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    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
    SFB000369
    Francis Wong and Mary Ann Wong
    00:00
    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
    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
    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
    GCT001151
    Mariann Raftery and Mia Raftery
    01:20:46
    Mariann Raftery and Mia Raftery
    Kayvon Bahramian
    February 23, 2005 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    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
    MBX007371
    Mary Gessel and Benjamin Gessel
    38:57
    Mary Gessel and Benjamin Gessel
    Jorge Rios
    October 30, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Mary Ann Gessel, 50, talks to her son Benjamin Gessel, 28, about her parents, life, and marriages

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bank Tellers
    • Banks
    • bookkeepers
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • college living
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dates
    • Death of a spouse
    • family characters
    • family moves
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Hamilton National Bank
    • historical events/people
    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
    MBX005676
    Joan Di Christina and Susan Di Christina
    43:27
    Joan Di Christina and Susan Di Christina
    Anna Walters
    August 12, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan Di Christina (40) interviews her mother-in-law, Joan Di Christina (73) about Joan’s family ancestry and the history of the Erie Canal.

    • Atomic bomb
    • brockport teachers college
    • Bronx
    • Catholic
    • chittenango, new york
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dry docks
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Ellis Island
    • English
    • Erie canal
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • high school reunion
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    MBY006712
    Susan  Moinester, Arielle Moinester, and Margot Moinester
    45:00
    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
    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
    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
    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
    SCK000279
    Margaret R. Feucht and Mij Byram
    01:01:35
    Margaret R. Feucht and Mij Byram
    No Facilitator
    June 7, 2006 StoryKit

    daughter interviews mother

    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Needlework
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    MBY007707
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    40:40
    Emma Akalonu and Marquita James
    Lilly Sullivan
    April 11, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Emma Estella Person Akalomu (Bobbe) (77) talks with facilitator Marquita James (25) about her cousin Daisy’s hat, which to her is like a symbol of strength and resilience.

    • Africa
    • Ancestry
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Church
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Daisy
    • department store
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Harvard
    MBY007498
    Clayton Bradford and Janice Bradford
    34:11
    Clayton Bradford and Janice Bradford
    Jorge Rios
    February 18, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Clayton Bradford, 24, tells his mother Janice Bradford, 54, about his experience in the United States Marine Corps and his two deployments in Iraq.

    • beliefs on military
    • Chico, California
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • ex-girlfriends
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • fellow soldiers
    • historical events/people
    • military enlistment
    • Military families
    • Military life
    • military release
    MBX000763
    Velora Anderson and Charlotte Mayo
    01:15:48
    Velora Anderson and Charlotte Mayo
    Nick Yulman
    November 5, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Charlotte interiviews her mother Velora about her childhood on a farm in illinois.

    • 4h
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • factory workers
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • preserving food
    MBX004541
    Patricia Kloiber and Kathleen Kloiber Koch
    01:19:14
    Patricia Kloiber and Kathleen Kloiber Koch
    Nina Porzucki
    November 2, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Patricia Kloiber is interviewed by her daughter, Kathleen Kloiber Koch about her life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    • college
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Girl Scouts of America
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • Ireland
    GRB000611
    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
    00:00
    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
    Brianna Hyneman
    November 23, 2007 Griot Booth

    Akiba Shabazz talks with her daughters Naja and Zuri about her life growing up with her parents in Memphis, her marriages and travels.

    • birth of first child
    • college
    • colon cancer
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • France
    • Influential People
    • Italy
    • memories of growing up
    • Muslim
    • Nightclubs
    • novels
    • personal experiences
    • racist killing
    MBY005289
    Harvey Cahoon and Jann Cahoon
    32:59
    Harvey Cahoon and Jann Cahoon
    Anna Walters
    April 11, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Jann Cahoon (37) interviews her uncle, Harvey Cahoon (63) about the family brick business.

    • apprenticeships
    • beehive kiln
    • Bishop Pearson
    • brick making
    • brick press
    • brick yard
    • college
    • common brick
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • extrusion bricks
    • face brick
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
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