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    SPP000116
    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
    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
    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
    LMN001162
    Judith Andrews and Sarah Aucoin
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    Judith Andrews and Sarah Aucoin
    Nzingha Garner
    January 31, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Judith Andrews, 61, was interviewed by her daughter, Sarah Aucoin, 39, about Judith’s grandparents, parents and her relationship and connection to them.

    • Accidents
    • birth of first child
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Lutheran
    • Marshall Fields
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • milner
    • Minister
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • Viet Nam War
    GCT002403
    Curtis S. Reis and Kyle Reis
    01:19:05
    Curtis S. Reis and Kyle Reis
    nsimon
    December 28, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Curtis (71) talks to his son Kyle (42) about his views on civic and social responsibility

    • civic responsibility
    • college
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    SCK000367
    E.J. Christiansen and Kim Spelts
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    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
    MBY007763
    Margo Frank and Lily Caravello
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    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
    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
    MBX002021
    Alice Rapallo and Mark Alice Durant
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    Alice Rapallo and Mark Alice Durant
    Maddy Nussbaum
    October 26, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Alice Rapallo talks about living in Boston, raising kids, and being married to an alcoholic.

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Marines
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • prohibition
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Roosevelt
    • 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
    MBY002937
    Clarice M. Richardson and Kathryn (Katie) Clemons
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    Clarice M. Richardson and Kathryn (Katie) Clemons
    Mitra Bonshahi
    July 5, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Kathryn interviews her grandmother, Clarice, about moving to Butte, Montana, having ten children, and her husband, George, who had Alzheimer’s.

    • Alzheimer’s Disease
    • butte
    • Church
    • college
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • general custer
    • grocery shopping
    • illness
    • memories of growing up
    • mineral and gem club
    • Montana
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    GRS000672
    Sylverna Ford and Carlissa N. Graham
    38:50
    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
    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
    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
    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
    GCT001588
    Frank Vincent Iudica, Lucia Maria Affi Iudica, Carla Iudica-Souza, and Paula Iudica-Costa
    01:23:11
    Frank Vincent Iudica, Lucia Maria Affi Iudica, Carla Iudica-Souza, and Paula Iudica-Costa
    jangelos
    June 11, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Duaghters Interview Father and Mother for Father’s Birthday

    • Accidents
    • Appreciation for America and opportunity
    • baby pictures
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Dutch
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Economic Difficulty of Raising a family
    • Falling off a cliff
    • family characters
    • Family Traditions
    • Immigration from Holland
    • Immigration from Sicily
    • Italian
    • 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
    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
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