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    SFB000369
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    01:22:17
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    Alex Lyon
    June 18, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Francis Wong (72) talks to his wife Mary Ann Wong (62) about his life, his accomplishments and the things he is most proudest of.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • Christian
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Cruises
    • Don Graham
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    MBX005288
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    01:22:56
    Glen Waggoner and Daniel Okrent
    Nina Porzucki
    May 11, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Glen Waggoner (61) talks with his friend Daniel Okrent (61) about the death of his father, their love of baseball, and growing up in a small town.

    • affairs
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Civil Rights
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Detroit Tigers
    • Detroit, MI
    • Dunkenville, TX
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    GCT002812
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    01:18:07
    Alma McAllister, Amy Farges, and Lisa McAllister
    rshankar
    May 14, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Lisa (37) and Amy (51) interview their mother Alma (79) about her childhood in Youngstown, OH, meeting and falling in love with her husband, and their extended family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Catholic education
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    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
    SFB001224
    William Evers and Peter Emblad
    01:21:07
    William Evers and Peter Emblad
    Liam Pierce
    March 10, 2011 San Francisco StoryBooth

    William D. Evers (83) by Peter Emblad (43) on W.’s family history. W. talks about his parents and grandparents’ immigration to the U.S. from Germany, and their rise in prominence in San Francisco

    • Caspar Malchiar Balthazar, Dhormann, Sepha, Inez, Harold, Otto, Ernest, Jenny, Caroline Livermore, Spekbacher
    • college
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • Hammond, Germany, Calistoga, Marin County, Ross, San Francisco,
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • Influential People
    MBY005835
    Siegfried Buss and Frieda Nossaman
    37:22
    Siegfried Buss and Frieda Nossaman
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    October 12, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • German
    • Germany
    • Hirohito
    • historical events/people
    • Japan
    • Japanese Emperor
    LMN001938
    Michael Breton, Karen  Breton, and Kris  Breton
    39:12
    Michael Breton, Karen Breton, and Kris Breton
    John White
    February 26, 2010 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mike and Karen Breton are interviewed by their son Kris Breton about living abroad in Iran and Brazil, having children,their marriage and moving to Arkansas.

    • birth of first child
    • Brasilia
    • Brazil
    • college
    • doctorate degrees
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fayetteville, Arkansas
    • IRAN
    • Iranian Revolution
    • Marcela Breton
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    DDC000821
    Camille Warzecha and Patricia Quinn
    35:33
    Camille Warzecha and Patricia Quinn
    Naomi Greene
    May 17, 2010 Door-to-Door Kit C

    Pat Quinn (63) interviews her friend, Camille Warzecha (67) about her family and how she came to live in Little Falls, MN. Camille talks about her ancestry and retells the stories of how her grandparents came to the United States.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cape May, NJ
    • college
    • doctor wars
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • John Wanamaker
    • Little Falls, MN
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New Orleans, LA
    • personal experiences
    MBX006824
    Cesar Mejía Grados, Mercedes Mejía, and Katherinne Sardena
    35:23
    Cesar Mejía Grados, Mercedes Mejía, and Katherinne Sardena
    Jorge Rios
    June 18, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Cesar Mejía, 80, y su esposa Mercedes Mejía, 75, le cuentan a su hija Katherinne Sardena, 32, acerca de sus vidas en el Perú y su amor por la música y el baile peruanos. [Cesar Mejía, 80, and his wife...

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Cesarean
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • cultural beliefs
    • Dancing
    • Death of a parent
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    MBY003038
    Francis J. Smaka and Beth Smaka
    48:14
    Francis J. Smaka and Beth Smaka
    Daniel Littlewood
    July 24, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Frank Smaka tells his daughter Beth about leaving Poland to come to America as a kid, about his family’s history, adjusting to life in America, and how he met Beth’s mother.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • blind date
    • Coal mine
    • college
    • Ellis Island
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • Germans
    • grandson
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Pennsylvania
    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
    MBX000585
    Louise (Lucy) Robinson McReynolds and Ann McReynolds
    44:00
    Louise (Lucy) Robinson McReynolds and Ann McReynolds
    rshankar
    September 24, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    92 year old woman is interviewed by her 65 year old daughter about her family, growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and her career as a bookkeeper in St Louis.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apendicitis; peritonitis; chilbirth
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Cotton broker; Logging industry; railroads; bookkeeping; Pitney Bowles; National Recovery Act (NRA); boarding house for working girls;
    • Episcopal Church
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Glacier Park, Montana;
    • historical events/people
    • hunting dog
    MBY004963
    Milena Muzquiz and Stephanie Taylor
    37:58
    Milena Muzquiz and Stephanie Taylor
    Nina Porzucki
    January 29, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Milena Muzquiz (31) is interviewed by her friend, Stephanie Taylor (37) about growing up and her move to the U.S. from Tijuana when she was in elementary school.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Art School
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • fresas
    • Influential People
    • Injuries
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mexico
    MBY005524
    Jim Philipps and Daniel Philipps
    40:24
    Jim Philipps and Daniel Philipps
    cscott
    June 6, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Jim Philips (61) is interviewed by his son Daniel Philips (35). Jim shares his thoughts about his life with his wife and the influence of his childhood on the life he has led as an adult

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Camping
    • Chicago culture
    • Commando - no underwear
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • fake id
    • family foundation
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • heredity
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    MBY006293
    Maria Meza-Ayala and Maribel Meza
    36:58
    Maria Meza-Ayala and Maribel Meza
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    March 10, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Maria Meza-Ayala (89) habla con su hija Maribel Meza (25) de su vida en Mexico. [Maria Meza-Ayala (89) talks with her daughter Maribel Meza (25) about her life in Mexico.]

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • conjuring
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • historical events/people
    • luck and fate
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    MBY002737
    Irene Severin and Lance Purdy
    38:47
    Irene Severin and Lance Purdy
    Lena Richardson
    May 12, 2007 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Nephew interviews aunt about her life growing up in the Ozarks and in Nebraska as well as family stories.

    • birth of first child
    • Dating
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • hill people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Ozarks
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    SFB000061
    Joan Ruskin and Susan Steinhauer
    01:19:06
    Joan Ruskin and Susan Steinhauer
    Alex Lyon
    November 23, 2008 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Joan Ruskin, 85, talks to her daughter Susan Steinhauer, , about life after her heart attack and what she now considers important in life.

    • Acceptance
    • birth of first child
    • Bucky Bachner: husbands
    • Coping
    • family feuds
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Greg Bachner: brothers
    • Heart attacks
    • Herman Ruskin: husbands
    • Hospice
    • illness
    • Influential People
    NPL000401
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    01:16:47
    Larry Keyes and Martha O’Brien
    Kate Wingate
    July 30, 2008 Nashville Public Library

    Larry tells Martha about his family and the impact his father and uncle had on his life.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Boxing
    • Childhood Games
    • Circus
    • Clinton, MI
    • clubbing/bars
    • De Molay
    • Deleon, TX
    • Edwin Bledsoe Keyes
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    MBX008151
    Nate Harling and Bettina Morrish
    45:43
    Nate Harling and Bettina Morrish
    Dana Glass
    June 5, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bettina Moorish (47) and her son Nate Harling (14) talk about their family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Cabin
    • California
    • canoeing
    • coach
    • college
    • cool aid
    • Coyotes
    • Dog Face Mountain
    • family characters
    • Family life
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • father
    MBX004737
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    01:18:24
    Edith Johnson and Jaimie Johnson
    Nina Porzucki
    December 20, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Edith E. Johson, 80, is interviewed by her granddaughter, Jaimie Johnson, 26.

    • 500 Club
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • army photographer
    • birth of first child
    • Boot Lake
    • Bridge Club
    • card parties
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas code
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Dancing
    • Davenport, IA
    • dying
    • economic beliefs and practices
    MBY006523
    Maria Leyba and Angélica  Turrieta
    40:45
    Maria Leyba and Angélica Turrieta
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    May 20, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Maria L. Leyba (60) talks with her daughter Angélica Turrieta (33) about her childhood life in a prison, growing up in New Mexico and the death of her brother Ramón.

    • Albino
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apache
    • Appearance
    • Ascension, Chihuahua
    • Barelas, NM
    • Celestino Barrola
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    MBY006251
    Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal and Jason Yap
    42:16
    Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal and Jason Yap
    Jorge Rios
    February 28, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, 62, tells her son Jason Yam about her arrival to the United States, including the trip by ship, and about her political awakening in the United States.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • community worthies
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family feuds
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Political awakening
    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
    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
    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
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