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Today is my Granny's 93rd Birthday. I wanted to ask her some questions about her childhood, service as a nurse in WWII, and her life overall before it is too late to ask.

My grandma gives a short story of how she ended up in America

This interview was conducted to learn about my grandma’s background in world war 2.

Andrea Bryant (83) and her daughter Noelle Bryant-Nanz (60) share family history, discuss their family’s successful business, and Andrea’s philanthropic legacy.

Brothers-in-law and best pals Jonathan and Gunter discuss childhood on opposite sides of World War II.

Ilse talked about her trasition from Germany to America and the different jobs she has had.

A conversation with my father about how he became a world-renowned historian of Indian Art, after a childhood in Chicago suburbs and never leaving the country before college.

Growing up Chicago during the great depression, world war 2, and the Korean War.

My grandpa and I talked about our family history! We really talked a lot about his parents, my great-grandparents, and how their struggles to be accepting in a time period that was not very accepting.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Gallatin, Tennessee, Megan McCormick (17) interviews her mother Jennifer McCormick (44) about what life was like for her growing up in the 70s as a part of a family with traditions that...

About family ancestry, growing up during the depression, and life learned lessons.

English Advanced Honors Project Interviewing Elders

I interviewed my biggest role model and mother, Terri Schantz. Terri grew up in democratic rural Iowa with a politically active and very republican mother and a father who was a world war 2 veteran. She learned and abided by...

My Papa, Mike Haverty, told me about life when he was growing up especially during the second world war. He also described experiences that have affected him and shaped him

The story of a child during World War II in Chicago, IL.

I interviewed my mom about her grandparents and parents. She told me about how and when her parents migrated to America from Germany.

I interview my dad about what his dads life was like being a WW2 veteran

Grandpa

Family History of the Bannon, Stanner, Bryan, Nelson

Sam's grandfather tells about his time in Egypt and how he got to America.

Rosemary's childhood in post WWII England, and the pursuit of her interests that led her to where she is now.

My grandma talked about her childhood, family stories, her grandpa, and how she became a Delta Gamma.

GD/WWII

Sharon Wakamoto, an OC resident for almost 60 years, but born in Los Angeles spent a few years as a young child, during WW2 in the Japanese internment camp or War Relocation Center as it was called, at Gila Bend,...

This was an interview about my Grandma’s life starting from the 40s progressing to present day. It has her thoughts, opinions, and ideas and how worldly events have shaped her.