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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
    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
    GCT004736
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    53:47
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    Michelle Swinehart
    February 9, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Karen Cathers tells her kids, Nikki Pison, Justin Peone, Christina Pappalardo about her childhood growing up with Communist parents during the Cold War, marrying an older man when she was 17, and feeling determined to be a “perfect” mother for...

    • 4th Grade
    • birth of first child
    • capitalism
    • Childhood Games
    • Communism
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • May Day Parade
    • memories of former times
    MBX005470
    Pauline Curry and Christine Hemmings
    01:14:58
    Pauline Curry and Christine Hemmings
    Nina Porzucki
    June 25, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Pauline Curry (64) is interviewed by her daughter, Christine Hemmings (40) about her lifetime love of the Dolly Copp campground.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Berlin, NH
    • birth of first child
    • camp fire
    • camp songs
    • Camping
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Dolly Copp Campground
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    MBX000459
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    40:36
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    Nick Yulman
    August 24, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathy (30) interviews her mother, Nancy (61), about her childhood and raising a family.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    MBY006226
    Xavier  Sainz, Thais Saínz, and Nicole Di Rocco
    37:50
    Xavier Sainz, Thais Saínz, and Nicole Di Rocco
    Anna Walters
    February 22, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Nicole Di Rocca asks her parents about their recent family trip to Cuba and her parents’ immigration from Cuba over 40 years ago.

    • almendares
    • bay of pigs invasion
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cuban
    • Cuban Revolution
    • Cuban-American
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • exile
    • Exodus
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    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
    MBX005969
    Caroline Shapero and Don Shapero
    36:04
    Caroline Shapero and Don Shapero
    Lilly Sullivan
    October 24, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Caroline Shapero (72) tells her son Don Shapero (47) about her mother’s career as a renowned cellist, and about the life of her cello.

    • Affection
    • Ann Arbor
    • Anthony Elliott
    • Boston
    • cellist
    • Cello
    • Concert
    • concert days
    • Concerts
    • Conductor
    • conservatory
    • Duke of Edinburgh
    • europe
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MPL000190
    Bill Wade and Mary Anne Wade
    01:19:14
    Bill Wade and Mary Anne Wade
    hmarshall
    May 1, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Mary Anne and Bill Wade share the immigration stories of each of their families and stories from their trips back to the homeland.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Austria
    • Ebay
    • European travel
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • fasching
    • financial concerns
    • Ireland
    • Loyola University, Chicago
    • marital concerns
    • Michigan
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    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
    MBY005413
    Irene Prince and Gary Prince
    43:33
    Irene Prince and Gary Prince
    whenry-lester
    May 11, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Gary interviews his grandmother Irene about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Annie Irene Swain
    • B-29
    • birth of first child
    • Boeing
    • castor oil
    • Chemotherapy
    • Cupertino, CA
    • Don Prince
    • dustbowl
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • illness
    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
    DDC000821
    Camille Warzecha and Patricia Quinn
    35:33
    Camille Warzecha and Patricia Quinn
    Naomi Greene
    May 17, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit C

    Pat Quinn (63) interviews her friend, Camille Warzecha (67) about her family and how she came to live in Little Falls, MN. Camille talks about her ancestry and retells the stories of how her grandparents came to the United States.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cape May, NJ
    • college
    • doctor wars
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • John Wanamaker
    • Little Falls, MN
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New Orleans, LA
    • personal experiences
    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
    MBX005288
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    01:22:56
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    Nina Porzucki
    May 11, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.

    • affairs
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Civil Rights
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Detroit Tigers
    • Detroit, MI
    • Dunkenville, TX
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    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
    MBY003038
    Francis J. Smaka and Beth Smaka
    48:14
    Francis J. Smaka and Beth Smaka
    Daniel Littlewood
    July 24, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Frank Smaka tells his daughter Beth about leaving Poland to come to America as a kid, about his family’s history, adjusting to life in America, and how he met Beth’s mother.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • blind date
    • Coal mine
    • college
    • Ellis Island
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • Germans
    • grandson
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Pennsylvania
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