The “outstanding beauty” of our family: moving beyond words.
November 24, 2018 App Interview

This interview is on the six month anniversary of the day Barb was first admitted to the hospital with a rare illness, HSV encephalitis, which is an acute viral infection in the brain. Overcoming the life-threatening illness was only the...

An Interview Between Eva and Norma

I conducted an interview with my high school friend Norma Pu, and we mainly talked about her personality, hobbies, travel experiences, childhood memories, career planning, and values.

"The thing I learned about Garyites, very clannish… they're there for each other."

Documenting the stories of the Graduates from Gary District High School (GDHS), a segregated school in the coal mining town of Gary, WV. The school closed in 1965. The graduates began to have reunions in 1966, inviting all alums. These...

Mi Papa, Jose Alberto Jimenez Ramirez

I, Emiliano Jimenez Minor, interviewed my dad, Jose Alberto Jimenez Ramirez, who's 50 years old about his experience growing up in Mexico City, el DF with my grandma, my uncles, my aunts, my dad's cousins. We talked about how my...

Diane, retired teacher, talks about her family and reflects on her accomplishments as a teacher.

Diane (76) is asked about her childhood and family, as well as the people who affected her life the most. She reflects on her own and her son's weddings, as well as her daughter-in-law. Diane answers why she wanted to...

Recollections of Gisela (Chandeck) Harkin '68

Gisela shares her memories of choosing Salve as a student coming from Panama, memories of Sisters Eloise and Jean Tobin, Sister Christopher, and other favorite professors, favorite haunts in downtown Newport, including the Tavern, The Black Pearl, and The Moorings....

Past, Present, & Future- Family Interview

I first began this interview with my mom, Thuy Huynh. She told me about her life back in Vietnam and how she migrated to the U.S. Around 2005, she was diagnosed with diabetes and has now been working very hard...

Brenda Katterman talks about her life leading to having children.

In this interview, conducted on November 27, 2017, in Brenda’s house in Tucson, Arizona, Kirstyn Thwaits (16) interviews her mom (45) about her childhood, type 1 diabetes, past spouse, and children. Mrs. Katterman shares stories about me, her second child,...

Bob Burgess shares details of his life from childhood to fatherhood, and how things can change.

In this interview conducted in December of 2017, Alex Burgess interviews her grandfather Bob Burgess about his life as a child, husband, and father. Mr. Burgess shares some of his favorite stories about his 3 kids growing up in Niskayuna,...