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    Annette Bernstein and Elizabeth Bernstein
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    Annette Bernstein and Elizabeth Bernstein
    Kayvon Bahramian
    February 18, 2004 Sound Portraits Productions

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • Great Depression stories
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBX003906
    David Kuhl and Abigail (Abby) Wheeler
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    David Kuhl and Abigail (Abby) Wheeler
    Michelle Swinehart
    May 25, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David Kuhl and Abby Wheeler talk about their family get-togethers and how everyone seems to truly enjoy themselves.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • BB gun
    • Birthday Celebrations, Birthday Cake
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas, Christmas Eve
    • Cold War
    • family characters
    • Family gatherings
    • Family Legacy
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions, Rites of Passage
    • Fireworks, Firecrackers
    • Great Depression stories
    • Independence day
    • memories of former times
    MBX004651
    Edward Guczek and Jennifer Sawyer
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    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
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    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
    GRB000611
    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
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    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
    Brianna Hyneman
    November 23, 2007 Griot Booth

    Akiba Shabazz talks with her daughters Naja and Zuri about her life growing up with her parents in Memphis, her marriages and travels.

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • colon cancer
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • France
    • Influential People
    • Italy
    • memories of growing up
    • Muslim
    • Nightclubs
    • novels
    • personal experiences
    • racist killing
    MBY001956
    Joseph Andy Holmes and Michael Dane  Reeves
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    Joseph Andy Holmes and Michael Dane Reeves
    Ryan Murdock
    August 27, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Michael and Joseph talk about their father/son relationship and their sexuality.

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • illness
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • scientific beliefs and practices
    • Sexual orientation
    • social beliefs and practices
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    Thomas Ziegler and Emily Feit
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    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
    SFB000394
    Joyce Hayes and Tanene Allison
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    Joyce Hayes and Tanene Allison
    Frank Kingman
    July 5, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Joyce Hayes, 64, talks with her friend Tanene, 28, about growing up in Chicago and her involvement with social work, education and politics.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chicago IL
    • college
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • John F. Kennedy
    • Mayor Richard Daley (Chicago)
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    MBX005185
    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
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    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
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    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
    SCK000367
    E.J. Christiansen and Kim Spelts
    27:40
    E.J. Christiansen and Kim Spelts
    No Facilitator
    December 1, 2006 StoryKit

    • Childhood Games
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SCK000660
    Gerda Miele, Kathrina Proscia, and Joanne Abbate
    41:31
    Gerda Miele, Kathrina Proscia, and Joanne Abbate
    No Facilitator
    May 11, 2007 StoryKit

    • birth of first child
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Spouse
    NYD000005
    Rosann Sinti and Rosamund  Looney
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    Rosann Sinti and Rosamund Looney
    John White
    July 15, 2009 New York Door-To-Door

    Rosann Sinti is interview by Rosamund Looney about growing up in Soho as a child, her family’s ethnic. background, work, and her son and daughter.

    • Appearance
    • Broome Street
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Greenwich Village
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New York city
    • Paper Box Factory
    • personal experiences
    • push cart vendors
    • Salesmen
    • scientific beliefs and practices
    • street patterns
    • Thompson Street
    GCT002473
    Rita Casteline and Michele R. Wells
    01:15:06
    Rita Casteline and Michele R. Wells
    cbancroft
    January 22, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Rita (85) was interviewed by her granddaughter Michele (29) about her childhood in New Jersey, her marriage, and her advice for her grandchildren.

    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of growing up
    • Paterson, NJ;
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    SFB000732
    Christina Montgomery and Eloise Melzer
    01:21:43
    Christina Montgomery and Eloise Melzer
    Alex Lyon
    March 18, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Christina Mongomery (25) talks to facilitator Eloise Melzer (29) about being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 2 years ago and how it has affected her life.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • FABLED ASP
    • illness
    • Injuries
    • memories of former times
    • mental illness
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Sexual orientation
    • Spouse
    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
    GRS000672
    Sylverna Ford and Carlissa N. Graham
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    Sylverna Ford and Carlissa N. Graham
    Sarah Geis
    November 14, 2007 Griot Site-Based

    Carlissia, 21, interviews Sylverna, 57, about growing up in Virginia and Baltimore during the Civil Rights Movement, her interest in libraries, becoming Dean of Libraries at the University of Memphis, and the problems facing African Americans today.

    • African American voting
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Baltimore, MD
    • Black panthers
    • Church
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dean of Libraries
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assasination
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Farmville, VA
    • historical events/people
    • Integration
    SFB000470
    Patrick Donohew and R. Lena Richardson
    01:20:27
    Patrick Donohew and R. Lena Richardson
    Frank Kingman
    August 23, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Patrick Donohew, 43, talks with facilitator R. Lena Richardson, 33, about his friend, Jane Bresnick, who recently passed away. Patrick and Jane were lovers of StoryCorps and had planned to come for an interview together before her death.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bard College
    • Bay Area Young Survivors (cancer support group)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • Dancing
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • Jane Bresnick
    • Jefferson Elementary School, San Francisco
    • memories of former times
    • Mission District, San Francisco
    • New York city
    • personal experiences
    LMN001459
    Martin Blank and Jairo Alcantara
    01:17:50
    Martin Blank and Jairo Alcantara
    cscott
    April 17, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Martin Blank (72) is interviewed by his friend Jairo Alcantara (17). Martin discusses with Jairo the vast differences between being homosexual when he was young and being homosexual now.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Coming Out
    • Commitment
    • Community support
    • Denial
    • dysfunctional families
    • family feuds
    • Family Traditions
    • fantasies
    • flamboyance
    • gay high schools
    • Gay Relationships
    • Homosexuality
    • Influential People
    MBX001432
    Richard B Stone, Deborah Poznansky, and Nancy Stone Pozanansky
    01:16:00
    Richard B Stone, Deborah Poznansky, and Nancy Stone Pozanansky
    Nadja Middleton
    May 28, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    The family talks about their father/ grandfather/ great grandfather who is nearly 100 years old.

    • Aliyah (Israel)
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Courtesy
    • Creativity
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • employee loyalty
    • family hotel
    • Family reunions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • Miami
    • Money
    • Mottos
    • personal experiences
    MBX005856
    Richard Brinn and Andrea Brinn Wolfe
    38:55
    Richard Brinn and Andrea Brinn Wolfe
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 26, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Richard Brian, 63, by his daughter, Andrea Brinn Wolfe, 33, about being an artist and a father.

    • Art Cislo
    • Art teacher
    • Artist
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Colors
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • figure drawing
    • memories of growing up
    • Michigan Gallery
    • personal experiences
    GCT003419
    Jim Curtis and Anna Zolner
    01:20:45
    Jim Curtis and Anna Zolner
    awright
    December 9, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    daughter interviews her father about his life

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • father’s store
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Proposing
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Wishes for daughter
    • wishes for grandchildren
    MBX006240
    William  Silva and Laylah Silva
    31:49
    William Silva and Laylah Silva
    Virginia Lora
    January 17, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    William Silva, 63, and his daughter, Laylah Silva, 38 talk about William’s life growing up coming back an d forth from Cuba to the United States, and their unconventional family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Black
    • Bohemian
    • bottle cap
    • chapita
    • Childhood Games
    • Church
    • clb house
    • Cuavitas
    • Cuba
    • family members in history
    • Fidel Castro
    • Fights
    • first impression of America
    • France
    MBY001294
    Adrienne Ruby and Andrew Lewis
    43:28
    Adrienne Ruby and Andrew Lewis
    Emily Janssen
    March 30, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A 41-year old man interviews his 63 year-old friend and vetrinarian about her work on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations and also tells the story of how they met.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • City dogs versus Reservation Dogs
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family trips and excursions
    • Kiva Dances
    • Life on the Reservation
    • Money
    • near-death experiences
    • personal experiences
    • Road condiitions
    • street patterns
    • vegetables
    • Vetrinarian Stories
    • work space, hardhat, etc. decorations
    MBX005341
    Bernard Gersten and Anne  Cattaneo
    01:22:55
    Bernard Gersten and Anne Cattaneo
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    May 20, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bernard Gersten, 86, by his friend and colleague, Anne Cattaneo, 56, about the Lincoln Center Theater.

    • Actors
    • American Shakespeare Festival
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Arthur Miller
    • Audience
    • Coast of Utopia
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Colleagues
    • composers
    • Dan Sullivan
    • Dancing
    • directors
    • dressing rooms
    • Friendship
    • Henry IV
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