oral history

Dave “Big Daddy” Lindsey and Charlie talk about the 1960s.

Racing cars in the 60’s
December 2, 2019 App Interview

I talk to my granddad about his teenage years and what he would do for fun.

Lee Harper and Norma Dobbins

[Recorded Wednesday, April 27, 2022] Lee Harper (59) and Norma Dobbins (67) recorded a conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. They talked about their political narratives, families, and reflected on the influential people in their life. They touch on categorization, ignorance, motherhood,...

1960s Oral History Project

Interview with Alli Morrow (17) and Lucy Cappa (17) interviewee Kim Davis (77), Alli’s grandfather, concerning life in the 1960s.

60s Interview with Grandpa Don

This is me talking to my grandpa who was born in the early 50s. we talking about the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King, Junior, civil rights movement, and overall how life was in the 60s.

Cold War Army-Brat, Captain John Norris, and his "Forrest Gump life."

An interview with my dad, John Norris, speaking to my 11th grade High School History students at San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, California in May 2018. My students had prepared questions after studying about the Cold War era...

Stacy Bolling and Susan Wenger

[Recorded: Tuesday, March 15, 2022] Stacy Bolling (44) and Susan Wenger (83) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Susan shares her experiences growing up in the mid-20th century, including the Civil Rights era and the Vietnam War....

Aziza Longi and Dave Norford

[Recorded Friday, April 8, 2022] Aziza (23) and Dave (62) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Aziza is a graduate student at UVA studying urban planning, and Dave is a farmer from Albemarle County. The two bond...

Jackson and Jerry Munk

Jerry Munk tells Jackson about his early life on the farm and childhood in the 1960's as well how aware he was of counterculture movements and the civil rights movement growing up on the farm.

Memory Lane

it was her life starting from a child all the way to an adult including her school days

Woodstock – and more
November 29, 2020 App Interview

We spoke about my mom’s childhood growing up in Queens, NY and her experience going to Woodstock in 1969.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2019

Josephine Cole (15) interviews her computer scientist father (Billy Cole, 50) on growing up in West Virginia, the events of September 11, 2001, religion and family. While he plays video games in the background, and her sister yells advise.

“My dad couldn’t figure out why it had to be so loud.”

Keith Dick of Baytown, Texas, happens to be the nephew of Paul Revere from the 1960s/1970s rock and roll group, Paul Revere and the Raiders. Paul Revere died in 2014, but Keith has fond memories of spending time with his...

Carolyn Carbaugh and Tom Magri

[Recorded: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022] Carloyn (21) and Tom (63) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Carolyn is a Fourth Year undergraduate student studying anthropology at the University of Virginia and Tom is currently the Director of...

Margaret Williamson USH Interview

This is my interview with my grandparents (who I call Nana and Papa), Lois and Darrell Peigh. While cracking jokes once and a while, they answered all my questions about life in the 1960s.

Nana and I talk about her teenage years.

I, Mia, interviewed my nana about her life as a teenager. She talked about her parents leaving her, living with her teacher, family, and the love of her life. There were a few bloopers :)

Christian Barth and Patricia Green

grandmother talks to her grandson about her experience and memories about the 1960s