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Vernell talks to her granddaughter about her childhood, early adult life, travels to West Africa and advice on family life. Her parents were strict and also sacrificed so their children could attend a private Methodist school. The school was attended...

A very detailed interview about where Peter was when all the attacks happened and the details.

Jack Powell was a poor kid from literally the wrong side of the tracks who went to college on an athletic scholarship and became a rare-earth chemist who purified uranium for the Manhattan scholarship. He says, “losing my football scholarship...

A mother tells her son about growing up during the Depression and her experience as young adult.

woman remembering her childhood, marriage, loss of her husband and child

Betty Grebenschikoff, 79, is interviewed by her daughter Jennifer Grebenschikoff, 58.

Joe Homoki talks about his family, how they came to New Brunswick, NJ from Hungary after WWII, and about life in New Brunswick.

92 year old woman is interviewed by her 65 year old daughter about her family, growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and her career as a bookkeeper in St Louis.

Sarah Blackburn (55) speaks with her mother, Carole Blackburn (85), about growing up in Memphis during World War II, how Carole's faith influenced her political views, the Memphis Sanitation Strike and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Carole's community organizing.

Poet and writer Gary Holthaus, age 76, is interviewed by his daughter, Stephanie Holthaus, age 48, about his life writing poetry and how he became a published poet.

Maria Meza-Ayala (89) habla con su hija Maribel Meza (25) de su vida en Mexico. [Maria Meza-Ayala (89) talks with her daughter Maribel Meza (25) about her life in Mexico.]

Michael Doyle, 39, tells StoryCorps facilitator Virginia Lora, 24, about his experience on September 11, 2001, the impact that the terrorists attacks on that day had on him, and his decision to leave his hometown of New York for Chicago.

Francis Wong (72) talks to his wife Mary Ann Wong (62) about his life, his accomplishments and the things he is most proudest of.

Rebecca Clemento Wald (48) and her daughters, Alexandra (22) and Daniella Wald (20) remember their husband and father, Victor Wald. Employed by Avalon Partners, Victor died in the in the World Trade Center September, 11, 2001.

Emily, 26, interviews her mother, Christine, 55, about her father, Harry Murray.

Robert (Rob) Wallace (45) talks with his girlfriend, Lindsay Smythe (30) about his life expereinces living in Italy and California, his service in Kuwait and Somalia, and working as a police officer in Yuma.

Chloe does an Oral History Interview with her grandmother.

Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

Elizabeth Rosen, 89, talks with her granddaughters Hanna Kanofsky, 21, and Samantha Kanofsky, 23, about growing up with Korean parents in Hawaii and her marriage and family.

Wei Sun talks about his college experience in TshingHua, a research university established in 1911

Edward Augustus (Gus) Dearolph (71) is interviewed by his friend and former colleague, Scott Crook (56) about his Marine background, his long tenure at Woodward Academy as a physics teacher and his hopes for Woodward Academy moving forward.

Mary Shumar (56) interviews her father, Pat Engelberg (95), about his childhood, meeting her mother and his advice for his great-grandchild. Pat talks about why he has had a good life.