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    MBX000407
    Saul P. Arsht and Michelle Stiennon
    00:00
    Saul P. Arsht and Michelle Stiennon
    cbancroft
    August 12, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Saul talks about growing up in Detroit, his childhood memories, and working in the junkyard business.

    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Family Traditions
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Salesmen
    • schoolyard games
    MBX001116
    Mary Hunt Patterson and Libby Egnor
    00:00
    Mary Hunt Patterson and Libby Egnor
    Nadja Middleton
    March 3, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Libby interviews her mother, Mary, about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBX004348
    Stephanie Schamess and Rebecca  Flowers Schamess
    00:00
    Stephanie Schamess and Rebecca Flowers Schamess
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 15, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Stephanie tells stories of her big and dramatic family.

    • Al
    • American Idol
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • argentina
    • blacksmith
    • Bob
    • Columbia Records
    • Facebook
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    • Family life
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    sck001262
    Rose Eleanor  Schultz, Anne Marie Weitzel, and Liz Hrivnak
    00:00
    Rose Eleanor Schultz, Anne Marie Weitzel, and Liz Hrivnak
    September 30, 2008 StoryKit

    • college
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of growing up
    • school day memories
    MBX007302
    Lois Bass, Peggy Bass Bridges, and Cindy Bass Emery
    37:27
    Lois Bass, Peggy Bass Bridges, and Cindy Bass Emery
    Virginia Lora
    October 17, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Lois P. Bass, 85, is interviewed by her daughters Peggy Bass Bridges, 57, and Cindy Bass Emery, 59, about her life growing up and about how she met her husband.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Atlanta
    • birth of first child
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • hospital
    • Knoxville
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New York State
    • Nurse
    • Pennsylvania
    • personal experiences
    • Philadelphia
    MBX007547
    Karl Friedman and Maurice Shevin
    39:31
    Karl Friedman and Maurice Shevin
    Jackie Sojico
    January 7, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Karl Friedman (86) is interviewed by his colleague and friend Maurice Shevin (58) about his involvement in the Jewish community and Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Aunt Sid
    • Bobby Kennedy
    • Bubba Friedman
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • harrassment
    • historical events/people
    • Ku Klux Klan
    • law school
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    GCT003389
    Rosalie “Mickey” Greenberg and Cara Feinberg
    01:17:01
    Rosalie “Mickey” Greenberg and Cara Feinberg
    Kamilah Duggins
    November 26, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Rosalie reflects on her early years, her accomplishments and hopes for her family

    • charity
    • Charles Lindberg
    • Community Activism
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Floral Park
    • historical events/people
    • Jewish
    • Ku Klux Klan
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • playiing favorites (with children)
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • social work
    MBX003369
    Robert Binstock and Esther Binstock
    01:26:34
    Robert Binstock and Esther Binstock
    Yuki Aizawa
    December 7, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Robert (aka Bob, 49) and daughter Esther (aka S., 14) talk about sexuality, death, and their fears.

    • Boston MA
    • Cambridge MA
    • Experimentation
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Growing Up
    • Homosexuality
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • Parenting
    • personal experiences
    • psychotherapist
    • psychotherapy
    • sexuality
    • social beliefs and practices
    LMN002674
    John  Jurgensen and John Jurgensen
    01:45:04
    John Jurgensen and John Jurgensen
    John White
    June 11, 2011 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Craig Jurgensen is interviewed by his son John Jurgensen about becoming a doctor, his focus on neurology, specializing in Parkinsons Disease and diagnosing and treating his wife for memory loss in his retirement.

    • Alzheimer
    • atrohpy
    • Carlisle, PA
    • community worthies
    • family doctor stories
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Memory loss
    • mental illness
    • Neurology
    • Occupational therapy
    • Parkinson Disease
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    SCK002078
    Barbara Sommer and Deanne Sommer
    45:52
    Barbara Sommer and Deanne Sommer
    No Facilitator
    June 24, 2010 StoryKit

    Life experiences of 77-year-old mother, wife and woman.

    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • illness
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    • Softball
    • Spouse
    MBX000940
    Antony Markantonatos and Antoinette Radice
    01:15:08
    Antony Markantonatos and Antoinette Radice
    mtivnan
    January 12, 2006 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cape town
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dolphins
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    • South Africa
    • Spouse
    MBY006212
    Angie Apodaca and Cynthia Apodaca
    42:55
    Angie Apodaca and Cynthia Apodaca
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    February 19, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Angie Apodaca (74) talks with her daughter Cynthia Apodaca (47) about losing her son Eric to HIV/AIDS.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cemetery traditions
    • community worthies
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • gay
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • Injuries
    • Las Memorias Project
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    MBX007090
    Earl Elliott and C. Elliott
    36:34
    Earl Elliott and C. Elliott
    Jorge Rios
    August 28, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Earl S. Elliott, Jr., 84, talks to his grandson C. Nathan Elliott, 31, about his family history and his life.

    • academic counseling
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • graduate school
    • historical events/people
    • Money
    • Penn State University
    • personal experiences
    • Physical Education
    • railroad engine drivers
    dtd000149
    Davin Garcia, Dylan Garcia, Deborah Garcia, and Maddy Nussbaum
    54:47
    Davin Garcia, Dylan Garcia, Deborah Garcia, and Maddy Nussbaum
    jrandolph
    December 1, 2006 Door-To-Door (2006-2007)

    Two brothers, ages 9 and 13, remember their father who died on 9-11-01

    • 9-11-01
    • Blindness
    • Camping
    • Childhood Games
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • New York city
    • personal experiences
    • repair
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    SCK001733
    B. V.  Smith and Karan Wood
    48:08
    B. V. Smith and Karan Wood
    No Facilitator
    September 23, 2009 StoryKit

    • a few astronauts, midwest (Pat ad Ohio parents)
    • bad news, military reunions
    • college
    • cousins, aunts/uncles, dogs - many over the years
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Groundhog Day
    • help open up backyards in state psychiatry in hospital, developed several mental health systems
    • high school band leader
    • Independence day
    • Influential People
    • Music
    • New Years Day
    • Old Folk’s B-days
    • Spouse
    • Veterans day
    SFB000652
    Mirta Mihovilovic, Angelina Thomas, and Mark  Thomas
    00:00
    Mirta Mihovilovic, Angelina Thomas, and Mark Thomas
    Alex Lyon
    January 14, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Mirta Mihovilovic (63) and her cousins Angelina Thomas (88) and Mark Thomas (59) talk about their family history and how they recently came into contact with one another.

    • America
    • chile
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dual Citizenship
    • Ellen Thomas
    • family heirlooms
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first encounters
    • first impression of America
    • Italy
    SCK001058
    Harriet Peavey and Angela Peavey Christiana
    01:18:56
    Harriet Peavey and Angela Peavey Christiana
    April 2, 2008 StoryKit

    A granddaughter interviews her grandmother about her life.

    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    GCT004375
    Mathilda Tibby Brown and Barbara Brown
    39:25
    Mathilda Tibby Brown and Barbara Brown
    Emily Janssen
    October 24, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Barbara Brown interviews her mother, Mathilda Tibby Brown, about her career in Suffolk County Family Court, and about being the mother of four children.

    • 1939 World’s Fair
    • birth of first child
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Grumman Aerospace
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • smoking
    • Spouse
    • Suffolk County Family Court
    • Vietnam War - draft
    • volunteering
    ATL000394
    Mark  Richards and Sarah Richards
    37:24
    Mark Richards and Sarah Richards
    aknight
    July 17, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Mark Richards, 31, talks to his wife Sarah Richards, 30, about his birth in Colombia, his adoption, growing up in New Jersey, their meeting, marriage and new-born baby.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Dancing
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Hanukkah
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    The Significance of a Name
    03:38
    The Significance of a Name
    Wichita Falls Museum Art at MSU Texas
    June 29, 2021 App Interview

    The story of how I learned to love my name.

    • bilingual
    • El Barrio
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Hispanic culture
    • memories of growing up
    • Self love
    • Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas
    • Wichita Falls Texas
    MBY004043
    LeLand Holstine, Leah Holstine, and Eric Holstine
    35:13
    LeLand Holstine, Leah Holstine, and Eric Holstine
    Rachel Falcone
    May 25, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    LeLand and Leah Holstine talk with their son Eric about meeting, their respective careers, raising Eric and about Eric’s children Topher and Anna.

    • Agriculture
    • Butte, MT
    • Canada
    • Childhood Games
    • Conrad, MT
    • conservation movements
    • conservation programs
    • Dairy
    • DeMoley
    • Eagle, ID
    • Family Traditions
    • Farming
    • Fort Benton, MT
    • Future Farmers of America
    • Gas prices
    GCT004905
    Hanna (Ann) Schechner and Beth Schechner
    41:52
    Hanna (Ann) Schechner and Beth Schechner
    Toccarra Thomas
    April 13, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Hanna Schechner and her daughter, Beth Schechner, talk about Hanna’s upbringing in Holland and her family migration to Holland.

    • Amsterdam
    • Cleveland, OH.
    • Exxon Oil Spill
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Haarlem
    • historical events/people
    • Hoboken, NJ
    • Holland
    • holocaust
    • Mayfield, OH.
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Nassau Community College
    • Shakerheights
    • WWII
    GCT001581
    Martin Kalfus and Ken Kalfus
    01:24:53
    Martin Kalfus and Ken Kalfus
    skramer
    June 10, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Ken Kalfus interviews his father Martin about growing up in the bronx, his time in the army during WWII, and different businesses afterwards.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • Grand Central Terminal
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBX002819
    Stella M. Chickering and Chickering Fran
    32:33
    Stella M. Chickering and Chickering Fran
    Naomi Greene
    July 13, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Fran interviews her mother, Stella, on her birthday. Stella talks about her earliest memories and growing up on a farm.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Childhood Games
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • Hartford, Vermont
    • memories of growing up
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Sing Through My Heart
    DDB000452
    Paul Nussbaum and Connie Evans
    41:43
    Paul Nussbaum and Connie Evans
    Kate Brown
    May 28, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Connie Evans (48) interviews coworker Dr. Paul Nussbaum (62) about his parents’ immigration from Poland, growing up Orthodox Jewish in Brooklyn, becoming a doctor, and raising a family.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Anthrax
    • Artist
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Displaced Persons Camp
    • Doctor
    • fabric
    • family members in history
    • Field Hockey
    • Griffin Hospital
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