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Maureen Mahoney, 70, was interviewed by her daughter, Tracey Merritt, 44, about growing up in New York City.

Amy talks with her mother, Dolly, about growing up on a farm in North Dakota.

Tyler Marion tells his spouse Brenda Martin about the decision he made after high school to go to California. He talks about why he had to return home to Kansas.

Seto You, age 92/93 or 97/98, is interviewed by his son, Ed You, age 26, about his early days in the USA. He arrived from China in 1916, worked as a cook in this country well into his 80's. He...

This interview is for the Oral History Project in HIST 190 with Dr. Sibbel. The interview is conducted by Cael Ormsby (21) with his grandmother Delores Phelps (93) about living in the US during World War II. Please note that...

Mac Marlow, 94, talks to his viola student Katey Wilks, 35, about his childhood, his musical career, and his love for teaching.

Grandma Margaret Vitale talks about the Great Depression, meeting her husband, life during and after WWII.

Carole Koblik (76) talks to her great niece Linnea Koblik (15) about traveling to new countries while attending UC Davis as an undergraduate. Because she had studied the architecture of many great cities like Paris and Athens, she felt like...

James Ritter, 85, tells his daughter Mary Wolfe, 49, about his work as a public school music education teacher.

92 year old woman is interviewed by her 65 year old daughter about her family, growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and her career as a bookkeeper in St Louis.

Martin Everall and Mike Hughes talk about coming to America from the UK 35 years ago, and how the two countries are similar and different.

Rebecca Salant, 16, and her brother Max Salant, 16, talk with their siblings, Ilana Salant, 16, and Jacob Salant, 17, about their trip to Mexico.

Betty Standfill (65) and her daughter Tiffany Laposi (40) have a conversation about BS’s children, her mother, her husband Clyde, and the place she grew up, Amboy, WA.

Elizabeth "Liz" Z. Allan (63) and Eileen Neulinger (61) talk about their lifelong interest in libraries and books, their family history, and their plans after retirement.

Nephew interviews aunt about her life growing up in the Ozarks and in Nebraska as well as family stories.

Pat Quinn (63) interviews her friend, Camille Warzecha (67) about her family and how she came to live in Little Falls, MN. Camille talks about her ancestry and retells the stories of how her grandparents came to the United States.

Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

Annie Thoms interviewed her father, John Thoms about growing up with parents who were deaf and his experiences as a child who had polio and is still has some physical issues as a result.

Kevin interviews his girlfriend, Anne, about her childhood and how her parents influenced her career and sociopolitical beliefs.

Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.

Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.

Maria L. Leyba (60) talks with her daughter Angélica Turrieta (33) about her childhood life in a prison, growing up in New Mexico and the death of her brother Ramón.

George II interviews his father George I about his life, military service, happiness, beliefs, struggles.

Alyson Giardini, 41, and her spouse Jackie Stanfill, 51, talk about their relationship, Proposition 8 in California, and their children.

Sisters Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella remember their grandparents, Clyde and Mabel Nancarrow (paternal) and Herbert and Sarah Phelps (maternal), and share stories of their time on the family farms.