Category: Struggle

James Bost remembers his father, a salesman during the Great Depression, in an interview with his son Doug.

Recorded in New York, NY.

Willa and Brad Guidi tell their daughter Tasha about meeting at college in 1970.

Recorded in Peoria, IL.

Barbara Esrig remembers the car accident that nearly took her life.

Recorded in Gainesville, FL, in partnership with Shand's Art and Medicine..

Barbara Cooper (L) tells her mother, Jody Houston (R), about living with a form of the rare genetic condition, Progeria.

Recorded in Abilene, TX.

John Brown (R) tells his brother Paul (L) about an encounter with a local radio station in West Virginia.

Recorded in Charleston, WV.

Lillian Howell, 89, tells her son Thomas about moving from Ohio to Virginia during the Great Depression.

Recorded in Roanoke, VA.

Victoria Fraser talks to her grandson, Christopher, whom she raised, about the day he came to live with his grandparents.

Recorded in Burlington, VT.

Andrea St. John (R) remembers her fiance.

Recorded in Saranac Lake, NY.

Betty Esper talks to her friend Mark Fallon about life in Homestead, before the U.S. Steel mill closed in the 1980s.

Recorded in Homestead, PA.

Gustavo Mestas talks to his daughter, Ileana, about escaping from Cuba to the U.S. in 1963.

Recorded in Georgetown, DE. Click here for more from Historias.