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My interviewee was Carol VanBesien. Carol is a close family friend who is origionally from Missouri. She is very passionate for music like the piano and cello. Carol is grateful for her family and friends that support her through everything....
Join us for a morning talk with my mom who is aging and rapidly forgetting details. She is the great-granddaughter of William H. “Billy” Steen who was one of the freed Black families—Hawkins, Pearson, Reece, Steen, Shipp—who established Paris, MS...
Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her mother's letters to her father while he was away working for the Civilian Conservation Corps and on other military assignments beginning around the time of the...
Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her mother's sister, Mildred Scott, who died several days before this interview. Mildred grew up on a farm in Mississippi and was the last of seven siblings...
Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her childhood in Mississippi in the 1930s and 1940s.
I met with Mr. Terry at the Oxford Housing Authority on Tuesday November 27 to discuss her life experience through segregation. Ms. Terry was born in 1950 in Lafayette county, in the Yocona area. She spoke of her experience share...
I sat down to talk with my grandparents about how they met, fell in love, and got married. We hit the 45 minute cutoff point without wrapping up, but talked about how they navigated conversion to Catholicism, family tensions, and...
Ronald "Ron" Britton (71) recounts to StoryCorps facilitator Chapin Montague [no age given] his youth as a self-proclaimed military brat, the lives of his parents, and his career in oceanography and marine biology, all while sitting on the wood-lined deck...
Michael Johansson (71) talks with his friend Bounthanom Munxayaphom (45) about Bounthanom’s childhood in Laos, his time spent in a Buddhist monastery, how he eventually came to study in the United States, and his family.
Luther Turner Cordell of Mississippi (1917-2009) remembers his early life. Part 5.
Throughout this interview I talked to my mom about what her life was like growing up. She tells me the adventures she went on with her family and the struggles of being a women during that time. She talks about...
One Small Step conversation partners Kaitlyn "Katie" McMurtry (30) and Richard "Rick" Kirkpatrick (63) talk about their traumatic experiences. They share thoughts about religion and the roles of the government.
One Small Step conversation partners Phil Bailey (71) and Susan Sheremeta (55) talk about heritage, time in jail, the role of the government, and family.
Luther Turner Cordell of Mississippi (1917-2009) remembers his early life. Part 1.
John Dunbar (59) talks with his father, Jack Dunbar (81) about JaD's career as a lawyer in the Mississippi Delta town of Clarksdale.
Mrs.Joy was kind enough to share her life experiences with me and I am forever grateful. She is a military widow who owns her own daycare. Being a combat veteran myself, I had countless questions because of the many intersections...
An interview of my grandfather about how he grew up in the south and faced rasicm.
Luther Turner Cordell of Mississippi (1917-2009) remembers his early life. Part 3.
Luther Turner Cordell of Mississippi (1917-2009) remembers his early life. Part 4.
James William Cordell of Mississippi (1907-1983) remembers his early life. Part 1.
In this interview we talked about my grandmothers childhood and what she wanted to be when she growed up.
Kayla and Marisa tell us about their great grandfather in WWII