Interview with Esmilsa Alford-Christian

Esmilsa and I talked about how she came to Knoxville from Nicaragua while a teenager and how she has come to see East Tennessee and Appalachia as her home. She also spoke about the differences and similarities between East Tennessee...

Interview with Alexus Tate

Alexus and I talked about her experience of moving to Knoxville from Crossville, Tennessee and living in East Tennessee. We also talked about Appalachian stereotypes and her experience of them as well as some of the reasons that she loves...

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JULIE’S STORY

The summary of this interview : In this interview my grandmother talks about her childhood in Minnesota and how things were so different from then and now.

Grandma

My grandma and I talk about her childhood, raising my mom, uncle and aunt, and her memories of me. I learn thigs about her like how they started a newspaper and other things.

Charlie White talks to his great grandmother about growing up in rural Kansas

In this interview recorded in November 26, 2017 in Holton KS Charlie (12) and his great grandmother Novena (86) talk about growing up in Kansas in the 40s and 50s. Points such as life during the depression, raising four children,...