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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.

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.

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

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

Throughout this interview we talked about family, how life was back then, and memories.

Talked about a little bit of everything. The government was mentioned if you’re interested.

This interview was between a mother and daughter. The mother does not know fluent English; therefore, I did this interview in Spanish. The Spanish language is also familiar to me, since it is my native language. In this interview, we...

Evan (13) interviews his Grandmother (78) about life.

This interview was mostly about my mom and her childhood. It is clear from the interview that she had a strong family connection growing up, with a strong bond to her mother. Her job as a pediatrician and her family...

Dr. Marci Yoss talks to her new friend Camille Beckett (21) about her family, profession, and loneliness. Marci delves into the importance of her husband and children within her life, discusses how the medical field as positively impacted her, and...

I interviewed my grandparents about their move from Philadelphia to Lindenhurst NY. They talked about their life in Philly, how the move was to Long Island. Talked about hope and money and how family is the most important thing.

My grandmother and I talk about her past from the 1920s to present. We talk about the second world war and how that affected her life as well as how her family managed as immigrants.

Samantha Gilgan (19) interviews her mother, Lisa (51) about living through important events, counting your blessings while living through a pandemic, and the importance of art and music in a time like this.

Stuart asks his dad questions about his dad's mom, Mary Kay.