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    MBX004651
    Edward Guczek and Jennifer Sawyer
    00:00
    Edward Guczek and Jennifer Sawyer
    Nina Porzucki
    November 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Edward Guczek, 87, is interviewed by his granddaughter, Jennifer Sawyer, 21, about his life.

    • 1935 Ford
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Butterfly Ballroom
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Commerce High School
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Diabetic
    • Dialysis
    • Eddie’s Service Station
    • Elmer’s Tune
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • Lebanese
    • Lincoln Zephyr
    • memories of former times
    MBX005185
    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
    00:00
    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    April 18, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bernard Scott Rush, 68, by his daughter, Nicole Rush (Maat Free), 35, about growing up in Mississippi then moving to New York City.

    • African heritage
    • Ancestors
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Choktaw words
    • Cotton gin
    • Cotton picking
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Emmett Till
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Harlem, NY
    • Lynching
    MBY005289
    Harvey Cahoon and Jann Cahoon
    32:59
    Harvey Cahoon and Jann Cahoon
    Anna Walters
    April 11, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Jann Cahoon (37) interviews her uncle, Harvey Cahoon (63) about the family brick business.

    • apprenticeships
    • beehive kiln
    • Bishop Pearson
    • brick making
    • brick press
    • brick yard
    • college
    • common brick
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • extrusion bricks
    • face brick
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MBY000434
    Mark Solomon and Jeanne Clothiaux
    42:21
    Mark Solomon and Jeanne Clothiaux
    jangelos
    August 27, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Wife interviews husband about the building of thier home on the top of Moscow Mountain, activism, environmentalism, and his making of a giant mobile steel fire-breathing dragon

    • 14 foot snows
    • ancient cedar trees
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • arcosanti
    • blacksmith
    • boy dylan
    • buidling of home on Moscow Mountain
    • canyons, mountains, wheatfields, rivers
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • county commissioner
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • creating fabricated steel dragon
    • dragon man
    • ecology
    • environmentalism
    MBY006539
    Patricio Baca and Lilly Sullivan
    39:34
    Patricio Baca and Lilly Sullivan
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    May 23, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Patricio E Baca (66) talks with facilitator Lilly Sullivan (26) about his family’s genealogy and the “Baca” name in his family.

    • Alonzo Baca
    • Ana Pacheco
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Antonchito
    • Appearance
    • Battle of the Bulge
    • Childhood Games
    • Colorado
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Elvin Court
    • Execution
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MBY006260
    Jose Barrios Ureño and Cindy Mosqueda
    40:53
    Jose Barrios Ureño and Cindy Mosqueda
    Jorge Rios
    March 1, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Jose Barrios Ureño, 89, habla con su nieta Cindy Mosqueda, 29, sobre su niñez en México, su migración a los Estados Unidos, sus orgullos y su familia. [Jose Barrios Ureño, 89, talks to his granddaughter Cindy Mosqueda, 29, about his...

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bracero Program
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    DDC000507
    Robert Tainsh and Cynthia Tainsh
    38:18
    Robert Tainsh and Cynthia Tainsh
    Kate Brown
    February 25, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit C

    Cynthia Tainsh (50) talks with her husband, Robert Tainsh (49), about moving to Florida from New England and their experiences having twins and then triplets.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • anesthesiology
    • birth of first child
    • child delivery
    • cleft palette
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family doctor stories
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Florida Hospital
    • Florida Hospital (2009)
    • Furniture
    • Golden Retriever
    • Harvard
    SFB001161
    Eve Roberts and Patty Siskind
    45:43
    Eve Roberts and Patty Siskind
    Liam Pierce
    January 20, 2011 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Eve Roberts (81) by Patty Siskind (60) about Eve’s life pursuing theater, and general life appreciation.

    • Appearance
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX003216
    Janis Bell , Laura Hill, Patti Bell, and Linda Bell
    36:33
    Janis Bell , Laura Hill, Patti Bell, and Linda Bell
    Quentin Weld
    October 24, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Janis Bell talks with her three daughters, Patti, Linda and Laura, about her childhood, attending seminary, and raising her daughters.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family doctor stories
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBX006942
    Mikey Riley and Jared Busch
    38:54
    Mikey Riley and Jared Busch
    Jorge Rios
    July 24, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Self-described “best friends forever” Mikey Riley, 23, and Jared Busch, 23, talk about their friendship and Mikey’s battle with drugs and multiple sclerosis.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • drug rehabilitation camps, youth ministries
    • drug rehabilitation, childhood, puberty, adolecence
    • family characters
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • multiple sclerosis, drug addictions
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • religious work
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX004754
    Robert Morris and Robert Morris
    01:16:16
    Robert Morris and Robert Morris
    Nina Porzucki
    January 7, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Robert N. Morris, 82, is interviewed by his son, Robert “Myke” Morris, 54.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dairy farms
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • First National Bank of Tampa
    • Florida
    • Florida Agriculture Hall of Fame
    • Florida College
    • Glasgow, KY
    • Hillsborough County
    LMN001955
    Dawn Ennis and Amy Weinstein
    38:58
    Dawn Ennis and Amy Weinstein
    Yazmín Peña
    March 12, 2010 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Dawn Ennis (45) tells Amy Weinstein about her experience and thoughts during and about the attacks on September 11, 2001. Note: Dawn Ennis transitioned in May, 2013.

    • 9/11 museum
    • 9/11 Trials
    • America Under attack
    • Ariel Waldman
    • broadcast journalism
    • building collapse
    • CBS News
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dan Abramson
    • David Diaz
    • Daycare
    • Empire State Building
    • Father Mychal Judge
    • Feb. 26, 1993
    • Flight 589
    SCK000513
    Alison Ligon and Alison Ligon
    37:58
    Alison Ligon and Alison Ligon
    No Facilitator
    February 16, 2007 StoryKit

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family members in history
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBY003392
    Phillip Parks and Paige Donner
    40:07
    Phillip Parks and Paige Donner
    hmarshall
    November 16, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Philip Parks and Paige Donner talk about their friendship and careers.

    • animal rights
    • Army Navy Academy
    • California
    • Celebrity
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Entertainment industry
    • ESPN
    • Guam
    • labor movements and unions
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Movies
    • personal experiences
    • SAG
    MBX003482
    Arthur Robinson and June Robinson
    01:13:53
    Arthur Robinson and June Robinson
    Jenna Weiss-Berman
    February 1, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    A woman interviews her husband about growing up in rural Georgia and moving to Detroit where he joined a band. He then interviews her about her childhood in Brooklyn, and the blending of their two families.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Auto mechanics
    • Brooklyn, New York
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Detroit, Michigan
    • Fort Pierce, Florida
    • General Motors
    • Jazz Poets
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Motown
    • Peace Corps
    • personal experiences
    MBX000763
    Velora Anderson and Charlotte Mayo
    01:15:48
    Velora Anderson and Charlotte Mayo
    Nick Yulman
    November 5, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Charlotte interiviews her mother Velora about her childhood on a farm in illinois.

    • 4h
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • factory workers
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • preserving food
    GCT002346
    Elizabeth Misko and Marsha Fulton
    01:17:14
    Elizabeth Misko and Marsha Fulton
    rshankar
    December 7, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    80 year old woman is interviewed by her 44 year old daughter about her family, career in nursing, and her Catholic faith.

    • aging; widowhood
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • cemetery traditions
    • college
    • Cortland, NY
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • grave stones
    • Influential People
    • library; Wilmington, NC; Coastal Carolina University
    • memories of growing up
    • Nursing education; Teaching
    • personal experiences
    • pets; grandchildren
    SFD000165
    Dolores Huerta, Camila Chavez, and Lori Huerta de Leon
    02:01:37
    Dolores Huerta, Camila Chavez, and Lori Huerta de Leon
    Rose Arrieta
    June 8, 2010 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Dolores Huerta, 80, speaks with two of her daughters, Camila Chavez, 34, and Lori Huerta de Leon, 57, about being a labor leader and organizer and being a mother.

    • 1961
    • AB1
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bill
    • birth of first child
    • businesswoman
    • Cesar Chavez
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • commodities
    • Community Service Organization
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • CSO
    • Dancer
    • Delano
    DDE000515
    John Esaki and Koji Sakai
    40:40
    John Esaki and Koji Sakai
    Gaspar Caro
    March 9, 2011 Door-to-Door Kit E

    John Esaki (60) talks with his coworker and friend, Koji Steven Sakai (33), about their family backgrounds, their families’ experiences in Japanese American Internment Camps, redress and reparations, and the Japanese American National Museum.

    • Civil Liberties Act
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Crystal City, Texas
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family members in history
    • family trips and excursions
    • Gardena, California
    • Gila River War Relocation Center
    • Hawaii
    • historical events/people
    • historiography
    • Japan
    • Japanese American National Museum
    • Japanese American National Museum: IMLS (2011)
    • loyalty questionnaire
    SCK001810
    Johnnie Spears and Janice Fields
    29:47
    Johnnie Spears and Janice Fields
    November 5, 2009 StoryKit

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • model making
    • school day memories
    MBY003658
    Raymond C. Lozano and Narciso Cano
    41:28
    Raymond C. Lozano and Narciso Cano
    Rose Gorman
    February 21, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Raymond C. Lozano, Jr. tells cousin Narciso Cano of his childhood neighborhood, of his time in the military, and of their Grandpa Cruz and Uncle Mack.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • Family Traditions
    • Grandpa Cruz
    • Marine Corps.
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Miller’s BBQ
    • personal experiences
    • San Antonio, TX
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    GCT001958
    Dom Boer and Louisa Scioscia Stephens
    43:05
    Dom Boer and Louisa Scioscia Stephens
    Veronica Ordaz
    August 25, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Woman interviews her friend about his job redesigning Dutch governmental forms, being born during German occupation to a Menonite family that hid Jews, education, isolation and rebellion against authority.

    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Hiding Jews from Germans
    • intellectuals
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • small pox
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    SFD000188
    Ruth Tringham and Eric Blind
    01:21:23
    Ruth Tringham and Eric Blind
    Sarah Geis
    June 26, 2010 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Eric, 35, interviews Ruth, 69, about her career as an archaeologist and her more recent involvement with The Presidio.

    • Adobe
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Archaeology
    • Barbara “Barb” Voss
    • California
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • El Polin
    • excavation
    • foghorns
    • Fort Scott, San Francisco, CA
    • General Pershing
    SFD000257
    Yvonne Rodriguez and Jesús Pando
    01:20:44
    Yvonne Rodriguez and Jesús Pando
    Carolina Correa
    October 2, 2010 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Friends Yvonne Rodriguez (47) and Jesús Pando (54) talk about going to college in their 30s, majoring in Physics, their ethnic backgrounds and their family.

    • Academic life
    • Achievements
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Chicana
    • Chicano
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Family Traditions
    • Guilt
    • Master
    • memories of former times
    SFB000458
    Melissa Weimer and Brian Jones
    41:31
    Melissa Weimer and Brian Jones
    Eloise Melzer
    August 13, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Brian Jones, 30, interviews his wife Melissa Weimer, 30 about her choice to become a doctor and the challenges she faces in her career.

    • academic medicine
    • Accidents
    • Ambition
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • balancing family with job
    • careers decisions
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dealing with death
    • Drive
    • hardest part of job
    • Having kids
    • healing traditions
    • Healthcare debate
    • hopes for future
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