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    MBX000499
    Joan Crawford, Arlene A. Paden, and Karen Crawford
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    Joan Crawford, Arlene A. Paden, and Karen Crawford
    Kayvon Bahramian
    September 3, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    • Alberta Crawford
    • Carson
    • Eddie Mae Garrett Crawford
    • Elevated train (El)
    • family trips and excursions
    • King Kong vs. Godzilla
    • Mariah
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Season
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Southern life
    • Vicksburg, MS
    • watching movies
    GRB000611
    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
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    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
    Brianna Hyneman
    November 23, 2007 Griot Booth

    Akiba Shabazz talks with her daughters Naja and Zuri about her life growing up with her parents in Memphis, her marriages and travels.

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • colon cancer
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • France
    • Influential People
    • Italy
    • memories of growing up
    • Muslim
    • Nightclubs
    • novels
    • personal experiences
    • racist killing
    MBY001294
    Adrienne Ruby and Andrew Lewis
    43:28
    Adrienne Ruby and Andrew Lewis
    Emily Janssen
    March 30, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A 41-year old man interviews his 63 year-old friend and vetrinarian about her work on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations and also tells the story of how they met.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • City dogs versus Reservation Dogs
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family trips and excursions
    • Kiva Dances
    • Life on the Reservation
    • Money
    • near-death experiences
    • personal experiences
    • Road condiitions
    • street patterns
    • vegetables
    • Vetrinarian Stories
    • work space, hardhat, etc. decorations
    MBX003216
    Janis Bell , Laura Hill, Patti Bell, and Linda Bell
    36:33
    Janis Bell , Laura Hill, Patti Bell, and Linda Bell
    Quentin Weld
    October 24, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Janis Bell talks with her three daughters, Patti, Linda and Laura, about her childhood, attending seminary, and raising her daughters.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family doctor stories
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    Raiven Vargas and her great grandmother Anna Azran talk about their family and recall Raivens childhood.
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    Raiven Vargas and her great grandmother Anna Azran talk about their family and recall Raivens childhood.
    Raiven Vargas
    December 6, 2021 App Interview

    This interview is between Raiven Vargas, 17, and her great grandmother, Anna Azran, 79. She recalls events from Raivens childhood and gives her feelings regarding family. They discuss how grateful they are for family, and Anna shares her wisdom. She...

    • Belief in God
    • Childhood memories
    • Egg Harbor Township High School
    • Egg Harbor Township HS
    • Family
    • family trips and excursions
    • Israel
    • Love
    • The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2021
    • the great thanksgiving listen 2021
    • TheGreatListenNJ2021
    • TheGreatListenNJ2021
    • Wisdom
    • Words of wisdom
    MBX007970
    Carol Callanan-Uhl and Dan Schmidt
    39:33
    Carol Callanan-Uhl and Dan Schmidt
    Eloise Melzer
    April 13, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    School Counselor Dan Schmidt, 55, interviews one of his students Carolina, 18, about what motivates her, the challenges she faces as an undocumented student, and her hopes for going to college.

    • African Americans
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • bandits
    • Challenges
    • challenges for undocumented students
    • challenging oneself
    • cleaning jobs
    • college
    • college acceptance
    • College Application process
    • Crossing the border
    • Deserts
    • Dream Act
    • driver’s licenses
    • family trips and excursions
    MBY005252
    Dov Siporin and Steve Siporin
    49:41
    Dov Siporin and Steve Siporin
    whenry-lester
    April 4, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Steve interviews his son Dov about his experience with cancer.

    • Arafat
    • boise, ID
    • Chemotherapy
    • colon cancer
    • Colorectal Cancer
    • Doctor
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • hospital
    • illness
    • Israel
    • Jerusalem
    • lds
    • Logan, UT
    • mapping
    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
    MBX004541
    Patricia Kloiber and Kathleen Kloiber Koch
    01:19:14
    Patricia Kloiber and Kathleen Kloiber Koch
    Nina Porzucki
    November 2, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Patricia Kloiber is interviewed by her daughter, Kathleen Kloiber Koch about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Girl Scouts of America
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • Ireland
    SCK002176
    Leo McKinnon and Beth McKinnon
    41:16
    Leo McKinnon and Beth McKinnon
    September 1, 2010 StoryKit

    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • illness
    • memories of growing up
    • school day memories
    MBY006260
    Jose Barrios Ureño and Cindy Mosqueda
    40:53
    Jose Barrios Ureño and Cindy Mosqueda
    Jorge Rios
    March 1, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Jose Barrios Ureño, 89, habla con su nieta Cindy Mosqueda, 29, sobre su niñez en México, su migración a los Estados Unidos, sus orgullos y su familia. [Jose Barrios Ureño, 89, talks to his granddaughter Cindy Mosqueda, 29, about his...

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bracero Program
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    SCK001670
    Kathryn Chapman and Bruce Failor
    41:47
    Kathryn Chapman and Bruce Failor
    July 29, 2009 StoryKit

    • Appearance
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • watching and listening habits
    MBX000356
    Reggie Hodson, Robert Hodson, Patricia Dewar, and Christine MacNaughton
    01:13:19
    Reggie Hodson, Robert Hodson, Patricia Dewar, and Christine MacNaughton
    cbancroft
    July 31, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Patricia and Christine interview their parents, Reggie and Robert about their lives.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Dancing
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • labor movements and unions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Salesmen
    • school day memories
    MBX004657
    Paul Zorn, Sarah Zorn, and Martha Zorn
    41:15
    Paul Zorn, Sarah Zorn, and Martha Zorn
    Anna Walters
    December 1, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Sarah (Sally) Zorn (77) and her husband, Paul Zorn (81) talk to their daughter, Martha Zorn (50) about their own parents and experiences growing up and their passion for bicycling.

    • California, sabbatical, Canadian rockies
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hartford, Windsor, elementary school, junior high, diary
    • Lutheran church, lutheran, Harvard, Yale, Hasty Pudding Club
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • New Mexico, fly-fishing, smoking, bicycle, bicycle trips
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    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
    SCK000279
    Margaret R. Feucht and Mij Byram
    01:01:35
    Margaret R. Feucht and Mij Byram
    No Facilitator
    June 7, 2006 StoryKit

    daughter interviews mother

    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Needlework
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    MBX006278
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    38:12
    Pedro de Pool and Ivette De Pool
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 25, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ivette de Pool (37) interviews father Pedro de Pool (64) about family heritage and about his experience as an actor and announcer in Cuba and in the U.S.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • announcer
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • baritone
    • birth of first child
    • Black
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Commercial
    • Communism
    • communismo
    • Cuba
    • Curacao
    • de Pool
    GCT004051
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    01:36:26
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    Nzingha Garner
    July 15, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Shelley and her daugher, Jessica had a conversation about Shelley’s life growing up in Coney Island in an extended family and close neighborhood.

    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Dancing
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family feuds
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    GCT004737
    Mary Cannella, Anthony R. Cannella, and Cara Cannella
    39:16
    Mary Cannella, Anthony R. Cannella, and Cara Cannella
    Brianna Hyneman
    February 9, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Anthony and Mary Cannella talks to their daughter Cara about how they met and married, their careers and family.

    • birth of first child
    • C-section
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family trips and excursions
    • Immaculata College
    • Miami Herald
    • middle east studies
    • Penn University
    • personal experiences
    • premature births
    • Richard Nixon
    • school day memories
    LMN000305
    Lyle Zimmerman, Emma Corbalan, and Paco Corbalan
    29:20
    Lyle Zimmerman, Emma Corbalan, and Paco Corbalan
    Mike Rauch
    June 8, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Lyle talks about growing up on a farm, serving in the Army, and his many jobs.

    • Arthur Anderson
    • construction
    • europe
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fort Louis, Washington
    • Glasses
    • Lansing, MI
    • Spain
    • Spouse
    • steno
    • United States Army
    • Yankees
    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
    MBX005001
    Travis Hipp and Stuart Hipp
    01:20:19
    Travis Hipp and Stuart Hipp
    Alex Kelly
    March 8, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Travis Hipp (28) and his brother Stuart Hipp (32) talk about memories from their childhood as siblings and how they have grown to be better communicators with each other over time.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • California
    • Calvin and Hobbes
    • Camp
    • chile
    • Clemson, NC
    • college
    • Communication
    • Competition
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • Fighting
    • First bike
    • Marijuana
    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
    SFB000867
    Suzanne Morrill and Katie Morrill
    01:18:21
    Suzanne Morrill and Katie Morrill
    Alex Lyon
    June 24, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Suzanne Morrill (50) and her daughter Katie Morrill (24) talk about their relationship, their favorite family memories and sing a family song.

    • Albert Einstein
    • Baltimore, MD
    • birth of first child
    • Christmas Memories
    • college
    • cowpies
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Funny Moments
    ATL000448
    Kay Thomas  and Maggie Thomas
    39:59
    Kay Thomas and Maggie Thomas
    ksingh
    August 26, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Kay Guske Thomas and her daughter in law Maggie Thomas come in to discuss Kay’s role as caretaker to her late uncle Frank Burgess.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bingo
    • broken hip
    • crime
    • elder abuse
    • Elder care
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • Frank Burgess
    • illness
    • journalling
    • memories of growing up
    • Nieces
    • Nursing Homes
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