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    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
    GCT004804
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    37:07
    John Lauer and John Lauer
    Steven Thrasher
    March 8, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    John Lauer, Jr. interviews his father John “Jack” Lauer, Sr. about growing up in a coal town in PA and about how he met his mother.

    • 45 degree Fllen
    • apprenticeships
    • Ashland, PA
    • Beer
    • breast weighing contest
    • breasts
    • Briser Fullen
    • Buzzer Graber
    • Coal
    • community worthies
    • death of mother
    • Dopey Umlauf
    • DuPont
    • Empire State Building
    • English
    MBY007524
    Leora Ferguson Ciccone and Luann Ferguson Ciccone
    43:53
    Leora Ferguson Ciccone and Luann Ferguson Ciccone
    Jorge Rios
    February 23, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Leora Ferguson Ciccone, 96, talks to her daughter Luann Ferguson Ciccone, 56, about her life and careers in the military and nursing.

    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family influences
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Military service
    • Money
    • nursing instructors
    • political beliefs and practices
    SCK001058
    Harriet Peavey and Angela Peavey Christiana
    01:18:56
    Harriet Peavey and Angela Peavey Christiana
    April 2, 2008 StoryKit

    A granddaughter interviews her grandmother about her life.

    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • memories of growing up
    • 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
    GCT004736
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    53:47
    Karen Cathers, Nikki Pison, and Justin Peone
    Michelle Swinehart
    February 9, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Karen Cathers tells her kids, Nikki Pison, Justin Peone, Christina Pappalardo about her childhood growing up with Communist parents during the Cold War, marrying an older man when she was 17, and feeling determined to be a “perfect” mother for...

    • 4th Grade
    • birth of first child
    • capitalism
    • Childhood Games
    • Communism
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family characters
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Great Depression stories
    • May Day Parade
    • memories of former times
    MBX004578
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    01:01:48
    James Desjardin and Gertrude Desjardin
    Nina Porzucki
    November 9, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    James Desjardin, 83, is interviewed by his wife, Gertrude Desjardin, 77, about his life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Apollo Moon Mission
    • Apple II Computer
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Electrical Engineer
    • Excel
    • family characters
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • Fat Mac
    • Great Depression stories
    • Honeywell

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