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On November 24th, at her grandfather's house in Chicago, Illinois, Emma Mendez interviews William Lachat, husband to his deceased love of his life, Felicia Lachat, father of five daughters, and grandfather to twelve grandchildren. As a son of a biochemical...

I talked to my Nani and she told me about her struggles as a child with losing her father, brother and mother. She went with her siblings at the age of 18 to live with her uncle. Shortly after, she...

Family History of the Bannon, Stanner, Bryan, Nelson

Me talking to my father about him and his life.

Nonno Gino talks about his time in Italy, coming to America, and his time welding. He says to “never stop learning”.

Zahra Ndirangu interviews her father, published author Ndirangu Githaiga, on his book that tells of the Kenyan experience. They delve into talks of race, literature, and representation.

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

How Anthony Piscitelli came to the USA and built a family.

We talked about Lois's jobs as a teenager, my dad (Lois's son), and her life.

I talked about life with my mother and things she did with her life. I also talked her beliefs and things she wanted to change about her life.

Tully interview with two friends

Tammam "Tom" Abouassaf (53) talks with his daughter Amal Abouassaf (21) about immigrating to the United States, his experience of culture shock, and what he is most proud of in his life.

Clementina Gamboa described her life growing up in Jalisco, Mexico and making the journey to Chicago and finally Evergreen Park, IL.

a story of a tragedy in Jan Keith's life

We talked about family and who was important and impacted my mom

In this interview, I sat down and chatted with my grandfather who is on my fathers side. In addition to that, we talked about how he grew up as a child in North Carolina and Chicago, his time in the...

In this interview, conducted on November 26th 2017, in Chicago, Illinois, I interviewed my father, Max, about his childhood in Mexico and in Illinois. We mostly went over some of his memories and what he accomplished when he was younger....

This was a interview I conducted with my Grandmother about her life in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a child and what it was like growing up. We also talked about my ancestry and what it was like moving to the...

Life in the rural South in the 40s and 50s. Family, love and life.

It's a story filled with experiences and living the American dream.

Grandpa

My grandpa and I mostly talked about our family history and the different members that were very important to my grandfather. We also touched on what my grandpa thought his greatest achievements were as well as a few regrets he...

Maya interviews her grandmother about her immigration from Taiwan in 1969

In this interview, Israel talks about his experience as an immigrant and what it’s like being here in the United States. It’s a short interview because he is difficult about opening up and showing his feelings.

November 25 2018 in Chicago IL I Interviewed Mary Thomas about her life. Mary Thomas is 61 Years old and this my grandma I am 15 years old. Mary had a good childhood she grown to be an intelligent women....