The Great Thanksgiving Listen w/ Jessica Yang

Jessica Yang, older sister of Timothy Yang shares a meaningful conversation with him. She shares her experiences as a child and explain what she has learned throughout her life. Additionally, they discuss how her success came with taking advantage of...

Great Thanksgiving questions–Xiaochen Li

On November 25th, I interviewed my elder brother who has a good relationship with me. I asked him lots of questions such as the memory of childhood and something that shaped who is him as a person.

Mom and Daughter.

We talked about my mom's childhood and her journey coming to the U.S.

Interview with Bob Pernick, Part One

Bob Pernick talks about his childhood, growing up in a Jewish family of six in the thirties, his college days, and how he met his wife.

Interview with my grandfather

For a school project I interviewed my grandfather on 12/6/2020 about his job and life.

My interview with my grandma

What we talked about in this interview was about my grandma’s life and some of her accomplishments

Difficult Children

My name is Songyi Park. I am 14 years old. Today is Thanksgiving and I am speaking to Jinju Kim, who is my mother. We are recording this interview in Bayside, New York. We both discuss about her childhood, where...

Anunciacion Maria del Carmen Elena Martinez de Cisneros

Life of my great aunt-as we affectionately call her Tia Carmen. She is my grandmother’s sister ( my mom’s Aunt). She was born in Costa Rica and came here to the US in her teens.

Cole Millett Apodaca StoryCorps

I interviewed my father for this project. I learned what it was like growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. I also learned more about my grandparents who passed away before I was born. My Dad had his first job...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

My grandma grew up in a full house but it was good because she was able to be cared for by her aunt when her parents had places to be. Her childhood was sometimes chaotic since she grew up in...

Calvin Coleman & Betty Ann Wilson Family History Vol. II

There has been a historically black neighborhood in Swarthmore, PA the area South east of Yale Avenue where Bowdoin, Brighton, Kenyon, and Union come together, there has for at least about 100 years. Swarthmore Public Library asked Calvin Coleman and...

“My baby is my everything…”

Cynthia Parvinn discusses her personal and professional life throughout this interview. We get a better glimpse of the most important things and moments in her three decades of life.

My Dad’s Story

This interview was about the living conditions and the struggles my father was dealing with in Jamaica. In addition, he experienced how different everything was in Jamaica when he arrived to America. In conclusion, it’s about the lifestyle he was...

Working at American Viscose

American Viscose employed over 1500 people in the community of Meadville, Pennsylvania from 1930 before closing under the name Avtex in 1985. At it's preak, the plant produced 22,000,000 tons of synthetic fiber. These stories capture the memories of those...

Coming to America

This is the story of what caused my Aunt to move from London, England to Fort Worth, Texas.

What your thankful for…..

The reason I interviewed my mom was because, she is very important to me, I wanted to know more about her life back then untill now & how she changed her life around & became the person who she is...

Charles Niswonger is interviewed by his great grand daughter about his experience in the navy during WWII.
November 29, 2015 App Interview

Chuck Niswonger (who I am named after) recalls his life growing up in the 30's and inlisting in the Navy for World War 2. He met my great grandmother when he was 26 and she was 19. They are 7...

Arlyn M Ayala-Estrada and her long family friend Connie Mota while catching a laugh as always…

In this interview conducted in July 23,2020 in Oxford, Pennsylvania, Arlyn Mileydy Ayala-Estrada interviewed her family friend Connie Mota about her childhood and they’re friendship. Connie Mota shares how she’s known Arlyn since a little girl and used to babysit...

Conversation with my mom about 9/11

We talked about her experience. She was teaching second grade at the time and one thing she remembers most was talking to her students about what had happened.