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    MBX004731
    Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
    00:00
    Rosa Rio and Tara Schroeder
    Nina Porzucki
    December 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Rosa Rio, 106, is interviewed by her friend, Tara Schroeder, 45.

    • 802 Union
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • card parties
    • cbs
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Cole Porter
    • community worthies
    • Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Feminism
    • historical events/people
    • Hollywood
    • Influential People
    • Mary Martin
    • memories of former times
    MBX004727
    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
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    Violet Hittle and Doreen Myers
    Nina Porzucki
    December 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Violet Hittle, 97, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Doreen Myers,50.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Bowling
    • card parties
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • German
    • Germany
    • Lifesavers
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY000536
    Frank Hanawalt, Kathy Hanawalt, and Bill Hanawalt
    00:00
    Frank Hanawalt, Kathy Hanawalt, and Bill Hanawalt
    skramer
    September 18, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    25 year old woman and her husband interview her grandfather-in-law about his heart for social justice.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Garfield High school
    • historical events/people
    • Japanese Americans internment camp
    • Letters
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • Seabeck
    • Seattle, Washington
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Social justice
    • Spouse
    MBY000378
    Jen Holmes, Pam Watts, and Renee JV McGrath
    00:00
    Jen Holmes, Pam Watts, and Renee JV McGrath
    jangelos
    August 17, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    young mother interviews two other young mothers about becoming and being mothers

    • baby
    • balancing desires
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Compassion
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dairy farm
    • everyone has a mother
    • follow your gut
    • good in the world
    • learning patience
    • life lessons
    • live intuitively
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    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
    LMN001184
    Mary Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson
    00:00
    Mary Stevenson and Elizabeth Stevenson
    Nzingha Garner
    February 7, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mary Stevenson, 63, was interviewed by her daughter, Elizabeth Stevenson, 27, about her life.

    • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn Bridge
    • college
    • Family Traditions
    • Feminism
    • Grace Julien, Marsha Hertzberg Schoenfeld, pat Rosenthal Cantor Mann, Karen Bluestone, Bruce Cohen, Barry Bluestone
    • John Foster Stevenson
    • Kosher speakeasy
    • memories of growing up
    • Pants
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Schmaltz family, Julia Schmaltz
    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
    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
    MBX000132
    David D. Wooldridge and Jennifer E. Cumby
    00:00
    David D. Wooldridge and Jennifer E. Cumby
    bmyers
    June 9, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David and Jennifer recall memories of being together.

    • birth of first child
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    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
    MBX004642
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
    00:00
    Catherine Miceli, Joseph Miceli, and Roz Luongo
    whenry-lester
    November 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Roz interviews her parents for their 50th wedding anniversary and tells them things the family has said about them.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • Father’s Day
    • gift
    • Grandkids
    • Gymnastics
    • Honeymoon
    LMN000551
    Gene  Krasa and E.B. Kelly
    01:22:40
    Gene Krasa and E.B. Kelly
    Jalylah Burrell
    August 17, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Gene Luka Krasa, 89, is interviewed by her granddaughter E.B. Kelly, 27 about her early life, the holocaust and her marriage to Karel Krasa

    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Concentration Camp
    • Czechoslovakia
    • family members in history
    • Germany
    • Gross-Rosen
    • Hempstead
    • historical events/people
    • holocaust
    • Hotel Europa
    • Influential People
    • Jewish
    • Laurence Steinhardt
    • memories of former times
    NPL000337
    Mike Pigott, Mark McNeely, Katy Varney, and Keith Miles
    01:01:17
    Mike Pigott, Mark McNeely, Katy Varney, and Keith Miles
    Kate Wingate
    June 11, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    These 6 business partners came to the booth to tell the story of the beginning, growth, and success of their company, McNeely, Pigott, and Fox.

    • Al Gore
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chattanooga, TN
    • cocktail napkin
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • community worthies
    • company retreats
    • competitiveness
    • consensus decision making
    • Country Music Hall of Fame
    • Downtown Arena, Nashville
    • Government
    • Governor Phil Bredesen
    • Journalism
    • Karaoke
    ATL000235
    Charles Warner and Julie Miccichi
    37:48
    Charles Warner and Julie Miccichi
    aknight
    March 11, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Julie Miccichi, 40, interviews her father Charles “Bob” Warner, 79, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • carving
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • making furniture
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Uncle Jim
    MBX004268
    Mary Grace and Bruce Butin
    01:19:23
    Mary Grace and Bruce Butin
    whenry-lester
    August 30, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Mary talks to her son Bruce about her life’s purpose to be a mother and to spread the message of honoring the divine feminine.

    • Accidents
    • birth of first child
    • ceremony
    • China
    • Divine Feminine
    • feminine
    • Feminism
    • Homosexuality
    • honor
    • hysterectomy
    • Jesus
    • journey
    • luck and fate
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • masculine
    MBX007904
    Jimmy  Pierce and Benjamin Pierce
    41:19
    Jimmy Pierce and Benjamin Pierce
    Beatriz Colonia
    April 1, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Jimmy Pierce (58) talks with his son Benjamin Pierce (22) about his nonprofit ‘Kids Making It’ and public service.

    • at risk youth
    • Attorneys
    • birth of first child
    • Friendships
    • Journalism
    • Kids Making It
    • Louisiana
    • memories of growing up
    • mentoring
    • New Orleans
    • Non profits
    • North Carolina
    • personal experiences
    • practicing law
    • Public service
    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
    MBX003599
    Stella Hager and Leena Frace
    01:16:53
    Stella Hager and Leena Frace
    Jenna Weiss-Berman
    February 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    A woman talks about the deaths of two of her three children, and growing up in a poor Spanish speaking family.

    • alcoholic
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • H.I.V.
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    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
    LMN001676
    Edward White, Evan White, and Rosina Conforti
    45:34
    Edward White, Evan White, and Rosina Conforti
    Cecilia Agudelo
    August 28, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Evan and Rosina Interview Edward White to know a little bit more about his background

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    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
    MBY004844
    Amanda Kraus and Sue  Krueger
    33:38
    Amanda Kraus and Sue Krueger
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    December 8, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Amanda and Sue talk about finding their personal identity as disabled women and their love of playing tennis.

    • Academia
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Dating
    • Disability Resource Center
    • Disabled
    • family doctor stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • San Diego, CA
    MBX007807
    Barbara Altman and Jackie Sojico
    40:05
    Barbara Altman and Jackie Sojico
    Eloise Melzer
    March 9, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Facilitator Jackie Sojico, 23, interviews Barbara Altman, 67, about her father, Harold Alton Corbin.

    • 1984 Olympics
    • 4th of July
    • 50th high school reunions
    • Alma Ethel Newlin Corbin
    • Andy MacDonald
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Benjamin Alan Altman
    • Blizzards
    • bounty hunting
    • cemeteries
    • Cherokee heritage
    • classical guitarists
    • cleaning barns
    • college
    • country dances
    ATL000151
    Eugene  Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    40:02
    Eugene Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    aknight
    January 9, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Dale Hutchens, 53, interviews his father Eugune Hutchens, 80, about his life, his abiding interest in radio and his experiences growing up in a poor, sharecropping family

    • Alzheimers
    • amateur radio
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • Howard College
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    MBY002610
    Thomas J. McMahon  and Deirdre McMahon Boone
    42:22
    Thomas J. McMahon and Deirdre McMahon Boone
    Susan Lee
    April 6, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Thomas tells daughter about meeting her mother and about how he came to Chicago from Ireland.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Babysitter
    • Chicago, Illinois
    • Childhood Games
    • contruction
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dating
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Ireland
    • labor movements and unions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Richard Daly
    • school day memories
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