Short Stories from Lavern Tomchak

Stealing pies, working to damn much, and the affection she had for her Grandmother, "Grandma T" recounts stories of growing up the good times, and the bad.

A Ukrainian Immigrant’s Cultural Journey

Over Thanksgiving of 2019, Mia Chuma (15) and her 76-year-old grandmother, Kwitoslava Saluk Paschyn, conversed about Kwitoslava’s journey to America. Mia’s grandmother reflects on her past, how she escaped Ukraine with her parents due to religious and cultural persecution. Reminiscing...

Reflections of B. Deloris Jensen, our Danish heritage

95 year old Bernice Deloris Glarborg Jensen reflects on her heritage and growing up. Her parents came over from Denmark, settling in Nebraska and then in Idaho.

Llyn Kawasaki and Alice Chung

Llyn talks about her family's experience in a Japanese internment camp. She talks about the impact that had on her family and community, and then the conversation moves on to her personal history as she reaches a huge milestone -...