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Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...

Marian Atkins (65) shares what she knows about her mother's life story with her daughter, Veronica Seymour (35). They discuss how she survived World War II as a child in Japan, what it was like for her to immigrate first...

My name is Bode (16) and I conducted an interview with my great grandmother Joyce (87). We talked about many things including her childhood up until she became a parent. She talked about her life growing up on the farm

I asked my grandmother questions to find out more about who she is now and who she was. She told me about her childhood, her family, her school, grandpa, and events that shaped her life.

Mike Johnson and Alfred Orrico share how a friendship began through meeting for lunch at the senior center

In this interview, I sat down and chatted with my grandfather who is on my fathers side. In addition to that, we talked about how he grew up as a child in North Carolina and Chicago, his time in the...

In this interview, Dr. Nuran Nabi chats with his grandniece about the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 and his involvement in it. He speaks about his participation in a group called the “Freedom Fighters”, a social activist group that fought...

Peg Williams (97) recounts her life story to her daughter Rhea Bohlin (73) who wanted to have a record of the family stories she has heard all her life.

A father and son talk about the children’s travel book they wrote together, Backpacks & Baguettes, and the reminder it provided of what it was like to live in the world before the pandemic hit - the sights, the smells...

My mother travels out of the country often and this interview zooms into our life and how traveling has impacted her and our lives