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    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
    MBY004917
    Bess Falkow and Alan  Strauss
    00:00
    Bess Falkow and Alan Strauss
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    January 9, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Bess talks about what a wonderful life she has had and how much she has loved her husband.

    • 4th of July
    • Albany, NY
    • Antisemitism
    • bat mitzvah
    • Blue Law
    • Columbia Law School
    • department store
    • Emmanuel Rackman
    • family expressions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hebrew School
    • Jewish Orthodox
    • Lake Roosevelt
    • Miracles
    SCK001846
    Christine Larson and Alexandra Larson
    00:00
    Christine Larson and Alexandra Larson
    December 9, 2009 StoryKit

    • Childhood Games
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    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
    MBX000249
    Sue Shellenbarger and Dan Shellenbarger
    00:00
    Sue Shellenbarger and Dan Shellenbarger
    cbancroft
    July 7, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Dan Shellenbarger interviews his mother, Sue, about her activist work.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    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
    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
    SFB000413
    Elizabeth Tilles, Susan Goldstein, and Rebecca Tilles
    00:00
    Elizabeth Tilles, Susan Goldstein, and Rebecca Tilles
    Alex Lyon
    July 16, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Elizabeth Tilles (89) talks to her granddaughter Rebecca Tilles (21) and friend Susan Goldstein (66) about her life growing up in Germany and working as a nurse during World War II.

    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • England
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family trips and excursions
    • grandfather stories
    • hospital stories
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • school songs
    • The Holocaust
    SFB001031
    Pat Hasslinger and Solana Henneberry
    01:18:56
    Pat Hasslinger and Solana Henneberry
    Frank Kingman
    October 24, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Pat Hasslinger, 63, talks with Solana Henneberry, 38, about Solana’s mother who passed away in 1994.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Automobile Accidents
    • Bicycle riding
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Horseback riding
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • Kaaren Keldsen
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    DDA000860
    Mabel Pappas and Mary Pappas
    42:38
    Mabel Pappas and Mary Pappas
    Yazmín Peña
    May 23, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit A

    Mabel Pappas (87) and her daughter Mary Pappas (52) talk about Mabel’s childhood moving around different towns in Wisconsin, how she met her husband, and about her experience in the Service Industries.

    • Age difference
    • Alpha Delights Bakery
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bakery
    • Bolongies Tavern
    • Box Socials
    • C.C.C. Camps
    • Civilian Conservation Corps Camps
    • draftees
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Favorite Foods
    • first drink
    • Greece
    • Green Bay, WI
    MBX005470
    Pauline Curry and Christine Hemmings
    01:14:58
    Pauline Curry and Christine Hemmings
    Nina Porzucki
    June 25, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Pauline Curry (64) is interviewed by her daughter, Christine Hemmings (40) about her lifetime love of the Dolly Copp campground.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Berlin, NH
    • birth of first child
    • camp fire
    • camp songs
    • Camping
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Dolly Copp Campground
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    MBX001496
    Susan H. Duda and Kathleen Washy
    01:17:52
    Susan H. Duda and Kathleen Washy
    Nadja Middleton
    June 19, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan talks to her daughter about her childhood, her college life, growing political awarness, her pride in her computer skills and expectations of women who raised families.

    • anti-war meovement (Vietnam)
    • Betty Fridan
    • Cold War
    • college
    • Coxsackie
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family trips and excursions
    • fear of disease
    • Glens Falls
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • left handedness
    • mathematics major
    • McCarthy era
    • McGovern campaign
    GCT002699
    Naomi Kramer and Robin Bowman
    40:02
    Naomi Kramer and Robin Bowman
    nsimon
    April 9, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Two Amish sisters from Missouri talk about their first trip to New York

    • Amish
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of New York
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • rumspringa
    NPL000300
    Theresa Hogan and Maureen Schlacter
    01:19:35
    Theresa Hogan and Maureen Schlacter
    Martha O'Brien
    May 14, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    Theresa Hogan tells memories of her happy life growing up in Canada to her daughter, Maureen Schlater.

    • bikes
    • birth of first child
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • Dancing
    • Detroit, MI
    • family trips and excursions
    • fiance
    • Great Depression stories
    • Great grandchildren
    • hopscotch
    • James W. Hogan WWII Pacific
    • Memories of Children
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY007381
    Christopher McPherson and Matt Hinrichs
    40:28
    Christopher McPherson and Matt Hinrichs
    Dana Glass
    January 14, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Christopher McPherson (51) and his spouse Matt Hinrichs talk about how they met and their marriage in 2008.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Arizona
    • cats
    • dogs
    • family trips and excursions
    • first dates
    • gay
    • Gay marriage
    • Husband
    • Journalism
    • LGBT
    • Men
    • personal experiences
    • Phoenix
    • Phoenix sun
    MBX000459
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    40:36
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    Nick Yulman
    August 24, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathy (30) interviews her mother, Nancy (61), about her childhood and raising a family.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    GCT002532
    Debby Smith and Lisa Smith
    39:35
    Debby Smith and Lisa Smith
    Veronica Ordaz
    February 18, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    A woman interviews her elder sister about her experiences traveling to Africa in the peace corps, on a fulbright, motherhood and life choices.

    • Africa
    • birth of first child
    • Burundi
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fulbright Fellowship
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Peace Corps
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    MBX004578
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    01:01:48
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    Nina Porzucki
    November 9, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    James Desjardin, 83, is interviewed by his wife, Gertrude Desjardin, 77, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apollo Moon Mission
    • Apple II Computer
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Electrical Engineer
    • Excel
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fat Mac
    • Great Depression stories
    • Honeywell
    MBY001810
    Leo C. Peters and Amy Peters
    30:08
    Leo C. Peters and Amy Peters
    Elaine Davenport
    July 23, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A woman interviews her father about his marriage and 9 children

    • family trips and excursions
    • graduations
    • Great Depression stories
    • illness
    • Marriage Proposal
    • memories of former times
    • Parkinson’s Disease
    • Spouse
    • Stroke
    MBX005415
    Betty Werner, Rebecca  Werner, Marta Werner, and Rebecca  Werner
    01:21:17
    Betty Werner, Rebecca Werner, Marta Werner, and Rebecca Werner
    Nina Porzucki
    June 14, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Betty Werner (72) is interviewed by her daughters Marta Werner (45) and Rebecca Werner (47) about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Boston
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family trips and excursions
    • Massachusetts
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Morocco
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    SCK001902
    Shep Pawline and Ramah Hackett
    30:22
    Shep Pawline and Ramah Hackett
    February 12, 2010 StoryKit

    • birth of first child
    • cemetery traditions
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBX008141
    James Gooch and Christy Fitch
    39:55
    James Gooch and Christy Fitch
    Dana Glass
    June 4, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Christy Fitch (35) interviews her grandfather James Gooch (85) about moving from Neon, KY to Detroit, MI.

    • Appalachia
    • Commercial
    • Democrats
    • Detroit
    • Dodge
    • Eastern Kentucky
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Factory
    • family trips and excursions
    • Harry Truman
    • Kentucky
    • labor movements and unions
    • Letcher County
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    DDD000405
    Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
    02:08:43
    Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
    Carolina Correa
    July 23, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit D

    Jesse Lomelí (66) and his sister Marta Lomelí (57) talk about when their family came to the United States from Mexico, the cultural difference at home and at school.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • August 11th 1954
    • Book
    • coach
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • English as a second language
    • ESl
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • father
    LMN002338
    Thomas Shea, Frank Shea, Eric Munson, and Kathy Shea
    01:24:09
    Thomas Shea, Frank Shea, Eric Munson, and Kathy Shea
    Daniel Littlewood
    November 12, 2010 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    The Shea siblings (Kathy Shea (52), Thomas Shea (54), and Frank Shea (48)) and Kathy’s husband Eric Munson (49) come together to talk about the two people they lost on 9/11/01, Danny Shea and Joe Shea.

    • 9/11/2001
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bond brokers
    • Bond traders
    • Cantor-Fitzgerald
    • clubbing/bars
    • college
    • Eulogy
    • expense accounts
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fat Boys
    MBX005969
    Caroline Shapero and Don Shapero
    36:04
    Caroline Shapero and Don Shapero
    Lilly Sullivan
    October 24, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Caroline Shapero (72) tells her son Don Shapero (47) about her mother’s career as a renowned cellist, and about the life of her cello.

    • Affection
    • Ann Arbor
    • Anthony Elliott
    • Boston
    • cellist
    • Cello
    • Concert
    • concert days
    • Concerts
    • Conductor
    • conservatory
    • Duke of Edinburgh
    • europe
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
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