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    MPL000165
    Sarah Berg and Janet Frey
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    Sarah Berg and Janet Frey
    eschoster
    April 17, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Facilitator Janet Frey asks Sarah Berg about her life, and her mother, an influential psychoanalyst.

    • CJ Kim
    • Insoo Kim Berg
    • Korea
    • mother’s death
    • new york
    • psychoanalysis
    • social work
    • Steve deShazer
    • Therapy
    • Washington DC
    MPL000375
    Margaret Swedish and Janet Frey
    39:39
    Margaret Swedish and Janet Frey
    eschoster
    August 11, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Margaret Swedish tells Janet Frey about her time in South America and life as an activist.

    • Big bands
    • Boulder colorado
    • Canada
    • Civil Rights
    • college
    • Copper Mining
    • ecology
    • El Salvador
    • environmentalism
    • Influential People
    • Jude Beating
    • Like Grains of Wheat
    • memories of former times
    • Milwaukee
    • Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
    MPL000215
    Marie Fiacchino, Kate Fiacchino, and Steven Fiacchino
    01:22:07
    Marie Fiacchino, Kate Fiacchino, and Steven Fiacchino
    Becky Homann
    May 12, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Kate and Steve interview Marie for her 12th birthday about her life and hopes for the future.

    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • Family Traditions
    • family trips and excursions
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • school day memories
    • Softball
    • watching and listening habits
    MPL000238
    Karen Levy and Peter Lee
    01:13:17
    Karen Levy and Peter Lee
    eschoster
    May 29, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Karen Levy and Peter Lee talk about their first years of Marriage and their time teaching in China.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Annie Hall
    • Appearance
    • Apple Pie
    • apprenticeships
    • Barcelona
    • Beijing, China
    • birth of first child
    • Chicago
    • China
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • craft, skills, and procedures
    • English as a second language
    • geography
    MPL000206
    Jose Cardenas and Margarita Sandoval Skare
    01:19:22
    Jose Cardenas and Margarita Sandoval Skare
    eschoster
    May 9, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Jose Cardenas tells Margarita Sandoval Skare about his life and the history of mariachi music in Milwaukee.

    • Absalon Campos
    • Amado Tenorio
    • Ausencio Cepallos
    • bass guitar
    • Corridos
    • Country music
    • Demetrio Martinez
    • Fausto Islas
    • Guadalupe Aceves
    • Guitar
    • Guitaron
    • guitarra
    • Hector Gonzales
    • Issac Rodriguez
    • J Alberto Cardenas
    MPL000444
    Jodie L Reams and Lula F Reams
    42:35
    Jodie L Reams and Lula F Reams
    eschoster
    November 17, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Jodie Reams tells his sister Lula Reams about growing up in TN and WI, and his experience at the SE Johnson Wax company.

    • Alamo, TN
    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Blackburn College
    • college
    • Computers
    • Farming
    • Franklin Junior High
    • Freemasons
    • historical events/people
    • Home burning down.
    • Influential People
    • Integration
    • Memory loss
    • Milwaukee, WI
    • Money
    MPL000472
    Pauline H. Emerson-Froebe and Melissa Emerson-Froebe
    39:54
    Pauline H. Emerson-Froebe and Melissa Emerson-Froebe
    jfrey
    December 12, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Partners, Melissa and Pauline, discuss their weddings, trips, and fun together.

    • Bad Taste
    • Crappy Movie Club
    • North Dakota
    • ritual foods
    • Sexual orientation
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Thou Shalt Recognized
    • Trapped in the Closet
    • watching and listening habits
    • Wiccan
    MPL000053
    Charlie Barnett and Eileen Rehn
    01:19:16
    Charlie Barnett and Eileen Rehn
    jfrey
    February 17, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Daughter interviews her father about growing up Irish in Milwaukee and surrounding areas.

    • Elfreda Happel
    • Erin, Wisconsin
    • Gillis’ Custard stand
    • Great Depression stories
    • Lorene Zimmer
    • memories of growing up
    • muskie story
    • Plastics Unlimited
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Shamrock Club
    • Spouse
    • Talley Ho Luncheon
    • tuberculosis
    MPL000394
    John Blandino and Angeline Catena
    40:06
    John Blandino and Angeline Catena
    Becky Homann
    August 25, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Father tells his daughter about growing up in Milwaukee, his travels and his work.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • China
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • college
    • Communism
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • historical events/people
    • memories of growing up
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • song composing
    • street patterns
    • Tiananmen Square
    MPL000035
    Judith Bridges and David Blank
    01:25:15
    Judith Bridges and David Blank
    hmarshall
    February 10, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    David Blank interviews his wife Judith Bridges about her family and childhood.

    • 1930’s
    • 1950’s
    • Adult education
    • caregiving
    • Catholic school
    • college
    • Dillinger
    • Hungarian student revolt
    • Infertility
    • Jack Lake
    • Jail
    • memories of former times
    • memories of growing up
    • Northern Wisconsin
    • personal experiences
    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
    MPL000518
    Raymond Rosing and Kimberly Ring
    01:22:41
    Raymond Rosing and Kimberly Ring
    Becky Homann
    January 12, 2008 Milwaukee Public Library

    Ray Rosing tells his granddaughter about growing up in Illinois, his experiences in WWII and his family.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • cohorts (groups of friends)
    • economic beliefs and practices
    • Great Depression stories
    • Large families
    • memories of growing up
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    • political beliefs and practices
    • religious beliefs and practices
    • school day memories
    • Silver Star
    • social beliefs and practices
    • Spouse
    MPL000190
    Bill Wade and Mary Anne Wade
    01:19:14
    Bill Wade and Mary Anne Wade
    hmarshall
    May 1, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Mary Anne and Bill Wade share the immigration stories of each of their families and stories from their trips back to the homeland.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • Austria
    • Ebay
    • European travel
    • family members in history
    • family naming and nicknames
    • family trips and excursions
    • fasching
    • financial concerns
    • Ireland
    • Loyola University, Chicago
    • marital concerns
    • Michigan
    • Money
    • personal experiences
    MPL000067
    John Marson and Colleen McGuigan
    41:27
    John Marson and Colleen McGuigan
    hmarshall
    March 3, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Colleen McGuigan interviews her father John Marson about his youth, his interest in politics, and his recent illnesses.

    • anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
    • birth of first child
    • Bobby Kennedy
    • campaigning
    • Democrat
    • historical events/people
    • Hubert H. Humphrey
    • Influential People
    • labor movements and unions
    • memories of growing up
    • Military Air Technical Service
    • Minor League Baseball
    • new millennium
    • personal experiences
    • religious beliefs and practices
    MPL000177
    Margaret R. Harris and Jaime Harris
    01:22:36
    Margaret R. Harris and Jaime Harris
    jfrey
    April 24, 2007 Milwaukee Public Library

    Son interviews his mother about her life in London during WWII and her life now in the US.

    • Agnes Elizabeth Spalding Sim
    • Commonwealth
    • George
    • George Alexander Sim
    • Levi Strauss
    • memories of growing up
    • Nottingham
    • Queen Elizabeth
    • San Francisco

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