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    LMN000377
    Marion Kaslon, Karen Schlam, and Terri Gilbert
    00:00
    Marion Kaslon, Karen Schlam, and Terri Gilbert
    Brianna Hyneman
    June 29, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Marion Kaslon talks to her daughters, Karen Schlam and Terri Gilbert, about her family history in Brooklyn, her father’s business savvy and meeting and marrying their father.

    • Austria
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Business School
    • Childhood Games
    • clubbing/bars
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • dry goods store
    • E. Side Drive
    • Ellis Island
    • family characters
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • FDR Drive
    MBY006073
    Amelia Vara, Mary  Hernandez, and Dawn Leal
    38:01
    Amelia Vara, Mary Hernandez, and Dawn Leal
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    December 18, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Amelia Alice Vara (87) talks with daughter Mary Hernandez (65) and granddaughter Dawn Leal (37) about her service to her community.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Catholic Daughters
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Denver Harbor Civic Club
    • Denver Harbor Garden Club
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hidalgo Park
    • illness
    sck000102
    Christine Urban and Linda Frontera
    00:00
    Christine Urban and Linda Frontera
    No Facilitator
    November 7, 2005 StoryKit

    • college
    • Dancing
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    LMN001193
    Phyllis Gunther, Bram Gunther, and Matt  Gunther
    00:00
    Phyllis Gunther, Bram Gunther, and Matt Gunther
    Anna Walters
    February 10, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Phyllis Gunther (80) talks to her two sons, Bram Gunther (47) and Matt Gunther (44) about the experience of being burned as a child and the impact that has had on her life, her husband, children and grandchildren.

    • Accidents
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Injuries
    • memories of growing up
    • pain, burns, beauty
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBY001818
    Nancy Zafuto and Lisa Gunderson
    35:40
    Nancy Zafuto and Lisa Gunderson
    Elaine Davenport
    July 26, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    A woman interview her 56-year-old mother about her childhood and her family

    • birth of first child
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • school activities
    • school day memories
    • Softball
    • teenage rebellion
    ATL000640
    Carl  Staley, Julie Staley, and John  Staley
    41:33
    Carl Staley, Julie Staley, and John Staley
    aknight
    December 22, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    John Staley interviews his parents Carl and Julie Staley. The group talk about their careers, favorite family memories and proudest family moments.

    • Alaska
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bridge
    • Busing
    • Catawba College
    • college
    • Cruises
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Greensboro, NC
    • Independence day
    • Integration
    MBX004789
    Susan Gamson and Michael Gamson
    01:09:21
    Susan Gamson and Michael Gamson
    Nina Porzucki
    January 14, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan Gamson, 66, is interviewed by her son, Michael Gamson, 41.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chevy Stationwagon
    • colored water fountains
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family heroes
    • family trips and excursions
    • Florida
    • Germany
    • Grandmother
    • historical events/people
    • Injuries
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Minneapolis
    MBY008174
    Lois Madison and Brian Madison
    41:10
    Lois Madison and Brian Madison
    Erin Dickey
    August 12, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Brian Madison (55) interviews his mother Lois Madison (82). LM talks about her grandparents and her family, moving to Vancouver during WWII, and meeting her husband. She also talks about her life with her husband Oscar.

    • Akron, OH
    • birth of first child
    • china doll
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Vancouver
    • Victory Garden
    MBX004289
    Ruth Enders and Erin Chrusciel
    01:13:25
    Ruth Enders and Erin Chrusciel
    Jeremy Helton
    September 4, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ruth Enders talks with her granddaughter, Erin Chrusciel, about how she raised nine children and what life as a military wife is like.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • BB gun
    • beaver claws
    • Bernie
    • birth of first child
    • Bob
    • bobcat
    • bubblers
    • Carl
    • Carol
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Doodles
    • Eggplants
    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
    SFB000639
    Carol Chadwick, Patty Jones, and Cathy Chadwick
    00:00
    Carol Chadwick, Patty Jones, and Cathy Chadwick
    Alex Lyon
    January 3, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Carol Chadwick (78) talks to her daughters Patty Jones (44) and Cathy Chadwick (49) about growing up on an Indian Reservation and meeting her late husband.

    • aplogy
    • Canada
    • childhood
    • Eulogy
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Farms
    • fond memories
    • Indian reservation
    • Living together
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY005270
    John Wiliams and John Becker
    25:48
    John Wiliams and John Becker
    Jeremy Helton
    April 9, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    John Becker (65) interviews restauranteur, John W. Williams (64).

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Arthur Frank’s
    • Auerbach’s
    • beer bars
    • City Creek Project
    • community worthies
    • Constitution Building
    • Convention Center
    • family trips and excursions
    • fire station
    • historic tax credit
    • historical events/people
    • Hotel Utah
    • Idaho
    • Influential People
    MBX004330
    Miriam Chapman and Kathleen Lafferty
    01:23:12
    Miriam Chapman and Kathleen Lafferty
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 12, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathleen interviews her mother Miriam about her childhood.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Battle of the Bulge
    • birth of first child
    • boarders
    • Boy scouts
    • Cape Cod
    • Chores
    • church events
    • college
    • Dartmouth, MA
    • Fall River, MA
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family trips and excursions
    • Florida
    • Knitting
    SCK002175
    Beatrice McKinnon-Fortier and Beth McKinnon
    39:05
    Beatrice McKinnon-Fortier and Beth McKinnon
    September 1, 2010 StoryKit

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • Independence day
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SFB000296
    Peter Garabedian and Samuela Evans
    01:13:51
    Peter Garabedian and Samuela Evans
    Frank Kingman
    April 26, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Peter, 82, talks with his wife Samuela, 62, about his parents and their lengthy journey from Armenia to the United States.

    • Armenia
    • Bolsheviks
    • Boston, MA
    • Caucasus
    • college
    • Ellis Island, NY
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • France
    • Germany
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    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
    DDB000236
    Vanessa Peters and Audrey Swanenberg
    28:37
    Vanessa Peters and Audrey Swanenberg
    Brianna Hyneman
    April 23, 2008 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Vanessa Peters talks to her friend Audrey Swannenberg about her life growing up on the Bad River Reservation, her Native American heritage and her dad’s struggles with drugs and alcohol.

    • alcohol
    • archeology
    • Bad River Chippewa/Ojibwe
    • Bad River Reservation
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Domestic abuse
    • Drugs
    • family characters
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • Oneida Tribe
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • reservation life
    • school day memories
    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
    MBX000680
    Allyson Jones and Malvin Jones
    01:15:14
    Allyson Jones and Malvin Jones
    Nick Yulman
    October 15, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Melvin interviews his wife Allyson about growing up in Washington D.C. and their life together.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    MBY004593
    Stephen Arends, Bonnie Arends, and Randal Arends
    42:21
    Stephen Arends, Bonnie Arends, and Randal Arends
    Alex Kelly
    October 12, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Bonnie Arends, Stephen Arends and Randal Arends talks about the car accident that killed Stephen’s twin brother, Greg, and left Stephen with a traumatic brain injury after being in a coma for 6 months.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • building
    • Camping
    • car accident
    • Childhood Games
    • Coma
    • Empty nest
    • family trips and excursions
    • Golfing
    • healing
    • hospital
    • Injuries
    • memories of growing up
    MBX005587
    Mykola  Jejna and Bohdan Jejna
    39:17
    Mykola Jejna and Bohdan Jejna
    Jeremy Helton
    July 22, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bohdan Jejna interviews his father Mykola Jejna about his youth and his family’s escape from their home in the Ukraine during World War II.

    • 5th grade
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apples
    • Belgian horses
    • Bread
    • Chloe
    • cigarettes
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family trips and excursions
    • hand drawn cart
    • historical events/people
    • Innsbruck
    • kvasok
    • melted butter
    MBX004107
    John  Loder and Kathryn Neaverth
    01:21:51
    John Loder and Kathryn Neaverth
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 25, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathryn Neaverth interviews her father John Loder about her childhood, their friendship and challenges and their hope for each other and their familiy’s future.

    • 1964 Bell Air
    • Accidents
    • ADD
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Arrest
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo
    • car-accidents
    • Chili
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • copy-editor
    • crime
    • Drugs
    • drunk-driving
    • Ducks
    ATL000608
    John  Povolny , Margaret  Povolny, and Weena  Pauly
    37:10
    John Povolny , Margaret Povolny, and Weena Pauly
    libitoye
    December 4, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Weena (34) interviews her grandparents, Margaret (85) and John (88), about how they grew up and how they met at NASA.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • bully
    • Eloped
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great grandchildren
    • Indiana
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • NASA
    • Ohio
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SFB000631
    John Manassero and Jeff Manassero
    01:07:33
    John Manassero and Jeff Manassero
    Lena Richardson
    December 27, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Jeff Manassero, 24, interviews his father, John Michael Manassero, 63, about his life.

    • birth of first child
    • black lung
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Ditch
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • gold mines
    • Lodi, California
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Parochial school
    • personal experiences
    • race in Lodi, California
    GCT002832
    Eleanor Lang and Elaine Cornett
    01:25:46
    Eleanor Lang and Elaine Cornett
    Emily Janssen
    May 20, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Woman interviewing her 87 year old mother about growing up in New Bedford, MA; Maine; volunteering for the Red Cross during WW2; meeting her husband (the interviewer’s father) in NYC; living in Brooklyn; having children.

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • family characters
    • family trips and excursions
    • Flu Epidemic of 1918
    • Friday the 13th - engagement
    • Friendship, Maine; New Bedford, MA; New York City; blueberry picking in Maine; Brooklyn Heights
    • historical events/people
    • Home Economics degree from Pratt
    • McCall’s Magazine; auhelped develop automatic washing machines, freezers
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mother had pneumonia
    • personal experiences
    • Red Cross volunteer during WW2
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