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    MBY001166
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    00:00
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    pkochhar
    February 27, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    son interivews his mom about how she single-handedly raised her three sons once her husband got very ill. until then she’d always been dependent on her husband. very nice interivew.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • memories of former times
    wtc000266
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
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    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    cbancroft
    November 26, 2005 World Trade Center Booth

    Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

    • Appearance
    • Cattle ranching
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dress-ups
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mexican-American
    MBY008187
    Mardelle Brutzman and Ken Brutzman
    37:27
    Mardelle Brutzman and Ken Brutzman
    Virginia Lora
    August 15, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Ken Brutzman, 56, interviews his mother, Mardelle J. Brutzman, 77, about her life growing up in the Tri-Cities area and about her parents.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • family naming and nicknames
    • gas station
    • Kennewick
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Pasco
    • personal experiences
    • Public Utility District
    • PUD
    • Pullman
    • Railraod
    • school day memories
    MBX004578
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    01:01:48
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    Nina Porzucki
    November 9, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    James Desjardin, 83, is interviewed by his wife, Gertrude Desjardin, 77, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apollo Moon Mission
    • Apple II Computer
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Electrical Engineer
    • Excel
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fat Mac
    • Great Depression stories
    • Honeywell
    LMN002338
    Thomas Shea, Frank Shea, Eric Munson, and Kathy Shea
    01:24:09
    Thomas Shea, Frank Shea, Eric Munson, and Kathy Shea
    Daniel Littlewood
    November 12, 2010 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    The Shea siblings (Kathy Shea (52), Thomas Shea (54), and Frank Shea (48)) and Kathy’s husband Eric Munson (49) come together to talk about the two people they lost on 9/11/01, Danny Shea and Joe Shea.

    • 9/11/2001
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bond brokers
    • Bond traders
    • Cantor-Fitzgerald
    • clubbing/bars
    • college
    • Eulogy
    • expense accounts
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fat Boys
    MBY006938
    Ann Smith and Lisa Veglahn
    01:20:09
    Ann Smith and Lisa Veglahn
    Eloise Melzer
    September 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lisa McGahey Veglahn, 46, interviews her mom Ann R. Smith, 85, about growing up during the Depression as a first generation Yugoslavian-American, and about what her mom is most proud of in her life.

    • 1st grade education
    • account books
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Assimilation
    • Bethany College
    • Bisexuality
    • Bob McGahey
    • Cancer survivors
    • Cash
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • cultural heritage
    • daily affirmations
    • Dancia Radulovic
    • Dating
    MBX006997
    Marian Goldstine and Susan Goldstine
    39:12
    Marian Goldstine and Susan Goldstine
    Jorge Rios
    August 7, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Marian Goldstine, 67, talks to her daughter Susan Goldstine, 38, about her grandparents, parents, and extended family, who fled Germany during the Holocaust.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family foods
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family professions
    • forced immigration
    • historical events/people
    • Holocaust stories, Jewish concentration camps
    • Holocaust, Kristallnacht
    • memories of former times
    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
    LMN000883
    John Hsia, Sarah Hsia, and Jonathan Hsia
    01:25:06
    John Hsia, Sarah Hsia, and Jonathan Hsia
    Kevin Oliver
    November 16, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Jonathan Hsia and his sister Sarah Hsia interview their father John Hsia about their family in China and how he met their mother.

    • Appearance
    • China
    • clubbing/bars
    • college
    • Communism
    • Dancing
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • heritage
    • Interracial marriage
    • Japanese
    • memories of former times
    MBY005691
    Marie Hinton and Donna Gershten
    40:20
    Marie Hinton and Donna Gershten
    whenry-lester
    September 9, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marie tells her daughter, Donna, stories of her childhood and family in North Carolina.

    • Charleston
    • Church
    • college
    • Confederate
    • Confederate soldier
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • Epilepsy
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • House
    • illness
    • Kitchen
    MBX007807
    Barbara Altman and Jackie Sojico
    40:05
    Barbara Altman and Jackie Sojico
    Eloise Melzer
    March 9, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Facilitator Jackie Sojico, 23, interviews Barbara Altman, 67, about her father, Harold Alton Corbin.

    • 1984 Olympics
    • 4th of July
    • 50th high school reunions
    • Alma Ethel Newlin Corbin
    • Andy MacDonald
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Alan Altman
    • Blizzards
    • bounty hunting
    • cemeteries
    • Cherokee heritage
    • classical guitarists
    • cleaning barns
    • college
    • country dances
    MBY006420
    Cynthia Davis Johnson and Courtney Johnson Rome
    40:16
    Cynthia Davis Johnson and Courtney Johnson Rome
    Lilly Sullivan
    April 23, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Cynthia Davis Johnson “Cyndie” (64) and daughter Courtney Leilani Johnson Rome (32) talk about Cyndie’s mother and Cyndie’s life.

    • alcoholic
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Camping
    • career
    • City college
    • college
    • Emergency Room
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hawaii
    • housewife
    • ice-skating
    • Lady
    • McKlatchy High School
    MBX006244
    Luz Gomez and David Carter
    38:14
    Luz Gomez and David Carter
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 17, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David Carter (38) interviews spouse Luz Gomez (35) about her father, Carlos Ignacio Gomez Arriola, who died three years ago.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Basque
    • Brazil
    • CAL
    • carpet-laying business
    • carpets
    • Club
    • college
    • Colombian
    • crossing self
    • Cuban
    • diesel parts
    • European
    • export
    MBY006305
    Barbara Martinez and Renee Martinez
    37:26
    Barbara Martinez and Renee Martinez
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    March 12, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Barbara D. Martinez (76) talks with her daughter Renee Martinez (49) about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Lewistown
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • multicultural
    MBY005608
    Ara Arakelian and Lisa Forsberg
    42:17
    Ara Arakelian and Lisa Forsberg
    cscott
    June 23, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Ara Arakelian (79) is interviewed by his daughter Lisa Forsberg (29). Ara shares his experiences as a child and as a soldier in the Korean War where he won a bronze medal of valor.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Armenian language
    • bazookas
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • emergency plane landing
    • Explosions
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • flame throwers
    • flying planes
    • Influential People
    • killing enemy soldiers
    MBY006011
    Luz Burrows-Henrice, Cristina Castro, and Maria Castro Calzada
    39:59
    Luz Burrows-Henrice, Cristina Castro, and Maria Castro Calzada
    Nina Porzucki
    November 29, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Luz Burrows-Henrice (57) is interviewed by her daughters, Cristina Castro (24) and Maria Calzada (34) about coming to the United States from Chile and her career, marriage, and divorce.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • British Accent
    • college
    • Communist Chile
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • first impression of NYC
    • first impression of Texas
    • grits
    • Houston, TX
    • ice tea
    ATL000151
    Eugene  Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    40:02
    Eugene Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    aknight
    January 9, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Dale Hutchens, 53, interviews his father Eugune Hutchens, 80, about his life, his abiding interest in radio and his experiences growing up in a poor, sharecropping family

    • Alzheimers
    • amateur radio
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • Howard College
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBX007290
    John Balthrop and Sheila Michel
    36:58
    John Balthrop and Sheila Michel
    Jorge Rios
    October 15, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    John Edward Balthrop, 91, talks to his daughter Sheila Michel, 52, about his military career, his wife, and his medical career.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • being in war
    • beliefs on war
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Death of a spouse
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family poems
    • family practitioners
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • fellow soldiers
    • Great Depression stories
    MBY004635
    Curtis Williams and Mechelle Brown
    35:14
    Curtis Williams and Mechelle Brown
    Alex Kelly
    October 24, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mechelle Brown and her son Curtis Williams about what it was like for Mechelle to be the younger parent of 3 children and words of wisdom she wants to pass on.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Crying
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fighting
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Mother
    • North Tulsa
    • Parenting
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • Presents
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX001116
    Mary Hunt Patterson and Libby Egnor
    00:00
    Mary Hunt Patterson and Libby Egnor
    Nadja Middleton
    March 3, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Libby interviews her mother, Mary, about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBX007090
    Earl Elliott and C. Elliott
    36:34
    Earl Elliott and C. Elliott
    Jorge Rios
    August 28, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Earl S. Elliott, Jr., 84, talks to his grandson C. Nathan Elliott, 31, about his family history and his life.

    • academic counseling
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • graduate school
    • historical events/people
    • Money
    • Penn State University
    • personal experiences
    • Physical Education
    • railroad engine drivers
    MBX007547
    Karl Friedman and Maurice Shevin
    39:31
    Karl Friedman and Maurice Shevin
    Jackie Sojico
    January 7, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Karl Friedman (86) is interviewed by his colleague and friend Maurice Shevin (58) about his involvement in the Jewish community and Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Aunt Sid
    • Bobby Kennedy
    • Bubba Friedman
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • harrassment
    • historical events/people
    • Ku Klux Klan
    • law school
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    ATL000749
    Ted Lane and David Lane
    01:16:40
    Ted Lane and David Lane
    Amanda Plumb
    March 3, 2011 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Ted Lane (67) tells his son David Lane (47) about taking care of his siblings when he was young and making toys from things he found in the trash. He talks about meeting his wife and lying to his parents...

    • 1953 Chevy
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • city pool
    • college
    • Drive-in
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Knoxville, TN
    • Look My Heart Is An Open Book
    • math
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Mosquitos
    • Mr Bennet
    • Ms Million
    DDC000620
    Robert Kovacs and Katherine  Brook
    01:18:55
    Robert Kovacs and Katherine Brook
    Cambra Moniz-Edwards
    June 7, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit C

    Robert Kovacs (38) tells Facilitator Katie Brook (26) about his life as an ethnic Hungarian and having grown up in the US with strong cultural ties to Hungary and Romania.

    • American Association of Young Hungarians, AAYH “opens
    • college
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fidesz (Federation of Young Democrats)
    • Hungarian Boy/Girl Scouts
    • Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (HRFA), New Brunswick, NJ, Somerset, NJ, Transylvania, Romania
    • memories of growing up
    • professional Hungarian
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • University of Maryland at College Park
    GCT000818
    Joseph Resnick and Ethan Herschenfeld
    01:33:42
    Joseph Resnick and Ethan Herschenfeld
    Kayvon Bahramian
    August 18, 2004 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
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