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    MBX004731
    Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
    00:00
    Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
    Nina Porzucki
    December 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Rosa Rio, 106, is interviewed by her friend, Tara Schroeder, 45.

    • 802 Union
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • card parties
    • cbs
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cole Porter
    • community worthies
    • Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Feminism
    • historical events/people
    • Hollywood
    • Influential People
    • Mary Martin
    • memories of former times
    MBX004727
    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
    00:00
    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
    Nina Porzucki
    December 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Violet Hittle, 97, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Doreen Myers,50.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Bowling
    • card parties
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • German
    • Germany
    • Lifesavers
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY000536
    Frank Hanawalt, Kathy Hanawalt, and Bill Hanawalt
    00:00
    Frank Hanawalt, Kathy Hanawalt, and Bill Hanawalt
    skramer
    September 18, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    25 year old woman and her husband interview her grandfather-in-law about his heart for social justice.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Garfield High school
    • historical events/people
    • Japanese Americans internment camp
    • Letters
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • Seabeck
    • Seattle, Washington
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Social justice
    • Spouse
    MBY001166
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    00:00
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    pkochhar
    February 27, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    son interivews his mom about how she single-handedly raised her three sons once her husband got very ill. until then she’d always been dependent on her husband. very nice interivew.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • memories of former times
    MBX000249
    Sue Shellenbarger and Dan Shellenbarger
    00:00
    Sue Shellenbarger and Dan Shellenbarger
    cbancroft
    July 7, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Dan Shellenbarger interviews his mother, Sue, about her activist work.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    SCK000165
    Linda Frontera and Kari Frontera
    00:00
    Linda Frontera and Kari Frontera
    No Facilitator
    November 27, 2005 StoryKit

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family feuds
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • illness
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    MBY004804
    Lois Harvey Gatchell and Laurie Gatchell Green
    00:00
    Lois Harvey Gatchell and Laurie Gatchell Green
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    November 28, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lois tells stories about growing up in South Dakota, studying journalism and her many carriers throughout her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Aunt Kitty
    • blind date
    • college
    • Community Relations Commissions of Tulsa
    • Deacon
    • Defense Department
    • Democrat
    • democratic national convention
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • high jumping
    • Journalism
    • Kennedy Foundation
    • Letter writing
    MBX004642
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
    00:00
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
    whenry-lester
    November 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Roz interviews her parents for their 50th wedding anniversary and tells them things the family has said about them.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • Father’s Day
    • gift
    • Grandkids
    • Gymnastics
    • Honeymoon
    NPL000337
    Mike Pigott, Mark McNeely, Katy Varney, and Keith Miles
    01:01:17
    Mike Pigott, Mark McNeely, Katy Varney, and Keith Miles
    Kate Wingate
    June 11, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    These 6 business partners came to the booth to tell the story of the beginning, growth, and success of their company, McNeely, Pigott, and Fox.

    • Al Gore
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • cocktail napkin
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community worthies
    • company retreats
    • competitiveness
    • consensus decision making
    • Country Music Hall of Fame
    • Downtown Arena, Nashville
    • Government
    • Governor Phil Bredesen
    • Journalism
    • Karaoke
    MBY007119
    Judith Blake and Caroline Denham
    01:24:33
    Judith Blake and Caroline Denham
    Jackie Sojico
    October 30, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Caroline Denham (25) and her mother Judith Blake (65) have a conversation about Caroline’s childhood and Judith’s parenting choices.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bob Dylan
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Norman, Oklahoma
    • Parenting
    • personal experiences
    • ritual foods
    • social beliefs and practices
    • song composing
    • Spouse
    • Woody Guthrie
    ATL000235
    Charles Warner and Julie Miccichi
    37:48
    Charles Warner and Julie Miccichi
    aknight
    March 11, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Julie Miccichi, 40, interviews her father Charles “Bob” Warner, 79, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • carving
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • making furniture
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Uncle Jim
    MBY005376
    Edward  Berry and Raina Perry
    39:15
    Edward Berry and Raina Perry
    Jeremy Helton
    May 1, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Raina Perry (30) interviews her husband Edward Perry (37).

    • 07/07/2007
    • 17 minutes
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • ant
    • bitten
    • brushing teeth
    • Cardio pulmonary
    • Drugs
    • Hallucinations
    • harvesting
    • Heart Valve
    • helicopter
    • ICU
    • illness
    • IMC
    MBX008205
    Robert Baumann and Judith  Baumann
    40:34
    Robert Baumann and Judith Baumann
    Beatriz Colonia
    June 17, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Robert J. Baumann (70) talks with wife, Judith Baumann (68) about his career in child neurology and his work in the rural communities of Eastern Kentucky.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Baumann Farm Camp
    • Baumann Ranch Camp
    • Camp Conestoga
    • Chicago
    • Child Neurology
    • children’s camp
    • Clay County
    • coal miners
    • Counselors
    • Denver University
    • Eastern, Kentucky
    • Epilepsy
    • Great Depression stories
    • Harlan, Kentucky
    LMN000524
    Irving Fishman and Stephen Cassell
    01:32:05
    Irving Fishman and Stephen Cassell
    Jalylah Burrell
    August 10, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Irving Fishman, 90, is interviewed by his nephew Stephen Cassell, 45 about some funny stories from his early life and time served in the military.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • automat
    • Battalion
    • Battle
    • Brooklyn
    • Canal Street
    • captain
    • Coney Island
    • connecticut
    • Cumberland River
    • Fishing Net
    • gasoline
    • George Washington Bridge
    • Gunfire
    • Harassment Fire
    Damon Litzenberger interviews his Grandfather Phil Werner: A Life's Story
    17:30
    Damon Litzenberger interviews his Grandfather Phil Werner: A Life's Story
    Damon Litzenberger
    November 25, 2022 App Interview

    My grandfather (Phil Werner) and I (Damon Litzenberger), talk about his early life after 1945. We also discuss together his life living in Fayette, Seneca County in New York State. He talks about his early life at a one room...

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Damon Litzenberger
    • Fayette
    • Fayette
    • Grandpa
    • Korean War
    • memories of growing up
    • One school house
    • personal experiences
    • Phil Werner
    • Public history
    • Sampson State Park
    • Sampson State Park
    • school day memories
    • Seoul Korea
    SPP000978
    Dorothy Jumper Rodgers and Dale Ann Chimel
    38:52
    Dorothy Jumper Rodgers and Dale Ann Chimel
    zbarr
    January 11, 2005 Sound Portraits Productions

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • WW2
    DDD000405
    Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
    02:08:43
    Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
    Carolina Correa
    July 23, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit D

    Jesse Lomelí (66) and his sister Marta Lomelí (57) talk about when their family came to the United States from Mexico, the cultural difference at home and at school.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • August 11th 1954
    • Book
    • coach
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • English as a second language
    • ESl
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • father
    MBX003599
    Stella Hager and Leena Frace
    01:16:53
    Stella Hager and Leena Frace
    Jenna Weiss-Berman
    February 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    A woman talks about the deaths of two of her three children, and growing up in a poor Spanish speaking family.

    • alcoholic
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • H.I.V.
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    LMN001676
    Edward White, Evan White, and Rosina Conforti
    45:34
    Edward White, Evan White, and Rosina Conforti
    Cecilia Agudelo
    August 28, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Evan and Rosina Interview Edward White to know a little bit more about his background

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBX005470
    Pauline Curry and Christine Hemmings
    01:14:58
    Pauline Curry and Christine Hemmings
    Nina Porzucki
    June 25, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Pauline Curry (64) is interviewed by her daughter, Christine Hemmings (40) about her lifetime love of the Dolly Copp campground.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Berlin, NH
    • birth of first child
    • camp fire
    • camp songs
    • Camping
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Dolly Copp Campground
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    MBX005494
    Doreen  Manning, Harold Manning, and Susan Manning
    36:52
    Doreen Manning, Harold Manning, and Susan Manning
    Alex Kelly
    July 4, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan Manning asks her parents Harold and Doreen Manning about their life and tells them what they mean to her as parents.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Boating
    • Camping
    • chauffer
    • college
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • Real Estate
    • Rebel
    • school day memories
    • St. Thomas
    • vandalism
    MBX004521
    Moses McCrimager and Steven Blay
    01:21:17
    Moses McCrimager and Steven Blay
    Nina Porzucki
    October 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Moses McCrimager, 91, is interviewed by his friend Steven Blay, 35.

    • 10 horse farm
    • 1926 Hurricane in Miami
    • 1936 Chevrolet
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Brooksfield, FL
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Gainesville, FL
    • halfcropper
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mining
    MBX006997
    Marian Goldstine and Susan Goldstine
    39:12
    Marian Goldstine and Susan Goldstine
    Jorge Rios
    August 7, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Marian Goldstine, 67, talks to her daughter Susan Goldstine, 38, about her grandparents, parents, and extended family, who fled Germany during the Holocaust.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family foods
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family professions
    • forced immigration
    • historical events/people
    • Holocaust stories, Jewish concentration camps
    • Holocaust, Kristallnacht
    • memories of former times
    MBX007807
    Barbara Altman and Jackie Sojico
    40:05
    Barbara Altman and Jackie Sojico
    Eloise Melzer
    March 9, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Facilitator Jackie Sojico, 23, interviews Barbara Altman, 67, about her father, Harold Alton Corbin.

    • 1984 Olympics
    • 4th of July
    • 50th high school reunions
    • Alma Ethel Newlin Corbin
    • Andy MacDonald
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Alan Altman
    • Blizzards
    • bounty hunting
    • cemeteries
    • Cherokee heritage
    • classical guitarists
    • cleaning barns
    • college
    • country dances
    ATL000151
    Eugene  Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    40:02
    Eugene Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    aknight
    January 9, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Dale Hutchens, 53, interviews his father Eugune Hutchens, 80, about his life, his abiding interest in radio and his experiences growing up in a poor, sharecropping family

    • Alzheimers
    • amateur radio
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • Howard College
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
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