LHP Interview: 1950s

Interview on the 1950s with Jim Skaja, talking about things like everyday life to the war.

Home (Ireland) to the great “Land of Opportunity”

Nora Collins visited her aunt, Marian this Thanksgiving in Mountain Home Arkansas. In this interview conducted on November 23, 2018, they discussed Marian and her family’s immigration story to the New York City area from rural Kerry, Ireland. They also...

Lee Hutchinson

We talked about, life in the 50s, music, and the coming about of TV. Then, I asked him about his experiences as a farmer during the Vietnam War, and his views on how farming has changed.

Bernie Glatt Wagner’s North Dakota 1940s/50s Childhood

Bernadette (Bernie) Glatt Wagner interviewed by eldest and youngest daughters Kim and Kyna. Bernie was born on a farm near Napoleon, ND in 1946 to parents of German descent, Roney and Theresia. Bernie shared stories of her childhood.

Interview Mary Burns

I mostly asked her questions about her life as a teen and things that most impacted her life growing up.

Rick Letzring

Rick's life experiences especially in the mid 1900s, marriage, and work ethic.

Early life of grandma torgunn

We talked about torgunns early life and what it was like on the farm. I learned a lot about what she did as a kid since she didn’t have electronics. We also talked about what her kids did for fun...

A little bit about Mimi.

I call my grandmother Sylvia, Mimi. We discussed a little bit about her life and who she is.

World History Project

This is an interview with both my grandparents about the World History project and hitting the decades

Thanksgiving interview with Aunt-K

Aunt-k gives stories on her childhood in the 1950s and 60s' in subarban America and stories of her family and her take on life.

Life in Albany

This is a conversation about life growing up in Albany as well as the typical family after World War II.

Jenny Rask Interviews Father Gene Rask about growing up in Portland Oregon. His family's eating habits and health, and his uncle's passing.
September 27, 2020 App Interview

Jenny Rask: 2020-09-27 03:03:03 Jenny Rask Interviews father Gene Rask about growing up in Portland Oregon with his Lebanese family. His family's eating habits and health growing up, and his Uncle Buster's passing. His dad's odd food cravings. Heart issues...

Grandma and Grandpa Kauffman Tell of Life in Rural Iowa and Suburban Missouri Through the Years

The date is November 26, 2016, and Lexi Kayser and her grandparents sit down for an interview in Troy, Missouri. Sandra Kauffman and her husband, Tom, told stories of their lives growing up. Tom lived on a farm while Sandy...

Ray Thomas History Interview

For US History, discussed racial and economical differences between his time and ours.

Caroline Whitcomb talks with her grandmother, Connie Gilmer

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...

LHP INTERVIEW

Patricia Derhovsepian talks about her teenage life in the 1950s

A Traveling Life of Faith and Service.

Scott Zimmerman, a Junior at Egg Harbor Township, interviewed his Grandfather over the Thanksgiving break from school. Over the course of the recording they discuss his grandfathers early life from birth up until about his early thirties. They discuss how...

Unfolding the Past, Discovering the Future

In this interview, Olivia Simpson-Klein converses with her grandmother, Mary Klein, about how her upbringing in Florida influenced her beliefs and behaviors today. She speaks to the stained racial relations and segregation in the South as well as her response...

Listening to the life of my Mother

Hearing about Detroit from the 50s through the 70s from a woman who grew up on Saint Mary’s Avenue in Detroit and how things have changed since then. She also gives us a glimpse into her own personal life and...