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    LMN001519
    Fred Gonzalez, Alex Leguillow, and Jalylah Burrell
    01:14:16
    Fred Gonzalez, Alex Leguillow, and Jalylah Burrell
    Jalylah Burrell
    May 14, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Fred Gonzalez, Jr., 27, and Alex Leguillow, 63, remember Alex’s nephew and Fred’s brother Nestor A. Cintron III, a Cantor Fitzgerald broker who was killed on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks.

    • 9/11
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cantor Fitzgerald
    • Colgate University
    • college
    • family in-jokes
    • Lower East Side
    • Martial arts
    • memories of growing up
    • North Tower
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    • World Trade Center
    • World Trade Center 1993 Bombing
    SFD000017
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    01:28:55
    Caroline Yee and Susan Yee
    Sarah Geis
    February 20, 2009 San Francisco Door-To-Door

    Susan, 35, interviews her mother Caroline, 64, about growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, her work as a principal, and her family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Asian pride
    • Bock Quong Chin
    • Childhood Games
    • Chin Chum Chin
    • Chinatowns
    • Chinese Restaurants
    • Chinese school
    • Chinese-Americans
    • Christopher Yee
    • Class
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • community worthies
    MBY003775
    Linda Dean Goolsbee and Rose Gorman
    38:29
    Linda Dean Goolsbee and Rose Gorman
    Rose Gorman
    March 20, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Linda Dean Goolsbee tells StoryCorps facilitator Rose Gorman of her parents, Jack and Francis Dean.

    • Abilene, Tx
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Coretta Scott King
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • El Paso, TX
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Grand Canyon
    • historical events/people
    • Holland Tunnel
    • honesty
    • Jack and Francis Dean
    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
    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
    SFB000862
    Albert Lozano and Catalina Lozano
    01:16:24
    Albert Lozano and Catalina Lozano
    Frank Kingman
    June 20, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Albert H. Lozano, 84, talks with his daughter Catalina Lozano, 58, about growing up in Mexico, his immigration to the US, his family and his varied careers.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Bullfighting
    • Chihuahua, Mexico
    • Ciúdad Juárez, México
    • Cliff House Restaurant, San Francisco
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • disc jockeys
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    DDD000263
    Orsini González and Ysabel González
    40:03
    Orsini González and Ysabel González
    Yazmín Peña
    October 1, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit D

    Dr. Orsini Gonzáles (60) tells his daughter, Ysabel Y. González (29) how his parents met in Puerto Rico, about growing up in the South Bronx in the ‘60s, and how he met his wife, Ysabel’s mother.

    • 296 Fifth Avenue
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Antonia Pantojo
    • ASPIRA
    • Binghamton University
    • birth of first child
    • Bryant Avenue and 174th Street
    • Carlos
    • Childhood Games
    • City College of New York
    • college
    • Dean Doris Cintron
    • family in-jokes
    • family trips and excursions
    • Guanica
    DDB000756
    Arlene Swartz and Kathrina Proscia
    41:02
    Arlene Swartz and Kathrina Proscia
    Carolina Correa
    May 12, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Arlene Swartz (61) talks to her friend and coworker Kathrina Proscia (50) about her childhood in the Bronx and Queens, her family and her career in philanthropy and fundraising.

    • Advertising
    • American
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Board
    • Board Members
    • Bronx, NY
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Columbia University
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Development Department
    • Director of Development
    • dogs
    • donation
    MBX004326
    Susan  Andrade and Manuel Andrade
    01:10:15
    Susan Andrade and Manuel Andrade
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    September 11, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Manual and Susan talk about their 32 year marriage.

    • 32nd Anniversary
    • Academy Awards
    • All Through the Night
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Caroline
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • costume parties
    • dance parties
    • Elvis
    • Emily
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family in-jokes
    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
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    Susan Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    Eloise Melzer
    July 21, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Margot Moinester, 22, and Arielle Moinester, 30, ask their mother, Susan Moinester, 56, about her parents who survived the Holocaust.

    • 1950s
    • 1970s
    • Abe Diamond
    • adaptations
    • Admiration
    • American holidays
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • aphorisms
    • Appearance
    • Appreciation
    • Bad memories
    • birth of first child
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • celebrating heritage
    • close-knit families
    MBY006942
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
    01:23:30
    Nadine Blackwell and Chandra Blackwell
    Eloise Melzer
    September 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Chandra Blackwell, 40, interviews her mother Nadine Blackwell, 80, about her memory and involvement in Brown vs. the Board of Education, integrating the Topeka Fire Department, and integrating the downtown Topeka restaurants.

    • 80th birthdays
    • Adrian Nwonye
    • Albert (”Bertrum”) Blackwell
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Arianna Nwonye
    • August (Auggie) Tschirhart
    • basketball teams
    • black fire stations
    • Brown vs. Board of Education
    • camaraderie
    • change
    • Civil Rights
    • college
    • community worthies
    SFB000563
    Sophie Broche and Karen Quest
    01:16:06
    Sophie Broche and Karen Quest
    Frank Kingman
    November 5, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Sophie Broche, 80, talks with her cousin Karen Quest, 54, about the family that they have in common and about their own lives.

    • American Sign Language
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Deaf Theatre
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • historical events/people
    • juggling
    • Los Angeles
    • Magic Mountain Amusement Park
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBY006052
    Gabriela Ventura and Georgina Baeza
    28:02
    Gabriela Ventura and Georgina Baeza
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    December 13, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Gabriela Baeza VEntura (39) talks with sister Georgina Baeza (27) about her academic success.

    • academics
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Editing
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Traditions
    • first impression of America
    • Isabel Allende
    • Latino Literature
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice

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