78 year old Alabama woman talks about business college, diffulty learning short-hand. She talks about taking the State of Alabama test and being offered a job with the State Health Department in Montgomery. She talks about going back to school and becoming a lab tech in the serology department, with the encouragement of her boss.

Alabama, school, lab, lab tech, serology, night class, Health Department, Montgomery, business college, short-hand

 

Texas woman talks about working on The Jarvis Ranch, growing up on a ranch, her family, and her schooling. Born in 1941

Texas, Amarllio, Jarvis Ranch, ranch, horses, cattle, bulls, calves, Two Bay Cafe, twins, children, parents, car accident, school

 

Arizona man talks about when he was 21 and part of a fundamentalist Mormon group that was raided by officers for conspiracy to commit unlawful cohabitation.

Arizona, raid, conspiracy, unlawful cohabitation, dynamite, Mormon, fundamentalist, officers, guns, religious persecution

Man talks about his love of folk music and concerts. Convinces Congress to build music facility. Tells how his parents took him to Oklahoma on a wagon. He sings a sample of folk music. Woman says they “didn’t know it was called folk music then.”

Arkansas, mountain, concerts, music, Oklahoma, folk music

 

Josephine talks about her family, including her protective brother. Most of her family came from Italy. She works in her father's restaurant. She also tells the whole plot of Carlito's Way, a Robert DeNiro/Brian de Palma movie. 

Bronx, Italian, NYC, DeNiro, gangster, movie, Carlito's way, brother, family, restaurant, Italy, Naples, Brian de Palma, Arthur Avenue

 

Josephine is a teenager born and raised in the Bronx, or Little Italy.  She comes from a large Italian family whose parents where born in Italy.  She talks about her family structure and the storyline to the movie The Godfather.

Female Brooklyn Busdriver explains why you should never marry a busdriver, and talks to a male busdriver about his behavior towards female passengers.

Brooklyn, New York, busdriver, marry

White male in his 60’s in Brooklyn, NY talking about his family, recorded in 1993.

Brooklyn, 60, New York, NY, daughter, granddaughter, grandfather, family

A younger female from Brooklyn around the age of 20.  She talks her ex-boyfriend and what it's like living in the neighborhood.

White female, Elie, adult in California. Volunteered in a trauma center. Has seen people being saved by emergency workers and nurses. Had to stop for financial reasons while she goes to school. Likes morbid things, like a car crash. Dominatrix? Talks about an Arabic male client, raised in England, chess champion with numerous masters degrees, celibate for 12 years, wanted her to castrate him. He was paying her $200 per session.

 

California, castration, dominant, mother, Arabic, masters degree, England, trauma, car crash, chess, Bobby Fischer, castration, blood, veins, arteries

White Female, in her 20s Brooklyn NY talking about abusive relationship, and jealous girls recorded in 1993

Brooklyn, New York, abuse, jealous, hitting, fat, family

A Georgia mother talks about her children. She says they are very precious to her and she doesn't know what she'd do without them, even when they frustrate or aggravate her. She talks about how her kids are doing in school and how proud she is of them.  She also talks about her husband and how she enjoys life and being with her family.

Georgia, mother, kids, school, grades, husband, married, family

 

An 8 year old girl from a trailer park in Georgia talks about her school, her birthday, her summer break, her family, being bored, and various things she wants to do.

Georgia, school, math, birthday, beach, summer, family, bored, haircut, boyfriend, friends

White female 11, talks about flirting in class, and Kindergarten love life recorded 1993.

Flirting, kiss, class, Kindergarten, love

A young female child, aged around 8 years old, from Georgia talks about what is currently happening in her life.  She is not a fan of school and wants to do something fun over the summer.

 

A mother from Georgia, aged around 35 years old, loves her daughters and family.  She talks about how strong her kids are in school and how she enjoys spending time with her family.  She is married to a farmer and her family lives close by.

 

A young, teenage girl around the age of 14, from Georgia talks about her experience with trying to sneak out of the house at night.

 

White women in their 20s in the Hutterite community in Montana, USA talking about Hutterite life, and cooking, german vs English

Hutterite life, language, german, english, cooking, singing, dancing, moose

 

Ida was born and bred on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She was a court clerk. When she was younger it was safer and lots of different types of people lived together in harmony. She used to swim at the beach. Ida tells how she met her husband. 

NY, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Court, clerk, diversity, harmony, swim, beach, husband

 

8 year old girl from Idaho talks about being teased by her younger brother.

girl, 8 years old, Idaho, annoying younger brother