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This is my mom

I never knew much about my mom’s life after high school and before I was born. This really helped me to learn about that part of her life and caused me to learn more Han I was expecting.

Matthew (left) interviews his best friend Dylan (right) about what it was like growing up partially deaf

Ezzeldean talks about his family and the troubles they went through while growing up in Egypt while realizing after many years of different jobs, he wanted to be a writer.

An interview with my grandfather about his experiences and reflections on his life during his different careers. He talks about his military life, teaching life, important people in his life, and the history of his parents and grandparents.

Once a week, usually Mondays, my mother has her cleaning lady, Cheryl, come and clean her house. On those Mondays when Cheryl is scheduled to be there, we usually exchange a friendly hello and smile, she continues cleaning and I...

Story of how my mom celebrated Thanksgiving when she was younger.

There has been a historically black neighborhood in Swarthmore, PA the area South east of Yale Avenue where Bowdoin, Brighton, Kenyon, and Union come together, there has for at least about 100 years. Swarthmore Public Library asked Calvin Coleman and...

This conversation focused on the impact of religion on his life. As well as how his past has shaped his present and future.

Me and my pap talked a lot about his life from a child to an adult.

Steven Rauscher (33) and Brandon Thrash discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Philadelphia's service and hospitality industry, with a special focus on how the value of service and hospitality in America needs to be redefined and reframed moving...

American Viscose employed over 1500 people in the community of Meadville, Pennsylvania from 1930 before closing under the name Avtex in 1985. At it's preak, the plant produced 22,000,000 tons of synthetic fiber. These stories capture the memories of those...

Today I spoke with my Oma, my moms mom about her life in Germany growing up, meeting my grandpa & moving to the United States and the challenges she faced along with some of her best memories of her kids...

A short interview between me and my grandmother about her past and the future of our family.

Technology has made my generation differ greatly from that of our elders. In this interview I attempted to touch on that dialogue and get an elders perspective on how we have change.

In this interview with Grandad (Alan Braverman) and I (Megan Braverman) talks about a favorite story and Grandad's favorite job.

We talk about my moms life and interests, getting closer to each other

91-year-old Betty Foreman describes her childhood growing up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania and shares her long history of owning some quite adventurous “Sewanee Dogs.”

Mac Frazier shares his memories of the day, and how he was affected by those events.

We talked about Amiri life

“You came you saw you conquered” -Alfred Morgan Alfred Morgan shares his life with his granddaughter Rachel Meshach. He shares stories from his time in the navy and stories from his childhood. Alfred also gives many great life lessons during...

This is me and my Grampa Jim talking about his life.

Ukrainian Immigrant, Helen Fitzmartin, describes her early life and what she has learned from the U.S.

I had a great time interviewing my grandma! This lead to great conversations about her past and how she grew up.

Rich, a longtime resident, of Tacony is now caretaker an abandoned and overgrown citygarden in Keystone Park. Working his whole life as a contractor and 22 years in recovery, Rich talks about his experiences living through addiction to then building...