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    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
    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
    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    45:00
    Susan Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    Eloise Melzer
    July 21, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

    • 1950s
    • 1970s
    • Abe Diamond
    • adaptations
    • Admiration
    • American holidays
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • aphorisms
    • Appearance
    • Appreciation
    • Bad memories
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • celebrating heritage
    • close-knit families
    SFB001308
    Rebecca Salant, Max Salant, Ilana Salant, and Jacob Salant
    01:17:50
    Rebecca Salant, Max Salant, Ilana Salant, and Jacob Salant
    Frank Kingman
    April 24, 2011 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Rebecca Salant, 16, and her brother Max Salant, 16, talk with their siblings, Ilana Salant, 16, and Jacob Salant, 17, about their trip to Mexico.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    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
    MBY003724
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    39:57
    Betty Jane Isaacs Moczygemba, Mary Margaret Isaacs Inselmann, and Mary Jane Moczygemba Verette
    Rose Gorman
    March 6, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Betty Jane Moczygemba, Mary Inselmann, and Mary Jane Verette remember Genevieve Isaacs, Betty and Mary’s mother and Mary Jane’s grandmother.

    • American Revolution
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Hammond
    • cemetery traditions
    • Christopher Hammond
    • Clower Street (San Antonio, TX)
    • egg dyeing parties
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Genevieve Isaacs
    • illness
    • Ireland
    • John Gibson
    • memories of growing up
    MBX006392
    Betty Olliff and Emily Capes
    36:26
    Betty Olliff and Emily Capes
    Sara Culver
    March 1, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Emily Capes (33) interviews her good friend, Betty Olliff (82) about her life - her family, her husband, and her faith.

    • Alabama
    • Appearance
    • Bach
    • Bakery
    • Baptist Church
    • Beethoven
    • birth of first child
    • Bob Olliff
    • Brett Olliff
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • Church
    • Classical music
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    DDB000524
    Cary James and Jesse Woodard
    40:49
    Cary James and Jesse Woodard
    Naomi Greene
    July 24, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Cary James by Jesse L. Woodard. Cary (21) and Jesse (25) remember their grandmother, Mary Alice James a.k.a Nam Ma. Cary and Jesse remember visiting their grandmother and the delicious food she made for them.

    • Akron-Summit County Public Library (2009)
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas Day
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • Fried Chicken
    • Influential People
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • Mary Alice James
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • nachos
    • religious beliefs and practices
    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
    MBY002737
    Irene Severin and Lance Purdy
    38:47
    Irene Severin and Lance Purdy
    Lena Richardson
    May 12, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Nephew interviews aunt about her life growing up in the Ozarks and in Nebraska as well as family stories.

    • birth of first child
    • Dating
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • hill people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Ozarks
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    GCT004804
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    37:07
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    Steven Thrasher
    March 8, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    John Lauer, Jr. interviews his father John “Jack” Lauer, Sr. about growing up in a coal town in PA and about how he met his mother.

    • 45 degree Fllen
    • apprenticeships
    • Ashland, PA
    • Beer
    • breast weighing contest
    • breasts
    • Briser Fullen
    • Buzzer Graber
    • Coal
    • community worthies
    • death of mother
    • Dopey Umlauf
    • DuPont
    • Empire State Building
    • English
    DDD000263
    Orsini González and Ysabel González
    40:03
    Orsini González and Ysabel González
    Yazmín Peña
    October 1, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit D

    Dr. Orsini Gonzáles (60) tells his daughter, Ysabel Y. González (29) how his parents met in Puerto Rico, about growing up in the South Bronx in the ‘60s, and how he met his wife, Ysabel’s mother.

    • 296 Fifth Avenue
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Antonia Pantojo
    • ASPIRA
    • Binghamton University
    • birth of first child
    • Bryant Avenue and 174th Street
    • Carlos
    • Childhood Games
    • City College of New York
    • college
    • Dean Doris Cintron
    • family in-jokes
    • family trips and excursions
    • Guanica
    MBX004348
    Stephanie Schamess and Rebecca  Flowers Schamess
    00:00
    Stephanie Schamess and Rebecca Flowers Schamess
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 15, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Stephanie tells stories of her big and dramatic family.

    • Al
    • American Idol
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • argentina
    • blacksmith
    • Bob
    • Columbia Records
    • Facebook
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • Family life
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    MBY003341
    Claude Crowley, Carolyn Whitaker Crowley, and Claudia Crowley
    40:21
    Claude Crowley, Carolyn Whitaker Crowley, and Claudia Crowley
    hmarshall
    October 18, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Claudia Crowley interviews her parents Claude and Carolyn Crowley about their careers and personal interests.

    • 1960’s
    • 1970’s
    • 1st Congregational Church
    • Amon Carter Museum
    • apprenticeships
    • blind date
    • Books
    • conservation education
    • Cooksville, TN
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Development
    • environmental movement
    • family in-jokes
    • Fayetteville, TN
    • liberal politics
    mbx002658
    Dolores E. Daluz and Jane Lowey
    39:47
    Dolores E. Daluz and Jane Lowey
    npumilia
    May 30, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Jane Lowey interviews her friend, Dolores, about growing up in Dover, DE during segregation, her mother and father, the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and her husband.

    • 1940
    • Appearance
    • Cici Henry
    • college
    • Dover, DE
    • Ducky Massey
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • flour sacks
    • ghost stories
    • Influential People
    • memories of growing up
    MBY006037
    Etelvina Hernandez, Monica Garcia, and Maribel Barrera
    40:28
    Etelvina Hernandez, Monica Garcia, and Maribel Barrera
    Nina Porzucki
    December 10, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Etelvina Hernandez (81) is interviewed by her daughters, Monica García (47) and Maribel Barrera (45) about her childhood in México, her life in the U.S. and her job with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

    • Abuela
    • almuerzo
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bigote
    • Buñuelos
    • Christmas Traditions
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cookies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • dancing with Mary Kay
    • Director of Mary Kay
    • el rancho
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    LMN001519
    Fred Gonzalez, Alex Leguillow, and Jalylah Burrell
    37:09
    Fred Gonzalez, Alex Leguillow, and Jalylah Burrell
    Jalylah Burrell
    May 14, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Fred Gonzalez, Jr., 27, and Alex Leguillow, 63, remember Alex’s nephew and Fred’s brother Nestor A. Cintron III, a Cantor Fitzgerald broker who was killed on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks.

    • 9/11
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cantor Fitzgerald
    • Colgate University
    • college
    • family in-jokes
    • Lower East Side
    • Martial arts
    • memories of growing up
    • North Tower
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • World Trade Center
    • World Trade Center 1993 Bombing
    MBX000961
    L. Sanford Reis and Kyle Reis
    01:23:49
    L. Sanford Reis and Kyle Reis
    nsimon
    January 15, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    97-year-old grandfather reminisces about the early 20th century.

    • family in-jokes
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • scientific beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • street patterns
    Lilien Vogl, O.D. talks with Donald E. Jarnagin, O.D. about optometry history and the future of the profession
    44:26
    Lilien Vogl, O.D. talks with Donald E. Jarnagin, O.D. about optometry history and the future of the profession
    Optometry Cares
    March 5, 2019 App Interview

    On Friday, February 22, 2019, Dr. Lilien Vogl, Chair of the Optometric Historical Society, sat down with Dr. Donald E. Jarnagin, past-president of the American Optometric Association (1995-1996) to talk about his life, his work and developments in the profession...

    • American Optometric Association
    • American Optometric Association
    • Arizona
    • Arizona
    • Diagnostic pharmaceutical agents
    • history of medicine
    • history of professionalism
    • Medicare
    • military optometry
    • optometric education
    • optometrists
    • optometry
    • Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation
    • optometry history
    • scope of practice
    SFD000017
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    01:28:55
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    Sarah Geis
    February 20, 2009 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Susan, 35, interviews her mother Caroline, 64, about growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, her work as a principal, and her family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Asian pride
    • Bock Quong Chin
    • Childhood Games
    • Chin Chum Chin
    • Chinatowns
    • Chinese Restaurants
    • Chinese school
    • Chinese-Americans
    • Christopher Yee
    • Class
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • community worthies
    MBY006212
    Angie Apodaca and Cynthia Apodaca
    42:55
    Angie Apodaca and Cynthia Apodaca
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    February 19, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Angie Apodaca (74) talks with her daughter Cynthia Apodaca (47) about losing her son Eric to HIV/AIDS.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cemetery traditions
    • community worthies
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • gay
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • Injuries
    • Las Memorias Project
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    SFB000696
    Erica Hymen and Adamn Arenstein
    00:00
    Erica Hymen and Adamn Arenstein
    Alex Lyon
    February 18, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Erica Hymen (29) and her husband Adam Arenstein (28) talk about their relationship, how they met and what the future holds.

    • Appearance
    • Babies
    • birth of first child
    • Challenges
    • Chicago
    • Cinquaterra
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite pictures
    • fond memories
    • Grateful
    SFB000152
    Joseph Engler and Kerry Slattery
    01:27:42
    Joseph Engler and Kerry Slattery
    Alex Lyon
    January 22, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Joseph Engler (65) talks to his daughter Kerry Slattery (36) about his life as a San Francisco Police officer

    • Accidents
    • alcoholics anonymous
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Bob Quinn
    • Coma
    • Consequences
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family expressions
    • family feuds
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    MBY003775
    Linda Dean Goolsbee and Rose Gorman
    38:29
    Linda Dean Goolsbee and Rose Gorman
    Rose Gorman
    March 20, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Linda Dean Goolsbee tells StoryCorps facilitator Rose Gorman of her parents, Jack and Francis Dean.

    • Abilene, Tx
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Coretta Scott King
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • El Paso, TX
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Grand Canyon
    • historical events/people
    • Holland Tunnel
    • honesty
    • Jack and Francis Dean
    MBY004853
    Evelyn Bersh and Paul Tumarkin
    42:54
    Evelyn Bersh and Paul Tumarkin
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    December 12, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Evelyn tells stories about her love of the piano, her life running a store supported by the mob, and her perspective on herself as a queen.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Barack Obama
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • gambler
    • George Bush
    • Jewish
    • Kosher
    • Liquor
    • memories of growing up
    • mOb
    • Music
    • New Jersey
    • personal experiences
    • piano
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