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    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
    MBX001931
    Clarence D'Souza and Lisa D'Souza
    37:24
    Clarence D'Souza and Lisa D'Souza
    Maddy Nussbaum
    October 1, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Clarence talks about coming to America from India.

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • first impression of America
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    SFD000017
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    01:28:55
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    Sarah Geis
    February 20, 2009 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Susan, 35, interviews her mother Caroline, 64, about growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, her work as a principal, and her family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Asian pride
    • Bock Quong Chin
    • Childhood Games
    • Chin Chum Chin
    • Chinatowns
    • Chinese Restaurants
    • Chinese school
    • Chinese-Americans
    • Christopher Yee
    • Class
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • community worthies
    grs000137
    Dorothy Henry and Lois Henry
    01:19:14
    Dorothy Henry and Lois Henry
    jrandolph
    April 20, 2007 Griot Site-Based

    Dorothy talks about growing up in Kentucky and New Jersey, and facing segregation in both.

    • Appearance
    • black colleges
    • Central Colored High School
    • college
    • Fulani
    • Lousiville, Kentucky
    • passing
    • Plainfield, New Jersey
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • slavery
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • tuskegee airmen
    • United Church of Christ
    MBX000535
    Sanela Mesic and Patrick McCarthy
    54:06
    Sanela Mesic and Patrick McCarthy
    rshankar
    September 13, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    23 year old woman interviewed by her 44 year old friend about her memories of growing up in Bosnia and moving to the U.S.

    • Appearance
    • Bosnia; War in Bosnia; Germany; Former Yugoslavia; Refugee
    • college
    • Cultural acceptance; Bosnian Community in St Louis
    • ESL classes, teachers,students
    • family members in history
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • historical events/people
    • Inner city Chicago public schools
    • Islam; Human rights; Genocide
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    GCT003617
    Maria L. Yamashita, Hiroyuki Yamashita, and Kibo Yamashita
    01:19:45
    Maria L. Yamashita, Hiroyuki Yamashita, and Kibo Yamashita
    Mitra Bonshahi
    March 10, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Kibo interviews his parent, Hiroyuki and Maria, about having the same birthday, their first date, and being a multiracial couple.

    • Appearance
    • college
    • connecticut
    • Exam
    • Family Traditions
    • historical events/people
    • hospital
    • Influential People
    • interior design
    • Japan
    • Japanese
    • judo
    • Language
    • Manhattan
    • Multiracial
    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
    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
    MBX001812
    Mohammed "Breem" Breem and Susan Baxter
    43:23
    Mohammed "Breem" Breem and Susan Baxter
    Maddy Nussbaum
    September 2, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kurdish artist talks about leaving his homeland, Syria, and coming to United States.

    • Appearance
    • Assimilation
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • culture difference
    • first impression of America
    • immigration
    • Kansas City
    • Kurdish
    • Lebanon
    • Maine
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX006392
    Betty Olliff and Emily Capes
    36:26
    Betty Olliff and Emily Capes
    Sara Culver
    March 1, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Emily Capes (33) interviews her good friend, Betty Olliff (82) about her life - her family, her husband, and her faith.

    • Alabama
    • Appearance
    • Bach
    • Bakery
    • Baptist Church
    • Beethoven
    • birth of first child
    • Bob Olliff
    • Brett Olliff
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • Church
    • Classical music
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    MBX007608
    Marcus Williams and Timothy Holley
    39:46
    Marcus Williams and Timothy Holley
    Eloise Melzer
    January 17, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Friends Timothy D. Holley, 36, and Marcus M. Williams, 25, discuss comemorating Martin Luther King Day, their careers and spirituality.

    • African-American identity
    • Alabama Football
    • all-black school systems
    • all-white school systems
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Atlanta Housewives
    • Birmingham, AL
    • black identity
    • broadcasting
    • careers
    • change
    • Church
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    MBY005264
    Sherrilyn Adams and Stacee Adams
    39:58
    Sherrilyn Adams and Stacee Adams
    whenry-lester
    April 6, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Stacee interviews her mother about the time in her life when she was single and free.

    • Appearance
    • college
    • Elton John
    • Gloria Steinem
    • independence
    • line dancing
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Protests
    • Rebel
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • rock ‘n roll
    ATL000389
    Sybil Brown and Joseph Brown
    41:12
    Sybil Brown and Joseph Brown
    aknight
    July 15, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Joseph Brown, 29, talks to his mother Sybil Brown, 67, about her life growing up in rural Georgia, her education in Athens, GA., and her move to and life in Atlanta, GA.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Edison, GA
    • ESOL teacher
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX002021
    Alice Rapallo and Mark Alice Durant
    39:10
    Alice Rapallo and Mark Alice Durant
    Maddy Nussbaum
    October 26, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Alice Rapallo talks about living in Boston, raising kids, and being married to an alcoholic.

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Marines
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • prohibition
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Roosevelt
    • Spouse
    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
    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
    MBY007154
    Bailey Schreier and Cindy Kern
    01:20:40
    Bailey Schreier and Cindy Kern
    lstraight
    November 7, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Bailey Schreier (23) talks with her mom Cindy Kern (58) about Bailey’s diagnosis of cancer at age 13.

    • Accidents
    • Andrew
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • bile
    • bunny ears
    • CAT scan
    • Catholic
    • Charleston (dance)
    • Chemotherapy
    • children’s clinic
    • clavicle
    • college
    • David
    • emergency surgery
    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
    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

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