed in a mining accident in 1927, relating to his growing up as one of 8 children being raised by a single mother during the...

Steve Desroches (47) talks to his high school history teacher Dr. William Hanna (74) about their hometown Taunton, Massachusetts and the importance of studying history.

In this interview, conducted on November 22nd 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Andrew Cook (17) interviews his great aunt, Shirley Lowe (80) about her childhood during the Great Depression and how the world has progressed. She also talks about the technological...