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Interview with Steve Heffner about the politics and music of the 1970s.

Janet Hogue Thompson (77) talks with her daughter Michelle Thompson (51) about the life of her mother Mary Maxine McAninch Hogue (1920-1993) in rural Casey County, Kentucky.

A conversation with my father about his decision to retire from the US Air Force and move the whole family to New Zealand in the 1970s.

Almost 50 years as spouses, Marianna (78) and Bill Roberts (76) share the story of how they met on a blind date in 1972. They got married two and a half years later after only spending about 7 weeks together...

Nils Kolderup discusses his career at the Northrop Corporation from the 1960s to 1994. He developed astro-intertial navigation systems and electronics which could withstand high levels of nuclear radation. We also discuss how his career influenced his perspective on the...

My Uncle Chris backpacking with my mom in Europe in the 1970s

My mom shared lessons that she learned during her lifetime. She also gave my some more insight into her teen years.

I talk to my mom about her childhood and early life (mainly just before my brother and I were born) in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

My sister is named after grandma. She is just like her. She remembers her teaching and prayers

timeline of kellys life

This interview explores the memories of a women who lived in the 1970's and the events that shaped the present day.

In Flushing, New York, a hardworking father, George Dakis, and his 14-year-old daughter, Christina Dakis, converse about his life in a Greek-American household. They talk about his inspiring life and the hardships he went through to become the man he...

When Helen (my mom) was young, she horned in a poor village, there are 7 members in her family, so it is hard For them to support their life. Her father was a farmer, one time he used a winter...

Mary Rosewater (49) talks with her son, Jacob Rosewater (17) about her childhood memories of the bicentennial, and how this event contrasted with the anxiety of the rest of the 1970s

My grandmother lived in Vietnam until 1975. She grew up in Hue, where she lived in a convent from ages 12-17.

Susan Meyers, born in 1952, was a young girl and teenager during the most active portion of the Second-Wave feminist movement of the 1960s & 1970s. In the interview, she talks about the positive impacts that the movement had on...

He answers questions about his childhood and life that give insight into how things were 50-60 years ago.

Some of our dad’s greatest stories from his youth.

In this interview, I, Annelise Schirmer, and my mother, Renée Schirmer, explore her experiences through the Cold War, Vietnam War, and Civil Rights Movements in the north. She describes her involvement with the rock and hippie groups, contributing to counterculture...

Interview with my Dad about the 1970’s pop culture and life.

On November 27th, 2017, Charlie Ruderman interviewed his mother Catherine Smith to learn about her childhood and what it was like to lose a loved one. Throughout the interview, Catherine describes her childhood in the 1970’s San Fernando Valley. This...

My dads life growing up.

This interview is between myself and my aunt who grew up in South Louisiana in the 1970s.

Insight into my mother’s childhood growing up in the 70’s

My dad who is a Syrian refugee speaks about his childhood and what he had to go through being an immigrant.