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Dad shares stories of what it was like growing up in Ohio during the depression.

In this interview, conducted on November 24, 2017 in Annapolis, Maryland, Danny Swope (13) interviews his parents colleague and former marine Micheal Williams (49) about his childhood playing basketball, tennis and board games. Mr. Williams shares how important his dad...

I talked to my great-grandmother about her growing up in the Great Depression

Growing up in Binghamton, his parents, siblings, education, and life.

The story of my Nana

Grandmother talks about life in post-WWII Germany.

In this interview, recorded on November 22, 2018 in Sarver, Pennsylvania, Summer Arner (17) interviews her Great Grandmother Helen Arner (97) about her life growing up in the early 1900s. Helen shares stories about her family as a child and...

An interview with my grandfather about his childhood and time in the Marines

A great-granddaughter’s interview with her great-grandmother, a Rosie the Riveter

Richard Daley and the 1968 Democratic Convention

I interviewed my Grandma, Jane Louf, on December 14th, 2020 about her childhood, meeting my grandpa, and raising my mom and her sisters.

Great Depression

Story of my great great great grandfather heard through stories from my grandmother.

Jeanne talks about growing up in the early twentieth century.

My mother shares the story if fishing at Belmont Harbor in Chicago for dinner during the Great Depression.

Genevieve Dominick speaks about her experience in Chicago between the Great Depression to the present (2017).

Georgia Houston (92) shares many memories from her life in Tifton, Georgia, with her Granddaughter, Mikelle Moore (40).

An interview with my grandpa about his experience growing up in the Great Depression and his Marine service during World War II.

It was November 23, 2017. I was interviewing my grandma Nana. At first she was a little hesitent but as we went on she got more and more comfortable and it ended up very well. We talked about what she...

I sit down with my great grandmother to have a conversation about life, difficulty, struggle, happiness, love and death. She has lived a long life and has many stories to tell.

We talked about her life as a child and school. We talked about what her town was like and farming as well as a brief story about her time in the great depression

A twenty-four year old just trying to gain perspective on his 90 year old relative's life

Interview with Mary Lou Martino

Lillian Thompson , age 101, is being interviewed by her daughter, Linda Smith. Lillian is talking about her Norwegian immigrant parents and her life growing up on a farm during the dust bowl and Great Depression.

Tema Bolnick talked about and shared her personal stories from the Great Depression.