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    Christine Urban and Linda Frontera
    00:00
    Christine Urban and Linda Frontera
    No Facilitator
    November 7, 2005 StoryKit

    • college
    • Dancing
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • illness
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • schoolyard games
    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
    MBY000748
    Vi Lewis and Patti Busse
    35:05
    Vi Lewis and Patti Busse
    skramer
    November 5, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Woman interviews her mother about growing up, her children, husbands, and political activism, and living through hardship.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Gone With The Wind
    • lesson-have faith and don’t give up
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • southern graciousness
    • Spouse
    • Television
    MBX005114
    Ann Hartzog Hall and Rebecca Williams
    01:07:41
    Ann Hartzog Hall and Rebecca Williams
    Nina Porzucki
    April 4, 2009 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Ann Hartzog Hall, 76, is interviewed by her friend, Rebecca Williams, 47, about her parents.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Engineer
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family heroes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • psychotherapist
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • social beliefs and practices
    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
    NPL000023
    Helen Watson and Edie Wear
    01:14:16
    Helen Watson and Edie Wear
    Esi Arthur
    October 6, 2007 Nashville Public Library

    Daughter Edie Wear interviews her mother Helen Watson

    • birth of first child
    • cornsilk
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Episcopal
    • ether
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Goose Tatum
    • Harlem Globetrotters
    • Hazard, Kentucky
    • Mary Breckenridge Frontier Nursing Service
    • poor
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    MBX008233
    Katherine Shaw and Carol Graham
    51:38
    Katherine Shaw and Carol Graham
    Lilly Sullivan
    June 23, 2011 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Katherine Shaw (47) and wife Carol Graham (54) talk about their sons, who passed away in accidents in their early 20s.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cemetery traditions
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    MBY006073
    Amelia Vara, Mary  Hernandez, and Dawn Leal
    38:01
    Amelia Vara, Mary Hernandez, and Dawn Leal
    Alejandro De La Cruz
    December 18, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Amelia Alice Vara (87) talks with daughter Mary Hernandez (65) and granddaughter Dawn Leal (37) about her service to her community.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • apprenticeships
    • Catholic Daughters
    • community worthies
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Denver Harbor Civic Club
    • Denver Harbor Garden Club
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Hidalgo Park
    • illness
    MPL000520
    Charlene Robinson and Sonja Scott Woods
    49:38
    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
    SFB000639
    Carol Chadwick, Patty Jones, and Cathy Chadwick
    00:00
    Carol Chadwick, Patty Jones, and Cathy Chadwick
    Alex Lyon
    January 3, 2010 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Carol Chadwick (78) talks to her daughters Patty Jones (44) and Cathy Chadwick (49) about growing up on an Indian Reservation and meeting her late husband.

    • aplogy
    • Canada
    • childhood
    • Eulogy
    • family expressions
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family reunions
    • family trips and excursions
    • Farms
    • fond memories
    • Indian reservation
    • Living together
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    SFB000631
    John Manassero and Jeff Manassero
    01:07:33
    John Manassero and Jeff Manassero
    Lena Richardson
    December 27, 2009 San Francisco StoryBooth

    Jeff Manassero, 24, interviews his father, John Michael Manassero, 63, about his life.

    • birth of first child
    • black lung
    • Childhood Games
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Ditch
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • gold mines
    • Lodi, California
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Parochial school
    • personal experiences
    • race in Lodi, California
    MBX000095
    Shyrl-Ann Hunt and Lyndele Von Schill
    01:21:33
    Shyrl-Ann Hunt and Lyndele Von Schill
    bmyers
    June 1, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Sisters Shryl-Ann and Lyndele talk about their late mother's life.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBY007807
    Robin  Sunbeam and Daniel Littlewood
    42:52
    Robin Sunbeam and Daniel Littlewood
    ecohen
    May 7, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Robin Sunbeam (62) tells facilitator Daniel Littlewood (32) about traveling, her daughter, Sudharma Kumari’s life and death.

    • 215 cards
    • anorexia
    • anorexia nervosa
    • Art Stoyer
    • birth of first child
    • Bombay, India
    • cannibus
    • carbon monoxide poisoning
    • cemetery traditions
    • Drugs
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • emotional abuse
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Jimi Hendrix
    • leeches
    MBY000852
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
    00:00
    Noelle Hudson and Faye Hudson
    kdimattia
    November 27, 2005 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Woman talks about her life in India and coming to America

    • family characters
    • family naming and nicknames
    • first impression of America
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Spouse
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    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    00:00
    Viola Garcia Garza, Maria Solone Peck, Diana “Didi” Garza, and Alma Coplen
    cbancroft
    November 26, 2005 World Trade Center Booth

    Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

    • Appearance
    • Cattle ranching
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • dress-ups
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family heroes
    • family in-jokes
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of growing up
    • Mexican-American
    MBY001166
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    00:00
    Jean Garcia and Kenneth Garcia
    pkochhar
    February 27, 2006 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    son interivews his mom about how she single-handedly raised her three sons once her husband got very ill. until then she’d always been dependent on her husband. very nice interivew.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • favorite hangouts and haunts
    • historical events/people
    • illness
    • magical beliefs and practices
    • memories of former times
    MBY005691
    Marie Hinton and Donna Gershten
    40:20
    Marie Hinton and Donna Gershten
    whenry-lester
    September 9, 2009 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Marie tells her daughter, Donna, stories of her childhood and family in North Carolina.

    • Charleston
    • Church
    • college
    • Confederate
    • Confederate soldier
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Dancing
    • Epilepsy
    • family favorite songs and poems
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • House
    • illness
    • Kitchen
    MBY004635
    Curtis Williams and Mechelle Brown
    35:14
    Curtis Williams and Mechelle Brown
    Alex Kelly
    October 24, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Mechelle Brown and her son Curtis Williams about what it was like for Mechelle to be the younger parent of 3 children and words of wisdom she wants to pass on.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • college
    • Crying
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Fighting
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • Mother
    • North Tulsa
    • Parenting
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • Presents
    • religious beliefs and practices
    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
    MBX006244
    Luz Gomez and David Carter
    38:14
    Luz Gomez and David Carter
    Lilly Sullivan
    January 17, 2010 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    David Carter (38) interviews spouse Luz Gomez (35) about her father, Carlos Ignacio Gomez Arriola, who died three years ago.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Appearance
    • Basque
    • Brazil
    • CAL
    • carpet-laying business
    • carpets
    • Club
    • college
    • Colombian
    • crossing self
    • Cuban
    • diesel parts
    • European
    • export
    MBY006938
    Ann Smith and Lisa Veglahn
    01:20:09
    Ann Smith and Lisa Veglahn
    Eloise Melzer
    September 13, 2010 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Lisa McGahey Veglahn, 46, interviews her mom Ann R. Smith, 85, about growing up during the Depression as a first generation Yugoslavian-American, and about what her mom is most proud of in her life.

    • 1st grade education
    • account books
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Assimilation
    • Bethany College
    • Bisexuality
    • Bob McGahey
    • Cancer survivors
    • Cash
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • cultural heritage
    • daily affirmations
    • Dancia Radulovic
    • Dating
    MBX002408
    Margaret Oney and Larry Oney
    01:16:41
    Margaret Oney and Larry Oney
    npumilia
    March 17, 2007 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Larry Oney interviews his mother, Margaret, about her life in rural Virginia, her children, and how she would like to be remembered.

    • birth of first child
    • childbirth
    • Childhood Games
    • death of child
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • Hillside Court, Richmond, VA
    • Hog butchering
    • King and Queen County, VA
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • New Years Day
    • Phillip Morris
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • Richmond, VA
    MBY007460
    Carrie Gonzales and Brett Gonzales
    34:09
    Carrie Gonzales and Brett Gonzales
    Jorge Rios
    February 17, 2011 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Carrie Gonzales, 39, tells her husband Brett Gonzales, 37, about overcoming her addiction to painkillers.

    • Accidents
    • beating addiction
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • Extreme Sports
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • hallucinogenics
    • ibogaine
    • illness
    • Injuries
    • marriage problems
    • memories of growing up
    • mental illness
    • Money
    • Narcotics
    MBY004268
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    39:23
    Russell Dale and Serena Stickney
    Sasha Rodriguez
    July 28, 2008 MobileBooth West (MBY)

    Serena Stickney interviews Russell Dale, reunited after twenty years. They talk about who they were in the third grade, who they are now, and what they want to be in the future.

    • Alamosa
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Facebook
    • family expressions
    • family in-jokes
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • luck and fate
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • mexico
    • Orphanage
    • personal experiences
    • Prejudice
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MBX000459
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    40:36
    Nancy Stalzer and Kathy Kubik
    Nick Yulman
    August 24, 2005 MobileBooth East (MBX)

    Kathy (30) interviews her mother, Nancy (61), about her childhood and raising a family.

    • Accidents
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Childhood Games
    • family characters
    • family doctor stories
    • family expressions
    • family naming and nicknames
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • pregnancy and pre-natal care
    • religious beliefs and practices
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