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My name is Jaedyn Williams and I am 18 years old. I am recording this interview in Blacksburg, Virginia over a phone call, and I am speaking with Judith Williams who is my mother. We talked about her family, life...

Betty Standfill (65) and her daughter Tiffany Laposi (40) have a conversation about BS’s children, her mother, her husband Clyde, and the place she grew up, Amboy, WA.

My grandpa, Jack French, talks about his childhood and significant experiences in his life. He talks about his first job as a paperboy as well as his enjoyable time in high school. Grandpa also describes how he met Grandma and...

Giovan(16) interviews his sister(19) on life and future goals as part of an ELA project.

Emelie C. Gill (91), tells her daughter, Alicia (50), about growing up in Kansas City, meeting her husband Pat, working during WWII, and moving to Houston so that Pat could work for the space program.

Pat Quinn (63) interviews her friend, Camille Warzecha (67) about her family and how she came to live in Little Falls, MN. Camille talks about her ancestry and retells the stories of how her grandparents came to the United States.

I interview my FTL starting with some basic questions that lead into the ultimate question: “What keeps you going? What’s your happy place?”

McKenzie (45) talks with her mom Judith (69) about her life before and after her divorce and how she was able to reinvent herself in the middle of the women’s movement.

Woman is interviewed by her grandson about growing up in St. Regis Falls, her family, meeting her husband and driving across the country, loss of her husband and son, and life now.

John tells his wife, Amy, about growing up with a stutter.

woman remembering her childhood, marriage, loss of her husband and child

First days with Joaquin

I sat down with my friend K’von to talk about his experiences both here at VCU and those that led him here.

Kevin interviews his girlfriend, Anne, about her childhood and how her parents influenced her career and sociopolitical beliefs.

Jesse Dubin (26) talks with their father, Israel Dubin (67) about how how he met his wife, living with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 (DM2), and what he values in life.

Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.

Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.

Maria L. Leyba (60) talks with her daughter Angélica Turrieta (33) about her childhood life in a prison, growing up in New Mexico and the death of her brother Ramón.

Sisters Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella remember their grandparents, Clyde and Mabel Nancarrow (paternal) and Herbert and Sarah Phelps (maternal), and share stories of their time on the family farms.

Lauren and Debbie talk about their civil union and marriage ceremonies.

We each discussed our experience of student loans.

Questions about Leroy's life and conversation with grandson Hayden GIbson

What college was like for my mom and how it has influenced her life now.

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