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December 24th 2023 Kilteely kitchen. Liam Murphy on growing up in Ireland.

[Recorded Tuesday, September 12, 2023] Gianna (19) from Long Island, New York, and Brianna (20) from the Eastern Shore of Maryland participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA....

[Recorded: Friday, September 22nd, 2023] Jess Haykov (19) from Hollywood, Florida, and Julia McCormack (19) from Silver Spring, Maryland participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Julia shares...

Ella Monroe and Heleen Hogan (grandmother) discuss their family heritage from Ireland.

Teddy Simmons III (46) interviews his father in law, Eldon Ronald Warr Senior (93) about his personal experiences as a jazz musician in 1940-50s Detroit.

One Small Step partners John Northcutt (44) and XinLing Fritz (22) discuss raising chickens, driving around the United States, and collecting pens.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her early married life, including maternity fashion and prenatal care in the 1950s, giving birth in a military hospital and moving to Germany with her young family...

Interview between Richard Buck, his daughter, Amber Plumb, and granddaughter, Skylar Plumb, covering Richard's adventures while Amber was growing up, his work, and his love for the islands and the sea.

Jacqueline Fontillas speaking on the Troubles Derry, Ireland.

Chris Klein, an Andover native and author, discusses his German and Irish roots. He recounts his life growing up amidst classism in the 1980s. Inspired by AP US History class, he discovered his passion for research-based writing, determined to preserve...

On January 4th 2023, Luci Greisman (15) interviewed her grandmother, Alaina Braxton (68). Alaina Braxton was born in 1956 and during this interview, Alaina Braxton shared her love of travel, talked about immigrating to the United States from Ireland, and...

an interview of 15 year old Michael J. McAloon 3 and his grandpa, Michael J. McAloon Sr.. Talking about Michael Sr.'s early life, occupations, his wife, and ending with music of his generation

I interviewed a women named Marg Gallagher who immigrated here from Ireland around 35 years ago and I learned a lot about her and how she came here.

Jennifer Bonds King (38) and her husband, Kevin King (45), speak with their aunt Norma King Gary (89) about her life growing up in Atlanta on "Sweet" Auburn Avenue in the 1940s and '50s.

Enjoy this charming trip down memory lane with two of the surviving members of The Deb-Tones. This is an endearing story of how three Indiana teenage girls were told they needed a summer hobby, and it turned into an RCA...

My grandmother discusses the way she grew up in rural Alabama and her years in boarding schools in Virginia and England throughout the 1940s and 50s

In this interview, conducted on May 24th 2022 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Brandy Cassidy interviews her grandmother Emmy Cassidy about her life growing up in the 50s, her relationship with her family, and raising her children. At the end, Emmy...

I spoke with my grandpa about his experiences immigrating to the United States.

We talked about when he immigrated to United States and how his life was in India

1950s

I interviewed my Nan. She immigrated from Ireland to the U.S and shared her journey with me through this interview! It was very interesting learning more about her life!

A grandfather’s life stories from Cedar Rapids shared with grandson.

Interviewed my Uncle Robert about the 1950 life style and events

Grandpa on the 1950s

We talk about her family who was on the Lusitania, how it affected her, and how life was in the 50’s.