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Jose likes to do the children's activities with his daughter. His one word to best describe Musikfest is MELTING POT.

Me and my pap talked a lot about his life from a child to an adult.

Nada discusses her life when she was young. She includes how her school life was like and how she spent her time with her friends. She discusses how she met her husband and what their life together is like today....

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...

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...

Gerald and Erika have volunteered at Musikfest for 30 years their words are "Excellent" and "Fantastic".

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...

Talked about religion, life and love.

U.S History

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...

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...

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...

In this interview conducted on November 26, 2017, I interviewed my brother Jordan to get an inside scoop on his childhood and how life was in the easy days. Jordan shares stories about politics, religion, and even aliens. He also...

I asked my grandfathers questions to learn about the time he was at Nativity BVM high school and the time he was in the Navy.

1964 World's Fair featured Belgian Waffles... just like the Swarthmore Farmer's Market.

From the front door, I knew I was gonna love this place. Elixr is a unquiet little haven close to city hall in Philadelphia. Having coffee with Henken was a good time for reflection and looking ahead to the new...

Disscussion of family history with a focus on agriculture and Thanksgiving, leading into a discussion of current traditions and my family's relationship to agriculture.

Technology has made my generation differ greatly from that of our elders. In this interview I attempted to touch on that dialogue and get an elders perspective on how we have change.

Your name means queen. I know you might not feel it now but you are going to grow up to your crown.

We talked about his childhood up until he started working for Lebanon Valley College.

I liked to draw all the time, I wasn't interested in anything else, so that's what I did.

Conversation with Delta Stoner

Gilda Bennett talks about her childhood in the 40s and 50s in rural PA. She was part of a local band, played the marimba, and had a pet goat!

How they were doing in school. And how there childhood was.

The story of how my mother's garnishes came to America, how her parents met, her life growing up in Mt. Lebanon, at Penn State and marrying my dad.