The Great Thanksgiving Listen

My grandma grew up in a full house but it was good because she was able to be cared for by her aunt when her parents had places to be. Her childhood was sometimes chaotic since she grew up in...

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Details of Will’s life. (Ignore is trying to figure it out at the beginning)

Interview with Alfred Morgan

“You came you saw you conquered” -Alfred Morgan Alfred Morgan shares his life with his granddaughter Rachel Meshach. He shares stories from his time in the navy and stories from his childhood. Alfred also gives many great life lessons during...

The woman who raised me, but isn't my mother.

This is the interview Aidan Schwartz (17) conducted on his grandmother, Carole Schwartz (70). This interview was conducted on November 25, 2021 in the living room of Aidan's parent's house. This interview discusses various topics of Carole's life such as...

Katie and Uncle Pete talk about what growing up in a small town in the 1950s was like.

I sat down with my uncle Pete and we talked about what it was like to grow up in a small town in the 1950s. He talked about his sister and what she was like as a teenager. He talkes...

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Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Rich

Rich, a longtime resident, of Tacony is now caretaker an abandoned and overgrown citygarden in Keystone Park. Working his whole life as a contractor and 22 years in recovery, Rich talks about his experiences living through addiction to then building...

Interviewing Mom

This interview was conducted with my mother, Vanessa Steckel, in which I asked her about her childhood, work life, and about me. This interview was heartfelt and it told me more about my mother that I may not have known...