Snippets of a Century:

Snippets of a Century was created by three generations of women in a family--Julia Press, her mother Naomi Press, and her grandmother Hilde Goodman (whose interviews you can access under the "People" page).

Julia, at the time a high school junior, decided to start this oral and visual history project after Hilde moved from California to New York 2 years prior. With some experience in filmmaking and editing, Julia decided to interview her grandmother and her new friends about their earlier lives, as a way for them to learn more about each other and relate on a deeper level. Julia led the project by doing the filming, editing, and some interviewing.

Naomi initially entered the project by providing Julia's transportation (as Julia does not yet have a driver's license). However, after sitting in on an interview, Naomi immediately became engrossed in the project and decided to help ask questions.

Hilde served as a liaison, spreading word about the project and finding willing participants. She also asked questions during the interviews and found it to be a great way to get to know new people.

If you hear voices of interviewers during any of these videos, they are the voices of the three of us--we sometimes couldn't help reacting to the captivating stories we were hearing.

We hope you enjoy navigating this website--the "People" page allows you to select one person at a time whose stories to explore, and the "All" page contains everyone's videos, so you can see the great variety of lives documented here.

With any questions or concerns, please email snippetsofacentury@gmail.com.