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On Friday, February 22, 2019, Dr. Lilien Vogl, Chair of the Optometric Historical Society, sat down with Dr. Donald E. Jarnagin, past-president of the American Optometric Association (1995-1996) to talk about his life, his work and developments in the profession...

Interview with Arushay Awan about her journey from Islamabad to Bradley University in Peoria, IL

Scott Leciejewski: 2024-04-14 Interview with Robert Leciejewski, a Vietnam war veteran who grew up during the 1960s.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder. On April 27th 2021, Desiree Marcil in Yorba Linda, California interviews mother, Maureen Martinson, in Brea, California. Maureen Martinson reflects on her life with a hospitalized parent, a liberal daughter, and the effects of...

Interviewing a spouse

Connie Choi (my mother) discusses her dating and marriage experience to her husband Marcus Choi (my dad) and gives wise insight and advice when it comes to love, dating, and marriage.

My grandmother is very shy doesn’t like spotlight. She gave most important advice on how to treat people even if they or you are not so fond of each other. She gave her best answers. I had fun.

Jan Adkins talks about his life

Parseena Ishak (14) and she interviewed her mom, Nesreen Ishak (40) about different stages in her life and important lessons that she learned throughout her life. She talks about growing up and the important people in her life. Nesreen also...

Varun Gopinath (29) interviews his father-in-law, Brian Sullivan (56), who speaks about his own life and the lessons he learned along the way.

Lois Spearing (89) talks with her granddaughter, Lindsay Pope (36) about her life from childhood to adult.

I interviewed my grandma Margie Byrd. I just asked questions that span her life that gets her to share stories from different points in her life. Margie Byrd talks with her grandson about life.

Mike Marrero grew up in Southern California and met the love of his life while in college. Long before he settled down and created a family, he learnt to deal with a long-term relationship and everything that came with it....

Kathleen and Mike Dobbyn share stories and thoughts on friendship with Sherwood Regional Library staff. This conversation was a part of the “All Together Now: Share Your Stories” program for the Fairfax County Public Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Adventure for...

Lusi Balzano talks to her old Navy supervisor and friend about her anger at the Navy in regards to domestic violence, and how they fail to take action.

Styra Goldblatt: 2021-11-27 23:03:33 Jo Seiden (72) is interviewed by her granddaughter, Styra Goldblatt (16), about her childhood and family life, teenage years, and her years of parenting. Jo talks about her favorite memories, the role of religion in her...

Granville Sr. describes from his early memory of leaving Kansas as a boy and settling in Eastern Colorado. His family, farming as a boy and family man, the old home place, death of his two younger brothers, hauling grain to...

The affect and the impact of piercings in the business field.

Kevin Green (63) speaks with his daughter, Hannah Green (23), about growing up in the 1960s in Westfield, Mass. He reflects on a childhood spent in the outdoors and how his relationship to nature continues to this day.

Leah Markworth (17) talks with her grandparents, Susan and Fred Turek, about their love story.

Dana Marotto (52) reflects on her childhood and discusses the changes childhood has undergone in the past decades with her son, Matthew Marotto (16).

An interview of my grandpa who served as a Russian Translator during the Cold War.

If you are willing to take chances in life, not let fear hold you back, you can use your life experience to help you achieve things you could never have previously dreamed of doing!

Jan Carlton (83) speaks to her step-granddaughter Alyssa Ahnell (17) about having big dreams, love, traveling, cooking, and all the people that she has met along the way. EDIT: Jan wanted to add how her final husband, Warren, went on...

This recording is unique in that it interviews the spouse of a 36 year Navy veteran, a retired Navy Admiral and Vietnam War veteran who is also the mother of two former Naval Officers and the daughter-in-law of another career...