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    Charlene Robinson and Sonja Scott Woods
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    Charlene Robinson and Sonja Scott Woods
    Becky Homann
    January 12, 2008 Milwaukee Public Library

    Charlene Robinson and her niece, Sonja Scott Woods discuss their family history.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • Mother’s Day
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Slave Narratives recordings
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MBX006503
    Larnell Bates and Lynette Bates
    41:34
    Larnell Bates and Lynette Bates
    Jeremy Helton
    March 28, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Lynette D. Bates (47) talks with her brother Larnell Bates, Jr. (51) about family, parenting and good teachers.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Angela
    • Appearance
    • Arthur McCastle
    • Aunt Snowball
    • birth of first child
    • breast cancer
    • Brianna
    • Brother Martin
    • Chicago
    • Coach Markham
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • discipline
    • Eleanor McMain
    • family naming and nicknames
    GRS000859
    Gwendolyn Henderson and Shirley Baxter
    47:25
    Gwendolyn Henderson and Shirley Baxter
    Michael Premo
    January 26, 2008 Griot Site-Based

    Gwendolyn Henderson remembers her life in Tuskegee

    • Appearance
    • Civil Rights
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • College life
    • college town
    • color
    • color politics
    • community worthies
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • Influential People
    • John Kinny
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
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    Georgie Walker and Sonia  Walker
    01:08:20
    Georgie Walker and Sonia Walker
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    July 26, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Georgie talks with her daughter Sonia Walker about growing up in Buffalo, the illnesses Georgia has suffered and the strength and perseverance they have learned as family.

    • 1943
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • Buffalo, NY
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fort Benning, GA
    • gall bladder
    • heart trouble
    • historical events/people
    • Lutheran
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • political beliefs and practices
    MBX004521
    Moses McCrimager and Steven Blay
    01:21:17
    Moses McCrimager and Steven Blay
    Nina Porzucki
    October 29, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Moses McCrimager, 91, is interviewed by his friend Steven Blay, 35.

    • 10 horse farm
    • 1926 Hurricane in Miami
    • 1936 Chevrolet
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Brooksfield, FL
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Gainesville, FL
    • halfcropper
    • historical events/people
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mining

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