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interviewing my grandpa

My papa Jack says he is very boring, but to me, I always love learning about about him. He told me about my mom, how he loved school and his jobs.

This is a quick interview of me and my mom talking about her life and some experiences she had had over the years.

My father and I sit down to talk about President John F. Kennedy, his assassination, legacy, and how he saw my grandfather save a guys life.

Interviewer James Bovaird (Age 14) interviews Victoria Bovaird (Age 53) his mother.

Stella Charbonneau (16) interviews David Charbonneau (47) about his job, childhood and experience raising a family.

Caelan (15) interviews their grandfather, John Anastas (75), about his life.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Jim Batchelder, with thirteen generations in Massachusetts, recollects his life growing up in Andover. After becoming a beloved art teacher for many years, and working closely with the Andover Center for History and Culture to...

My Nana and Popop have been married for 51 years, in this interview they talk about their childhood, experiences in these years, and family.

Carina (13) interviews her mother mainly about what she is feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic. Both talk about what life has been like during this time and moment in this country as well as her mother's childhood memories.

My grandma and I talked about her life.

This is a practice interview with Ashlyn for HIST 222.

A discussion on growing up as the “odd one out” in a caucasian neighborhood, and discovering family values through media and human interraction.

One Small Step conversation partners Kaitlyn "Katie" McMurtry (30) and Richard "Rick" Kirkpatrick (63) talk about their traumatic experiences. They share thoughts about religion and the roles of the government.

In this interview Alyssa Norton and Mary Matthews talked about Mary’s past and some of her greatest memories. Mary shared her stories of when she was a child and how she met her first love.

On Valentine's Day Steve Desroches (47) and Peter Donnelly (62) talk about their relationship, marriage, wedding day and life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Paige McLaughlin (17) interviews her mother Karin McLaughlin (47) about the past and present of her life. She shares lessons learned, happy memories, difficult memories, and how this has connected to her life today.

On Thanksgiving Day 2020, Alexa Scanlon (13) interviewed her maternal grandmother, Frances Piscatelli (66) about growing up in a large Italian family in Boston, MA. In the interview, Alexa also asks her grandmother about their family traditions and how she'd...

Tim Young (61) and One Small Step partner, Paul Lewis (71), exchange personal experiences, religious beliefs, and political concerns.

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...

I interviewed my grandmother from my mother's side. I asked her some questions about her life, why she immigrated to the United States in 1988, and what she was thankful for Thanksgiving.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to his husband Peter Donnelly (62) about Christmases past, present and future on Christmas morning 2022.

Sam talks about her work that she has done during the pandemic to help the people around her and her community.

My mother loves her family very much. It is one of the most important things in the world to her.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Crownsville, Maryland, Julia Argilan (13) interviews her grandmother Carol Mole (77) about her childhood in Massachusetts and raising her two daughters. Carol shares stories about what people did for fun in the...