Family journeys

I interviewed my Ant Liz about her childhood and what her life was like growing up

About my Mom

The interview was recorded on October 25 in Mint Hill, North Carolina. I(Colby) has learned a couple more things about my Mom and how she was brought up as a child. My mother’s name is Leslie Ryan, and she has...

Wasp

Bestfriend interviews fellow bffl. For ms hoyles sophomore seminar project project

Friendship of Evelyn Ochs and Junko Kline.

Evelyn Loven Ochs talks about her long friendship with Junko Itosi Kline. Evelyn and Junko "met" as pen pals after World War II. Junko is a native of Japan, but has lived many years now in the United Kingdom. Evelyn...

Grandma Sadie

I have always known my grandma was a hard working independent woman...and kind of private. Now that she is 95, I want to make sure and I can perfectly capture her in my mind forever. I used The StoryCorps app...

Erma DelaCourt interview 2016

2016 interview of my grandmother Erma DelaCourt. We discuss how she went from a small town coal miners daughter to a woman that would see every continent.

Thanksgiving with Nana

Jenna Phinney (Daughter of Sharon) Sharon Jones Phinney (Daughter of Nana or Doris Ann Decatur Jones) Doris D. Jones/Nana

Conversation with Jessie Skinner Gaither

Jessie Gaither, age 97, shares stories of growing up, family, school, and motherhood with her 14 year old great grandson Jensen Gaither. His mom, Jessie's granddaughter listens in.

Boarding Houses in North Carolina in the 1920s and 1930s – Interview with Evelyn Loven McCulley Ochs

Lucretia McCulley (Richmond, VA) interviewed her mother, Evelyn Loven McCulley Ochs (age 83) on October 2, 2015, about her parents running a boarding house and tourist home in the 1920s and 1930s in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, a small mountain...