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    LMN000377
    Marion Kaslon, Karen Schlam, and Terri Gilbert
    00:00
    Marion Kaslon, Karen Schlam, and Terri Gilbert
    Brianna Hyneman
    June 29, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Marion Kaslon talks to her daughters, Karen Schlam and Terri Gilbert, about her family history in Brooklyn, her father’s business savvy and meeting and marrying their father.

    • Austria
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Business School
    • Childhood Games
    • clubbing/bars
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • dry goods store
    • E. Side Drive
    • Ellis Island
    • family characters
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • FDR Drive
    GRB000832
    Emma Lou Dailey and Claire Stallworth
    01:30:41
    Emma Lou Dailey and Claire Stallworth
    Naomi Greene
    February 1, 2008 Griot Booth

    Claire interviews Emma Lou about growing up in Chestnut, Alabama. Emma Lou remembers from childhood about her mother, great-grandmother and her brother, Jim.

    • Amazing Grace
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Blind Man Savage
    • Chestnut, Alabama
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Jeffery Montgomery
    • Jim Montgomery
    • Lucinda Montgomery Stallworth
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Out house
    MBY004593
    Stephen Arends, Bonnie Arends, and Randal Arends
    42:21
    Stephen Arends, Bonnie Arends, and Randal Arends
    Alex Kelly
    October 12, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Bonnie Arends, Stephen Arends and Randal Arends talks about the car accident that killed Stephen’s twin brother, Greg, and left Stephen with a traumatic brain injury after being in a coma for 6 months.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • building
    • Camping
    • car accident
    • Childhood Games
    • Coma
    • Empty nest
    • family trips and excursions
    • Golfing
    • healing
    • hospital
    • Injuries
    • memories of growing up
    MBX000680
    Allyson Jones and Malvin Jones
    01:15:14
    Allyson Jones and Malvin Jones
    Nick Yulman
    October 15, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Melvin interviews his wife Allyson about growing up in Washington D.C. and their life together.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    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
    SFB000631
    John Manassero and Jeff Manassero
    01:07:33
    John Manassero and Jeff Manassero
    Lena Richardson
    December 27, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Jeff Manassero, 24, interviews his father, John Michael Manassero, 63, about his life.

    • birth of first child
    • black lung
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Ditch
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • gold mines
    • Lodi, California
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Parochial school
    • personal experiences
    • race in Lodi, California
    NPL000401
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    01:16:47
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    Kate Wingate
    July 30, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Boxing
    • Childhood Games
    • Circus
    • Clinton, MI
    • clubbing/bars
    • De Molay
    • Deleon, TX
    • Edwin Bledsoe Keyes
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MBX006824
    Cesar Mejía Grados, Mercedes Mejía, and Katherinne Sardena
    35:23
    Cesar Mejía Grados, Mercedes Mejía, and Katherinne Sardena
    Jorge Rios
    June 18, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Cesar Mejía, 80, y su esposa Mercedes Mejía, 75, le cuentan a su hija Katherinne Sardena, 32, acerca de sus vidas en el Perú y su amor por la música y el baile peruanos. [Cesar Mejía, 80, and his wife...

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Cesarean
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • cultural beliefs
    • Dancing
    • Death of a parent
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    MBY003117
    Merril (Mutt) Murray and Samuel D. Schropp
    39:18
    Merril (Mutt) Murray and Samuel D. Schropp
    Daniel Littlewood
    August 17, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mutt Murray talks to his neighbor Sam Schropp about growing up with horses, farming with his family, and learning to fly small planes.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cache Valley, Utah
    • Childhood Games
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • drilling
    • family trips and excursions
    • horse riding
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • milk factory
    • mutt and jeff
    • Olaf Nelson
    • paved roads
    • peaches
    • Richmond, Utah
    MBY004963
    Milena Muzquiz and Stephanie Taylor
    37:58
    Milena Muzquiz and Stephanie Taylor
    Nina Porzucki
    January 29, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Milena Muzquiz (31) is interviewed by her friend, Stephanie Taylor (37) about growing up and her move to the U.S. from Tijuana when she was in elementary school.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Art School
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • fresas
    • Influential People
    • Injuries
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mexico
    MBX002993
    Anne Hamik and Kevin Montgomery
    36:55
    Anne Hamik and Kevin Montgomery
    Naomi Greene
    August 25, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kevin interviews his girlfriend, Anne, about her childhood and how her parents influenced her career and sociopolitical beliefs.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Colorado Springs
    • falconry
    • family doctor stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • match.com
    • Medicine
    • memories of growing up
    • Morgan Berthrong
    • personal experiences
    • Ranching
    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
    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
    MBY001258
    Charley Spining and Anne Doyle
    41:42
    Charley Spining and Anne Doyle
    pkochhar
    March 23, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Friend interviews Charley about being the piano player at a favorite hangout in Flagstaff, and about his childhood growing up in a town near the Navajo reservation, called Ganado, in Arizona.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • lodges
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBY007844
    Cherilyn Evans and Daniel Littlewood
    24:59
    Cherilyn Evans and Daniel Littlewood
    ecohen
    May 14, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Cherilyn Evans (63) tells facilitator Daniel Littlewood (32) about how she moved from Los Angeles to Ukiah, California.

    • Aaron Imani Thomas
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Big Sur, California
    • changing demographics
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community theatre
    • continuation high schools
    • Crenshaw High School
    • Echo Park, Los Angeles
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hitchhiking
    • job interviews
    MBX004737
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    01:18:24
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    Nina Porzucki
    December 20, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.

    • 500 Club
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • army photographer
    • birth of first child
    • Boot Lake
    • Bridge Club
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas code
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Davenport, IA
    • dying
    • economic beliefs and practices
    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
    MBX000940
    Antony Markantonatos and Antoinette Radice
    01:15:08
    Antony Markantonatos and Antoinette Radice
    mtivnan
    January 12, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cape town
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dolphins
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    • South Africa
    • Spouse
    MBY003888
    Virginia McConnaha Kranz, Lisa Kranz Meuser, and Dave Kranz
    40:14
    Virginia McConnaha Kranz, Lisa Kranz Meuser, and Dave Kranz
    Sarah Geis
    April 20, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lisa, 44, and Dave, 52, interview Virginia, 80, about growing up on a farm in Illinois and meeting her husband, Dick.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Blanche McConnaha
    • Bob Freitas
    • California
    • Catholic conversions
    • Champaign News Gazette, IL
    • Chicago, IL
    • Childhood Games
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Driving
    • Eastern Illinois Teacher’s College
    • Edith McConnaha Hohn
    • Ethel McConnaha Fell
    • family members in history
    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
    dtd000149
    Davin Garcia, Dylan Garcia, Deborah Garcia, and Maddy Nussbaum
    54:47
    Davin Garcia, Dylan Garcia, Deborah Garcia, and Maddy Nussbaum
    jrandolph
    December 1, 2006 Door-To-Door (2006-2007)

    Two brothers, ages 9 and 13, remember their father who died on 9-11-01

    • 9-11-01
    • Blindness
    • Camping
    • Childhood Games
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • New York city
    • personal experiences
    • repair
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    SFB000519
    David Goldman Gabriner and Eileen Goldman
    01:19:01
    David Goldman Gabriner and Eileen Goldman
    Sarah Geis
    October 1, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Eileen, 63, interviews her son David, 28, about his work as a firefighter, his relationship with his family, and his values.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bicycle making
    • Callings
    • Childhood Games
    • CityYear
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Daniel Gabriner
    • Dignity
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    SCK001846
    Christine Larson and Alexandra Larson
    00:00
    Christine Larson and Alexandra Larson
    December 9, 2009 StoryKit

    • Childhood Games
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    MBX000249
    Sue Shellenbarger and Dan Shellenbarger
    00:00
    Sue Shellenbarger and Dan Shellenbarger
    cbancroft
    July 7, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Dan Shellenbarger interviews his mother, Sue, about her activist work.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    LMN001676
    Edward White, Evan White, and Rosina Conforti
    45:34
    Edward White, Evan White, and Rosina Conforti
    Cecilia Agudelo
    August 28, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Evan and Rosina Interview Edward White to know a little bit more about his background

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
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