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Interview with my Grandfather

This interview was about life and growing up.

The story of someone who although had a rough childhood has risen to me a great person.

This interview consists of my father’s childhood and his school experience as a teenager when he just immigrated here to the U.S from Mexico

Born as Ranjana Saxena in May 1950 in Delhi and raised in a conservative joint household in Lucknow, UP, India - she was the youngest of four children of Ram Shanker and Prakash Saxena. She immigrated to the United States...

I did a total of 23 questions where my grandma talks about her childhood life, where she grew up, and how she met my grandpa.Also memories of myself and my father, aunt, and uncle

Through out this interview, me and my father, Jose Garcia, discuss family memories. These memories played a defining role in both of our lives. Though laughter and remembering sad events, I have remembered why I love my father so much.

This is about my Grandfathers past and the ups and downs of it. He explains his own wisdom of truth about life as well.

Short bit about life memories

My mother and I talked about mainly her teenage years. How it was like when she waas younger and just refelcting, on where the wind has taken my mother...

This interview was a very meaningful moment. This gave me the chance to get closer to him.

We basically talked about what my mom's childhood was like and what's she did throughout her life.

In this interview, conducted on June 3, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois, I interviewed my mother Dinh Luong. We talked about Dinh’s life in America as a Vietnamese immigrant. They also talk about life in Dinh’s home country. We also recount...

In this interview, recorded November 23, 2016 in Urbana, Illinois, I, Jack Larson age 16, talk to my Grandpa, Carl S Larson age 84, about his life and experiences. Born in 1934, he attended University of Illinois and became a...

I asked my mother some questions about her life back then. I learned a lot of things that were very interesting to me. Like for example: I did not know she went to school to be a doctor. And I...

An interview with Rabbi Tenenbaum on Thanksgiving.

Story of Dad's childhood in Chicago, about his parents, WW2, going to school and college, and getting drafted into military service.

part 2

In this interview, I spent some time with my grandmother as she discussed her daring mother’s trip from Italy to America, her childhood in the face of poverty, her parents’ influence on her life, her experience in the military, and...

My interview had a variety of questions covering her life before she had me and my siblings.

En los años que vivo Michelle Figueroa avían unos momentos alegres pero unos tristes también.

Barb talks about her childhood, job, life, and ect.

My 19-year-old cousin talks about her personal and love life.

Twin sisters Rhonda Winters (47) and Rebecca "Becki" Kuchenberg (47) share memories of small town life.

Rita Morrel talks about growing up in her native city of Chicago. Also addresses changes that Rita had observed in Chicago and current politics from her childhood (1930s) to present day (2019). Recorded in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on November 28,...