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Friends Jonathan Schmitz (68) and E. "Ted" Arnn (77) share what led them to Chautauqua Institution, and what they love most about the place. They also describe their collaboration on preserving family and Chautauqua history and offer advice to new...

Conversation partners Marilyn Schultz (79) and Greg Wojczak (75) reminisce about the time when the Butler, Wisconsin community united to raise funds for the construction of a new library.

Conversation between Libby Tronnes and Brad Brown about special collections in the Cullom Davis Library at Bradley, University, and information about sports, mascots, games, play, and the history of fun.

Friends and colleagues Cheylon Woods (36) and Kiwana McClung (40) discuss their childhoods and their academic work.

Friends Barbara Caddell [no age given] and Myra Evans [no age given] talk about their involvement in the League of Women Voters and learning local history as it relates to women's suffrage.

Fredrick Richardson (84) interviews his friend Lisa Lambert (60) about her career as the first African-American assistant city clerk and now city clerk of the city of Mobile.

Friends Winifred Lucy (70) and Olga Harris (71) take turns asking each other questions about their families, their careers, and their long and close friendship.

Colleagues Patrick McNameeKing (35) and Patty Devery (40) discuss Patty's journey to archiving work and their larger memories of music education, organized religion, and the importance of community.

Longtime Lake Geneva resident Helen M. Brandt (80) talks to friend Sonja Akright (52) about her journey from Wabeno to Lake Geneva as well as her jobs at the Lake Geneva Public Library and Geneva Lake Museum.

Bob Cass (80) interviews his wife Xu, Fangfang [No Age Given] about her father Xu Beihong, widely known as the father of modern Chinese painting. They talk about politics in Mao's China and Fangfang’s life as a music student on...