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    MBX004655
    Laura Bor and Naomi Haber
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    Laura Bor and Naomi Haber
    Nina Porzucki
    November 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Laura Bor, 87, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Naomi Haber, 17, about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Boro Park
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • hopscotch
    • Influential People
    • Jump rope
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • potsy
    • school day memories
    LMN000394
    Kenton Allen, Kathleen Allen, and Kim Allen
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    Kenton Allen, Kathleen Allen, and Kim Allen
    Brianna Hyneman
    July 9, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Kim Allen talks with her parents Kenton and Kathleen Allen about how they met, got engaged and their children and grandchildren.

    • birth defects
    • birth of first child
    • car accident
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • culturally conscious
    • Eloping
    • exchange students
    • family trips and excursions
    • Lakeland College
    • meningitis
    • New Years
    • Peace movement
    • personal experiences
    • Pregnancy
    MBX003871
    Linda Croxson and Sara E Meale
    00:00
    Linda Croxson and Sara E Meale
    Quentin Weld
    May 18, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Linda Croxson talks with her daughter Sara Meale about her children, and meeting her husband.

    • birth of first child
    • Bob Evans, breakfast, grandmother,
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • recording, Blue Ashe, Clifton, Cincinnati, fighting, German, Hutton Bauer, Notre Dame High School, Cross County Highway, Amy, burglary, cruises, cruise ships,
    • Unistrut, Lion, shopping,
    MBX000566
    Watson William Wallace and Suzanne Watson
    00:00
    Watson William Wallace and Suzanne Watson
    rshankar
    September 20, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    49 year old daughter interviews her 77 year old father about growing up in Kentucky, joining the airforce, having a family and being a dentist in a small town in Missouri.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Great Depression stories
    • Kentucky; Korean War
    • Maternal death due to complications following childbirth; family dentist
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • Referee; High School sports; fishing; horse racing
    • rural Missouri; rural Kentucky; Desoto, MO; Clay, KY;
    MBY005209
    Athelia Tanner and Janet Perry
    00:00
    Athelia Tanner and Janet Perry
    Jeremy Helton
    March 26, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Janet Perry (46)interviews her mother Athelia Tanner (88) about her life and family.

    • 36 room house
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Athelia
    • Bee Hive
    • Bill
    • birth of first child
    • brown checked dress
    • Bryan
    • car fare
    • Chores
    • Church
    • City and County Building
    • Claralyn
    • Daken
    • donuts
    SCK000009
    Sybil Sammons and Don Medley
    00:00
    Sybil Sammons and Don Medley
    October 8, 2005 StoryKit

    • birth of first child
    • illness
    • memories of growing up
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    MBY001979
    Dolly Winger and Amy Winger
    00:00
    Dolly Winger and Amy Winger
    Ryan Murdock
    September 3, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Amy talks with her mother, Dolly, about growing up on a farm in North Dakota.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • dollhouse
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Outhouse
    • personal experiences
    • piano
    • ritual foods
    • school day memories
    SFB000733
    Michelle Brenard and Sarah Geis
    01:24:59
    Michelle Brenard and Sarah Geis
    Eloise Melzer
    March 18, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Michelle Brenard, 62, tells facilitator Sarah Geis, 28, about the lesbian group she founded for women over 40 and her family.

    • accessible for all
    • Aidan Brenard
    • Ain’t Dead Yet Kick-Azz Events (ADYKE)
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • April Peacock
    • Being a grandma
    • being beat-up
    • being pulled over by police
    • bikes
    • birth of first child
    • black sheep of family
    • close friendships
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Coming Out
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    GCT001190
    Dolores McCann and Judy McCann
    37:33
    Dolores McCann and Judy McCann
    zbarr
    March 17, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • birth of first child
    mby021214
    Patricia Thomas Ivery and Deborah Davidson
    28:49
    Patricia Thomas Ivery and Deborah Davidson
    Sarah Padgett
    November 5, 2021 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Deborah Davidson (68) sits down with her friend Patricia Thomas Ivery (63) to ask about Patricia's childhood, the wisdom that she has gained throughout her life, and the dreams that she still hopes to achieve.

    • Arizona
    • Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport
    • Bipolar disorder
    • birth of first child
    • Book Mobile
    • Books
    • California
    • Chicago
    • Childhood memories
    • Columbus
    • Death of a parent
    • death of a sibling
    • Dreams
    • Entertainment
    • Escape
    GCT001000
    Charles Walters and Laura Walters Walters
    01:14:07
    Charles Walters and Laura Walters Walters
    jmejias
    December 14, 2004 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of growing up
    • women getting the right to vote
    GCT001114
    Ruth Shire, Emily Shire, and Seth Shire
    45:45
    Ruth Shire, Emily Shire, and Seth Shire
    shaas
    January 30, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBX006824
    Cesar Mejía Grados, Mercedes Mejía, and Katherinne Sardena
    35:23
    Cesar Mejía Grados, Mercedes Mejía, and Katherinne Sardena
    Jorge Rios
    June 18, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Cesar Mejía, 80, y su esposa Mercedes Mejía, 75, le cuentan a su hija Katherinne Sardena, 32, acerca de sus vidas en el Perú y su amor por la música y el baile peruanos. [Cesar Mejía, 80, and his wife...

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Cesarean
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • cultural beliefs
    • Dancing
    • Death of a parent
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    wtc000751
    Kenton Allen, Karen Allen Miller, and Kim Allen
    42:39
    Kenton Allen, Karen Allen Miller, and Kim Allen
    Kamilah Duggins
    August 5, 2006 World Trade Center Booth

    Kim asks her dad and her aunt to tell her about her grandparents (their parents) with a special slant on their mother’s mental illness.

    • Abandonment
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bipolar disorder
    • birth of first child
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • comaraderie
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Farming
    • Girl Scouts, Phillippines
    • inferiority complex
    LMN002032
    Rosa Montes Miró, Estanislao  Fidelholtz, and Natalia Fidelholtz
    37:42
    Rosa Montes Miró, Estanislao Fidelholtz, and Natalia Fidelholtz
    John White
    May 8, 2010 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Rosa Montes is interviewed by her children, Natalia Fidelholtz and Estanislao Fidelholtz about their births, being a mom, her family in Argentina and maintaining family closeness.

    • argentina
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • college professors
    • family trips and excursions
    • Lublin, Poland
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • Puebla, Mexico
    • Spouse
    NPL000127
    Mary “Wisher” Barthelman
 and Meg Reuthe
    36:01
    Mary “Wisher” Barthelman and Meg Reuthe
    Martha O'Brien
    December 22, 2007 Nashville Public Library

    Mary “Wisher” Barthelman and her daughter Meg Reuthe talk about their mother-daughter relationship.

    • Artist
    • Bill Webster
    • birth of first child
    • Blog
    • Cameron reuthe
    • Communist
    • Creativity
    • Elizabeth New Jersey
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Inventor
    • James S. Green
    • Lawyer
    • McCarthy Hearings
    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
    LMN000534
    John Thoms and Annie Thoms
    01:17:12
    John Thoms and Annie Thoms
    Nzingha Garner
    August 13, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Annie Thoms interviewed her father, John Thoms about growing up with parents who were deaf and his experiences as a child who had polio and is still has some physical issues as a result.

    • Annie and Michael Thoms
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • iron lung
    • Janet Endorf
    • Jump rope
    • Living Theatre, Paradise Now
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Mrs. Crane
    • personal experiences
    • Polio
    • political beliefs and practices
    • regimens
    Birth Story
    04:35
    Birth Story
    Sean Thomas
    December 1, 2020 App Interview

    Story of my birth

    • birth of first child
    MBY004041
    Lois Lenzi and Sonya Michelle Lenzi
    35:11
    Lois Lenzi and Sonya Michelle Lenzi
    Rachel Falcone
    May 25, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lois Lenzi talks with her daughter Sonya about meeting her husband, giving birth to Soyna and what it was like to raise Soyna and her other two daughters.

    • birth of first child
    • boise, ID
    • Boston
    • Boston hospitals
    • Boston, MA
    • Childhood Games
    • Doctor
    • drip
    • driving a stick
    • driving to hospital
    • family naming and nicknames
    • hospital
    • Idaho
    • memories of growing up
    • military hospital
    GCT000656
    Lora French Culpepper Ruess and David Hays Buckley
    01:23:19
    Lora French Culpepper Ruess and David Hays Buckley
    epresler
    May 26, 2004 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Crowley, Louisiana
    • family members in history
    • graduate school at Columbia School of Library Science
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • Librarian
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBX004326
    Susan  Andrade and Manuel Andrade
    01:10:15
    Susan Andrade and Manuel Andrade
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 11, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Manual and Susan talk about their 32 year marriage.

    • 32nd Anniversary
    • Academy Awards
    • All Through the Night
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Caroline
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • costume parties
    • dance parties
    • Elvis
    • Emily
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    MBY007592
    Alyson Giardini and Jackie Stanfill
    37:45
    Alyson Giardini and Jackie Stanfill
    Jorge Rios
    March 12, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Alyson Giardini, 41, and her spouse Jackie Stanfill, 51, talk about their relationship, Proposition 8 in California, and their children.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • beliefs on marriage
    • beliefs on same sex marriage
    • birth of first child
    • Butte County, California
    • California Proposition 8
    • Chico, California
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Neighbors
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • Same sex marriage
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBY000612
    Carol Rose and Kellie Mendenhall
    40:54
    Carol Rose and Kellie Mendenhall
    kdimattia
    October 5, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mother talks about what she’s learned in life

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • personal experiences
    • Spouse
    MBX001592
    Margaret Woods and Jeff Rousell
    01:21:25
    Margaret Woods and Jeff Rousell
    skramer
    July 10, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Woman is interviewed by her grandson about growing up in St. Regis Falls, her family, meeting her husband and driving across the country, loss of her husband and son, and life now.

    • advice--be cheerful, don’t give in, life is interesting
    • Alcoa
    • Atomic bomb
    • birth of first child
    • Bremerton, Washington
    • driving accross country
    • family trips and excursions
    • Grand Canyon
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Polish
    • Portland, Oregon
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • St. Regis Falls, New York
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