Emily Mehlman interviewed Beatrice Biller on February 25, 1996, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, as part of the Women Whose Lives Spanned The Century Oral History Project. Biller shares her family history, and involvement in various volunteer activities, reflecting on her experiences living through significant historical events such as the World Wars and her contributions to the Jewish community in Temple Israel.

Emily Mehlman interviewed Marion Eiseman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 19, 1997, for the Women Whose Lives Span the Century project. Eisman talks about her life experiences, including challenges during the Great Depression, involvement with Temple Israel, frustrations with her daughter's interfaith wedding, participation in Jewish resettlement during WWII, founding Call for Action, political views, volunteer work, and reflections on Boston's changes over time.

Helen Fine recounts her upbringing in an immigrant Jewish family in Roxbury, her decades-long career teaching in Boston public schools and Hebrew education at Temple Israel, and how her teaching methods, community life, and personal experiences led her to create influential Jewish educational plays and books.

Emily Mehlman interviewed Marion Guttentag on June 4, 1996, in Needham, Massachusetts, as part of the Women Whose Lives Span the Century Oral History Project. Guttentag reminisces on childhood memories of her family, school, and Jewish holidays, as well as her experiences working as a stenographer, reflecting on her career and cherished relationships.

Rabbi Israel J. Kazis and Bernice Kazis reflect on Rabbi Kazis’s life and career in Boston’s Jewish community, including his leadership at Temple Mishkan Tefila, his interfaith and civic engagement, his wartime service, and their shared roles in religious, educational, and community initiatives.

On February 16, 1993, Emily Mehlman interviewed Theresa Morse in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in an interview that traces Morse’s upbringing in a German-Jewish family, her education at Barnard and Radcliffe, her World War II service, and her decades of leadership in public housing, family services, philanthropy, and Jewish communal life in Greater Boston.

Emily Mehlman interviewed Charlotte Scheiberg on July 1, 1996, in Cambridge, Massachusetts as part of the Women Whose Lives Span the Century Oral History Project. Scheiberg discusses her upbringing in Germany, her immigration to the United States, her return to Germany in 1985, her experiences during World War II, acts of kindness she and her mother performed, and her involvement as a volunteer in the Fellowship of Jewish and Arab Youth.

Emily Mehlman and Fran Putnoi interviewed Freema Shapiro on July 25, 1997, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the Women Whose Lives Spanned The Century Oral History Project. Shapiro reflects on life after her husband's passing, her pursuit of personal passions, and her journey toward self-discovery through meditation and holistic health practices.