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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.

Michael Tanimura (63) and Michael Takada (61) engage in a conversation about their experiences growing up in Chicago as third (and 2.5) generation Japanese Americans. Anna Takada (25) facilitates their conversation as the oral history studio manager at Alphawood Gallery.

My aunt and I talked about how she grew up as as a teenager and if she loved school. And also what advise she will give to her teenage self.

This 8 question interview was about the ups and downs of my mother’s life so far.

In this interview, conducted on November 23rd, 2017, in Chicago Illinois, Biljana Tanceva (16) interviews her mother, Vesna Tanceva (43), about her childhood and experience in school. Vesna shares her story of her life in her grandparents' house which was...

We talked about Ms.Shelton life as a whole

Me and my dad talk a lot about his past and all the sports he played what he did with his friends and he told about how my grandma was like and stories about his past I think this interview...

In this interview, conducted in November of 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, Keyla Garcia (17) interviews her mother Karla Franco (45) about her experiences growing up in relation to school and work. Ms. Franco describes her time in school as a...

Daughter sits down with mom to talk about life before coming to the U.S.

Mary Kleyweg interview- Born during the Great Depression, raised during World War II, from farm life In Le Mars, IA to San Francisco, to Mississippi, to Chicago. The life of Christ and Family.

Interview for assignment

My mom explains important life lessons she learned. She expresses what being a parent and a teacher mean to her.

Ms.Shelton personal life

This was an interview I did with my 70 year old grandmother

Talking to my brother in a interview

Me and my father talked about his father, and my grandfather.

Sharon's storied life starts in Michigan, shipping off to the convent at age 13, finding herself in her 20s, then marrying a Polish bus driver in her 30s, and starting a new life chapter. Gain the wisdom of a woman...

We talked about life growing up and some favorite memories. We also talked about raising kids and shared information for future generations.

Daughter interviewing her mother.

Erica Wood-Bedi (44) has a conversation with her mother Janice Wood (73) about her legacy in early child education and social work in the community of Joliet, Illinois, some of her experiences as the owner of a daycare center, and...

This was about her past life and what happened

Brigitte Brown (75) talks about being a child in Germany during World War II. She escaped to Czechoslovakia and then was adopted. Her uncle reunited her with her family after the war, and she escaped to West Germany as a...

Reveca Torres (34) talks with her co-directors, Matt Lauterbach (36) and Grishma Shah (33) about founding a film festival for people with disabilities. They talk about their inspirations and Matt finds out that Grishma has a prosthetic limb.

Wendy Fiering (53) interviews her brother in law, David Kieschnick (61) about his activism in the LGBTQ Lutheran Community in the 1970s.