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    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
    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
    DDB000551
    Ruth Lewis and Lon Cseplo
    44:11
    Ruth Lewis and Lon Cseplo
    Rose Gorman
    July 29, 2009 Door-to-Door Kit B

    Ruth E. Lewis (84) tells her grandson, Lon Cseplo (39) of her family’s life during the Great Depression and later during World War II. She shares the story of her mother’s coming to the United States by way of Ellis...

    • and procedures
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Canning
    • craft
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Ellis Island
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • I Don’t Care
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New Years Eve
    LMN000287
    Barry Benepe and Adrian Benepe
    47:31
    Barry Benepe and Adrian Benepe
    Daniel Littlewood
    June 5, 2008 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Barry Benepe talks to his son Adrian Benepe about growing up with a love of nature, his process of learning about art, and the Greenmarket in New York that he founded

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • apprenticeships
    • Benepe family
    • Castle Clinton
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Frank Lloyd Wright
    • gothic cathedral
    • Greenmarket
    • historical events/people
    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
    GCT000818
    Joseph Resnick and Ethan Herschenfeld
    01:33:42
    Joseph Resnick and Ethan Herschenfeld
    Kayvon Bahramian
    August 18, 2004 Grand Central StoryBooth

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBY005210
    Henry  Johnson  and Suzanne Nikolaisen
    41:51
    Henry Johnson and Suzanne Nikolaisen
    Anna Walters
    March 26, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Suzanne Nikolaisen (39) interviews her father, Henry J. Johnson Jr. (82) about his career in aeronautical engineering.

    • Aeronautical engineering
    • ballistics
    • Catholic
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • hartford, connecticut
    • historical events/people
    • Irish
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • missile defense
    • northrup institute of technology
    • personal experiences
    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
    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
    MBY004996
    Marion McClatchy and Susan McClatchy
    41:26
    Marion McClatchy and Susan McClatchy
    Nina Porzucki
    February 5, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marion McClatchy (78) is interviewed by her daughter Susan McClatchy (44) about growing up in Bogota, Colombia.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Bogota, Colombia
    • British Diplomat
    • British Empire
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    DDC000338
    Sue Manlove and Lorraine Scurti
    01:15:55
    Sue Manlove and Lorraine Scurti
    Katherine Brook
    September 30, 2008 Door-to-Door Kit C

    Sue Manlove, 61, and her coworker and friend Lorriane Scurti, 52, talk about their experiences as secretaries at Northern Illinois University and about dealing with the aftermath of the February 14th shooting.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • dogs
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • Memorial Services
    • Memorials
    • memories of former times
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    MPL000394
    John Blandino and Angeline Catena
    40:06
    John Blandino and Angeline Catena
    Becky Homann
    August 25, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Father tells his daughter about growing up in Milwaukee, his travels and his work.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • China
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Communism
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • song composing
    • street patterns
    • Tiananmen Square
    MBX004289
    Ruth Enders and Erin Chrusciel
    01:13:25
    Ruth Enders and Erin Chrusciel
    Jeremy Helton
    September 4, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ruth Enders talks with her granddaughter, Erin Chrusciel, about how she raised nine children and what life as a military wife is like.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • BB gun
    • beaver claws
    • Bernie
    • birth of first child
    • Bob
    • bobcat
    • bubblers
    • Carl
    • Carol
    • cats
    • dogs
    • Doodles
    • Eggplants
    wtc000441
    Francis (Frank) Feeley and Carol Feeley
    02:10:33
    Francis (Frank) Feeley and Carol Feeley
    agoldman
    March 1, 2006 World Trade Center Booth

    Frank worked as a laborer and surveyor in the construction of the World Trade Center, as well as many other skyscrapers and tunnels in and around New York City. He talks about what this work meant to him and how...

    • architechture
    • Battery Park City
    • building structure
    • construction of World Trade Center
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • digging tunnels
    • external elevator
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fireman
    • friends who died on 9/11
    • Gettysburg
    • historical events/people
    • Injuries
    • Money
    • PATH train
    MBX004079
    Louise Szimonisz and Susan Szimonisz
    01:18:50
    Louise Szimonisz and Susan Szimonisz
    whenry-lester
    July 19, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Susan interviews her mother, Louise (who has stage 4 Lung Cancer) about her childhood, her career, and memories of her husband.

    • Appalachia
    • birth of first child
    • blood poisoning
    • breast cancer
    • Convent
    • Doctor
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Galvaston, TX
    • Greycliff Mansion
    • historical events/people
    • Hungarian Revolution
    • Hungary
    • Kentucky
    • Lung cancer
    MBY008174
    Lois Madison and Brian Madison
    41:10
    Lois Madison and Brian Madison
    Erin Dickey
    August 12, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Brian Madison (55) interviews his mother Lois Madison (82). LM talks about her grandparents and her family, moving to Vancouver during WWII, and meeting her husband. She also talks about her life with her husband Oscar.

    • Akron, OH
    • birth of first child
    • china doll
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Vancouver
    • Victory Garden
    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
    MBX002802
    Louis Emond and Rebecca Emond
    26:02
    Louis Emond and Rebecca Emond
    Francesca Levy
    July 8, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Louis talks to his daughter, Rebecca, about his experiences abroad in the Air Force.

    • Air Force Association, Rhubarb
    • Air Force, Verona, Italy, Brenner Pass
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • French Canadian, Church, St. Francis Exavier, Wooster, Massachusets
    • historical events/people
    • Iraq, Bagdhad, Anbar Province
    • Manchester, Veteran’s Hospital
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Nashua, New Hamshire
    • political beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    atl000710
    Lauren Jefferson, William Mayweather, and Tonya Groomes
    01:19:39
    Lauren Jefferson, William Mayweather, and Tonya Groomes
    ldobson
    February 5, 2011 Atlanta StoryBooth

    William (Bill) Mayweather (71) and his granddaughter Lauren Jefferson (15) are interviewed by their daughter/mother, Tonya Groomes (45) about a member of their family being part of the Pulitzer Prize winning book “Slavery By Another Name.”

    • college
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Green Cottingham
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Montevallo, Alabama
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • Skip Cottingham
    • Slavery By Another Name
    • social beliefs and practices
    SFB000801
    Ruth Levenson, Cecily Burke, and David Taussig
    01:19:55
    Ruth Levenson, Cecily Burke, and David Taussig
    Alex Lyon
    May 9, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Ruth Levenson (87) talks to her son David Taussig (60) and daughter-in-law Cecily Burke (61) about her life as a Holocaust refugee and eventually immigrating to the United States.

    • accents
    • Adolph Hitler
    • being saved
    • Boarding Houses
    • Business School
    • California
    • Childhood Games
    • Culture shock
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • first impression of America
    • fur business
    • historical events/people
    LMN002824
    Clarissa Kirschenbaum and Gabriel Gonzalez
    38:59
    Clarissa Kirschenbaum and Gabriel Gonzalez
    Helen Rubinstein
    September 8, 2011 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Clarissa Kirschenbaum (62) remembers her brother, Victor Wald, who died in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, with her significant other, Gabriel Gonzalez (58).

    • 2001
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • City College (NY)
    • college
    • Columbia University
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Holocaust Survivors
    • kidney infection
    • memories of growing up
    • New York city
    • personal experiences
    • psychic reading
    • religious beliefs and practices
    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
    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
    NPL000127
    Mary “Wisher” Barthelman
 and Meg Reuthe
    36:01
    Mary “Wisher” Barthelman and Meg Reuthe
    Martha O'Brien
    December 22, 2007 Nashville Public Library

    Mary “Wisher” Barthelman and her daughter Meg Reuthe talk about their mother-daughter relationship.

    • Artist
    • Bill Webster
    • birth of first child
    • Blog
    • Cameron reuthe
    • Communist
    • Creativity
    • Elizabeth New Jersey
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Inventor
    • James S. Green
    • Lawyer
    • McCarthy Hearings
    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
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