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    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
    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
    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
    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
    sck001263
    Rose Eleanor  Schultz, Anne Marie Weitzel, and Martha Rose Martone
    00:00
    Rose Eleanor Schultz, Anne Marie Weitzel, and Martha Rose Martone
    September 30, 2008 StoryKit

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    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)
    • Camp Fire USA (2008)
    • 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
    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
    GCT004848
    Sidonia L. Singer and Abraham Singer
    38:11
    Sidonia L. Singer and Abraham Singer
    Toccarra Thomas
    March 22, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Sidonia L. Singer talks with grandson, Abraham Singer, about her experience growing up in Czechoslovakia, during the time of Hitler’s extermination of the Jews.

    • Alex
    • Auschwitz
    • Columbia
    • Czechoslovakia
    • Dachau (Division #11)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Hebrew
    • historical events/people
    • Hungarian
    • memories of growing up
    • Nazi German Concentration Camp
    • Olga
    • Rabbi
    • Spouse
    • Sukah
    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
    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
    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
    LMN001224
    Marian (Mitzi) Faye, Elliott Faye, and Poppy Gordon
    45:35
    Marian (Mitzi) Faye, Elliott Faye, and Poppy Gordon
    Daniel Littlewood
    February 17, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mitzi (84) and Elliott Faye (83) talk to their granddaughter Poppy Gordon (29) about their family background. They then tell stories about their times living in Europe.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Daimler-Benz
    • dry cleaning
    • europe
    • expat
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • fig tree
    • Germany
    • GI Bill
    • goat milk
    • Israel
    • Jaguar
    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
    SPP000845
    Wilfred Bank and Myrna Gardner
    38:57
    Wilfred Bank and Myrna Gardner
    shaas
    October 1, 2004 Sound Portraits Productions

    World War II stories; story of falling in love with wife at first sight.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family characters
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    • Spouse
    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
    ATL000211
    Jesse McNulty and Tommy
    39:11
    Jesse McNulty and Tommy
    aknight
    February 25, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Sir Jesse, 42, is interviewed by his dear friend Tommy, 27, about his life, interests and activism.

    • Appearance
    • Atlanta Individual Outreach (2010)
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Sexual orientation
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBY007763
    Margo Frank and Lily Caravello
    40:28
    Margo Frank and Lily Caravello
    ecohen
    April 28, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margo Frank (63) tells her daughter Lily Caravello (33) about finding out that she had an older sister.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Date rape
    • Dayton, Ohio
    • family feuds
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • homes for unwed mothers
    • Jewish identity
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Pregnancy
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    MBY003310
    Margie Gomez and Tammy Gomez
    40:43
    Margie Gomez and Tammy Gomez
    hmarshall
    October 8, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Tammy Gomez interviews her mother Margie Gomez young life and her life now.

    • birth of first child
    • caregiving
    • Concerts
    • Cotton
    • Dancing
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite brother
    • Fort Worth, TX
    • halloween costume
    • illness
    • large family
    • lullabies
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    ATL000501
    Benjamin Carr and Jo Anne Patterson
    38:07
    Benjamin Carr and Jo Anne Patterson
    aknight
    September 30, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Benjamin Carr, 34, talks with his mother Jo Anne Patterson, 61, about his having cerebral palsy, how she and her ex husband managed to raise him so well, and the challenges they both face with disabilities

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Cerebral palsy
    • community worthies
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • Hearing loss
    • high I.Q.
    • illness
    • Injuries
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY005898
    Barbara Sinnett, Dan Sinnett, and Ralph Sinnett
    38:45
    Barbara Sinnett, Dan Sinnett, and Ralph Sinnett
    whenry-lester
    October 28, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Ralph interviews his brother, Dan, and sister, Barbara, about their memories from childhood of their parents and grandparents.

    • Adeline Mueller
    • Bingo
    • birth of first child
    • Chevrolet
    • Chicken
    • Childhood Games
    • Daniel Joseph Sinnett Sr.
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • Fried Chicken
    • Kansas
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Porter Wagner
    MBX005978
    Zand Bakhtiari and Rosemary Bakhtiari
    40:24
    Zand Bakhtiari and Rosemary Bakhtiari
    Anna Walters
    October 25, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Zand Bakhtiari (18) and his mother, Rosemary Bakhtiari (50), remember Rosemary’s father, Frank Firek, by recounting their favorite stories from his life.

    • asbestos
    • cemetery traditions
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • Eastern Europe
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • Family Stories
    • Family Traditions
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • Norfolk
    • Notre Dame
    • Pennsylvania
    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
    GCT004051
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    01:36:26
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    Nzingha Garner
    July 15, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Shelley and her daugher, Jessica had a conversation about Shelley’s life growing up in Coney Island in an extended family and close neighborhood.

    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Dancing
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family feuds
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
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