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Lilly Foster (19) interviews her grandfather Hank Hood (82) in his home. Hank talks about his parents Alice Mariette Brown and Melville Sidney Hood, discussing what they taught him. He also talks about his great uncle Claire Brown who showed...

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Todd Alsup (44) about his work as a musician, specifically as a piano man in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts.

This was an interview assignment for an English class at the University of Detroit Mercy. In this interview we talked about everything from the future, to past memories, to our friendship.

Karl Boehmke (73) speaks to his daughter Jennifer Hudson (45) about his experiences growing up and his perspective on the sociopolitical changes he has lived through.

Interview with Patricia Harkaway (age 93) about communicable diseases (tuberculosis, polio, and COVID) in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Jim talked about early years as a Jesuit and how he was determined to work for social and community change in the 1970’s.

Dale Boesky (85) talks to his daughter Sara Glass (58) and his granddaughter Jennifer Glass (31) about his childhood, his young adulthood, and his career in psychoanalysis.

I talked to my grandparents about their childhoods and achievements.

Patricia Williams (56) and her daughter, Jasmine Barnes (23), talk about the three generations of resilience in their family, starting with Patricia's mother and Jasmine's grandmother, Bessie, and the strengths each generation gained from the one before.

The mission of a Jesuit university, and how we view the city of Detroit at University of Detroit Mercy

my grandma described to me today how she grew up where she grew up and what her most important memories were to her in her life.

Sarah speaks about her childhood and how her environment and upbringing helped her to face some of the most difficult moments in her life.

This is how my grandma grew up and lived life.

My grandfather and I talked about his past including his childhood, his family, and his favorite memories.

Interview part 2

Kris Gibbons (19), a student at Eastern Michigan University, interviews her stepfather’s mother, Cindy Reed (75). Mrs. Reed talks about graduating high school in 1964 and working in a new industry- computers. She also discusses how growing up in several...

2008 election

Jaden iterveiwing his grandparents WITH THEIR PERMISSION. And finding out things that weren’t known before.

A normal interview.

From growing up in Detroit to moving all the way to Boston for college, my mom shares a much different childhood than what today’s typical story would look like.

Two friends who did Internal Medicine residency together in Detroit Michigan sharing memories

My Grandma Pat talked about her life and what major events took place during her life.

Raquel touches on some personal topics

In the interview, we talked about our family's history. We also talked about his many careers, some involving politics and law.

We discussed my heritage and my mother’s childhood. We talked about my father’s family heritage as well.