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In part 1 of this interview, my grandma and I talk about how it was growing up in the great depression and how she had to adjust. We also talk about how it was parenting 6 different kids in many...

Bill Schauer tells his two granddaughters about his life.

Elizabeth, age 9, interviews her granddaddy, age 88, about his youth, and life.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Birmingham, Alabama, Caroline Whitcomb (17) interviews her grandmother Connie Gilmer about growing up in Birmingham. Connie shares her stories on living through the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. She also...

Mrs. Rios shares with us information about how was life before and after the Great Depression according to her past memories.

Paul talks about his experiences with being in the Air Force during the Vietnam war as well as playing professional soccer with them. Near the end begin chatting about presidential scandals.

Addison K. Groff, a retired minister who was born in 1919 in Rochester, NY, but spent most of his adolescence in Boonsboro, Maryland, is interviewed by his grandson, Edwin Groff on November 25, 2017. He lived through some of the...

Mary was talking about the Great Depression and what a Depression baby is. She also told me a funny story when she had to take her Cello she rented all the way up 2 flights of stairs, then went in...

Paul Krout talks about his childhood, experiences in the National Guard, and various jobs he had.

Gwen's life in Berkeley

Three generation of Winchell women chat about Camilla's early life and family history while baking Christmas cookies and watching a snowstorm.

Talking to my great grandma about the great depression and WWII

We talked about life and his experiences through his life.

My grandma and I talked about her childhood, her family, and about politics.

I am talking to my Grampa about his Mom and Dad. Then we speak on some regrets in his life.

Family history during the Great Recession

We talked about the Great Recession and the impact it had on our family and our society.

A casual conversation with my Grandmother Ruth Braun (a Depression Era kid) on the couch in her + husband Bruno’s home in rural Clare, MI. during a family gathering.

Great Recession interview

I interviewed my grandfather Zeyda. He is 82 and I am 17. We talked on November 26, 2023 in Pennsylvania about his Job, childhood, his parents, and grandparents.

Marie is a 92 year old Italian women. This interview highlights childhood stories.

A woman talks of her experiences of the Great Depression

On his 85th birthday, I interviewed my grandfather about growing up and the people in his life. He’s not ever one to hold his tongue (haha) but I wanted to capture his memories for StoryCorps, since we’re usually cracking jokes...

Diane Codde (78) speaks to her granddaughter Michelle Velez (30) shared family history and stories of her life, career, and children.

John Friedrich (55) interviews his friend Bob Alpern (92) about his young adulthood in the years following WWII. He discusses living in Greenwich Village in New York City in the late 1940s and early 1950s, attending New York University, and...