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    MBX000566
    Watson William Wallace and Suzanne Watson
    00:00
    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;
    MBY000571
    Elmore Ferris, Wesley Dreiling, and Claudia Dreiling
    41:04
    Elmore Ferris, Wesley Dreiling, and Claudia Dreiling
    jangelos
    September 25, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Grandson and daughter interview Grandfather about work, accidents, infections, and wife

    • Accidents
    • amputation
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • beach cottage
    • boiler
    • car getting stuck
    • car with dripping tar
    • Coast Guard Oiler
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • convertible
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Doctor
    • driving cross country
    • driving through the desert by moonlight
    • Electrician
    MBX004326
    Susan  Andrade and Manuel Andrade
    01:10:15
    Susan Andrade and Manuel Andrade
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 11, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Manual and Susan talk about their 32 year marriage.

    • 32nd Anniversary
    • Academy Awards
    • All Through the Night
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Caroline
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • costume parties
    • dance parties
    • Elvis
    • Emily
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    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
    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
    MBX002993
    Anne Hamik and Kevin Montgomery
    36:55
    Anne Hamik and Kevin Montgomery
    Naomi Greene
    August 25, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kevin interviews his girlfriend, Anne, about her childhood and how her parents influenced her career and sociopolitical beliefs.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Colorado Springs
    • falconry
    • family doctor stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • match.com
    • Medicine
    • memories of growing up
    • Morgan Berthrong
    • personal experiences
    • Ranching
    DDB000756
    Arlene Swartz and Kathrina Proscia
    41:02
    Arlene Swartz and Kathrina Proscia
    Carolina Correa
    May 12, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Arlene Swartz (61) talks to her friend and coworker Kathrina Proscia (50) about her childhood in the Bronx and Queens, her family and her career in philanthropy and fundraising.

    • Advertising
    • American
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Board
    • Board Members
    • Bronx, NY
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Columbia University
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Development Department
    • Director of Development
    • dogs
    • donation
    MBY003849
    Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella
    38:29
    Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella
    Rose Gorman
    April 6, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Sisters Paula Bendel and Rhonda Pupella remember their grandparents, Clyde and Mabel Nancarrow (paternal) and Herbert and Sarah Phelps (maternal), and share stories of their time on the family farms.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Arnetha and James Nancarrow
    • Berry Picking
    • chickens, pet
    • Childhood Games
    • Clyde and Mabel Nancarrow
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cola Club
    • consumption
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Electricity
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    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
    MBX007371
    Mary Gessel and Benjamin Gessel
    38:57
    Mary Gessel and Benjamin Gessel
    Jorge Rios
    October 30, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Mary Ann Gessel, 50, talks to her son Benjamin Gessel, 28, about her parents, life, and marriages

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bank Tellers
    • Banks
    • bookkeepers
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • college living
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dates
    • Death of a spouse
    • family characters
    • family moves
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Hamilton National Bank
    • historical events/people
    GCT002812
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    01:18:07
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    rshankar
    May 14, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Lisa (37) and Amy (51) interview their mother Alma (79) about her childhood in Youngstown, OH, meeting and falling in love with her husband, and their extended family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Catholic education
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    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
    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
    • gay
    • GLBT
    • Gun
    • hate crimes
    • Influential People
    • kidnapped
    • League of Gay Voters
    wtc000807
    Alex Levy and Sara Walsh
    01:18:26
    Alex Levy and Sara Walsh
    andrewwilson
    September 16, 2006 World Trade Center Booth

    Sara, 28, interviews her boyfriend, Alex, 30, about growing up on Chicago’s South Side.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Family Traditions
    • Hanukkah
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX005522
    Kim  Schaff and Laura Norris
    38:25
    Kim Schaff and Laura Norris
    Jeremy Helton
    July 10, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kim Schaff (53) and Laura Norris (48) talk about their friendship and their families.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bandage
    • Barbara
    • Brandon
    • choreography
    • church of Christ
    • clothes
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cork
    • Dancing
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Flowers
    • Injuries
    • Joe
    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
    MBX001221
    Laurie Foley and Susan Liebeskind
    01:21:04
    Laurie Foley and Susan Liebeskind
    Veronica Ordaz
    December 13, 1901 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan Liebeskind and Laurie Foley interview each other about going into comuter science in graduate school and the change in environment. They compare technology from their student days to that of the present and discuss being a woman in the...

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • computer labs
    • computer science
    • comuter etiquette
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • early internet
    • gender
    • graduate school
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Romance
    • school day memories
    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
    GCT004572
    Justus Rosenberg and Janet Harris
    39:18
    Justus Rosenberg and Janet Harris
    Rose Gorman
    December 13, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Justus Rosenberg tells friend and colleague Janet Harris of his work as a messenger for the Varian Fry Foundation and of his work during World War II for the American Rescue Committee, now known as the International Rescue Committee.l

    • American Army
    • American Rescue Committee/International Rescue Committe
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bard College
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Danzig
    • Dayton, OH
    • first impression of America
    • France
    • French Underground Army
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Miriam Davenport
    MBX000908
    Marilyn Nolan and Scott Nolan
    01:16:01
    Marilyn Nolan and Scott Nolan
    mtivnan
    January 5, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Marilyn remembers her daughter Renee who passed away.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Brain tumor
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dying
    • family heroes
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Saturday Night Live
    • Spouse
    • watching and listening habits
    MBX007117
    James Ritter and Mary Wolfe
    39:31
    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
    SCK001761
    Irene Taverner, John  Lankenau, and Brian Alexander
    42:46
    Irene Taverner, John Lankenau, and Brian Alexander
    October 19, 2009 StoryKit

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • card parties
    • carving
    • clubbing/bars
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family feuds
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • personal experiences
    • song composing
    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
    MBY004733
    Mary  Issacson and Julie Summers
    00:00
    Mary Issacson and Julie Summers
    cscott
    November 13, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mary Isaacson (46) and Julie Summers (46) discuss their time spent with the CampFire organization. They have been involved in some capacity since high school and are both current Board Members

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • CampFire, Camping, camp scott murders, merchandising, occupational therapy, spiritual leadership, camp counselors, board members, cancer, bonds formed during camp,
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    spp000962
    Thomas Ziegler and Emily Feit
    00:00
    Thomas Ziegler and Emily Feit
    rpeltzman
    December 23, 2004 Sound Portraits Productions

    Retired FDNY speaks about experiences in the fire department

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Injuries
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • street patterns
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