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A conversation with Pat about some of her memories and life experiences

Mary Catherine and Edward Hustoles sharing memories of their childhoods.

Interview with jack locke

This is an interview that I did with my dad about the Great Recession for a history project.

A granddaughter interviews her Jewish engineer, radiologist, air force lieutenant, pilot instructor grandfather shortly after the passing of his wife, her grandmother.

It is about how my parents were affected and how people around them were affected

An interview with Frank Paca, age 92. Our interview covers pivotal moments in his life, his wife Meg Paca, his hobbies and his life in retirement.

Ken talks about his younger days as a boy in Washington, DC during WWII. He had various jobs before entering university then taking time off to travel the country.

Growing up during WW2 as a Jew, religion, women’s rights, teaching, and the Great Depression all in one interview!

my grampa and i talked about the great depression and his life during it

Clara Cardriche (60) is interviewed by her niece, Tayra Cardriche (37), about her early childhood, how her parents met, her mother's immigration from Cuba, the love for her eldest brother, and finally, the forming of her Black identity as she...

My Great Uncle Joe: "I've had a gorgeous life." After the interview, he kept going. Looking at a 60" TV, he said the first TV he bought his father-in-law was a console with a 7" screen that received a single...

Jacob Werkheiser (36) interviews his father, Jim Werkheiser (64) about his life, childhood memories, sibling relationships and growing up on a farm.

My father, Shigeru Ochi, was raised in poverty. He focused on working hard and saving to send his kids through college and med school.

Marion talks about her life, especially her younger years. A special story about Christmas, stories she would tell me as a kid (about her grandma). Her experiences as a home away from home for West Point Cadets. Grandma was the...

During my interview with my Grandma I learned many things such as her parents, how she believes society has changed, and many more things. I am glad that interviewed my Grandma as she has had a very intriguing and eventful...

My grandfather grew up in western Massachusetts during the Great Depression. He was the oldest of six kids and dropped out of school in 8th grade to take care of his family. He grew up in a small shack with...

Steve and my grandfather we’re good friends in the Navy and later at the United States Air Force Academy. He was married to his wife, Leslie, for 53 years.

During this interview with Martha Rusk on November 26th 2018 in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Emma Stewart wanted to talk to her grandmother about her childhood and some historical memories she lived through. Martha explains many expirences,stories and lessons that helped...

My grandmother, Elizabeth Biss-Minerva was born in 1923 in Penn, Pennsylvania, a small town in the southwestern part of the state. She was born to an Irish-American mother and a first generation Czechoslovakian-American father. She married my grandfather, a first...

My grandmas childhood and how she lived and some important moments in her life.

Phil's major moments experienced through History.

Talking about Halloween and Thanksgiving coming up during dinner tonight, my father just relayed this story about his childhood in Queens, NY

On the day after Naomi's 98th birthday and the day before Thanksgiving, Julia and Naomi explore memories of their Norwegian roots in rural Minnesota and discuss the gifts we get and give to one another by way of showing and...

Interview with Blanche Hodde about having parents who are immigrants, living during the Great Depression, working as a women and World War II.