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James Russell describes his family's tough financial situation in the 1930s.
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James Russell describes how his mother maintained control of the family's finances, when he was growing up in West Virginia in the 1930s.
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Reuben Griffin recalls how his family home was electrified, after President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 7037 creating the Rural Electrification Administration.
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Reuben Griffin recalls how people paid bills at the only store in his hometown during the Depression.
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Reuben Griffin describes his father's work in rural southwest Georgia in the 1930s.
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Reuben Griffin recalls his parents' reasons for moving the family from Georgia to Florida in the 1920s.
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Jessie Moss describes her father's work during the Depression.
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Alan Hall recalls the jobs he had as a kid in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Alan Hall recalls the rarity of having a Christmas tree in his home during the holiday.
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Alan Hall describes his mother's struggles to pay rent in the 1930s.
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William Wallace, Jr. describes how his father, William Wallace, Sr., characterized life in South Georgia during the Great Depression.
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Geraldine Anthony describes her early life growing up in her grandmother's house on a farm in Bartow County, Georgia.
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Edith Gray describes her experience growing up during the Great Depression.
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Elizabeth Hickcox explains how her grandfather got a job through the Works Progress Administration or WPA during the Depression.
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Elizabeth Hickcox describes how she was treated unfairly by some men in the Navy.
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William Campbell describes how his father's job affected his early life in Oklahoma.
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