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    NPL000100
    Robert  Green and Emily Green-Cain
    40:39
    Robert Green and Emily Green-Cain
    Kate Wingate
    November 28, 2007 Nashville Public Library

    Alan and Emily came to the booth to remember their mother, Janice Sawyer Green, who passed away 14 years ago.

    • Appearance
    • Brain cancer
    • Brain tumor
    • children’s librarian
    • Day of the Dead
    • Janice Sawyer Green
    • medicine shield
    • memories of growing up
    • Morristown, TN
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    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
    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
    MBX004737
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    01:18:24
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    Nina Porzucki
    December 20, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.

    • 500 Club
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • army photographer
    • birth of first child
    • Boot Lake
    • Bridge Club
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas code
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Davenport, IA
    • dying
    • economic beliefs and practices
    ATL000220
    Charlee Lambert and William Hines
    40:13
    Charlee Lambert and William Hines
    aknight
    March 4, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Bill HInes, 66, interviews his mother-in-law Charlee Kambert, 87, about her life, writing and the plays she wrote and performed around the country.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • school day memories
    • scientific beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • video/computer games
    MBY007844
    Cherilyn Evans and Daniel Littlewood
    24:59
    Cherilyn Evans and Daniel Littlewood
    ecohen
    May 14, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Cherilyn Evans (63) tells facilitator Daniel Littlewood (32) about how she moved from Los Angeles to Ukiah, California.

    • Aaron Imani Thomas
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Big Sur, California
    • changing demographics
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community theatre
    • continuation high schools
    • Crenshaw High School
    • Echo Park, Los Angeles
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hitchhiking
    • job interviews
    GCT001114
    Ruth Shire, Emily Shire, and Seth Shire
    45:45
    Ruth Shire, Emily Shire, and Seth Shire
    shaas
    January 30, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SFB000255
    Geraldine Johnson and Courtney Johnson Rowe
    01:21:11
    Geraldine Johnson and Courtney Johnson Rowe
    Frank Kingman
    March 29, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Geraldine, 87, talks with her granddaughter Courtney, 30, about her family’s heritage and the connection with Grass Valley, California.

    • Appearance
    • Army Corps of Engineers
    • Boy scouts
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Grass Valley, CA
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Morman Church
    • Mormans
    • Nevada City, CA
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Sacramento, CA
    NPL000401
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    01:16:47
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    Kate Wingate
    July 30, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Boxing
    • Childhood Games
    • Circus
    • Clinton, MI
    • clubbing/bars
    • De Molay
    • Deleon, TX
    • Edwin Bledsoe Keyes
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    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
    MBY007707
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    40:40
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    Lilly Sullivan
    April 11, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Emma Estella Person Akalomu (Bobbe) (77) talks with facilitator Marquita James (25) about her cousin Daisy’s hat, which to her is like a symbol of strength and resilience.

    • Africa
    • Ancestry
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Church
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Daisy
    • department store
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Harvard
    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
    MBX006939
    Allison Breininger and Barbara Resch
    37:58
    Allison Breininger and Barbara Resch
    estraight
    July 24, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Barbara Resch (61) interviews her daughter Allison Breininger (30) about motherhood and Allison’s adoption of a Hatian child.

    • Appearance
    • Beads
    • braids
    • career
    • college
    • Creole
    • Dancing
    • Earthquake
    • Embassy of the United States Port Au Prince Haiti
    • endometriosis
    • Fertility treatment
    • hair styles
    • Haiti
    • identification cards
    • In Vitro Fertilization
    LMN000880
    Lynne  Murray and Kathrina Proscia
    01:18:27
    Lynne Murray and Kathrina Proscia
    Jalylah Burrell
    November 15, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Lynne Murray, 57, in conversation with her good friend Kathrina Proscia, 48.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Brooklyn
    • Catholic
    • child-rearing
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • Fundraising
    • Grammar school
    • Howard beach
    • Lido Beach
    • memories of former times
    • new york
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    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
    MBX007887
    Melissa  Fineman and Marvin Fineman
    38:35
    Melissa Fineman and Marvin Fineman
    Beatriz Colonia
    March 28, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Melissa Fineman (21) talks with her father Marvin Fineman (67) about an art pieces expressing her struggles of being bicultural.

    • Appearance
    • artistic expression
    • being bilingual
    • Bicultural
    • bilingual
    • Biracial
    • Body image
    • Catholic
    • Culture
    • Dearborn, Michigan
    • Family Traditions
    • Filipino
    • Filipino culture
    • Gender roles
    • memories of growing up
    MBY006942
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
    01:23:30
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
    Eloise Melzer
    September 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Chandra Blackwell, 40, interviews her mother Nadine Blackwell, 80, about her memory and involvement in Brown vs. the Board of Education, integrating the Topeka Fire Department, and integrating the downtown Topeka restaurants.

    • 80th birthdays
    • Adrian Nwonye
    • Albert (”Bertrum”) Blackwell
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Arianna Nwonye
    • August (Auggie) Tschirhart
    • basketball teams
    • black fire stations
    • Brown vs. Board of Education
    • camaraderie
    • change
    • Civil Rights
    • college
    • community worthies
    LMN001224
    Marian (Mitzi) Faye, Elliott Faye, and Poppy Gordon
    45:35
    Marian (Mitzi) Faye, Elliott Faye, and Poppy Gordon
    Daniel Littlewood
    February 17, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mitzi (84) and Elliott Faye (83) talk to their granddaughter Poppy Gordon (29) about their family background. They then tell stories about their times living in Europe.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Daimler-Benz
    • dry cleaning
    • europe
    • expat
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • fig tree
    • Germany
    • GI Bill
    • goat milk
    • Israel
    • Jaguar
    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
    DDC000783
    Meghan Stabler and Samir Luther
    46:35
    Meghan Stabler and Samir Luther
    Naomi Greene
    March 6, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit C

    Samir Luther (29) interviews his friend and colleague, Meghan Stabler (46) about her transition from male to female. Meghan also talks about being a parents and her work with Human Rights Campaign.

    • 9/11 attacks
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • Hillary Clinton
    • Human Rights Campaign
    • marriage equality
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • September 11, 2001
    • Sexual orientation
    SFD000257
    Yvonne Rodriguez and Jesús Pando
    01:20:44
    Yvonne Rodriguez and Jesús Pando
    Carolina Correa
    October 2, 2010 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Friends Yvonne Rodriguez (47) and Jesús Pando (54) talk about going to college in their 30s, majoring in Physics, their ethnic backgrounds and their family.

    • Academic life
    • Achievements
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Chicana
    • Chicano
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Family Traditions
    • Guilt
    • Master
    • memories of former times
    SFD000373
    Cecilia Chung and Annalise Ophelian
    39:08
    Cecilia Chung and Annalise Ophelian
    Sophia Simon-Ortiz
    June 18, 2011 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Cecilia Chung, 45, interviewed by friend and colleague Annalise Ophelian, 38. Cecilia talks about moving to San Francisco in the 1980;s, being a transexual woman, and the unconditional and supportive love from her family.

    • API Trans people
    • API Wellness
    • Appearance
    • family acceptance
    • family heroes
    • family trips and excursions
    • HIV/AIDS epidemic
    • Hong Kong
    • memories of growing up
    • Prejudice
    • San Francisco
    • Sexual orientation
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • transsexual transitions
    MBX006410
    Michael DeMaria and Francesco DeMaria
    38:42
    Michael DeMaria and Francesco DeMaria
    Jeremy Helton
    March 6, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Michael Brant DeMaria (48) and his father Francesco DeMaria (81) talk about fathers, sons, art and life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Anthony DeMaria
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Brian DeMaria
    • chemical engineer
    • connecticut
    • Danielle DeMaria
    • Elizabeth
    • epitaph
    • Grammy
    • Hill
    • ILLiad
    • Italy
    • Jacqueline DeMaria
    GCT004187
    Gissot Mathieu and Emile Bouvier
    40:33
    Gissot Mathieu and Emile Bouvier
    Kemba Bloodworth
    August 18, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Emilie speaks with her husband Matthieu about immigrating from France to New York for work. He speaks about their difficulties and identity.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Bronx
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • first impression of America
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • President Bush
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBY001249
    Cecilia Holm  and Susanna Holm
    48:18
    Cecilia Holm and Susanna Holm
    pkochhar
    March 19, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    daughter interviews her mom about race relations in cincinnati, and a wonderful memory of sitting on a plane beside an african american man who remembered her dad from 40 years ago.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • school day memories
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