The Adventures of Sylvia Oscar

This is a compilation of several stories about my great grandma, Sylvia Oscar. She was a stubborn, tough woman who sometimes made funny mistakes.

Kirsten Paull’s Thanksgiving interview with Marie Paull

Kirsten Paull interviews her Oma about her journey and decision to move to America. She describes her life before the move in Germany, and what her schooling was like. After, she describes her move to America and how she learned...

Life through the eyes of Yahaira Perdomo

In this interview conducted on October of 2018 in New York City, Orlando Caceres interviews his mother, Yahaira Perdomo on her experiences on life in the Dominican Republic, youth, motherhood and most recently her experience emigrating to the United States...

My mother’s story

What was talked about was how my mom grew up, how she meet my dad, and her perspective on religion

9/11 through one’s perspective

This interview is about the events of 9/11 through the experience of Christopher. He spoke about the events that occurred on that day and how it affected him as a child. He also spoke about his feelings and how he...

A personal recollection of living through 9/11

Can you imagine witnessing the biggest news story unfold in real time? Well Ann Gurrola and many others who were alive in the early 2000’s did. I interviewed my mom, Ann Gurrola on the terrorist attack of the twin towers...

Athena Holbrook and Maida Rosenstein
September 5, 2018 App Interview

MoMA employee Athena Holbrook and union organizer Maida Rosenstein speak about their experiences with P.A.S.T.A/MoMA Local 2110 past and present.

"Well I wasn't rich, I wasn't beautiful, and my husband is…not quite on the handsome side but he was okay."

My grandmother Florence, known to us as Fuffie, talks about her life from childhood up until now, from her happiest moments to her biggest regrets.

Molly Peacock and Michael Groden

Poet Molly Peacock (73) talks with her husband, Michael Groden (73), a James Joyce scholar, about their sixty-year love story that was interrupted for twenty years. They talk about ongoing love, Mike's melanoma, the novel Ulysses, and the parallel lives...

growing up and learning with the natural world

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

Interview With Grandma

Hi I am Samantha Koss! I am thirteen years old and I am interviewing my Grandma who is 76. We discussed topics that we’re having g her think about different points in time and how she would react/respond to them.

Laney Thomson Story Corp Interview

I decided to interview a family friend because she has had a large impact on my life. Starting as only a fellow church member to our family Mrs. Aynne quickly grew to be more like a grandmother to me. As...

Edgar Rodriguez and Shawn Turner talking about his past

In this interview, made September 2018 in the Bronx, I interviwed Shawn Turner about his past and his relationship life and how it was like growing up in the Bronx, his family and his hopes and dreams

First day of school

We talked about how his school fay went

Conversation with Yvonne part 2

Interview with Yvonne Ritter about her life as an LGBTQ pioneer, part 2: post-high school years.

The Transition
December 1, 2022 App Interview

The participant is my grandmother who grew up in the Bronx and moved to Amsterdam because of violence in the city.

Mom

We talked about some of my moms memories, important people in her life, and important moments in her life.