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Helene Van Manen (64) and her husband Dave Van Manen (67) share stories from their lives as they detail their love, their family, and their journey westward from Brooklyn, New York, to Beulah, Colorado.

At dusk staring down the Manhattan Bridge, Chloe and myself attempted the impossible. An interview in the streets of Brooklyn. I realized I thought I knew how to share on the fly but then other memories came up and I...

Claire McCoy (58) sits down with her father, George Black (86), to ask him about his experiences as an actor and his career as a professor in the theater departments of various universities.

Les and his family had many narrow escapes from the Nazis during the war and they eventually managed to escape across the boarder to Austria from Hungary. They had to live in a camp for a few months before they...

Colleagues Yasuharu "Haru" Okuda (49) and Phillip Wortham (39) share the experiences that led them to undertake careers in medical simulation and explain the importance of simulated medical practice for reducing patient harm and loss of life.

Cynthia Parvinn discusses her personal and professional life throughout this interview. We get a better glimpse of the most important things and moments in her three decades of life.

Tassia Tkatschenko (39) and her mother, Nancy Dunne Byington (66), share a conversation about their family, the communities they have lived in, and their careers in naturopathic medicine and psychiatric nursing. They also discuss how capitalism is impacting the environment...

Ted discusses his career in theater, resiliency, and the topic of child abuse

We talked about his career mostly and how he succeeded as an immigrant.

This is the story of what caused my Aunt to move from London, England to Fort Worth, Texas.

This interview reviews the life of Don Crane, starting at childhood.

For a school project I, Ava Berman, interviewed my grandfather, Joel Berman. I asked him a series of questions about his career and memories.

Stephanie Lam (61) talks with her daughter, Sophie Brown (18) about her childhood in Toisan, China in the 1960s and what it was like to move to America at 18. She discusses her life in a small village, her experiences...

My name is Kelly Ta. I am 15 years old. Today is November 26, 2017. I am recording this interview in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. I am speaking with Vince Ta, who is my father.

This interview was done on December 1st, 2019 in my family's living room. In this interview, my dad, Nitin Panchal mentioned that he had to overcome many obstacles in his life. These barriers made it more difficult for him to...

In this interview I had the pleasure of learning about the childhood, education, career and marriage of my grandma. Not only was I able to learn information, but had some heart warming interaction with her.

We talked about what my dad likes about his job and what he doesn’t like about his job. We also talked about what my dad does in his job.

In this interview I asked my grandfather important questions about his life, and how he experienced it. Through this I have learned to savor each and every aspect of life and I learned how my grandfather saw life and how...

This is a summary of Jan’s life to be used as part of our family tree project on Ancestry.

Paul shares his views on growing up, marriage, careers, and ancestors.

Ronnie and Liz are sisters who talked about Ronnie’s career as a flight attendant, that spanned from 1967 to 1969 and then from 1995 to 2016.

Professional career and Dominick and Dominick

Vito G Palmietto (30) interviews his father, Vito Palmietto (61), about his career in the food service industry. They discuss Vito's experiences acting as an Executive Chef and as a Food and Beverage Director, as well as what it was...

Interviewed with my roommate about her experiences with school growing up and her future career plans.

In this final segment, Ted speaks more about his career and relationships.