storytelling

surviving loss and overcoming isolation

The Military Life

We talked about his experience in the Military. Also, about how he was a cook his second year.

Interview about my grandmother’s life
November 28, 2018 App Interview

On November 26th, 2018 I interviewed my grandmother, Kathy Davis, who talks about her childhood and experiences living in the United States. She also talks about her father who was a four star general in the Air Force.

Story Corps Project with my grandfather

This is an interview that I had with my Grandfather about how he felt about the wars he grew up with around him

Unfolding the Past, Discovering the Future

In this interview, Olivia Simpson-Klein converses with her grandmother, Mary Klein, about how her upbringing in Florida influenced her beliefs and behaviors today. She speaks to the stained racial relations and segregation in the South as well as her response...

Grandpa looking back at the 1960’s

I asked my grandpa about what the 1960’s was like and his opinions on events that happened then

My Father: Growing Up During the Cold War
November 27, 2017 App Interview

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Birmingham, AL, Alison Levine (16) interviews her father, Adam Levine, about growing up during the Cold War. He discusses the effects the war had on him and others. He also details specific...

Tuan Cao STORY Interview (Part 2)

In this interview, Tuan Cao goes into more detail regarding his refugee screening process and his current perspectives on foreign involvement in the Vietnam War.

Cold War Story Interview – Cambodian Genocide

History student Jennifer Touch interviews her mother, Kimhong Hay, about her experience during the Cambodian Genocide, which took place during the Cold War, and how it affected her as a child.

Oral history project growing up in Cold War interview

We discussed the quality of life, culture, and childhood experiences of growing up in the Cold War period.

Revealing Authenticity Through Experience: An Interview with Elizabeth Perez.

In this discussion between a mother and daughter, Christina and Elizabeth Perez discuss the facets of Elizabeth’s life that have shaped her into who she is today. Beginning with her multiple moves as a child and her various exposure to...

Jean Kramer looks at Kramer archival family albums

We came to have many photo albums from my grandmother, Lotte Kramer, and her mother, Ella Faller, from the 1910s-1940s. Jean Kramer, my mom, looks at the album and narrates who the people are and family history, including time in...

Escape from Communist Hungary

My father describes life under communist Hungary, his escape and life after in different countries

“We got the message that the Russians were coming”: Growing Up in the Sixties and Seventies

America was very different place in the post-Cold War era. A brother, father, and friend recounts being a kid in the 60’s and 70’s: the fears of Vietnam, the underlying presence of Russian threats, and the happiness of childhood despite...

Kaia interviews her grandmother, Alice, about her life experiences

In this interview, recorded on November 27th, 2015, Kaia Neal (13) interviews her grandmother, Alice Kurtz (69) about her childhood growing up in New York. She talks about growing up during the Cold War and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Plus...

1960’s

The 1960’s and the kennedys