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    SFB000862
    Albert Lozano and Catalina Lozano
    01:16:24
    Albert Lozano and Catalina Lozano
    Frank Kingman
    June 20, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Albert H. Lozano, 84, talks with his daughter Catalina Lozano, 58, about growing up in Mexico, his immigration to the US, his family and his varied careers.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Bullfighting
    • Chihuahua, Mexico
    • Ciúdad Juárez, México
    • Cliff House Restaurant, San Francisco
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • disc jockeys
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    MBX004107
    John  Loder and Kathryn Neaverth
    01:21:51
    John Loder and Kathryn Neaverth
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 25, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathryn Neaverth interviews her father John Loder about her childhood, their friendship and challenges and their hope for each other and their familiy’s future.

    • 1964 Bell Air
    • Accidents
    • ADD
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Arrest
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo
    • car-accidents
    • Chili
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • copy-editor
    • crime
    • Drugs
    • drunk-driving
    • Ducks
    MBX004289
    Ruth Enders and Erin Chrusciel
    01:13:25
    Ruth Enders and Erin Chrusciel
    Jeremy Helton
    September 4, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ruth Enders talks with her granddaughter, Erin Chrusciel, about how she raised nine children and what life as a military wife is like.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • BB gun
    • beaver claws
    • Bernie
    • birth of first child
    • Bob
    • bobcat
    • bubblers
    • Carl
    • Carol
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Doodles
    • Eggplants
    MBY004996
    Marion McClatchy and Susan McClatchy
    41:26
    Marion McClatchy and Susan McClatchy
    Nina Porzucki
    February 5, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marion McClatchy (78) is interviewed by her daughter Susan McClatchy (44) about growing up in Bogota, Colombia.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bogota, Colombia
    • British Diplomat
    • British Empire
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBY008174
    Lois Madison and Brian Madison
    41:10
    Lois Madison and Brian Madison
    Erin Dickey
    August 12, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Brian Madison (55) interviews his mother Lois Madison (82). LM talks about her grandparents and her family, moving to Vancouver during WWII, and meeting her husband. She also talks about her life with her husband Oscar.

    • Akron, OH
    • birth of first child
    • china doll
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Vancouver
    • Victory Garden
    MBY000267
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    40:03
    Winnie Woodmansee and Fran Joersz
    agoldman
    July 22, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A mother and daughter talk about family history.

    • alcoholics anonymous
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • colon cancer and diabetes
    • ectopic pregnancy
    • Elope
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • illness
    • illness support groups
    • Influential People
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    GCT004804
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    37:07
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    Steven Thrasher
    March 8, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    John Lauer, Jr. interviews his father John “Jack” Lauer, Sr. about growing up in a coal town in PA and about how he met his mother.

    • 45 degree Fllen
    • apprenticeships
    • Ashland, PA
    • Beer
    • breast weighing contest
    • breasts
    • Briser Fullen
    • Buzzer Graber
    • Coal
    • community worthies
    • death of mother
    • Dopey Umlauf
    • DuPont
    • Empire State Building
    • English
    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    45:00
    Susan Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    Eloise Melzer
    July 21, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

    • 1950s
    • 1970s
    • Abe Diamond
    • adaptations
    • Admiration
    • American holidays
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • aphorisms
    • Appearance
    • Appreciation
    • Bad memories
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • celebrating heritage
    • close-knit families
    MBY002737
    Irene Severin and Lance Purdy
    38:47
    Irene Severin and Lance Purdy
    Lena Richardson
    May 12, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Nephew interviews aunt about her life growing up in the Ozarks and in Nebraska as well as family stories.

    • birth of first child
    • Dating
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • hill people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Ozarks
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBY006037
    Etelvina Hernandez, Monica Garcia, and Maribel Barrera
    40:28
    Etelvina Hernandez, Monica Garcia, and Maribel Barrera
    Nina Porzucki
    December 10, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Etelvina Hernandez (81) is interviewed by her daughters, Monica García (47) and Maribel Barrera (45) about her childhood in México, her life in the U.S. and her job with Mary Kay Cosmetics.

    • Abuela
    • almuerzo
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bigote
    • Buñuelos
    • Christmas Traditions
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cookies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • dancing with Mary Kay
    • Director of Mary Kay
    • el rancho
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    SFB000696
    Erica Hymen and Adamn Arenstein
    00:00
    Erica Hymen and Adamn Arenstein
    Alex Lyon
    February 18, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Erica Hymen (29) and her husband Adam Arenstein (28) talk about their relationship, how they met and what the future holds.

    • Appearance
    • Babies
    • birth of first child
    • Challenges
    • Chicago
    • Cinquaterra
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite pictures
    • fond memories
    • Grateful
    MBX004727
    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
    00:00
    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
    Nina Porzucki
    December 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Violet Hittle, 97, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Doreen Myers,50.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Bowling
    • card parties
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • German
    • Germany
    • Lifesavers
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    wtc000266
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    00:00
    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
    MBY004268
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    39:23
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    Sasha Rodriguez
    July 28, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Serena Stickney interviews Russell Dale, reunited after twenty years. They talk about who they were in the third grade, who they are now, and what they want to be in the future.

    • Alamosa
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Facebook
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mexico
    • Orphanage
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    DDD000405
    Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
    02:08:43
    Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
    Carolina Correa
    July 23, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit D

    Jesse Lomelí (66) and his sister Marta Lomelí (57) talk about when their family came to the United States from Mexico, the cultural difference at home and at school.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • August 11th 1954
    • Book
    • coach
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • English as a second language
    • ESl
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • father
    MBX003926
    Bruce Ferguson and Miriam (Mimie) Pacheco
    41:17
    Bruce Ferguson and Miriam (Mimie) Pacheco
    Michelle Swinehart
    May 30, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bruce Ferguson talks with his daughter, Mimie Pacheco about his love of history, farming, and serving in a public service office for over 20 years.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Boon County, Kentucky
    • Chicken, Cows, Pigs
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • County Judge Executive
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Lineage
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MBX006278
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    38:12
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 25, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ivette de Pool (37) interviews father Pedro de Pool (64) about family heritage and about his experience as an actor and announcer in Cuba and in the U.S.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • announcer
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • baritone
    • birth of first child
    • Black
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Commercial
    • Communism
    • communismo
    • Cuba
    • Curacao
    • de Pool

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