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    MBY006073
    Amelia Vara, Mary  Hernandez, and Dawn Leal
    38:01
    Amelia Vara, Mary Hernandez, and Dawn Leal
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    December 18, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Amelia Alice Vara (87) talks with daughter Mary Hernandez (65) and granddaughter Dawn Leal (37) about her service to her community.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Catholic Daughters
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Denver Harbor Civic Club
    • Denver Harbor Garden Club
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hidalgo Park
    • illness
    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
    DDB000642
    Yvette Benjamin and Linda Degutis
    44:49
    Yvette Benjamin and Linda Degutis
    Rose Gorman
    November 8, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Yvette J. Benjamin (62) tells her friend, Dr. Linda Degutis (55), of her career path in medicine and describes her life in semi-retirement.

    • apprenticeships
    • candy striper
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Creativity
    • Fort Sam Houston
    • historical events/people
    • HIV/AIDS
    • illness
    • Institute of Medicine
    • jewelry-making
    • Kali Applegate
    • Medicine
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY007297
    Donna Lancaster and Mindy Reed
    40:11
    Donna Lancaster and Mindy Reed
    Eloise Melzer
    December 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Donna Lancaster, 78, is interviewed by friend Mindy Reed, 54. Dorothy was born without knee or hip joints and speaks about how her parents raised her to make her own choices and how she overcame the challenges she face in...

    • Acceptance
    • affirmations
    • alcoholics anonymous
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • artificial legs
    • Bob Gibson
    • born without hip joints
    • born without knee joints
    • child molesters
    • clothes
    • collective consciousness
    • college
    • Compassion
    • congenital deformities
    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
    MBY000571
    Elmore Ferris, Wesley Dreiling, and Claudia Dreiling
    41:04
    Elmore Ferris, Wesley Dreiling, and Claudia Dreiling
    jangelos
    September 25, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Grandson and daughter interview Grandfather about work, accidents, infections, and wife

    • Accidents
    • amputation
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • beach cottage
    • boiler
    • car getting stuck
    • car with dripping tar
    • Coast Guard Oiler
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • convertible
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Doctor
    • driving cross country
    • driving through the desert by moonlight
    • Electrician
    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
    MBY006855
    Theresa Lothspeich and Sylvan Loegering
    01:21:09
    Theresa Lothspeich and Sylvan Loegering
    Eloise Melzer
    August 23, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Theresa Lothspeich, 76, talks with brother Sylvan Loegering, 71, about their memories of growing up on a farm with 12 other siblings.

    • 1/4 of land
    • 14 child families
    • 50th wedding anniversaries
    • acres
    • Agnes Mikesh
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Angela Olson
    • Annette Bruns
    • Arla Whittich
    • artisan wells
    • barley farming
    • Barns
    • Benson, ND
    • butchering
    • Canning
    mby008160
    Linda Tirico and Erin Dickey
    24:41
    Linda Tirico and Erin Dickey
    Rose Kue
    August 8, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Linda Tirico (57) speaks with Erin Dickey, Facilitator, about the progress of her work life and her current unemployment. Her theme was to discuss who she is today.

    • Ageism
    • Appearance
    • Boyfriend
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • work space, hardhat, etc. decorations
    MBY004418
    Albin Dahlgren and Chad Haatvedt
    39:37
    Albin Dahlgren and Chad Haatvedt
    Alex Kelly
    September 5, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Chad Haatvedt interviews his father Albin Dahlgren about the chronology of his life.

    • A1 Radio and TV
    • Aberdeen, ND
    • Adams, ND
    • Alzheimer’s
    • appliances
    • Bankruptcy
    • billiards
    • card parties
    • Chicago
    • Chores
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Electric Science
    • Electrician
    • Fargo
    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
    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
    ATL000498
    Lucas  Church  and Emily  Kader
    34:13
    Lucas Church and Emily Kader
    libitoye
    September 25, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Emily (30) interviews her husband Lucas (31) about his life family, and memorable moments in his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Boone, North Carolina
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • fiction writer
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Spouse
    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
    DDB000028
    Anthony Pasquale and Jack Pasquale
    41:23
    Anthony Pasquale and Jack Pasquale
    Nzingha Garner
    August 2, 2007 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Anthony, who is 78, was interviewed by his son Jack who is 52. Anthony is in early stages of memory loss , but has a great memory of times past. He talked about losing his mother at a very early...

    • birth of first child
    • cemetery traditions
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    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
    MBY007460
    Carrie Gonzales and Brett Gonzales
    34:09
    Carrie Gonzales and Brett Gonzales
    Jorge Rios
    February 17, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Carrie Gonzales, 39, tells her husband Brett Gonzales, 37, about overcoming her addiction to painkillers.

    • Accidents
    • beating addiction
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Extreme Sports
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • hallucinogenics
    • ibogaine
    • illness
    • Injuries
    • marriage problems
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • Money
    • Narcotics
    MBY004574
    Michael McLees and Geri McLees
    33:48
    Michael McLees and Geri McLees
    cscott
    October 9, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Michael McLees (55) and his wife Geri McLees (52) remember the life and times of Michael’s Grandfather John who immigrated from Norway in 1912 and lived a long full life in the United States

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • bottled ships, Norway, Titanic, Bill Cosby, Woodworking, Cullom North Dakota, professional wrestling, minnesota history, outdoor sports, darkhouse fishing
    • carving
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions
    • first impression of America
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    SFB000458
    Melissa Weimer and Brian Jones
    41:31
    Melissa Weimer and Brian Jones
    Eloise Melzer
    August 13, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Brian Jones, 30, interviews his wife Melissa Weimer, 30 about her choice to become a doctor and the challenges she faces in her career.

    • academic medicine
    • Accidents
    • Ambition
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • balancing family with job
    • careers decisions
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dealing with death
    • Drive
    • hardest part of job
    • Having kids
    • healing traditions
    • Healthcare debate
    • hopes for future
    MBY006159
    James “Jim” Anderson and Alice Ferris
    40:20
    James “Jim” Anderson and Alice Ferris
    Anna Walters
    January 26, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Alice Ferris interviews her friend, Jim Anderson about Jim’s grandmother, “Grandma Daisy” and the influence she has had on his life.

    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Flagstaff, Arizona
    • illness
    • Indiana
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    MBY002564
    Larry Wright and Julia Spears
    36:45
    Larry Wright and Julia Spears
    Lena Richardson
    March 23, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Daughter interviews doctor father about his own father who was a country doctor

    • college
    • Country doctor
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family doctor stories
    • family heroes
    • Hope, Arkansas
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBY006539
    Patricio Baca and Lilly Sullivan
    39:34
    Patricio Baca and Lilly Sullivan
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    May 23, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Patricio E Baca (66) talks with facilitator Lilly Sullivan (26) about his family’s genealogy and the “Baca” name in his family.

    • Alonzo Baca
    • Ana Pacheco
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Antonchito
    • Appearance
    • Battle of the Bulge
    • Childhood Games
    • Colorado
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Elvin Court
    • Execution
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames

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