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    MBY005210
    Henry  Johnson  and Suzanne Nikolaisen
    41:51
    Henry Johnson and Suzanne Nikolaisen
    Anna Walters
    March 26, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Suzanne Nikolaisen (39) interviews her father, Henry J. Johnson Jr. (82) about his career in aeronautical engineering.

    • Aeronautical engineering
    • ballistics
    • Catholic
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • hartford, connecticut
    • historical events/people
    • Irish
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • missile defense
    • northrup institute of technology
    • personal experiences
    MBY003613
    Marie Gray and Rachel Gray-Castro
    30:20
    Marie Gray and Rachel Gray-Castro
    Yuki Aizawa
    February 9, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marie tells her daughter Rachel about her parents and their strength and dedication serving their country and raising a family

    • Appearance
    • Brownsville TX
    • CCC
    • Chemotherapy
    • City Year
    • Civil Conservation Corps
    • Croatian heritage
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Granite City IL
    • illness
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mortality
    • personal experiences
    MBY005835
    Siegfried Buss and Frieda Nossaman
    37:22
    Siegfried Buss and Frieda Nossaman
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    October 12, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • German
    • Germany
    • Hirohito
    • historical events/people
    • Japan
    • Japanese Emperor
    SFB000801
    Ruth Levenson, Cecily Burke, and David Taussig
    01:19:55
    Ruth Levenson, Cecily Burke, and David Taussig
    Alex Lyon
    May 9, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Ruth Levenson (87) talks to her son David Taussig (60) and daughter-in-law Cecily Burke (61) about her life as a Holocaust refugee and eventually immigrating to the United States.

    • accents
    • Adolph Hitler
    • being saved
    • Boarding Houses
    • Business School
    • California
    • Childhood Games
    • Culture shock
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • fur business
    • historical events/people
    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

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