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I plan on interviewing my father, Terence Burnett Sr., (73) my reasoning for choosing my dad is because he will be the eldest member of my family at thanksgiving and because he always enlightens me with wisdom about his and...

A conversation with Pat about some of her memories and life experiences

Mary Catherine and Edward Hustoles sharing memories of their childhoods.

In this interview, Tianjie Li, the father of Alvin Li, is interviewed during December, 2017 in Novi, Michigan about his life, and what he thinks of it. TJ begins by sharing his childhood experience, from his economic state, to his...

Interview with jack locke

In this interview, orchestrated in November 2017 in Flint, Michigan, Alexandria Beavers (15) interviews her parents Erica (46) and Waymond (45) about living in a small town in Arkansas, having two wonderful children and overcoming obstacles with the help of...

In this interview, my grandmother provides details about the traumatizing time period when she was a female soldier for the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Gene Harris (81) shares his childhood memories and experiences while in the U.S Navy

This is an interview that I did with my dad about the Great Recession for a history project.

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Annapolis, Maryland, Sarah interviews her aunt Mary Foelster about life growing up in Maryland and her career path along the way. Mary talks about life growing up for her as the...

Lily Dollinger (15) interviews her father James Dollinger (59) in Flint, Michigan. He talks about the importance of family and the influence his children have had on him. Also, he expresses the memories he has from growing up in New...

I interviewed my ma about her childhood and what she was like. I also asked her about what she wanted to see in the future and asked about the past as well

Growing up during WW2 as a Jew, religion, women’s rights, teaching, and the Great Depression all in one interview!

This about me and my grandmother talking about her past and how it changed to now

In this interview, conducted on November 29th, 2017, in Wylie Texas,Deann Payne (52) talks about how her childhood was and how she was like when she was a child. She also talks about how she would go down to her...

My father, Shigeru Ochi, was raised in poverty. He focused on working hard and saving to send his kids through college and med school.

Marion talks about her life, especially her younger years. A special story about Christmas, stories she would tell me as a kid (about her grandma). Her experiences as a home away from home for West Point Cadets. Grandma was the...

In this interview, conducted on November 6, 2017, in Kissimmee, Florida, Joannette Rivera (18) interviews her mother Carmen Gonzalez (40) about her thoughts on becoming a mother for the first time. Carmen answers questions on when she first finds out...

During my interview with my Grandma I learned many things such as her parents, how she believes society has changed, and many more things. I am glad that interviewed my Grandma as she has had a very intriguing and eventful...

In this interview, conducted on November 22, 2017 in Gambrills, Maryland, Austin Harrison interviews his grandfather, Dr. Oguz Turgut, about his childhood in Turkey, adulthood in America, and his serious illness. Dr. Turgut shares stories about the adversities of growing...

In this interview, conducted in Chicago, Illinois, Ulises Martinez, my father, shared with me some of the relationships he had with his family and friends. Some of them being very happy and other really sad, he shares what he had...

Wayne Taylor, grandpa, talks about family, work, war, and career. He has an unconditional love for his kids, wife, and grandkids.

In this interview, Sophie Traube interviews her friend and brother’s best friend, Max Hobhouse. They talk about their friendship, Max and Jack’s (Sophie’s brother) friendship, and his new life here in California for university after growing up in England. Max...

My grandmother, Elizabeth Biss-Minerva was born in 1923 in Penn, Pennsylvania, a small town in the southwestern part of the state. She was born to an Irish-American mother and a first generation Czechoslovakian-American father. She married my grandfather, a first...

My grandmas childhood and how she lived and some important moments in her life.