Skip to content
Donate

logo Storycorps Archive

  • Interviews
  • Communities
  • About
  • Storycorps.org
  • Log In
  • Donate
    0 more

    Search Interviews

    • Clear
    81 matches
    « ‹ of 4 › »

    Refine

    Date Range Clear

    To

    Recorded by Clear

    • Recorded by StoryCorps 81

    Keywords Clear

    • family naming and nicknames 81
    • religious beliefs and practices 81
    • memories of growing up 70
    • personal experiences 70
    • memories of former times 50
    • 975 more

    Organizations Clear

    • No matching terms.

    Places Clear

    • Boise 1
    • Boise State University 1
    • Bowling Green 1
    • Idaho 1
    • Kentucky 1
    • 2 more

    Languages Clear

    • English 81
    • Spanish 2
    • Tagalog 1

    Initiatives Clear

    • Griot Initiative 7
    • Historias Initiative 6
    • Memory Loss Initiative 3
    • September 11th Initiative 1
    MBY001166
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    00:00
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    pkochhar
    February 27, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    son interivews his mom about how she single-handedly raised her three sons once her husband got very ill. until then she’d always been dependent on her husband. very nice interivew.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • memories of former times
    wtc000266
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    00:00
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    cbancroft
    November 26, 2005 World Trade Center Booth

    Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

    • Appearance
    • Cattle ranching
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dress-ups
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mexican-American
    MBY000852
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
    00:00
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
    kdimattia
    November 27, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Woman talks about her life in India and coming to America

    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBY004268
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    39:23
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    Sasha Rodriguez
    July 28, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Serena Stickney interviews Russell Dale, reunited after twenty years. They talk about who they were in the third grade, who they are now, and what they want to be in the future.

    • Alamosa
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Facebook
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mexico
    • Orphanage
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBY004635
    Curtis Williams and Mechelle Brown
    35:14
    Curtis Williams and Mechelle Brown
    Alex Kelly
    October 24, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mechelle Brown and her son Curtis Williams about what it was like for Mechelle to be the younger parent of 3 children and words of wisdom she wants to pass on.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Crying
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fighting
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Mother
    • North Tulsa
    • Parenting
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • Presents
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX000459
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    40:36
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    Nick Yulman
    August 24, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathy (30) interviews her mother, Nancy (61), about her childhood and raising a family.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX004578
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    01:01:48
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    Nina Porzucki
    November 9, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    James Desjardin, 83, is interviewed by his wife, Gertrude Desjardin, 77, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apollo Moon Mission
    • Apple II Computer
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Electrical Engineer
    • Excel
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fat Mac
    • Great Depression stories
    • Honeywell
    MBY005691
    Marie Hinton and Donna Gershten
    40:20
    Marie Hinton and Donna Gershten
    whenry-lester
    September 9, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marie tells her daughter, Donna, stories of her childhood and family in North Carolina.

    • Charleston
    • Church
    • college
    • Confederate
    • Confederate soldier
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • Epilepsy
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • House
    • illness
    • Kitchen
    MBY005608
    Ara Arakelian and Lisa Forsberg
    42:17
    Ara Arakelian and Lisa Forsberg
    cscott
    June 23, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Ara Arakelian (79) is interviewed by his daughter Lisa Forsberg (29). Ara shares his experiences as a child and as a soldier in the Korean War where he won a bronze medal of valor.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Armenian language
    • bazookas
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • emergency plane landing
    • Explosions
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • flame throwers
    • flying planes
    • Influential People
    • killing enemy soldiers
    GCT004736
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    53:47
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    Michelle Swinehart
    February 9, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Karen Cathers tells her kids, Nikki Pison, Justin Peone, Christina Pappalardo about her childhood growing up with Communist parents during the Cold War, marrying an older man when she was 17, and feeling determined to be a “perfect” mother for...

    • 4th Grade
    • birth of first child
    • capitalism
    • Childhood Games
    • Communism
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • May Day Parade
    • memories of former times
    MBY007460
    Carrie Gonzales and Brett Gonzales
    34:09
    Carrie Gonzales and Brett Gonzales
    Jorge Rios
    February 17, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Carrie Gonzales, 39, tells her husband Brett Gonzales, 37, about overcoming her addiction to painkillers.

    • Accidents
    • beating addiction
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Extreme Sports
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • hallucinogenics
    • ibogaine
    • illness
    • Injuries
    • marriage problems
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • Money
    • Narcotics
    MPL000190
    Bill Wade and Mary Anne Wade
    01:19:14
    Bill Wade and Mary Anne Wade
    hmarshall
    May 1, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Mary Anne and Bill Wade share the immigration stories of each of their families and stories from their trips back to the homeland.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Austria
    • Ebay
    • European travel
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • fasching
    • financial concerns
    • Ireland
    • Loyola University, Chicago
    • marital concerns
    • Michigan
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    MBY006938
    Ann Smith and Lisa Veglahn
    01:20:09
    Ann Smith and Lisa Veglahn
    Eloise Melzer
    September 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lisa McGahey Veglahn, 46, interviews her mom Ann R. Smith, 85, about growing up during the Depression as a first generation Yugoslavian-American, and about what her mom is most proud of in her life.

    • 1st grade education
    • account books
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Assimilation
    • Bethany College
    • Bisexuality
    • Bob McGahey
    • Cancer survivors
    • Cash
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • cultural heritage
    • daily affirmations
    • Dancia Radulovic
    • Dating
    MBX002408
    Margaret Oney and Larry Oney
    01:16:41
    Margaret Oney and Larry Oney
    npumilia
    March 17, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Larry Oney interviews his mother, Margaret, about her life in rural Virginia, her children, and how she would like to be remembered.

    • birth of first child
    • childbirth
    • Childhood Games
    • death of child
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Hillside Court, Richmond, VA
    • Hog butchering
    • King and Queen County, VA
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New Years Day
    • Phillip Morris
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Richmond, VA
    MBX004119
    Georgie Walker and Sonia  Walker
    01:08:20
    Georgie Walker and Sonia Walker
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Georgie talks with her daughter Sonia Walker about growing up in Buffalo, the illnesses Georgia has suffered and the strength and perseverance they have learned as family.

    • 1943
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fort Benning, GA
    • gall bladder
    • heart trouble
    • historical events/people
    • Lutheran
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    MBX006244
    Luz Gomez and David Carter
    38:14
    Luz Gomez and David Carter
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 17, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David Carter (38) interviews spouse Luz Gomez (35) about her father, Carlos Ignacio Gomez Arriola, who died three years ago.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Basque
    • Brazil
    • CAL
    • carpet-laying business
    • carpets
    • Club
    • college
    • Colombian
    • crossing self
    • Cuban
    • diesel parts
    • European
    • export
    MBY006305
    Barbara Martinez and Renee Martinez
    37:26
    Barbara Martinez and Renee Martinez
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    March 12, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Barbara D. Martinez (76) talks with her daughter Renee Martinez (49) about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Lewistown
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • multicultural
    LMN001160
    Maureen Mahoney and Tracey Merritt
    00:00
    Maureen Mahoney and Tracey Merritt
    Nzingha Garner
    January 31, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

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

    • Aunt Tini
    • Central Park
    • Childhood Games
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Hicksville
    • memories of growing up
    • Movies
    • Music
    • New York city
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • St. Paul the Apostle School
    MBY003724
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    39:57
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    Rose Gorman
    March 6, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Betty Jane Moczygemba, Mary Inselmann, and Mary Jane Verette remember Genevieve Isaacs, Betty and Mary’s mother and Mary Jane’s grandmother.

    • American Revolution
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Hammond
    • cemetery traditions
    • Christopher Hammond
    • Clower Street (San Antonio, TX)
    • egg dyeing parties
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Genevieve Isaacs
    • illness
    • Ireland
    • John Gibson
    • memories of growing up
    MBX004959
    Hazel Wilson and Michael  Wilson
    01:13:10
    Hazel Wilson and Michael Wilson
    Alex Kelly
    March 1, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Hazel Wilson (96) tells her son Michael Wilson (65) about her life, her religion and her affinity for cooking.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Asheville
    • baked chicken
    • beef roast
    • birth of first child
    • country ham
    • Elkin
    • Emory Enscore
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • grandson
    • Homer
    • Inscore
    • JC Spock Wagonworks
    • memories of growing up
    SFB000369
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    01:22:17
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    Alex Lyon
    June 18, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Francis Wong (72) talks to his wife Mary Ann Wong (62) about his life, his accomplishments and the things he is most proudest of.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • Christian
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Cruises
    • Don Graham
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    MBY000267
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    40:03
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    agoldman
    July 22, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A mother and daughter talk about family history.

    • alcoholics anonymous
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • colon cancer and diabetes
    • ectopic pregnancy
    • Elope
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • illness
    • illness support groups
    • Influential People
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    MBX005288
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    01:22:56
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    Nina Porzucki
    May 11, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    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.

    • affairs
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Civil Rights
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Detroit Tigers
    • Detroit, MI
    • Dunkenville, TX
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    GCT002812
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    01:18:07
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    rshankar
    May 14, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Lisa (37) and Amy (51) interview their mother Alma (79) about her childhood in Youngstown, OH, meeting and falling in love with her husband, and their extended family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Catholic education
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBX005522
    Kim  Schaff and Laura Norris
    38:25
    Kim Schaff and Laura Norris
    Jeremy Helton
    July 10, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kim Schaff (53) and Laura Norris (48) talk about their friendship and their families.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bandage
    • Barbara
    • Brandon
    • choreography
    • church of Christ
    • clothes
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cork
    • Dancing
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Flowers
    • Injuries
    • Joe
    « ‹ of 4 › »

    Welcome to our archive of voices from across the United States and around the world. Explore and add your own voice by recording with the StoryCorps App for iOS and Android.

    Get Started
    Listen. Honor. Share.

    About

    • Our Mission & History
    • Visit StoryCorps.org
    • Make a Donation
    • Help Center
    • Community Guidelines
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    Get it for iPhone or Android

    StoryCorps is an independently funded 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. Learn more at storycorps.org.

    All interviews are preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

    Major Supporters & Partners for the StoryCorps Archive

    NEH Logo Kight Foundation Logo TED Logo

    Copyright © 2003-2023 StoryCorps, Inc. All rights reserved.