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    Lucille Murrieta and Melinda Murrieta
    50:17
    Lucille Murrieta and Melinda Murrieta
    July 28, 2010 StoryKit

    About my mother’s life.

    • birth of first child
    • dress-ups
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Influential People
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
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    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
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    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    cbancroft
    November 26, 2005 World Trade Center Booth

    Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

    • Appearance
    • Cattle ranching
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dress-ups
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mexican-American
    LMN001593
    Mark  Lennerton and Mary Bulger
    38:57
    Mark Lennerton and Mary Bulger
    John White
    July 5, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mark Lennerton is interviewed by Mary Bulger about adventures that he had growing up in Derry, NH with his best friend Jerry Canoyer.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bb guns
    • Childhood Games
    • Derry, NH
    • dress-ups
    • Firecrackers
    • Fireworks
    • Grinnell grade school
    • Jerry Canoyer
    • kelp
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Pinkerton Academy
    • school day memories
    MBY000392
    Ettalie Simons, Fannie Kramer, Judy Luebeck, and David Simons
    33:42
    Ettalie Simons, Fannie Kramer, Judy Luebeck, and David Simons
    skramer
    August 19, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Two women, Fannie and Ettalie, reflect on their lives, family was gathered in Montana for the 80th birthday of Ettalie.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • dress-ups
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Southern life
    • travels
    MBX000297
    Ronda King and Johnda Boyce
    41:12
    Ronda King and Johnda Boyce
    cbancroft
    July 21, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Johnda interviews her partner, Ronda, about her life accomplishments, cancer, and expectations for the future.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • breast cancer
    • college
    • Conductor
    • dress-ups
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • Marching Band
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money

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