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Discussion with two professional women who were raised in New York.

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...

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...

A discussion on growing up as the “odd one out” in a caucasian neighborhood, and discovering family values through media and human interraction.

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...

A Christmas Day interview with my aunt Patti Kehoe

In conclusion my grandfather survived through the Great Depression survived WW2 enlisted in korean army in 1950 had four children and 12 grandchildren now lives a peaceful life

Steve Desroches (47) talks to his high school history teacher Dr. William Hanna (74) about their hometown Taunton, Massachusetts and the importance of studying history.

Cristina Norcross (52) interviews her mother, Edythe Raskopf (84), about her childhood and family history.

This is a practice interview with Ashlyn for HIST 222.

interviewing my grandpa

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.

This is a quick interview of me and my mom talking about her life and some experiences she had had over the years.

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.

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.

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

In this interview, we talked about how she was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut. Also, that’s she’s so grateful for her family. Another thing is that she has vitiligo. In her neighborhood as a child everyone was always cared for as...

On Valentine's Day Steve Desroches (47) and Peter Donnelly (62) talk about their relationship, marriage, wedding day and life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Amber Norkett (46) interviews her father, Edward Norkett (75), about his childhood, music, parenting, and jobs.

Sam talks about her work that she has done during the pandemic to help the people around her and her community.

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Crownsville, Maryland, Julia Argilan (13) interviews her grandmother Carol Mole (77) about her childhood in Massachusetts and raising her two daughters. Carol shares stories about what people did for fun in the...

Steve Desroches (47) and Donna Duffy (72) talk about their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and Duffy's experiences as a woman pursuing an education and career in the 1970s.

Paige McLaughlin (17) interviews her mother Karin McLaughlin (47) about the past and present of her life. She shares lessons learned, happy memories, difficult memories, and how this has connected to her life today.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to his husband Peter Donnelly (62) about Christmases past, present and future on Christmas morning 2022.