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Jack Powell was a poor kid from literally the wrong side of the tracks who went to college on an athletic scholarship and became a rare-earth chemist who purified uranium for the Manhattan scholarship. He says, “losing my football scholarship...

Spouses Nancy Sills, (67) and Jim Sills (67), sit down to preserve some memories for their children and their grandchildren. They describe the strong communities they each grew up in, share their favorite stories about various family members, and reflect...

Ellen (49) interviews her husband, Arthur (60), about his family history in Brooklyn and his career as an artist, musician, and curator.

Kim Schaff (53) and Laura Norris (48) talk about their friendship and their families.

Mary Shumar (56) interviews her father, Pat Engelberg (95), about his childhood, meeting her mother and his advice for his great-grandchild. Pat talks about why he has had a good life.

Cary James by Jesse L. Woodard. Cary (21) and Jesse (25) remember their grandmother, Mary Alice James a.k.a Nam Ma. Cary and Jesse remember visiting their grandmother and the delicious food she made for them.

Ronald D. Joos, 63, is interviewed by his daughter Kristin E. Joos, 31, about being gay.

Marilyn remembers her daughter Renee who passed away.

Noreen Haubrock (75) talks with her son Chip Haubrock (51) about Chips grandfather and father.

Sue tells her daughter all about her life, from early childhood through school, career, marriage, family, and aging.

Poet and writer Gary Holthaus, age 76, is interviewed by his daughter, Stephanie Holthaus, age 48, about his life writing poetry and how he became a published poet.

Sara, 28, interviews her boyfriend, Alex, 30, about growing up on Chicago’s South Side.

Jill Schmidt (68) interviews her brother, John "Jack" Badke (76) about his experiences in the Vietnam War.

Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.

Barbara Huntley (67) talks with her husband Horace Huntley (68) about childhoods, courtship, and children.

Shudde Fath (106) is McCombs school of business's oldest alumni. She reminisces with her daughter Betsy Fath Hiller (71) on her experiences as one of the few women at her college and filing a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Texas Workforce...

Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, 62, tells her son Jason Yam about her arrival to the United States, including the trip by ship, and about her political awakening in the United States.

Brothers Tom Keegan (74) and John Keegan (76) talk about John's experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama in the 1960's and Tom's experiences in college.

Lois Lenzi talks with her daughter Sonya about meeting her husband, giving birth to Soyna and what it was like to raise Soyna and her other two daughters.

Rosa Montes is interviewed by her children, Natalia Fidelholtz and Estanislao Fidelholtz about their births, being a mom, her family in Argentina and maintaining family closeness.