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Marion Kaslon talks to her daughters, Karen Schlam and Terri Gilbert, about her family history in Brooklyn, her father’s business savvy and meeting and marrying their father.

Dick Seidenspinner went out for a normal day of skiing. Little did he know a catastrophic event was waiting for him around the corner.

This eighty-minute 1974 interview of Anna Gertrude (Steinmetz) Paulus by her daughter Roman Catholic Sister Roma (Florence "Nancy") Paulus was recorded two years before Anna's death at age 86. Also present was son Bertram "Bob" Paulus. After some family singing,...

Tom Michael (52) interviews his friend Don Reiman (67) about his outdoor adventures and experiences in Boise, Idaho. They also talk about future adventures, the community, and flying.

Valentina Marin (16) interviews her uncle, Leonardo Villa (54) about his childhood in Colombia and about working at the Twin Towers.

Friends Tim Burke (38), Billy Demong (40), and Lowell Bailey (39) share memories of how they grew up together learning to ski in Upstate New York, and how they eventually started competing at the Olympic level.

Sisters Deborah Harkrader (64) and Elva Harkrader (66) share a conversation about their childhood, their parents, their family, and their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.

George interviews his mother-in-law about her growing up in Lake Butler, FL, and her experiences during the depression and WWII.

Jeff Manassero, 24, interviews his father, John Michael Manassero, 63, about his life.

Ruth Levenson (87) talks to her son David Taussig (60) and daughter-in-law Cecily Burke (61) about her life as a Holocaust refugee and eventually immigrating to the United States.

Bonnie Arends, Stephen Arends and Randal Arends talks about the car accident that killed Stephen’s twin brother, Greg, and left Stephen with a traumatic brain injury after being in a coma for 6 months.

Nancy Bentley (63) interviews her husband, John Atkinson (67) about his life, focusing on his health issues with eczema and asthma, his work in the Peace Corps, and his favorite family memories.

Ira tells her granddaughter Tracy about growing up poor in rural Tennessee.

Marguerite Pfaff (58) interviews her mother, Kathy Swain (91), about Kathy's school years, her work life, raising children, and traveling.

Jose Garcia (74) talks to son Karl Garcia (46) about his life and how he became a physicist.

Richardina DeMaere tells her granddaughter Monique Belli about her childhood and young adulthood in Belgium and what it was like to come to the United States.

John Becker (65) interviews restauranteur, John W. Williams (64).

Sharon and Lucca remember Lucca’s husband, Tom Clausing, who passed away almost a year ago in a helicopter accident.

William Moody (62) helps his mother Elizabeth Moody (101) to recall stories from her long life. Elizabeth recounts the move her family took from Missouri to Arizona in 1924, and how she made a happy life for herself in Arizona...

Sisters Emily Whiteside (66) and Beth Saba (64) share a conversation about growing up in Columbus, Georgia, their earliest and favorite memories, their friends, their school, and their parents.

Claire interviews Emma Lou about growing up in Chestnut, Alabama. Emma Lou remembers from childhood about her mother, great-grandmother and her brother, Jim.

Liz, 28, interviews Barb, 42, about her archaeological work at the Presidio.

John Svagera (72) and his aunt Mildred Marne [no age given] share a conversation about their family history, particularly the experience of Mildred's father who immigrated to the United States from The Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia) following World War I.

Melvin interviews his wife Allyson about growing up in Washington D.C. and their life together.