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Lane Roberts

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Kelly York, 55

Ms. York grew up in the American South. I interviewed her about some of the differences in today's society and her childhood on the matters of segregation and sexual orientation. She highlighted the changes in society's general view on interracial relationships as well as homosexuality. From homosexuality, she accounted her experience with the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. We moved on to the rapid change in technology she has witnessed that began with music and entertainment in her childhood. Our final major conversation revolved around 9/11 and it's affects on American culture, unity, and views on security.

#9/11 #AIDS #Technology #Sexuality

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#segregation #y2kbug #thesouth

Overall, my conversation started off a little bit rocky and I asked basic questions like What did you think you would be when you grew up? and then as soon as I heard him talk about being a public school bus driver in the early 60s I jumped on it and asked about segregation in schools and how his small town in Mississippi viewed racism in the world. Then, I moved on to his long career with computers. He spent 60 years of his life working with computers all the way from the ones that would fill up rooms to the ones we can hold in our hands. I asked him about the Y2K bug in order to move into a greater discussion about how technology has affected American society and his stake in the economy. At the end, his new wife even dropped in to defend the catholic church by talking about how they integrated much quicker comparatively to the protestants.

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Josefina De Mercedes Flores, La Serena, Chile

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Josefina De Mercedes Flores, La Serena, Chile

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Josefina De Mercedes Flores - 89

Len Klein Roa Flores - 16

In Chile, there was way more history than I thought. My great aunt, who I call Tatita, has lived in Chile her entire life and still lives in the house she was born in. She lived through dictatorship, political changes, and some wars though they had little effect on her. Chile is very good at keeping its domestic problems domestic and staying out of foreign intervention. Through her words, we can see life in Chile from a first person perspective.
#Chile
#Dictatorship

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From 1981-2023, life changed quite a bit, as from the perspective of my father, life went from living in a neighborhood with community activities while also being riddled with gangs, and although such neighborhoods exist today, I feel as if with advanced technology, some of these communities or gangs have decreased a bit, it also seems as if crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S. was a lot easier back then compared to now, as border patrol wasn’t as strict, and people were mostly just able to cross, and as the political world has developed, it seems as if there have been many global conflicts never before seen in the past, such as terrorist attacks, which have caused great devastation among many people, overall, the history of the world has taken quite a turn. #commonlifedevelopment #remember9/11

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From no air conditioning, no rating system, no theme parks and computers the size of rooms, to giant TV’s, Terabytes of data, and air conditioning everywhere, while everyone mourns Kennedy and celebrates the death of the Berlin Wall.

#JacksonvilleDaily, #Kennedy&BerlinImpact

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Peggy Willen, 83
My Great Aunt Peggy wasn't very involved with politics or technology, because of this major events didn't effect her as much. For example, her family didn't get a TV until she was older and even when they did she rarely used it. From her perspective this was very common but it's also a direct contrast from what we have learned. Which is that once TVs were invented everyone in the US started to buy them and it became a big part of U.S. culture and families would always watch them. However, I think this goes to show that although that might be true there are some regional differences that history books don't account for. She doesn't remember too much but some of what she does remember is the craze surrounding Elvis Presley and how sad the country was when JFK died. She also remembers how they were allocated rations for everything after WW2, which could be a reason for the economic boom following WW2. Although she doesn't remember many major events from when she was a child it goes to show how isolated parts of the south were. This is probably because all they did was work because even when she was very little she would go out to the fields with her siblings and pick cotton. Since, she had a full time job as a child there wasn't much time to go and watch TV and learn about what was happening in the U.S. Whenever, she moved up north she was a little older and worked in factories where she could socialize more and became more in the loop.
#southernisolation #rationsforthewin

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Oral History Project  (Apr 10, 2023 at 4:53 PM).MOV

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Adriana Sadler, age 60
Thomas Sadler, age 61

Based on my interview with my aunt and uncle, working conditions were fairly similar to today from where they lived growing up till now which was in California even though they lived in completely different areas. My aunt talked about how technology changed and affected how she worked and how everything was being cataloged from paper to digital and how it was a new way to organize things and find them faster. She said it heavily influenced how she worked and how the new technology during their time when it was first introduced helped. Both said it was a drastic change from how they had to do things when they were in school. Also the improvement in technology affected schools and how they had to purchase calculators and how much it cost and wages earned during when they were going up and explaining how the calculators cost as much as a month's wage. They also both talked about immigration, they both said they didn’t pay much attention to the matter besides people saying immigrants were taking jobs which they didn’t really believe was true. I also asked them about the Watergate scandal and if they had mistrust in the government after. They said that they were surprised it happened but didn’t feel as if they mistrusted the government unlike the general public which lost trust in the government when the scandal happened. They said this was because the vice president at the time saw what happened to the president and they believe he would be better based on what happened and wouldn’t cause any issues. I also asked them about the 911 terrorist attack and their initial first thoughts were that the first plane crash was an accident but as soon as the other two planes hit and one landed in a field they no longer thought it was an accident. They said their first reactions were surprise then fear and then anger. My uncle at the time was a police officer and was in the station seeing this all going on and my aunt was also watching at home. They didn’t think an attack like this would happen so openly and on US soil.

#TechnologyShift #ViewOnImmigration

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Oral History Project  (Apr 10, 2023 at 4_30 PM).MOV

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Barry Kelsey, 84, (1939)

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I found this interview with my Grandad very interesting because it gave me insight on how different it was growing up for him. With the interview, I learned the perspectives he had with all of these events happening around him. I was also surprised to hear how much of American history affects other countries like Canada. These events and decisions that happen throughout American history have affected many other countries. I think a takeaway from this interview is that stuff in American history doesn't  just affect Americans, it affects people all around the world. Another takeaway from this interview is that technology has affected the world so much, hearing how he used to get his news or watch TV  is very interesting because nowadays it's so different like how you can watch anything on your phone while when my Grandad was growing up the phones were dial up phones and certain shows would only air a one time so you could only watch it at that one time or you’ll miss it. I think my Grandad also found it cool that with the improvement of technology we could connect and I could interview him all the way across the world.

#improvement of technology
#american history has worldwide effect
#the war on terror

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Barbra Urban - 74 (1949)
Throughout the interview with my Grandmother; Barbra Urban, I learned how my Great Grandparents got into the US initially. This would help me understand my roots. I then also learned that my Grandmother's Uncle was a WW2 Vet with serious amounts of PTSD, and how that affected her home life. Continuing the topics of war, she went into detail about the Vietnam War and how she was against the tragic events that happened. I learned about some of her opinions growing up and how her community was. This would help highlight how issues such as inequality didn’t affect her as much as did other Americans. Growing up in the North might have contributed to that. Then I would learn about her opinions on people like Nixon, and how assassinations like JFK had serious effects on her life. Lastly continuing with 9/11 and current day politics to wrap it up. The miny lesson of history through the eyes of my Grandmother was fantastic as it had given more realism to the events of the past. I learned where I come from which means a lot.

#WhereIComeFrom

#BringHerosHome

#StongAncestors

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Mary Kuntz, 76
Based on what the class has studied over the course of this school year, my grandmother’s account correlates to a lot of what was seen from public opinion at certain times, but also provided some new insight into some other things going on along with many of the changes in society overtime. Her views of the Vietnam war correlated to public opinion described in class. We learned that the public wasn’t fully aware or knowledgable about what was really happening in Vietnam, which she confirmed and supported with how, at the time, she thought it was something that just needed to happen (which later changed). She also added onto that with how in the aftermath of the war there were many who blamed and mistreated the soldiers. When it came to the feminist movement she mainly focused on how protests in their nature have become more violent from back then to now or open up more possibility for violence now more than they did back then. On the topic of 9/11 she confirmed a lot of the fear that people in the U.S. felt, but brought up an important part of that fear which was how it divided society. Overall, my grandmother’s interview compared to what we’ve learned in class mainly confirmed many of the views that were already mentioned but provided an interesting first person perspective of what it was like to really live in those times. #9/11LeaveUnityinHeaven

#VietnamDistrupttheCalm

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KlzXrRSr37BheH2N6O7MuBZMN08uHWQd/view?usp=sharing

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Kurt Elvelund, 63

While growing up amidst some significant historical milestones like the Cold War and the Cuban missile crisis, my Grandfather was shaped by these events happening beyond his control. Despite this powerlessness towards what was unfolding on a larger scale - he maintained strong views regarding governmental actions such as Norway’s resolution not to join the European Union. These ideologies extended toward complex concerns such as overseas interventionism in places like war-torn Afghanistan or participating in America's fiery “War on terror.” Through our conversation, we were able to gain critical insight into how these worldwide happenings actually shape everyday Norwegians' existences.
#antieuropeanunion #9/11 #waronterror #coldwar

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James Pearson, 52

My interviewee is an American citizen who spent a small part of his life in the military. He was in the states when 9/11 happened and when the mortgage crisis of 2008 devastated the lives of many Americans and while he was financially affected by the latter event, it was not to a drastic level. He did not believe that the attack in 2001 was a hoax and did not follow conspiracy theories, in addition to having negative opinions towards U.S. responses. He was also a part of multiple wars/conflicts — TDY to Egypt during the Gulf War; helped to maintain the No-Fly-Zone when Iraq invaded Kuwait, etc. While he was close to these war zones, he did not come face-to-face with combat and witnessed these events from a communications’ perspective. Nonetheless, my interviewee appreciated the distance.

#9.11 #MortgageCrisis #ForeignConflictsAndAffairs

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Oral History Project  (Apr 11, 2023 at 18:05).MOV

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Shalom Camhi, 73 years old

I interviewed my Great Uncle Shalom. He is 73 years old and an immigrant to the United States from Greece. He immigrated to Brooklyn, New York when he was 6 and he was able to have a relatively smooth transition to the United States. Although he could not speak English, he was able to learn quickly by playing with friends who he met playing outside and playing various sports. In my interview we discussed Segregation and Civil Rights, specifically in Brooklyn, New York where he grew up. Previous to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there was a significant divide in the city between Minorities and Whites. This divide would cause families to move when minorities moved in, seeing that from their perspective the area was becoming unsafe. Additionally, there were different parts of the city that were avoided because they were “unsafe areas”. My Uncle said that although he knew about protesting, he never participated, he grew up conservative and he explained how because of that he was taught to stay away from the protests and it was very frowned upon in his family. We also discussed the Vietnam War. My Uncle went to college and therefore he avoided the draft. He talked most about the anti-war perspective on the war, he himself has an anti-war perspective on the Vietnam War. He explained how it was common to attend college to attempt to avoid the draft and if you could not afford college another option was to join the reserves to avoid being drafted to the war. That did not mean you were safe though, in his second year of college everyone registered for the draft got a number based on your birthday. He was 359, so he was never called to go to war. He remembered when the radio would turn on and you would hear how many soldiers had died that week. To my Uncle, there is seemingly no reason that should have been happening; he still does not understand why we went to war. He also talked about Goldwater vs Johnson and how Lyndon B. Johnson had anti-war ideals that people voted for, but after his election he began sending troops to Vietnam. I feel like I learned a lot about my Uncle and his personal experiences and also the divides that were happening in society in the late 1950’s to 1970’s.

#NewYorkImmigrant    #Anti-VietnamWar #CivilRights

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Cosmo Salicone - Oral History Project (Part 3)

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Cosmo Salicone - Oral History Project (Part 2)

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#Mauerfall #EastBerlin #Socialism

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Dennis Cromwell, 78, Navy

Interviewing my grandfather was a true eye-opening experience, as I learned what it was like growing up in the 50s and 60s, and being drafted in the war. He shared some really unique experiences, like having the first television in his block as a kid, and working on an aircraft carrier during the vietnam war. Most of his values as an American who grew up in Pennsylvania followed that of his parents, and influenced him when he chose to go into the Navy when he was drafted, while also being influenced out of the fear of risking his life as a foot soldier in the army. Presidents like Reagan, who were known for their positive attitude, affected his life and it was very cool to see how people reacted to that. His life experienced a lot of change both politically and culturally. #VietnamWar #Technology

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My grandmother, Julita Tipay is 72 years old was born in the Philippines and started doing business and selling pottery at a young age. She was married in the 1980s and ever since then, they have both worked together inside of their business. During times such as the 9/11 bombing, it is something memorable for them and cannot be forgotten. As their business continued to be more successful and run efficiently, they were then able to afford radios, refrigerators and televisions later on.

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Ob Radoljni, Lovrenc na Pohorju, Slovenia

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Marija Brezočnik, 92

My 92 year old great aunt Marija and her family in their Slovenian town of Lovrenc na Pohorju were not very impacted by anything that was going on around them in the world such as the Cold War, or even anything to do with the Soviet Union, even though Yugoslavia was a technical "satellite state" for some time; explaining her and her husband's (my great uncle, who is 95 but is very sick and is unable to speak on the phone) childhoods but they did hear about events such as the Moon Landing, even though the area in which she lived in was poor, and families were very big, so many times they did not have the same commodities as most big towns such as tvs and radios, she later mentioned her admiration for the Communist leader Tito, which is not very uncommon with the older Slovenian generation, which believes that the country was better run during those times and she also believed that the country's lifestyle did not drastically change from its Communist rule to when it became a democratic country. #YugoslaviaUnbothered #ColdWarWho #OldPeopleRemeber

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Doris Singh, 53

My interviewee is in her early 50s so she mainly talked about more modern events such as the rise of technology and 9/11. Raised in a Christian home she lived a very sheltered life but nonetheless still spoke out about pressing issues such as police brutality. Her religious upbringing also carried into whether or not she followed any “trends” and also how she views technology. She reminded me to be a friend to myself first and to not follow things just for the sake of following them. #Ihadadream #notoagressivepolicing

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Here is an interview of me and my Grandmother. She is 76 years old and she experienced the in between the time of the construction of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Interviewing my grandpa gave me insight into the lifestyle of an adolescent/teen in the 60s and early 70s. He talked about the hardships of living on a farm and being on welfare, while also touching on the freedoms he had at the time. He also talked about experiencing major world events, like the Kennedy assassination, moon landing, and Walter Cronkite's reports of the Vietnam war. He talked about how the marines gave him an opportunity to escape his small town in Oregon and see the world, along with experiences at bootcamp and his first stations. The last discussion on the interview was focused on Desert Storm, in which he played a role in its aftermath. He reflected on his relationship with his fellow men, the locals, and lifestyle.

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Great Grandmother-88, born 1935
Grandmother-64, born 1959
Grandfather, 78 , born 1945

From 1980-2010, a lot of changes took place. Despite taking place in the 1970s, the Vietnam War continued to impact Americans in the 80s. The counterculture movement of the time also carried into the 1980s, and after talking to my grandparents I noticed that it caused significant changes in different generations and how they viewed each other. There were strong opinions about the presidents of the time (especially Reagan). For my grandparents, there was definitely strain and slight fear over certain events. #9/11 #VietnamWarDraft #Reaganomics #USSR
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Keira Price

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During my interview, I learned that for Americans living in relatively rural and poor areas, they lived a very secluded (Minus big events such as wars and presidencies) life from the outside world, mainly concerned with the surroundings that immediately affected them such as job opportunities and new entertainment, and for my grandmother, never really traveled far from their original birth location and rarely left the state.
#RuralLife
#GrowingUpPoor

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Mariarosaria Spagna - 73 (b. 1950)
Cosmo Salicone - 76 (b. 1947)
Angela Salicone - 50 (b. 1972)

My grandparents gave me an important insight on their lives growing up in post-Fascist Italy, from my grandfathers conscription into the Italian military, to my grandmothers experiences as a woman in the Italian South. My mother's experiences, as an immigrant in the Midwest, also gave me a look into her unique and challenging experiences. I'm glad my family will have these videos to cherish forever!

#immigration #fascism #reconstruction #coldwar #911 #madeinitaly

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#DeployedLife #Y'all2Krazy
Throughout the interview the overall theme about my interviewee was that she experienced lots of events in the period through a looking glass. Later in the period she experienced the events I asked about, but in the earlier part of the period she was too far away to be directly affected. The questions I asked teneded to be more focused on major events that were felt regardless of proximity to the US. She exhibited critcal view of certain events (Desert Storm and the Invasion of Panaman are two that come to mind), and so usually spoke against them. Apart from a few events that she had a better understanding of, due to her ties to the USAF, she had reactions similar to those seen by Americans in reaction to the events I asked about. During the interview most of her responses didn’t seem to be too biased. However whenever I asked her questions about the USSR she exhibited a anti-Russian bias.Another thing I noticed (espically whenever my Grandpa intervened) was that she had a more domestic view of events. She saw them as affecting her, but there was never any tangible change she identified. This was only different whenever I asked questions that affected her job or home(like the Patriot act and Hurricane Katrina).Finally another thing I noticed is that that some of her reponsese seem to be a bit more conservative, thus highlighting the effect of the conservative resurgence in 70’s-80’s Overall she provided some very unique insights to critical events in US history.

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For my Oral History Project, I interviewed my aunt, Cindy Wilson. She is 58 years old and, like me, grew up as a military kid living overseas until she settled in Huntsville, Alabama in 1986. My aunt has a number of unique perspectives, from “elder gay” to veteran to military brat. During our interview, I learned how closed off and controlling East Germany was from a first-person point of view. While living in Belgium in 1979, my aunt, along with my grandparents, uncle, and mom, went on vacation to East Germany. Their official documents were written in Cyrllic and my grandpa traded $20 for a hammer and sickle belt buckle. My aunt told me about the isolation that came with being a military kid before the Internet and how they were about 6 months behind on anything pop culture related for their entire childhoods. I learned about her experiences being dishonorably discharged from the Army, and her experiences as a lesbian living in conservative Alabama. She told me that her 30 years as a paramedic strongly impacted her reactions to tragedies such as 9/11, the Challenger explosion, and Columbine. While I had already known a lot about my aunt’s life, I am grateful for the chance to actually interview her and dig deeper into her experiences.

Mac Gaugler

#militarykid

#lgbthistory

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Marjorie Wolfenden, 91

Even through the technical difficulties, it was very cool to learn about my own family and the comparison of her story to what we are learning. I interviewed my great grandmother who is 91 years old and whose parents were Irish immigrants. She grew up in Salem around other immigrants.I had never known many details about my great grandmother’s life so I enjoyed hearing her story. She had to go through many hardships and she had many first hand experiences. She talks about not only her life but how others around her were affected and the things she saw happening around her. It was a great experience to hear about the opinions and views of someone during that time period. I’m glad I had the chance to record the story and will be able to keep and share the recording for future videos. Her story was very interesting and it allowed me to see from the perspective of a human about those times. #irishimigration #war

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Robert Thompson, 96
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In conclusion, during the nineteenth century, with different wars there was a rise in the military industrial complex with innovation for the arms race, accompanied by deep economic depression and unionist conflicts, new migration patterns, and other technological advances that spread through an increased uniformity and consumerism in culture (seen in how by 1948 my great-grandpa had a car and as he built a family they bought a television). However, when historical context is learned, what is not often considered is social differences seen in familial relationships and values, along with differing roles in war aside from an assumed front-line position.

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#unbotheredking #migrationforjobs #uniformitythruconsumerism

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