My interview with Uncle Harold

Uncle Harold told me about his favorite times and his hobbies! He also shared his favorite place to live in the United States.

Katie and Uncle Pete talk about what growing up in a small town in the 1950s was like.

I sat down with my uncle Pete and we talked about what it was like to grow up in a small town in the 1950s. He talked about his sister and what she was like as a teenager. He talkes...

An Interview With My Argentine Grandmother

Estela Fernandez, born on December 6th of 1940, is the daughter of European refugees who came to Buenos Aires, Argentina during World War 1. She talks about her fondest memories, such as hanging out with her families on the weekends,...

Experiences can Shaped Your Identity

Louise, a college scholar, woman, also my older cousin. She talks about her personality was different from now to she as a child, that was because of during her life till now. The experiences before and after she came to...

Kung Fu and MingJian Dan: A Great Thanksgiving Listen

On November 26th, after a long Thanksgiving break, I interviewed MingJian Dan. He is an RTF student who is incredibly involved in Martial Arts. I met him three months ago. We both live in University Towers. I asked him about...

Great Thanksgiving Listen

My mom and I talked about her past and how it has changed her.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

My grandma grew up in a full house but it was good because she was able to be cared for by her aunt when her parents had places to be. Her childhood was sometimes chaotic since she grew up in...

Ella talking to her NaiNai about her life from China to the States.
November 22, 2018 App Interview

In this interview, conducted November 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ella Liu (16) interviews her Grandmother Tina Liu (76 born in 1942). Ella asks her NaiNai about her childhood so she can recall memories from China and coming to the United...

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

In this interview we focused on my dads childhood and what influenced him to be who he is today.

Interview with Leslie Berenfeld

I had an interview with my lovely mother on October 7, 2018. We discussed what it is like to be a parent, her favorite memories of me, and more. We discussed snippets of her childhood and other parts of her...

Common Ground Tacony: Christian and Jackie

Christian is a high school student who frequents the Tacony Arts Lab classes and open studios. Christian was really excited by the interview and cyanotype process, so much so he quickly downloaded the StoryCorps app. Upon encouraging Christian to start...

Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Keith Tomaselli

Fishtown Beer Runner and native Philadelphian, Keith Tomaselli inspires us with stories of the inception of the beer runner community that has started in Philadelphia and has grown into a small but important charitable organization across the world. Keith tells...

Interview

I interviewed Helen Simon about her childhood in China and under communist control.

Cousin Yi

My cousin Yi Lin’s life as a child in China and her experiment coming to the United States.

Interviewing my great grandma

My great grandma talks about how she used grit and perseverance through her life as a refugee from the Chinese civil war and her life when she was a child