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I interviewed my grandma Dona Zimmerman in order to learn more about her early life and what she was like growing up.

Long before texts, emails, and snapchat, if you wanted to talk to someone you either had to write a letter, or use the phone, and not a cell phone. Jake Freedman interviewed his grandfather Saul Freedman about his mid-high school...

Addison K. Groff, a retired minister who was born in 1919 in Rochester, NY, but spent most of his adolescence in Boonsboro, Maryland, is interviewed by his grandson, Edwin Groff on November 25, 2017. He lived through some of the...

An interview cut short by emotion and memories.

On November 27th, 2017, Charlie Ruderman interviewed his mother Catherine Smith to learn about her childhood and what it was like to lose a loved one. Throughout the interview, Catherine describes her childhood in the 1970’s San Fernando Valley. This...

Merideth Wieland (54) talked with her Auntie June (Anita Jeung) (96) about June's childhood and family (Chong), including Merideth's father Wilbur Chong. June takes them out at the end with a song.

We stumble through a slew of questions. It’s a thing.

I, Allyson Levy, interviewed my father, Charles Levy, about his childhood and the meaningful people and experiences in his life.

A recording with my grandma

Highlights/memories of our lives including moving to the U.S., 9/11, and growing up in a multi-generational household.

“I don’t care what people think, I will do anything and everything for my children.” On December 21, 2018, Daisy Salinas talked about her experience of leaving her home in El Salvador to come to the United States. She explains...

We talked about life in the 1940s and what it was like growing up at that time.

“I would see stop signs and below the word stop it would say Iran”. On 1/6/19, in Los Angeles, Ani Adell interviewed her mom, Megan Adell, about her leaving her home in Iran and coming to America, and how being...

My gradma talks about the importance of family

In this excerpt, Crystal (29) discusses people who she admires as well as the backbone of the family, our grandmother.

Gina Howard (44), in part one of a four-part series of a conversation with Shay Ware 25-year-old daughter, and Rahni Patnett, 20-year-old daughter about life before, during, and after the military and how the social injustices have affected our lives...

This is a conversation between Freeman and his father John, recorded in Los Angeles on a visit from San Francisco.

I interview my mom about her experience in Honduras, and what that is like in hopes to learn more about her and forge a deeper connection. We talk about friends, family, and what could have been.

leslie describes her childhood life and regrets .

Today I will be having an interview and taking a look inside my grandmothers life

How Aida’s relatives came to Argentina and how she met her husband

In this interview, conducted in April 2020 in Tustin, California, Victoria Medina interviews her mother, Belinda Medina (52) about her life growing up in Los Angeles. Ms. Medina shares stories about what life was like growing up in California’s most...

My name is Grace Schiff, I am 14 years old, and I interviewed my aunt, Melissa Malone, in Encino, California. She grew up in Colorado, but moved to Los Angeles because of her love for acting. In this interview she...

I interviewed Mr. Huicochea about his expirience of his life by asking questions from SLP class.

Olive Tellegen interviews Elisabeth Tellegen (Her mom), Kate Cusato (Aunt), and Matt Prinkey (Uncle). Despite Elisabeth being adopted and not meeting her siblings until she was 21, they have been very close for decades and share crazy (slightly dirty) stories...