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After thanksgiving dinner I interviewed my grandpa

My Grandma Helene tells me about her life and identity

This interview told the story of my grandma and her young life and present life. The interview talks about the struggles of the great the depression and the life of someone who grew up in it. The interview also talks...

Following the end of World War II, some German Prisoners of War were kept in Ithaca, New York. Buses would bring them to nearby farms where the were fed and worked in the fields.

In this interview, held in April 2018 in Orange, CA, Theresa Kilgore (23) interviews her grandma Ann-Eda Blache (82) about her life, their family, and her inspirations. The interview takes place in Ann-Eda’s home, which is two houses away from...

An encapsulation of my mom, Patricia Gordon's, amazing life!

In this interview I was talking to my Grandma about her childhood up to now.

My grandma talked about her childhood and being a mother and being the child of immigrant parents.

In this interview, conducted on November 23, 2017 at 11:45pm, in Forest Hills, New York, Grandma June (82) talked about her experience with her animals during her childhood and how her original thought about being a vet changed in an...

Michael DiSalvo, 45, eldest son of Frank DiSalvo, 73, interviews his father about fatherhood and his advice for Michael's children.

We focused on Dad's teenage experiences: camping at Ten Mile River Scout Camp, getting into trouble with his friends in high school, working for Howard Hughes at LaGuardia Airport, his Dad's '46 Buick, Army surplus jeep and trying to enlist.

My Dad, a WWII veteran, talks about his experience in the Army Air Corps.

My grandma has lived through so much history at 90 years old. She has lived in Brooklyn, NY her entire life. I’ve learned so much from her. In this interview she shares stories of her youth, her life and her...

5th grade student Isaiah Pascual interviews WWII Veteran Lou Tirado about his experience as a ball turret gunner and a prisoner of war in Germany.

Me and my friend Henry have a discussion about his life growing up. The interview is school related and how his illness affected his life.

It’s Thanksgiving and I had a brief interview with my grandmother. I thought she would talk more… usually she talks a lot, but she likes to talk more about others than herself. She’s very selfless like that. For reference, her...

Barbra Foster talks about her frightening, yet wonderful experiences in the Big Apple around the 1940’s.

Growing up in the forties and fifties, marriage and divorce in the sixties, and life and work.

My grandma loves to tell stories. Interesting stories if anything. I thought she would be the best person for this project and loved hearing from her.

Mother, Lisa D'Ambrosio (55), and Daughter, Dominique Troy (31), speak about faith and family.

I’m interviewing my grandfather, Dave Carder , about his history and his experience growing up abroad.

My Italian/Ukrainian Grandma talks about her childhood and raising her kids. Even though it was hard for her and her husband to earn enough money to raise 2 girls and 2 boys, she remained humble. She remembers how they waited...

Our families influence us in so many ways. Some loving and some challenging. It is what we make of what we experience that creates the tenatiius, creative and capable people we are today.

My mother’s life growing up and relationship with her grandma.

Be (83) talks with Selene (12) about her life and her journey from a small town on the gulf coast of Mississippi in 1935 to Ann Arbor Michigan, 2018.