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Grandchild talks to grandfather about his farm and what he grew

Clair troutmans memories of growing up and working in jordon township and klingerstown, PA.

Our mother Margaret just before her 82 birthday, talking about picking cotton and the importance of kindness

This interview reflects on the past of Leola Halls childhood in Arkansas. She explains how the past were during discriminated schools and the WW2. Leola also states how she picked cotton as a child an most importantly states how it...

Vermont’s farming industry and history

Sisters Betty Brown-Chappell (76) and Gail Patterson-Gladney (74) trade memories from growing up on a farm near Bangor, Michigan with six other siblings. They reflect on what it was like for their family to navigate being one of the only...

Graham Baner interviews Ron Romersberger about his childhood and everything up to the present.

Andover Stories of American Identity: John and Leslie share their compelling family story relating to the trauma of the Armenian Genocide, immigrating to Andover as farmers, and creating a legacy through their land and culture.

Gary Brunner, 67, grandfather discussed childhood, military, and young adulthood mainly

Commentary on her childhood (around 1960s) for her grandson Kelso Meeks, enterupted by her youngest grandson, Daxton Meeks

Interview with my great-grandmother about her farming and thanksgiving experiences. My great-aunt also takes part to add to my grandmother's story.

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

Marta Pearson (72) talks with her friend DeAnna Hadley (52) about sympathy, empathy, racism, the pain it causes and the need for African-American stories to be shared. She describes seeing a raw cotton field for the first time, being denied...

LeLand and Leah Holstine talk with their son Eric about meeting, their respective careers, raising Eric and about Eric’s children Topher and Anna.

Tanya Beat (42) interviews her mother, Stella Beat (74), and her father, Larry Beat (71) about their childhoods, values and hopes for the future. Larry talks about growing up on a farm in Kansas, how 4-H changed his life and...

Thelma Warren (10/26/1924) discusses her life in rural Alabama during times, thick and thin, from the Depression years through World War II. Thelma Warren -- mother of three, grandmother of five, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother -- discusses her childhood in rural...

Jon Lane (74) speaks with his daughter Monica McAtee (49) about legacy, public service, and community.

Friends and colleagues, Harriet Weber (65) and Nancy Warner (70) interview Tatyana Kobzar [no age given] about her journey to the United States from Ukraine. They also talk about family and Christianity.

We talked about Norman’s early childhood on the family farm, his teaching career, and his years as a parent.

One Small Step conversation partners Najiyah Diana Maxfield (57) and Lynn Zucker (61) discuss their faith journeys, the current political divide, and their concerns about political litmus tests.

One Small Step conversation partners Derek Watt (52) and Kathleen Traphagen (57) connect on having teenagers going off to college, caring for elderly parents, and farming. Derek shares about his values and what troubles him about the way people who...

The Armada Grain Company owned talked about the history of his business and how it's changed over the years.

Grandma on my dads side, Linda Geppert, in Kansas City MO. In this interview we talk alot about how my grandma grew up. We also talked alot about how she views modern society differently because of her experiences. Finally, we...

I interview my grandma Vera Fernández, three days away from turning 91. We’re in Jacó, Costa Rica celebrating her birthday! We’re playing cards and she’s drinking whisky with ginger ale. She talks about her childhood as a farmer, her family,...

Grandma’s life growing up in the Midwest in a farming family in the early 1900’s