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My dad shares his story and immigration experience. He shares how he felt, the hardships he faced, and how he overcame those struggles as an US immigrant.

Life as an immigrant student

I asked my grandma about moments in her life

WW2/Holocaust Interview

Talked about childhood and adult memories

A compelling interview with protest participant Franklin Dmitryev

We talked about mostly of her childhood and some of her favorite memories.

Don Anderson discusses his childhood growing up in Chicago, what he's grateful for, and what kind of legacy he will leave to his children and grandchildren.

In this interview conducted in November, 2001 in Gurney, Illinois, Fiona Green (16) interviews her Aunt Patti (N/A) about Fiona when she was younger and Patti's experience with work. Though there isn't much too it, they had fun and laughed...

This interview was about my mom. There were some things I honestly didn’t know. ( I sound suprised)

We are talking about pop pop’s childhood and what it was like growing up for him

Zainab Kahn (32) speaks to Michael Stark (29) about his childhood and his work as a social entrepreneur.

Half-sister found via an Ancestry.com DNA match.

In this interview conducted in November 2021 in Skokie, Illinois, Amina Khalid (14) interviews her grandfather Syed Matloob Zaidi (74). He shares his happiest and saddest moments in his life as well as living with 9 siblings. Mr. Zaidi also...

We talked about Mrs.Shannon, a science teacher and how her job has affected her life.

Best friends and former coworkers Kathy Klager (65) and Mary Olson (62) reminisce about their experiences in school.

In this interview me and my brother were talking about his memories,and how he grew up.

We talked about a lot of lessons that he learned throughout his life. He is still learning to this day and I am learning from him.

I interviewed my mother on January 23,2022. Questions were based around her life and friends.

This interview consists of my father’s childhood and his school experience as a teenager when he just immigrated here to the U.S from Mexico

Cynthia was 1 out of 12 children and this is a small part of her story.

Alexandra Kirshenbaum (35) and husband, Brad Kirshenbaum (35), reflect on the past year on becoming new parents and taking care of their infant during a pandemic.

In this interview, made in January 2018 in Quincy Illinois, Kailey Wall interviews her mother, Melissa Wall. This interview is about my childhood and her childhood. We talked important people and memories in Melissa’s life and some important memories from...

We talked about life difficulties and big moments in life.

We talked about her life