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Jerry Bell (81) grew up on a cotton farm in Odell, Texas. He tells stories of his childhood - including almost drowning in a horse trough and playing basketball in high school - to his daughter Insa Wood (54).

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Castleton on Hudson, New York, Brendan Mahoney (14) interviews his grandmother Patty Cinelli (78) about her life.

Nana talked about her childhood on a farm.

Spending summers on a ranch on the Utah -Wyoming border as a child.

Amy and Ann playing in the barn together

Corey Check learns cool opinions from a wise person.

This is an interview which is between my and my grandma. We are Indian and she in on the phone as she is talking from India.

Aileen and Alison talk about growing up on a farm, moving to Richmond, teaching at RHS, and her retired life as a community volunteer.

Pop shares his memories of life on the farm in the 1940s.

Interviewing Jeff Warner in Coryland, PA.

we talked about our family history and where i’m from

This interview was conducted on November 30, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Interviewer/Granddaughter, Ashley Paffett (16), talks to her Grandmother, Sandra Spitz (71), about what it was like growing up in Ohio and moving to New Mexico. They also talk...

Tom Perritt was asked to share memories from his childhood on the farm in South Carolina.

Sisters Betty Brown-Chappell (76) and Gail Patterson-Gladney (74) trade memories from growing up on a farm near Bangor, Michigan with six other siblings. They reflect on what it was like for their family to navigate being one of the only...

The date is November 26, 2016, and Lexi Kayser and her grandparents sit down for an interview in Troy, Missouri. Sandra Kauffman and her husband, Tom, told stories of their lives growing up. Tom lived on a farm while Sandy...

An interview with a true Saggitarian, Linda who was born and raised in Rhode Island in a multitalented musical family. With an antique dealer mother and a father who could fix anything and play most any instrument it is no...

Ann Schempp (45) interviews her colleague Margaret Schiffner (84) about her family, her childhood, and her involvement in the Moses Lake community.

Matthew Knight (57) and his daughter Shannon Knight (14) talk about what it was like for Matthew to grow up on a small farm 7 miles from the closest town (300 people), to pushing through and going to an Ivy...

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In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Reno, Nevada, Anthony Ritter (16) interviews his uncle Matt Manseur (52) about childhood life and special memories. Matt shares stories of cooking from a young age and building bicycles. He enlightens Anthony...

One Small Step conversation partners, Mary Hill [no age given] and Wealthia Jackson [no age given], discuss their backgrounds and experiences and how those shaped their beliefs.

Mom and I chatting about her growing up years. We talked about life on the farm, people she has lost, and some advice for future generations.

Thelma Warren (10/26/1924) discusses her life in rural Alabama during times, thick and thin, from the Depression years through World War II. Thelma Warren -- mother of three, grandmother of five, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother -- discusses her childhood in rural...