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    LMN000287
    Barry Benepe and Adrian Benepe
    47:31
    Barry Benepe and Adrian Benepe
    Daniel Littlewood
    June 5, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Barry Benepe talks to his son Adrian Benepe about growing up with a love of nature, his process of learning about art, and the Greenmarket in New York that he founded

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Benepe family
    • Castle Clinton
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Frank Lloyd Wright
    • gothic cathedral
    • Greenmarket
    • historical events/people
    SFB000801
    Ruth Levenson, Cecily Burke, and David Taussig
    01:19:55
    Ruth Levenson, Cecily Burke, and David Taussig
    Alex Lyon
    May 9, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Ruth Levenson (87) talks to her son David Taussig (60) and daughter-in-law Cecily Burke (61) about her life as a Holocaust refugee and eventually immigrating to the United States.

    • accents
    • Adolph Hitler
    • being saved
    • Boarding Houses
    • Business School
    • California
    • Childhood Games
    • Culture shock
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • fur business
    • historical events/people
    SFB000369
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    01:22:17
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    Alex Lyon
    June 18, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Francis Wong (72) talks to his wife Mary Ann Wong (62) about his life, his accomplishments and the things he is most proudest of.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • Christian
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Cruises
    • Don Graham
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    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
    MBX004119
    Georgie Walker and Sonia  Walker
    01:08:20
    Georgie Walker and Sonia Walker
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Georgie talks with her daughter Sonia Walker about growing up in Buffalo, the illnesses Georgia has suffered and the strength and perseverance they have learned as family.

    • 1943
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fort Benning, GA
    • gall bladder
    • heart trouble
    • historical events/people
    • Lutheran
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    MBX007396
    Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick
    39:34
    Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick
    Jorge Rios
    November 5, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Liane “Lee” Russell (87) talks to her friend Cindy Kendrick (53) about her life and scientific accomplishments.

    • beliefs on environment conservation
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dissertation
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • historical events/people
    • London bombing
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mutation research
    • Nazi invasion of Austria

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