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    MBX004785
    Betty Grebenschikoff and Jennifer Grebenschikoff
    01:28:56
    Betty Grebenschikoff and Jennifer Grebenschikoff
    Nina Porzucki
    January 14, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Betty Grebenschikoff, 79, is interviewed by her daughter Jennifer Grebenschikoff, 58.

    • Auschwitz
    • Australia
    • Berlin
    • birth of first child
    • China
    • coca cola
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Coke
    • Communism
    • Czechoslovakia
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family trips and excursions
    MBX005288
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    01:22:56
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    Nina Porzucki
    May 11, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.

    • affairs
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Civil Rights
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Detroit Tigers
    • Detroit, MI
    • Dunkenville, TX
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    MBX006392
    Betty Olliff and Emily Capes
    36:26
    Betty Olliff and Emily Capes
    Sara Culver
    March 1, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Emily Capes (33) interviews her good friend, Betty Olliff (82) about her life - her family, her husband, and her faith.

    • Alabama
    • Appearance
    • Bach
    • Bakery
    • Baptist Church
    • Beethoven
    • birth of first child
    • Bob Olliff
    • Brett Olliff
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • Church
    • Classical music
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    MBX003794
    Perry Gaidugis and Sue Gaidurgis
    01:32:12
    Perry Gaidugis and Sue Gaidurgis
    Michelle Swinehart
    April 27, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Perry Gaidurgis tells his wife, Sue Gaidurgis about his childhood growing up with alcoholic parents, becoming involved with “greaser” gangs during his adolescence, spending time in jail, and being sober for nearly 30 years after being released from prison.

    • AA Sponsers
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Counseling
    • County, State, Jails
    • Drinking and Drugging
    • Drinking Intervention
    • drug rehabilitation
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse
    • Family Traditions
    • GED
    • Greaser Gangs
    • Influential People
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    GCT002812
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    01:18:07
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    rshankar
    May 14, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Lisa (37) and Amy (51) interview their mother Alma (79) about her childhood in Youngstown, OH, meeting and falling in love with her husband, and their extended family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Catholic education
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    GCT004572
    Justus Rosenberg and Janet Harris
    39:18
    Justus Rosenberg and Janet Harris
    Rose Gorman
    December 13, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Justus Rosenberg tells friend and colleague Janet Harris of his work as a messenger for the Varian Fry Foundation and of his work during World War II for the American Rescue Committee, now known as the International Rescue Committee.l

    • American Army
    • American Rescue Committee/International Rescue Committe
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bard College
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Danzig
    • Dayton, OH
    • first impression of America
    • France
    • French Underground Army
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Miriam Davenport
    wtc000807
    Alex Levy and Sara Walsh
    01:18:26
    Alex Levy and Sara Walsh
    andrewwilson
    September 16, 2006 World Trade Center Booth

    Sara, 28, interviews her boyfriend, Alex, 30, about growing up on Chicago’s South Side.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Family Traditions
    • Hanukkah
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX005654
    Michael Mahler and Deborah  Spilko
    38:52
    Michael Mahler and Deborah Spilko
    Jeremy Helton
    August 8, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Deborah Spilko interviews her colleague and friend, Michae Mahler about being a gay activist in Erie, PA.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Buffalo
    • chat rooms
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Donald Kremer
    • Down Syndrome
    • Erie Community Planning Committee
    • Erie Gay News
    • gay
    • GLBT
    • Gun
    • hate crimes
    • Influential People
    • kidnapped
    • League of Gay Voters
    MBX004737
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    01:18:24
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    Nina Porzucki
    December 20, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.

    • 500 Club
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • army photographer
    • birth of first child
    • Boot Lake
    • Bridge Club
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas code
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Davenport, IA
    • dying
    • economic beliefs and practices
    MBX006278
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    38:12
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 25, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ivette de Pool (37) interviews father Pedro de Pool (64) about family heritage and about his experience as an actor and announcer in Cuba and in the U.S.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • announcer
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • baritone
    • birth of first child
    • Black
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Commercial
    • Communism
    • communismo
    • Cuba
    • Curacao
    • de Pool
    sck001263
    Rose Eleanor  Schultz, Anne Marie Weitzel, and Martha Rose Martone
    00:00
    Rose Eleanor Schultz, Anne Marie Weitzel, and Martha Rose Martone
    September 30, 2008 StoryKit

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX003113
    Randall Head and Jackie Head
    38:06
    Randall Head and Jackie Head
    Quentin Weld
    September 28, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Randall Head interviews his mother Jackie Head about her childhood, and reads a eulogy for his friend Robert Palmer Aud.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Betty Hagens Haggins, Doris, Virgil Head, Barbara Sue, David Howard, Shelby Howard, Debbie Balt Bald, Joy, Norman Martin,
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • death,
    • eulogy, Robert Palmer Aud,
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • National Dobro, Elana Collins, Bernard Head,
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX004651
    Edward Guczek and Jennifer Sawyer
    00:00
    Edward Guczek and Jennifer Sawyer
    Nina Porzucki
    November 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Edward Guczek, 87, is interviewed by his granddaughter, Jennifer Sawyer, 21, about his life.

    • 1935 Ford
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Butterfly Ballroom
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Commerce High School
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Diabetic
    • Dialysis
    • Eddie’s Service Station
    • Elmer’s Tune
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • Lebanese
    • Lincoln Zephyr
    • memories of former times
    MBX001432
    Richard B Stone, Deborah Poznansky, and Nancy Stone Pozanansky
    01:16:00
    Richard B Stone, Deborah Poznansky, and Nancy Stone Pozanansky
    Nadja Middleton
    May 28, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    The family talks about their father/ grandfather/ great grandfather who is nearly 100 years old.

    • Aliyah (Israel)
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Courtesy
    • Creativity
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • employee loyalty
    • family hotel
    • Family reunions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • Miami
    • Money
    • Mottos
    • personal experiences
    GCT003419
    Jim Curtis and Anna Zolner
    01:20:45
    Jim Curtis and Anna Zolner
    awright
    December 9, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    daughter interviews her father about his life

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • father’s store
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Proposing
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Wishes for daughter
    • wishes for grandchildren
    MBX006942
    Mikey Riley and Jared Busch
    38:54
    Mikey Riley and Jared Busch
    Jorge Rios
    July 24, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Self-described “best friends forever” Mikey Riley, 23, and Jared Busch, 23, talk about their friendship and Mikey’s battle with drugs and multiple sclerosis.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • drug rehabilitation camps, youth ministries
    • drug rehabilitation, childhood, puberty, adolecence
    • family characters
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • multiple sclerosis, drug addictions
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • religious work
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    ATL000389
    Sybil Brown and Joseph Brown
    41:12
    Sybil Brown and Joseph Brown
    aknight
    July 15, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Joseph Brown, 29, talks to his mother Sybil Brown, 67, about her life growing up in rural Georgia, her education in Athens, GA., and her move to and life in Atlanta, GA.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Edison, GA
    • ESOL teacher
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBY007707
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    40:40
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    Lilly Sullivan
    April 11, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Emma Estella Person Akalomu (Bobbe) (77) talks with facilitator Marquita James (25) about her cousin Daisy’s hat, which to her is like a symbol of strength and resilience.

    • Africa
    • Ancestry
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Church
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Daisy
    • department store
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Harvard
    LMN001459
    Martin Blank and Jairo Alcantara
    01:17:50
    Martin Blank and Jairo Alcantara
    cscott
    April 17, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Martin Blank (72) is interviewed by his friend Jairo Alcantara (17). Martin discusses with Jairo the vast differences between being homosexual when he was young and being homosexual now.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Coming Out
    • Commitment
    • Community support
    • Denial
    • dysfunctional families
    • family feuds
    • Family Traditions
    • fantasies
    • flamboyance
    • gay high schools
    • Gay Relationships
    • Homosexuality
    • Influential People
    SFD000165
    Dolores Huerta, Camila Chavez, and Lori Huerta de Leon
    02:01:37
    Dolores Huerta, Camila Chavez, and Lori Huerta de Leon
    Rose Arrieta
    June 8, 2010 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Dolores Huerta, 80, speaks with two of her daughters, Camila Chavez, 34, and Lori Huerta de Leon, 57, about being a labor leader and organizer and being a mother.

    • 1961
    • AB1
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bill
    • birth of first child
    • businesswoman
    • Cesar Chavez
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • commodities
    • Community Service Organization
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • CSO
    • Dancer
    • Delano
    GCT004051
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    01:36:26
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    Nzingha Garner
    July 15, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Shelley and her daugher, Jessica had a conversation about Shelley’s life growing up in Coney Island in an extended family and close neighborhood.

    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Dancing
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family feuds
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    ATL000140
    Esther Ressler, Adrienne Ressler, and Patty Ressler-Billion
    01:19:38
    Esther Ressler, Adrienne Ressler, and Patty Ressler-Billion
    llove
    December 28, 2009 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Esther Ressler, age 90, is interviewed by her two daughters, Patty Ressler, age 67, and Adrienne Ressler, age 61. Esther recalls her childhood in Michigan, her marriage, and her experiences raising two daughters.

    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Detroit, MI
    • Jewish
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Pontiac, MI
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Russian Jewish
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • Yiddish songs
    MBX006133
    Atem Da’Hajhock, John Kuai, and Joan Hecht
    38:26
    Atem Da’Hajhock, John Kuai, and Joan Hecht
    Jeremy Helton
    December 5, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Atem Da’Hajhock (28) and John Kuai (27) talk with Joan Hecht (57) about their experiences as one of the many young refugees from Sudan called the Lost Boys.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apartment
    • Bachelors
    • Biology
    • Blood
    • Branch
    • Camp
    • Christians
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Crocodiles
    • Ethiopia
    • father
    • fatigue
    • Florida
    MBX005114
    Ann Hartzog Hall and Rebecca Williams
    01:07:41
    Ann Hartzog Hall and Rebecca Williams
    Nina Porzucki
    April 4, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ann Hartzog Hall, 76, is interviewed by her friend, Rebecca Williams, 47, about her parents.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Engineer
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • psychotherapist
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX006589
    Malik Brooks and Matthew Coons
    39:43
    Malik Brooks and Matthew Coons
    Jeremy Helton
    April 16, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Malik Brooks (14) and his teacher Matthew Coons (28) talk about music, school and violence in the community.

    • 7th Grade
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Boring
    • Central City
    • Class
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • drive-by shooting
    • Fun
    • Google
    • herpes
    • historical events/people
    • Jay-Z
    • Lousiana
    • maps
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