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    MBX003906
    David Kuhl and Abigail (Abby) Wheeler
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    David Kuhl and Abigail (Abby) Wheeler
    Michelle Swinehart
    May 25, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David Kuhl and Abby Wheeler talk about their family get-togethers and how everyone seems to truly enjoy themselves.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • BB gun
    • Birthday Celebrations, Birthday Cake
    • Childhood Games
    • Christmas, Christmas Eve
    • Cold War
    • family characters
    • Family gatherings
    • Family Legacy
    • family members in history
    • Family Traditions, Rites of Passage
    • Fireworks, Firecrackers
    • Great Depression stories
    • Independence day
    • memories of former times
    MBY004733
    Mary  Issacson and Julie Summers
    00:00
    Mary Issacson and Julie Summers
    cscott
    November 13, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mary Isaacson (46) and Julie Summers (46) discuss their time spent with the CampFire organization. They have been involved in some capacity since high school and are both current Board Members

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • CampFire, Camping, camp scott murders, merchandising, occupational therapy, spiritual leadership, camp counselors, board members, cancer, bonds formed during camp,
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    GRB000611
    Akiba Shabazz, Naja Shabazz, and Zuri Shabazz
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    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
    MBX005185
    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
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    Bernard Scott Rush and Nicole Rush Free
    Chaela Herridge-Meyer
    April 18, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Bernard Scott Rush, 68, by his daughter, Nicole Rush (Maat Free), 35, about growing up in Mississippi then moving to New York City.

    • African heritage
    • Ancestors
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Brooklyn, NY
    • Choktaw words
    • Cotton gin
    • Cotton picking
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Emmett Till
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Harlem, NY
    • Lynching
    MBX006240
    William  Silva and Laylah Silva
    31:49
    William Silva and Laylah Silva
    Virginia Lora
    January 17, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    William Silva, 63, and his daughter, Laylah Silva, 38 talk about William’s life growing up coming back an d forth from Cuba to the United States, and their unconventional family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Black
    • Bohemian
    • bottle cap
    • chapita
    • Childhood Games
    • Church
    • clb house
    • Cuavitas
    • Cuba
    • family members in history
    • Fidel Castro
    • Fights
    • first impression of America
    • France
    GCT002473
    Rita Casteline and Michele R. Wells
    01:15:06
    Rita Casteline and Michele R. Wells
    cbancroft
    January 22, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Rita (85) was interviewed by her granddaughter Michele (29) about her childhood in New Jersey, her marriage, and her advice for her grandchildren.

    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of growing up
    • Paterson, NJ;
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    GCT003419
    Jim Curtis and Anna Zolner
    01:20:45
    Jim Curtis and Anna Zolner
    awright
    December 9, 2006 Grand Central StoryBooth

    daughter interviews her father about his life

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • father’s store
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Proposing
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    • Wishes for daughter
    • wishes for grandchildren
    GCT004848
    Sidonia L. Singer and Abraham Singer
    38:11
    Sidonia L. Singer and Abraham Singer
    Toccarra Thomas
    March 22, 2008 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Sidonia L. Singer talks with grandson, Abraham Singer, about her experience growing up in Czechoslovakia, during the time of Hitler’s extermination of the Jews.

    • Alex
    • Auschwitz
    • Columbia
    • Czechoslovakia
    • Dachau (Division #11)
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Hebrew
    • historical events/people
    • Hungarian
    • memories of growing up
    • Nazi German Concentration Camp
    • Olga
    • Rabbi
    • Spouse
    • Sukah
    GCT003695
    Rosalie “Mickey” Greenberg and Cara Feinberg
    01:22:30
    Rosalie “Mickey” Greenberg and Cara Feinberg
    Ryan Murdock
    April 1, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Mickey remembers her parents.

    • Allergies
    • Birth control
    • cemetery traditions
    • cigars
    • Dr. Kildare
    • fables
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Humor
    • Klu Klux Klan
    • Lower East Side
    • Medical School
    • piano
    • Poland
    MBY005252
    Dov Siporin and Steve Siporin
    49:41
    Dov Siporin and Steve Siporin
    whenry-lester
    April 4, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Steve interviews his son Dov about his experience with cancer.

    • Arafat
    • boise, ID
    • Chemotherapy
    • colon cancer
    • Colorectal Cancer
    • Doctor
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • hospital
    • illness
    • Israel
    • Jerusalem
    • lds
    • Logan, UT
    • mapping
    MBY006159
    James “Jim” Anderson and Alice Ferris
    40:20
    James “Jim” Anderson and Alice Ferris
    Anna Walters
    January 26, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Alice Ferris interviews her friend, Jim Anderson about Jim’s grandmother, “Grandma Daisy” and the influence she has had on his life.

    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Flagstaff, Arizona
    • illness
    • Indiana
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    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
    MBX004657
    Paul Zorn, Sarah Zorn, and Martha Zorn
    41:15
    Paul Zorn, Sarah Zorn, and Martha Zorn
    Anna Walters
    December 1, 2008 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Sarah (Sally) Zorn (77) and her husband, Paul Zorn (81) talk to their daughter, Martha Zorn (50) about their own parents and experiences growing up and their passion for bicycling.

    • California, sabbatical, Canadian rockies
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hartford, Windsor, elementary school, junior high, diary
    • Lutheran church, lutheran, Harvard, Yale, Hasty Pudding Club
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • New Mexico, fly-fishing, smoking, bicycle, bicycle trips
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    MBY006539
    Patricio Baca and Lilly Sullivan
    39:34
    Patricio Baca and Lilly Sullivan
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    May 23, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Patricio E Baca (66) talks with facilitator Lilly Sullivan (26) about his family’s genealogy and the “Baca” name in his family.

    • Alonzo Baca
    • Ana Pacheco
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Antonchito
    • Appearance
    • Battle of the Bulge
    • Childhood Games
    • Colorado
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Elvin Court
    • Execution
    • family heroes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    ATL000389
    Sybil Brown and Joseph Brown
    41:12
    Sybil Brown and Joseph Brown
    aknight
    July 15, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Joseph Brown, 29, talks to his mother Sybil Brown, 67, about her life growing up in rural Georgia, her education in Athens, GA., and her move to and life in Atlanta, GA.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Edison, GA
    • ESOL teacher
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    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
    MBX007481
    Kristin Tubre and Kimberly Tubre
    42:01
    Kristin Tubre and Kimberly Tubre
    Marquita James
    December 4, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kristin Tubre (28) talks to sister Kimberly Tubre (24) about their childhoods, their parents’ divorce, and being from New Orleans.

    • Alabama
    • alcoholics
    • apology
    • author
    • Baby sister
    • Barbie
    • Big sister
    • crib
    • Curfew
    • Daddy
    • drunks
    • expectations
    • family naming and nicknames
    • FEMA relief
    • FEMA trailer
    GCT004051
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    01:36:26
    Shelley Benezra and Jessica Weitzman
    Nzingha Garner
    July 15, 2007 Grand Central StoryBooth

    Shelley and her daugher, Jessica had a conversation about Shelley’s life growing up in Coney Island in an extended family and close neighborhood.

    • birth of first child
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Dancing
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family feuds
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
    MBY005898
    Barbara Sinnett, Dan Sinnett, and Ralph Sinnett
    38:45
    Barbara Sinnett, Dan Sinnett, and Ralph Sinnett
    whenry-lester
    October 28, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Ralph interviews his brother, Dan, and sister, Barbara, about their memories from childhood of their parents and grandparents.

    • Adeline Mueller
    • Bingo
    • birth of first child
    • Chevrolet
    • Chicken
    • Childhood Games
    • Daniel Joseph Sinnett Sr.
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • Fried Chicken
    • Kansas
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • Porter Wagner
    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
    LMN001224
    Marian (Mitzi) Faye, Elliott Faye, and Poppy Gordon
    45:35
    Marian (Mitzi) Faye, Elliott Faye, and Poppy Gordon
    Daniel Littlewood
    February 17, 2009 Lower Manhattan StoryBooth

    Mitzi (84) and Elliott Faye (83) talk to their granddaughter Poppy Gordon (29) about their family background. They then tell stories about their times living in Europe.

    • Amsterdam
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Daimler-Benz
    • dry cleaning
    • europe
    • expat
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • fig tree
    • Germany
    • GI Bill
    • goat milk
    • Israel
    • Jaguar
    wtc000837
    Valerie Sloman and Jessamyn Hope
    01:27:03
    Valerie Sloman and Jessamyn Hope
    Lena Richardson
    October 6, 2006 World Trade Center Booth

    Jessamyn interviews her aunt Valerie about her life growing up in South Africa, being a woman in the 50s and her move to North America

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of former times
    • personal experiences
    • Pollution
    • Spouse
    • the tragedy queen
    • Yiddish
    MBX005978
    Zand Bakhtiari and Rosemary Bakhtiari
    40:24
    Zand Bakhtiari and Rosemary Bakhtiari
    Anna Walters
    October 25, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Zand Bakhtiari (18) and his mother, Rosemary Bakhtiari (50), remember Rosemary’s father, Frank Firek, by recounting their favorite stories from his life.

    • asbestos
    • cemetery traditions
    • Childhood Games
    • college
    • Eastern Europe
    • family characters
    • family members in history
    • Family Stories
    • Family Traditions
    • Great Depression stories
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • Norfolk
    • Notre Dame
    • Pennsylvania
    SFB000867
    Suzanne Morrill and Katie Morrill
    01:18:21
    Suzanne Morrill and Katie Morrill
    Alex Lyon
    June 24, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Suzanne Morrill (50) and her daughter Katie Morrill (24) talk about their relationship, their favorite family memories and sing a family song.

    • Albert Einstein
    • Baltimore, MD
    • birth of first child
    • Christmas Memories
    • college
    • cowpies
    • family characters
    • family expressions
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • Family Stories
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Funny Moments
    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
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