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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...

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

My grandfather Peter Murphy, age 64, was born in Long island. He was the UCONN lacrosse captain of 1980 and graduated with a degree in Civil engineering. He founded his own software company that has billions of users globally using...

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.

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

Cristina Norcross (52) interviews her mother, Edythe Raskopf (84), about her childhood and family history.

Discussion with two professional women who were raised in New York.

Amy has lived her life with the intention of making the world a better place by being there for others in whatever way she can - as a gay woman, a mother, a neighbor, community member and friend.

Kerissa Battle (42) an ecologist in the Catskills talks with a close family friend Leana Tishim (13) a student on Long Island about her childhood and the experiences and lessons learned. She also shares a few lessons about finding oneself...

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

A Christmas Day interview with my aunt Patti Kehoe

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.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to his high school history teacher Dr. William Hanna (74) about their hometown Taunton, Massachusetts and the importance of studying history.

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.

interviewing my grandpa

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Brent Daly about his work as a stand up comic and the character of Anne Hutchinson he created, inspired by a real historical figure, and the walking tours of Provincetown, Massachusetts he does as her.

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.

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Alan Semerdjian (Long Island) who makes meaning of his life through art. They discuss family influence, Armenian heritage, dialectic thinking, writing, music, and the art of educating.

Amber Norkett (46) interviews her father, Edward Norkett (75), about his childhood, music, parenting, and jobs.

Steve Desroches (47) and Donna Duffy (72) talk about their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and Duffy's experiences as a woman pursuing an education and career in the 1970s.

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...

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

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

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