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    LMN000698
    Jason Womack and Joe Bruzzese
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    Jason Womack and Joe Bruzzese
    Jalylah Burrell
    September 27, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Jason Womack, 36, in conversation with friend and business partner, Joe Bruzzese, 38.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Aspirations
    • author
    • Avenue Q
    • business
    • California
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • fitness
    • goals
    • Las Vegas
    • Mamma Mia
    • new york
    • Personal Improvement
    • Positive Thinking
    • self actualization
    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
    MBX000566
    Watson William Wallace and Suzanne Watson
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    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;
    MBX004936
    Tyler Marion and Brenda Martin
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    Tyler Marion and Brenda Martin
    Alex Kelly
    February 21, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Tyler Marion tells his spouse Brenda Martin about the decision he made after high school to go to California. He talks about why he had to return home to Kansas.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Black’s Beach
    • Burritos
    • Dateland, AZ
    • Emergency Room
    • family trips and excursions
    • Flying
    • GAP
    • Greyhound bus
    • Imperial Sand Dunes
    • Kansas
    • La Joya
    • Led Zeppelin
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    MBY005209
    Athelia Tanner and Janet Perry
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    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
    SCK001845
    James Larson and Alexandra Larson
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    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
    sck001809
    William Brown and Janice Fields
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    William Brown and Janice Fields
    November 5, 2009 StoryKit

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • schoolyard games
    • social beliefs and practices
    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
    MBX000126
    Posey Dent and Rosamond Casey
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    Posey Dent and Rosamond Casey
    bmyers
    June 8, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • horse back riding
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBX001064
    Lee L Lavery, Lisa Wright, and Susan Fry
    01:07:37
    Lee L Lavery, Lisa Wright, and Susan Fry
    Nadja Middleton
    February 13, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Three friends talk about their passion for fishing and the all-woman fishing club to which they belong.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Boating
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • female fishing club
    • female independance
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • women’s institutes
    SPP000802
    Ann Brenesal and Adele Cohen
    01:11:44
    Ann Brenesal and Adele Cohen
    efeit
    July 19, 2004 Sound Portraits Productions

    62 yr old woman interviewed her 79 yr old aunt. Family immigration from Ukraine to the Bronx.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Aspirations
    • Ellis Island; Naturalization papers
    • first impression of America
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    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
    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
    • Erie Gay News (2009)
    • gay
    • GLBT
    • Gun
    • hate crimes
    • Influential People
    • kidnapped
    MBX007117
    James Ritter and Mary Wolfe
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    James Ritter and Mary Wolfe
    Jorge Rios
    September 1, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    James Ritter, 85, tells his daughter Mary Wolfe, 49, about his work as a public school music education teacher.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Career Success
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Eagles Mere
    • Eagles Mere hotels and resorts
    • Eagles Mere town hall
    • family naming and nicknames
    • former students
    • Hughesville
    • Influential People
    • lodges
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    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
    MBY007844
    Cherilyn Evans and Daniel Littlewood
    24:59
    Cherilyn Evans and Daniel Littlewood
    ecohen
    May 14, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Cherilyn Evans (63) tells facilitator Daniel Littlewood (32) about how she moved from Los Angeles to Ukiah, California.

    • Aaron Imani Thomas
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Big Sur, California
    • changing demographics
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community theatre
    • continuation high schools
    • Crenshaw High School
    • Echo Park, Los Angeles
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hitchhiking
    • job interviews
    MBY003038
    Francis J. Smaka and Beth Smaka
    48:14
    Francis J. Smaka and Beth Smaka
    Daniel Littlewood
    July 24, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Frank Smaka tells his daughter Beth about leaving Poland to come to America as a kid, about his family’s history, adjusting to life in America, and how he met Beth’s mother.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • blind date
    • Coal mine
    • college
    • Ellis Island
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • Germans
    • grandson
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Pennsylvania
    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
    MBY000267
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    40:03
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    agoldman
    July 22, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A mother and daughter talk about family history.

    • alcoholics anonymous
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • colon cancer and diabetes
    • ectopic pregnancy
    • Elope
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • illness
    • illness support groups
    • Influential People
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    MBY008152
    Betty  Standfill and Tiffany Laposi
    40:18
    Betty Standfill and Tiffany Laposi
    Erin Dickey
    August 7, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Betty Standfill (65) and her daughter Tiffany Laposi (40) have a conversation about BS’s children, her mother, her husband Clyde, and the place she grew up, Amboy, WA.

    • Amboy, WA
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Columbia Tide Mill
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Spouse
    • Standfield
    • Waitsburg
    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
    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
    LMN002468
    Linda Argo and Devon Berkshire
    01:18:29
    Linda Argo and Devon Berkshire
    Tomas Rios
    February 12, 2011 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Devon Berkshite(DB), 33, interviews her mother Linda Argo(LA), 63. They discuss Linda’s unusual childhod, her development as a person and their relationship with each other.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • family trips and excursions
    • Growing Up
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Parenting advice
    • personal experiences
    • Second marriage
    • single parent
    • Spouse
    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
    MBY001258
    Charley Spining and Anne Doyle
    41:42
    Charley Spining and Anne Doyle
    pkochhar
    March 23, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Friend interviews Charley about being the piano player at a favorite hangout in Flagstaff, and about his childhood growing up in a town near the Navajo reservation, called Ganado, in Arizona.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • lodges
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
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