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    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
    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
    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
    MBX007290
    John Balthrop and Sheila Michel
    36:58
    John Balthrop and Sheila Michel
    Jorge Rios
    October 15, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    John Edward Balthrop, 91, talks to his daughter Sheila Michel, 52, about his military career, his wife, and his medical career.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • being in war
    • beliefs on war
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Death of a spouse
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family poems
    • family practitioners
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • fellow soldiers
    • Great Depression stories
    ATL000151
    Eugene  Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    40:02
    Eugene Hutchens and Dale Hutchens
    aknight
    January 9, 2010 Atlanta StoryBooth

    Dale Hutchens, 53, interviews his father Eugune Hutchens, 80, about his life, his abiding interest in radio and his experiences growing up in a poor, sharecropping family

    • Alzheimers
    • amateur radio
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Church
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • family characters
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Great Depression stories
    • Howard College
    • illness
    • Influential People
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up

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