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I interviewed my grandma Dona Zimmerman in order to learn more about her early life and what she was like growing up.

I interviewed my mom about her childhood and what she was like back then up to the time when she had me and how that changed her life.

Long before texts, emails, and snapchat, if you wanted to talk to someone you either had to write a letter, or use the phone, and not a cell phone. Jake Freedman interviewed his grandfather Saul Freedman about his mid-high school...

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...

Stephen’s work, social, and school life

This is a conversation between Freeman and his father John, recorded in Los Angeles on a visit from San Francisco.

Family, Faith, Life

An interview cut short by emotion and memories.

My grandpa retells his story of his childhood life as a poor boy in Vietnam. With his parents passed away at a very young age, he stayed with his father’s best friend and pursed a career as a chef. He...

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...

Merideth Wieland (54) talked with her Auntie June (Anita Jeung) (96) about June's childhood and family (Chong), including Merideth's father Wilbur Chong. June takes them out at the end with a song.

We stumble through a slew of questions. It’s a thing.

Questions from how/ where my dad grew up, to family history, I sit down and talk with my dad about his life and background!

Just talking

Today I will be having an interview and taking a look inside my grandmothers life

I, Allyson Levy, interviewed my father, Charles Levy, about his childhood and the meaningful people and experiences in his life.

My name is Grace Schiff, I am 14 years old, and I interviewed my aunt, Melissa Malone, in Encino, California. She grew up in Colorado, but moved to Los Angeles because of her love for acting. In this interview she...

Mom’s memories growing up around her farming family along the coast of California.

Conducted an interview with my father about his values in life and briefly touched on his experience with the Armenian Genocide.

In this December 4 2022 interview, Ava Carlson (16) and her uncle Jim Barton (62) talk about his childhood in small town Vermont, family, and practicing instruments.

We talked about family history my moms life

How does an entrepreneurial kid make money from video games in the 80s? From Pac-Man to Galaga to Mario Bros, Camilo Echavarria tells his stories of playing video games in the 80s in an interview conducted by his son Gabe...

On April 22, 2018, Kaylee and Brenda met to talk about Brenda’s childhood and life experiences. As they sat in Brenda’s living room in Orange County, they also talked a little bit about Kaylee’s aspirations.

Highlights/memories of our lives including moving to the U.S., 9/11, and growing up in a multi-generational household.

“I don’t care what people think, I will do anything and everything for my children.” On December 21, 2018, Daisy Salinas talked about her experience of leaving her home in El Salvador to come to the United States. She explains...