Della Wilson Bulkley interview by Michele Bulkley

Michele recorded a conversation with her mother in 2007. It includes many questions about her sister, Carol Ann Bulkley Johnson and her father Rollo Newman Bulkley

A Life’s Journey.

Today, Rina Notani interviewed her mother, Simran Notani, in New Hope, PA, for her StoryCorps interview. She was born August 30, 1977. In my interview, they explored her childhood and past. Rina learned some good life lessons along the way....

Edward Bloch and Meredith Skeath 3

Edward Bloch (87) talks with his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) about his father helping Jewish families escape from Europe before WWII, his courtship of Carol, how they started a family, and the importance of finding work you love and realizing...

Interview with Grandma and Grandpa Driftmier

We are in Florida on a giant family trip to celebrate Micah’s brother’s end of chemo, and we interviewed our grandparents Tammie and Steve Driftmier.

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Delores Radney, David Anderson, and Ruth Anderson

Spouses, Dr. David Anderson (92) and Ruth Anderson (81), talk with friend Delores Jackson Radney (65) about the importance of family and cultural heritage. They discuss the powerful way Kwanzaa brings people together and why they continue to meet every...

What do soup and love have in common?

Karin Weichlein and Bob Rider relate the romantic story of how they met and conducted a trans-Atlantic relationship which led to marriage and thirty years of happiness. Making soup is a poetic metaphor for their courtship and marriage.

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Thomas Higginbotham, Irja Higginbotham, and Michelle Higginbotham

Thomas Higginbotham (52) and Michelle Higginbotham (48) interview Thomas’s mother Irja Liisa Higginbotham (79) about her earliest memories, life in California, and immigrating from Finland to the United States.

Interview with Richard Zuppardi

Corinne DiGiovanni interviews her grandfather, Richard Zuppardi about his childhood and his ancestors’ lives as immigrants from Italy.

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J. Brian Weller and Sarah Padgett

Sarah Padgett (25) interviews her great uncle J. Brian Weller (86) about his childhood, the relationships that have shaped him, and his hopes for the future of their family. Throughout their conversation, they remember Richard Sanderson White, who was J....

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Melissa Bent and Michael Phelan

Spouses Melissa Bent [no age given] and Michael Phelan [no age given] tell the story of how they met in the art world, their journey moving to and living in Marfa, Texas, and the reasons they stay in Marfa.

Interview with grandma re dating, wedding, honeymoon

Sora Frankel, born in 1919, recalls her first date, courtship, wedding and honeymoon in New York City in a conversation with her grandson.

Evin Roldan and her mother, Mary, speak about the significance of birthdays and what an ideal birthday would look like.

The following interview between daughter Evin Roldan and mother Mary Roldan was conducted on November 29, 2020. The two discuss the significance of birthdays, focusing on Mary’s ideologies surrounding the holiday. Mary shares stories from her favorite birthday, which happened...

Lindsay Campbell and Karen Woodworth conversation

Karen Woodworth of Parchment Community Library and Lindsay Campbell, Kindleberger Summer Festival alum, share memories of the Festival and discuss plans for the 40th Festival Anniversary and Oral History project.

Telling My Berkeley Courtship Story

My mom tells the story of first meeting - then marrying - my dad.