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My grandma talks about what life was like when she was younger. She is 72 years old, and her name is Laura Lea Haiflich. She explains how things were different in her generation, what school was like, and her parents/grandparents.

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Wendell Scanterbury (51) interviews Phil Olson (64) about being both a patient and chaplain of Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia.

Interview in Chicago Illinois, November 24,2017. Interviewee: Noreen McDermott, lived in Chicago her whole life, 79 years old, interviewed by her great-niece, Elizabeth. Points discussed: Nor’s family, important points in her life, memories of her childhood

Henrietta Lavin (84) talks with her granddaughter, Heidi Miller (40), childhood, her family and children.

Friends and colleagues, Glenn Mack (54) and Ken Rubin (42) interview Kirk Bachman (55) at IACP's 40th anniversary conference. They talk about their first time meeting and their experience in the culinary world.

Theodore Lipkowski (93) talks to his friend Mike Griffin (72) about being a member of the chorus of the Lyric Opera of Chicago when it first began in 1954.

In this interview with my mother Valerie Walker age 54 and I Madeleine Rydel age 15, in Chicago Illinois. We talked about a range of things from or family history to one of the dumbest things she has done in...

Allison Arwady (44) tells her friend and colleague Isaac Ghinai (32) about her career with the CDC and her current role as the Public Health Commissioner for the City of Chicago.

This is a story about a 21 year old female who was placed in between a rough situation of choosing between living in Mexico or The U.S.

Xolani Yaaba (31) is interviwed by StoryCorps facilitator Laura Saenz (47) about his early childhood and experiences in the Chicago Public School system and how that influenced him in his work studying the school to prison pipeline.

This is a brief interview with my younger sister.

Sandra is someone who is coming over chemo and she is a very inspiring person to me. I asked her a few questions about how her life was dealing with cancer and getting over chemo.

Jarret Knox (30) talks with Jeremy Harvey (33) about growing up in foster care in Illinois. He talks about moving around a lot and losing control of himself when he went to college. He talks about working for a legal...

My Nana is a very interesting person. She has many stories to tell. She was once a tomboy, and she had supportive parents. She liked to play outside.

Lisa Kaplan (46) has a conversation with her longtime friend Matthew Duvall (50) about working together in the performing arts scene in Chicago and their chamber music project Eight Blackbird.

Julie Katsnelson (22) and her mother Ruth Moss-Katsnelson (65) talk about their genealogy and how their family came to Chicago. They also give advice to future generations of their family.

Cairo Dye (23) and Katie Kelaidis (35) talk about their work at The National Hellenic Museum in Chicago and how it has changed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We talked about her life growing up and her parents l.

Life experience shared between the Heroffs and Chans. A cross cultural relationship developed between people of separate generations in US. This interview was recorded in memory of Lloyd Heroff.

My Fathers memories and perspective on the Cold War as he lived through most of it, just missing the early few years.

How school is in the past and present

We talked about her childhood and important days to her. We also talked about memories from when she was younger

John (66) talks to his wife Linda (62) about his parents who were survivors of Nazi concentration camps, how they migrated to the U.S. and the trauma they faced in their lives.

This interview is with my grandma named Angie and her experience with life and foster care.