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    SCK001845
    James Larson and Alexandra Larson
    00:00
    James Larson and Alexandra Larson
    December 9, 2009 StoryKit

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    NPL000401
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    01:16:47
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    Kate Wingate
    July 30, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Boxing
    • Childhood Games
    • Circus
    • Clinton, MI
    • clubbing/bars
    • De Molay
    • Deleon, TX
    • Edwin Bledsoe Keyes
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MBY006523
    Maria Leyba and Angélica  Turrieta
    40:45
    Maria Leyba and Angélica Turrieta
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    May 20, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Maria L. Leyba (60) talks with her daughter Angélica Turrieta (33) about her childhood life in a prison, growing up in New Mexico and the death of her brother Ramón.

    • Albino
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apache
    • Appearance
    • Ascension, Chihuahua
    • Barelas, NM
    • Celestino Barrola
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    MBY003712
    Charles T Kennedy, Melissa Kennedy, and Kyle D. Kennedy
    36:17
    Charles T Kennedy, Melissa Kennedy, and Kyle D. Kennedy
    Yuki Aizawa
    March 2, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Charles tells his daughter, Melissa, and grandson, Kyle, about growing up in Virginia, the many cars he owned, and his experience in the Air Corps

    • 2008 presidential election
    • Air Corps
    • Atomic bomb
    • B-29 planes
    • basic training
    • Batesville VA
    • Chevrolet
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Diplomacy
    • Enola Gay
    • family members in history
    • Flight training
    • Guam
    • memories of growing up
    • one room schoolhouse
    MBY005835
    Siegfried Buss and Frieda Nossaman
    37:22
    Siegfried Buss and Frieda Nossaman
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    October 12, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • German
    • Germany
    • Hirohito
    • historical events/people
    • Japan
    • Japanese Emperor
    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    45:00
    Susan Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    Eloise Melzer
    July 21, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

    • 1950s
    • 1970s
    • Abe Diamond
    • adaptations
    • Admiration
    • American holidays
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • aphorisms
    • Appearance
    • Appreciation
    • Bad memories
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • celebrating heritage
    • close-knit families
    SFB001224
    William Evers and Peter Emblad
    01:21:07
    William Evers and Peter Emblad
    Liam Pierce
    March 10, 2011 San Francisco StoryBooth

    William D. Evers (83) by Peter Emblad (43) on W.’s family history. W. talks about his parents and grandparents’ immigration to the U.S. from Germany, and their rise in prominence in San Francisco

    • Caspar Malchiar Balthazar, Dhormann, Sepha, Inez, Harold, Otto, Ernest, Jenny, Caroline Livermore, Spekbacher
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • Hammond, Germany, Calistoga, Marin County, Ross, San Francisco,
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • Influential People
    MBX005676
    Joan Di Christina and Susan Di Christina
    43:27
    Joan Di Christina and Susan Di Christina
    Anna Walters
    August 12, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan Di Christina (40) interviews her mother-in-law, Joan Di Christina (73) about Joan’s family ancestry and the history of the Erie Canal.

    • Atomic bomb
    • brockport teachers college
    • Bronx
    • Catholic
    • chittenango, new york
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dry docks
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Ellis Island
    • English
    • Erie canal
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • high school reunion
    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
    MBY003613
    Marie Gray and Rachel Gray-Castro
    30:20
    Marie Gray and Rachel Gray-Castro
    Yuki Aizawa
    February 9, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marie tells her daughter Rachel about her parents and their strength and dedication serving their country and raising a family

    • Appearance
    • Brownsville TX
    • CCC
    • Chemotherapy
    • City Year
    • Civil Conservation Corps
    • Croatian heritage
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Granite City IL
    • illness
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mortality
    • personal experiences
    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
    DDB000094
    Joseph Homoki and Rose Gorman
    36:25
    Joseph Homoki and Rose Gorman
    Daniel Littlewood
    October 6, 2007 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Joe Homoki talks about his family, how they came to New Brunswick, NJ from Hungary after WWII, and about life in New Brunswick.

    • Brooklyn Dodgers
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • Frankfurt, Germany
    • Germany
    • historical events/people
    • Hungarian Air Force
    • Hungarian American Athletic Club
    • Hungary
    • Johnson and Johnson
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New Brunswick Free Public Library (2007)
    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
    MBX002502
    Christine Murray Gianquinto and Emily Gianquinto
    01:22:16
    Christine Murray Gianquinto and Emily Gianquinto
    Sarah Geis
    April 14, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Emily, 26, interviews her mother, Christine, 55, about her father, Harry Murray.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • FBI
    • Griswald Hill
    • Harry Murray
    • historical events/people
    • Letters Home
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • O.S.S. (now C.I.A.)
    • personal experiences
    • Robert Stewart Murray
    SFB001396
    Emiliano Echeverria and Marcelino Echeverria
    01:29:04
    Emiliano Echeverria and Marcelino Echeverria
    Sophia Simon-Ortiz
    June 23, 2011 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Emiliano Echeverria, 60, interviewed by his son Marcelino Echeverria, 22. Emiliano talks about growing up in San Francisco, his involvement in the Chicano and Free Speech Radio Movements of the 1960’s, and his many years of union memberships.

    • apprenticeships
    • Carlos Santana
    • Chicano Moratorium Protest
    • Chicano Movement
    • Chicano War Resistance
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • electricians
    • family members in history
    • Free speech movement
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • KPFA Radio
    • labor movements and unions
    • memories of growing up
    MBY006251
    Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal and Jason Yap
    42:16
    Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal and Jason Yap
    Jorge Rios
    February 28, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, 62, tells her son Jason Yam about her arrival to the United States, including the trip by ship, and about her political awakening in the United States.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family feuds
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Political awakening
    MBX004658
    Angelo Kachulis and Nick Kachulis
    41:38
    Angelo Kachulis and Nick Kachulis
    whenry-lester
    December 1, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Nick interviews his father about growing up in Brooklyn and his life experiences.

    • Amos and Andy
    • Angela Lansbury
    • Bill Donovan
    • Bing Crosby
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • clubbing/bars
    • Dodgers
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family members in history
    • FDR
    • General Stillwell
    • Giants
    • Greece
    MBY006293
    Maria Meza-Ayala and Maribel Meza
    36:58
    Maria Meza-Ayala and Maribel Meza
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    March 10, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Maria Meza-Ayala (89) habla con su hija Maribel Meza (25) de su vida en Mexico. [Maria Meza-Ayala (89) talks with her daughter Maribel Meza (25) about her life in Mexico.]

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • conjuring
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • historical events/people
    • luck and fate
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBY003724
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    39:57
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    Rose Gorman
    March 6, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Betty Jane Moczygemba, Mary Inselmann, and Mary Jane Verette remember Genevieve Isaacs, Betty and Mary’s mother and Mary Jane’s grandmother.

    • American Revolution
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Hammond
    • cemetery traditions
    • Christopher Hammond
    • Clower Street (San Antonio, TX)
    • egg dyeing parties
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Genevieve Isaacs
    • illness
    • Ireland
    • John Gibson
    • memories of growing up
    LMN001392
    Katina Tsirantonakis and Margaret Tsirantonakis
    01:17:03
    Katina Tsirantonakis and Margaret Tsirantonakis
    Mike Rauch
    April 2, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Katina tells her daughter about growing up in Crete during and after WWII, and later moving to the USA.

    • Astoria, Queens
    • Bribery
    • Cemetery
    • Crete
    • family members in history
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • Greece
    • Greeks
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • Nazis
    • New York, NY
    • personal experiences
    • Saturdays
    MBY005525
    Orlino  Bareng and Angela  Prater
    40:18
    Orlino Bareng and Angela Prater
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    June 6, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Orlino M. Mareny, 81, by his daughter, Angela Prater, 50, about his work on the plantation in Hawaii.

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Filipino
    • Filipino food
    • Filipino Infantry
    • foreman
    • Hawaii
    • Laborer
    • memories of growing up
    • memory
    • Mill
    MBX002135
    Arthur Kirmss and Ellen Brody - Kirmss
    01:16:40
    Arthur Kirmss and Ellen Brody – Kirmss
    Elaine Davenport
    December 2, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ellen (49) interviews her husband, Arthur (60), about his family history in Brooklyn and his career as an artist, musician, and curator.

    • artifacts and memorabilia
    • carving
    • college
    • East New York
    • family members in history
    • Historic Preservation
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • Vaner Ende Onderdonk House
    • Weeksville
    • Weeksville Heritage Center
    SFB000369
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    01:22:17
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    Alex Lyon
    June 18, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Francis Wong (72) talks to his wife Mary Ann Wong (62) about his life, his accomplishments and the things he is most proudest of.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • Christian
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Cruises
    • Don Graham
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    MBX005107
    Arthur Chika and Michelle Keenan
    01:15:43
    Arthur Chika and Michelle Keenan
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    April 3, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Arthur Chika (68) and his friend Michelle Keenan (41) talk about his parents from Albania.

    • Albania
    • american dream
    • Arranged marriage
    • Balkan War
    • birth of first child
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions
    • filo dough
    • John F. Kennedy
    • memories of growing up
    • Miscarriage
    • New York city
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Queens
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