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Ella and Ozzy Pelican interview their grandparents about their lives and lessons learned.

Paul Keefe's experience in the US Navy including service in the Mediterranean on the USS Lake Champlain helped him get his degree in aeronautical engineering & led to a career in electrical engineering at companies including D.E.C.

My Nonna tells me about her immigration from Italy.

The story of my great grandfather George’s immigration from Italy.

We talked about my moms life in England and America.

Osmil is a recent immigrant to Italy from Guatanamo, Cuba having only arrived 7 months ago. Osmil is in the country on a visiting visa living with his sister in Piotello, a town on the outskirts of Milan. Osmil has...

Mother and daughter learn more about each other.

Sydney Walsh explains to me her childhood and what it was like growing up in a small town. She includes information about her life in college and aspiring career to become a dentist. She also has stories to share about...

Pilar Questa life story

Bonnie Tamone talks about the daily life and family of Lou Tamone and his immigrant family.

This interview is about my Mothers childhood growing up and moving from Italy to the United States.

This was fun, I got to learn about my mom’s life.

In this interview we explored the Italian history and culture of our family.

Mustapha's journey begins in Gambia and travels through 7 different countries before reaching Calabria, Italy. Mustapha tells of the great risk as he leaves his family behind to travel for months to Libya. Mustapha tells us of how when he...

This is an interview of Lori Kristjansson (50), conducted November 2016 in St. Louis, MO by her daughter, Kadin Kristjansson (14). From minutes 0-20, Mrs. Kristjansson shares details of her childhood spent all over the western United States and describes...

Sandy Frost (52) talks with her mother Taffy Solcher (79) and asks about Taffy's unique childhood, growing up as the daughter of a man in the oil business which meant growing up all over the world, in places like Columbia,...

Gavan Ilhan, an immigrant from Italy describes why his parents moved from Italy to Glenview.

This interview was done by Sydney Rose who is 16 and her participant was her mom Jean Rose who is 51. Throughout the interview Jean shared experiences of her life, her thoughts, and overall things that brought to where she...

Spouses, Ronald McKee (75) and Carol Wolfe (72), recount the history of Ronald's military service and his time in the Vietnam War.

Carolyn Osborn (74) interviews her friend Donna Schloss (78) about Donna's career as a nurse, her travels throughout the world, and her work with the U.S. State Department.

Lisa Maloney (52) interviews her parents John (90) and Jane(91) about their adventures on their delayed honeymoon due to John's service in the army.

I talked to my dad to learn about what he's learned in life, and another interesting story.

Walker and Ray talk about how to be successful in life over the phone. We first talk about school. We then talk about his jobs. After that we talk about his own businesses. To rap it up we talk about...

I discussed how life is in the Navy for Joey Springer (21) and what made him join.

Trip to Italy