Interview with dad

I asked my dad about his job and childhood.

“True love prevails no matter what”

In this interview, conducted in January 2018 in Leesburg, Virginia, Elli Livingston interviews her mom Sherry Livingston about the story of how she met her husband and my father, Lee Livingston. Sherry shares how they met in high school, got...

What’s the best thing your parents did in raising you?

My mother, Kristan Jacobson, talks about her parents and how they have shaped her into the mom she is today for my brothers and I.

My Grandmother’s Life

In this interview conducted on November 26, 2017, Jonathan Rhodes (17) interviews his maternal grandmother, Betty Ann Coble Emmert (76) about her life. She talks about what her childhood was like while living in Texas with her older sister and...

Interview with Mairead

Two friends, Mairead and Hannah, talk about a book they are writing together.

Erin Cain and Betty Schwartz

Erin Cain interviews her grandmother, Betty Schwartz, about her life and beliefs.

Maynard "Dick" Dixon

"There wasn't nothin' goin' on around there anyway:" A grandfather's stories from Rainelle, WV to Hopewell, VA. Maynard "Dick" Dixon tells stories from his childhood and brief career in coal mining in Rainelle, WV, a stint in Arlington, VA, and...