A Gift of Memories Production
“Capturing Your Stories in Time!”
Oral Histories
Aunt Minnie is really 99 years old!
Oral Histories
Minnie S. Evans
In April 2003, I had the privilege of
videotaping my great aunt, Minnie
Stewart Evans. During the interview,
she stated that she was born in 1910,
which would have made her 93 at the
time.
In 2007, I produced a photomontage
of the Stewart Family Reunion which
included photos of the 1910 and 1930 Census. There on the 1910 Census
appeared Aunt Minnie’s name along with the names of her parents, Hillary and Larcenia Stewart, eleven of her twenty siblings, her maternal grandmother, Miley Stewart, and two of her aunts. Aunt Minnie’s age was stated as two on the Census, which would have made her 95 in 2003 and 99 today.
One of my second cousins learned from watching Aunt Minnie’s videos that she had three Uncles that she never, ever knew existed.
Ways to save your stories!
Veterans History Project (Library of Congress) Created by Congress in 2000, makes it possible for veterans and U.S. citizen civilians who were actively involved in supporting war efforts to share their valuable wartime stories and have them made available through the National Registry of Service.
Women In Military Service For America Memorial
The Memorial was dedicated in 1997, and honors all military women who serve, have served, or will serve in our nation's defense during all eras and in all services.
Was dedicated in 2003, and honors and celebrate lives through listening. Almost 30,000 individuals have shared life stories with family and friends in Storycorps. Conversations are recorded on a free CD, to share, and be preserved at the Library of Congress.
The Minnesota Historical Society Projects
Everyone has a story to tell. Tell yours today!
Stories of Minnesota's Greatest Generation
A Gift of Memories Production’s,
Minnesota’s Greatest Generation
Moving Picture Film Project 2006
entry, Fabulous Duty! Fabulous Duty!
tells the story of seventeen year-
old, Navy Signal Corps Man, Harold
Bernard, who served abroad the
Merchant Marine Ship Tanker, the
SS Ventura Hills. During, World
War II, his ship traveled across the
Pacific Ocean carrying six million
gallons of aviation fuel each trip. Harold said, “I didn’t realize what a dangerous job I had until that second plane went into the World Trade Center.”
A Gift of Memories Production specializes in oral history and reunion videos, and serves the St. Paul/Minneapolis nine metro county area.
Copyright February 2008
