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    MBX004731
    Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
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    Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
    Nina Porzucki
    December 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Rosa Rio, 106, is interviewed by her friend, Tara Schroeder, 45.

    • 802 Union
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • card parties
    • cbs
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cole Porter
    • community worthies
    • Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Feminism
    • historical events/people
    • Hollywood
    • Influential People
    • Mary Martin
    • memories of former times
    MBX004727
    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
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    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
    MBX002168
    Doris Smith and Vanessa Gibson
    00:00
    Doris Smith and Vanessa Gibson
    awright
    January 13, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Vanessa Gibson interviews her mother, Doris, about her life growing up and intergration in Mississippi.

    • changing values
    • childrens’ connection with the past
    • desegregating drugstores
    • intergration of schools
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • NAACP
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBY000536
    Frank Hanawalt, Kathy Hanawalt, and Bill Hanawalt
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    Frank Hanawalt, Kathy Hanawalt, and Bill Hanawalt
    skramer
    September 18, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    25 year old woman and her husband interview her grandfather-in-law about his heart for social justice.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Garfield High school
    • historical events/people
    • Japanese Americans internment camp
    • Letters
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • Seabeck
    • Seattle, Washington
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Social justice
    • Spouse
    MBY000378
    Jen Holmes, Pam Watts, and Renee JV McGrath
    00:00
    Jen Holmes, Pam Watts, and Renee JV McGrath
    jangelos
    August 17, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    young mother interviews two other young mothers about becoming and being mothers

    • baby
    • balancing desires
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Compassion
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dairy farm
    • everyone has a mother
    • follow your gut
    • good in the world
    • learning patience
    • life lessons
    • live intuitively
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY000346
    Marylyn Weeks and Joan Mattelin
    00:00
    Marylyn Weeks and Joan Mattelin
    agoldman
    August 10, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A grandmother tells her granddaughter about growing up and her married life.

    • bar tender
    • buggy on roof
    • Business Owner
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • Great Depression stories
    • Independence day
    • John Deere
    • Masonic lodge
    • Telephone operator
    MBY000194
    Dennis Johnson and Ann Osmond
    00:00
    Dennis Johnson and Ann Osmond
    agoldman
    July 3, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Dennis talked about his work as minister, which he deeply enjoyed, as well as about his family.

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • Family Traditions
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • Marriage Proposal
    • memories of growing up
    • ministry
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    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
    MBX005186
    Dorothy Jean Gantt and Jonathan Andrew Gantt Gach
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    Dorothy Jean Gantt and Jonathan Andrew Gantt Gach
    Mitra Bonshahi
    April 19, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Jonathan (22) interviews his grandmother, Dorothy (90), about growing up in Asheville, the boarding house her mother had, and the boyfriends she had as a young girl.

    • Aheville
    • Boarding house
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • demerits
    • Dress maker
    • Florida
    • half-siblings
    • ice cream
    • Independence day
    • memories of growing up
    • millinery
    • Orange Street School
    • personal experiences
    • piano
    • scarlet fever
    SCK001846
    Christine Larson and Alexandra Larson
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    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
    LMN001184
    Mary Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson
    00:00
    Mary Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson
    Nzingha Garner
    February 7, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mary Stevenson, 63, was interviewed by her daughter, Elizabeth Stevenson, 27, about her life.

    • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn Bridge
    • college
    • Family Traditions
    • Feminism
    • Grace Julien, Marsha Hertzberg Schoenfeld, pat Rosenthal Cantor Mann, Karen Bluestone, Bruce Cohen, Barry Bluestone
    • John Foster Stevenson
    • Kosher speakeasy
    • memories of growing up
    • Pants
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Schmaltz family, Julia Schmaltz
    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
    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
    MBX000132
    David D. Wooldridge and Jennifer E. Cumby
    00:00
    David D. Wooldridge and Jennifer E. Cumby
    bmyers
    June 9, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David and Jennifer recall memories of being together.

    • birth of first child
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SCK000165
    Linda Frontera and Kari Frontera
    00:00
    Linda Frontera and Kari Frontera
    No Facilitator
    November 27, 2005 StoryKit

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family feuds
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • illness
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    MBY004804
    Lois Harvey Gatchell and Laurie Gatchell Green
    00:00
    Lois Harvey Gatchell and Laurie Gatchell Green
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    November 28, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lois tells stories about growing up in South Dakota, studying journalism and her many carriers throughout her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Aunt Kitty
    • blind date
    • college
    • Community Relations Commissions of Tulsa
    • Deacon
    • Defense Department
    • Democrat
    • democratic national convention
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • high jumping
    • Journalism
    • Kennedy Foundation
    • Letter writing
    MBX004642
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
    00:00
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
    whenry-lester
    November 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Roz interviews her parents for their 50th wedding anniversary and tells them things the family has said about them.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • Father’s Day
    • gift
    • Grandkids
    • Gymnastics
    • Honeymoon
    MBY000852
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
    00:00
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
    kdimattia
    November 27, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Woman talks about her life in India and coming to America

    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SCK000060
    Mary Hillix and David Reinfurt
    00:00
    Mary Hillix and David Reinfurt
    No Facilitator
    October 27, 2005 StoryKit

    • college
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • family supernatural legends
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SFB000413
    Elizabeth Tilles, Susan Goldstein, and Rebecca Tilles
    00:00
    Elizabeth Tilles, Susan Goldstein, and Rebecca Tilles
    Alex Lyon
    July 16, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Elizabeth Tilles (89) talks to her granddaughter Rebecca Tilles (21) and friend Susan Goldstein (66) about her life growing up in Germany and working as a nurse during World War II.

    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • England
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family trips and excursions
    • grandfather stories
    • hospital stories
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • school songs
    • The Holocaust
    SFB000397
    Victor Herbert and Susan Goldstein
    00:00
    Victor Herbert and Susan Goldstein
    Lena Richardson
    July 5, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Susan Goldstein (66) interviews her partner, Victor Herbert (82), about his unconventional life living around the world and then settling down in Berkeley in their relationship.

    • Berkeley
    • college
    • EST workshops
    • europe
    • India
    • intimacy workshop
    • mediation
    • mediator
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mutual funds
    • Optimism
    • P
    • Paris
    • personal experiences
    LMN000551
    Gene  Krasa and E.B. Kelly
    01:22:40
    Gene Krasa and E.B. Kelly
    Jalylah Burrell
    August 17, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Gene Luka Krasa, 89, is interviewed by her granddaughter E.B. Kelly, 27 about her early life, the holocaust and her marriage to Karel Krasa

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Concentration Camp
    • Czechoslovakia
    • family members in history
    • Germany
    • Gross-Rosen
    • Hempstead
    • historical events/people
    • holocaust
    • Hotel Europa
    • Influential People
    • Jewish
    • Laurence Steinhardt
    • memories of former times
    NPL000337
    Mike Pigott, Mark McNeely, Katy Varney, and Keith Miles
    01:01:17
    Mike Pigott, Mark McNeely, Katy Varney, and Keith Miles
    Kate Wingate
    June 11, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    These 6 business partners came to the booth to tell the story of the beginning, growth, and success of their company, McNeely, Pigott, and Fox.

    • Al Gore
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • cocktail napkin
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community worthies
    • company retreats
    • competitiveness
    • consensus decision making
    • Country Music Hall of Fame
    • Downtown Arena, Nashville
    • Government
    • Governor Phil Bredesen
    • Journalism
    • Karaoke
    MBY007119
    Judith Blake and Caroline Denham
    01:24:33
    Judith Blake and Caroline Denham
    Jackie Sojico
    October 30, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Caroline Denham (25) and her mother Judith Blake (65) have a conversation about Caroline’s childhood and Judith’s parenting choices.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bob Dylan
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Norman, Oklahoma
    • Parenting
    • personal experiences
    • ritual foods
    • social beliefs and practices
    • song composing
    • Spouse
    • Woody Guthrie
    ATL000235
    Charles Warner and Julie Miccichi
    37:48
    Charles Warner and Julie Miccichi
    aknight
    March 11, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Julie Miccichi, 40, interviews her father Charles “Bob” Warner, 79, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • carving
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • making furniture
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Uncle Jim
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