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    SCK000165
    Linda Frontera and Kari Frontera
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    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
    MBY001166
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
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    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
    MBY000346
    Marylyn Weeks and Joan Mattelin
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    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
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    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
    MBY000852
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
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    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
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    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
    LMN001184
    Mary Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson
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    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
    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
    MBX004642
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
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    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
    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
    SFB000397
    Victor Herbert and Susan Goldstein
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    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
    SFB000035
    Valkyrie Choy and Holly Cost
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    Valkyrie Choy and Holly Cost
    Patricia Hemphill
    November 6, 2008 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Kanani Choy, 57 is interviewed by her good friend Holly Cost 53.

    • African Americans
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Asian Art Studies
    • Barack Obama
    • college
    • community colleges
    • cultural translations
    • Family Traditions
    • fine arts
    • first impression of America
    • Gambling
    • Hawaii Electric
    • Honolulu, HI
    • Las Vegas, NV
    SCK000143
    Dr. Harold J. Flom and Christina Carlson
    57:40
    Dr. Harold J. Flom and Christina Carlson
    No Facilitator
    November 17, 2005 StoryKit

    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family supernatural legends
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • New Years Day
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    GRS000434
    Winifred Y. Smith and Philip M. Smith
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    Winifred Y. Smith and Philip M. Smith
    Brianna Hyneman
    August 25, 2007 Griot Site-Based

    Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their families, their education and the Oakland of their youth.

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family doctor stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • jazz
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • News Programs
    • personal experiences
    • Spouse
    • street patterns
    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
    GRS000859
    Gwendolyn Henderson and Shirley Baxter
    47:25
    Gwendolyn Henderson and Shirley Baxter
    Michael Premo
    January 26, 2008 Griot Site-Based

    Gwendolyn Henderson remembers her life in Tuskegee

    • Appearance
    • Civil Rights
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • College life
    • college town
    • color
    • color politics
    • community worthies
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • John Kinny
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    mby012109
    Rita Dozier and Dolly Sickles
    36:18
    Rita Dozier and Dolly Sickles
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    May 5, 2014 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Rita Dozier, 66, talks with her daughter, Dolly Sickles, 41, about her childhood and raising Dolly as a single working mother.

    • army wife
    • Beattles
    • Daycare
    • friend chicken
    • Garner, NC
    • germany
    • hitch hiker
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Humor
    • Latchkey Kid
    • Laughter
    • Lipton Tea
    • Lufthansa
    • non-profit
    • Norfolk, VA
    MBX003211
    Shirley Harrison and Elaine Wright
    39:28
    Shirley Harrison and Elaine Wright
    Quentin Weld
    October 22, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Shirley Harrison and her friend BLAH BLAH talk about Shirley’s several jobs and several names.

    • birth of first child
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Lance, Pierce, Louisville, Lynn’s Paradise Cafe, Altoids, Lexington, Tommy Jean, Rhodes Scholar, Robert Penn Warren, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, ukelele, Labor Day, Hell’s Angels, Italy, Greece,
    • memories of growing up
    • motel room, funeral
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
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