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Bill Warren talks about how lucky he was to grow up near his grandparents on their farm in Texas in the 1930s.

An interview over the life of my grandmother

Recorded on March 28, 2001 by HB Smith @76 yrs old, exactly 10 yrs to the day before his passing.

grandson Brandon (13) and grandma Joanna (94) discuss life in the 1930s

Dad’s life growing up in Southern Minnesota, Being drafted into the military police, his young married life and his growth in the Lutheran faith.

Vaughn talks fondly about his youth, family, love of basketball, and his first love.

This interview contains a conversation between 14 year old and his 91 year old grandfather. We discuss family values, traditions, religion, growing up in different times, and his life.

Grandma’s life growing up in the Midwest in a farming family in the early 1900’s

An interview with Mary Drewes on her mother’s life as a woman, wife, and mother in the 1930s.

The son of a coal miner in Pennsylvania tells about life in the 1930s. Living off one ton of coal a year, wearing patched up socks, and helping dad with collecting coal in buckets.