Growing Up In America as a Taiwanese Immigrant

Nicole Tindall (16) talks to her mother Amy Chen (49) about her experience being a Taiwanese immigrant in America.

A helping hand for people that need it most.

A chat with an inspiring person that helps people with the use of lights and building greenhouses out of the greater good.

"The thing I learned about Garyites, very clannish… they're there for each other."

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

The Impact of Being an Only Child

Max Lavoy: 2021-11-12 23:33:41 In this interview we talk about the impact of being an only child. We go over the advantages and disadvantages and how that has impacted relationships. A recurring theme is regarding having alone time, especially in...

Helen Powers on Mother's Day 2021

Helen Powers (78) shares part of her life story with her 5 children and husband, Edward Powers, Sr. (78). Children are Thomas Powers (53), Theresa Powers (52), Edward Powers, Jr. (50), Anne Kinsey (49) and Patricia Powers (45). Grandchildren Henry...

Childhood, Life Advice, Historical Moments, and More with Kristin and Meredith Avis

In this interview, conducted in November 2023, Meredith Avis (17) interviewed her mom, Kristin Avis (50). This interview took place in Birmingham, Alabama, where the two talked about topics ranging from historical moments she lived through, to her childhood memories...

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Garnet Pennington, Tom Pennington, and Portia Pennington
June 10, 2010 StoryKit

Garnet Pennington has played tennis in rural Kentucky since the depression, when she had to play on a dirt court. Once dubbed by Tennis Magazine, one of the World’s Greatest Tennis Nuts, she has passed this passion to her son,...

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Gina Borton and Ian Borton

Gina Borton, 31, by her husband Ian Barton, 30, about their lives together in the last few years since they got married and moved to Grand Rapids and since the last time they did a StoryCorps interview in Grand Central.

Katherine Zoda and Joseph Klock

Katherine Zoda (18) talks with Joseph Klock (19), another Rutgers Honors College Student, about growing up with his father in the army.