MobileBooth interviews:
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Nita Blackwell Collins brought her father, Bob Blackwell to the Richmond StoryCorps Mobilebooth, where an audio record was made of his experiences and his thoughts.
Arthur Avent spent his life farming, except for a year he spent as a draftee in the Army during WWII. At the Richmond StoryCorps Mobile booth, his granddaughter, Kim Wyngaard asked him about that time in his life.
Earl "Mickey" Lett and his wife Gracie grew up in and around Oregon Hill and Gamble’s Hill. At the StoryCorps mobile booth in Richmond, they talked about their childhood memories.
A Special Independence Day local StoryCorps feature: Three oddly linked stories of war and refuge and hope recorded at the Richmond Mobilebooth. You’ll hear narratives from Bettina Jenkins, Zosia Brodecki, and Imad Damaj.
Bettina Jenkins was 8 years old when in 1945 she fled with her mother and two sisters to escape the onslaught of Russian troops into Germany. At the Richmond StoryCorps Booth, she talked to her daughter Nancy Chafin about one particular event.
60-year old John Conmy is the son of a military man. He talks to his three children, Mary Anne, Erin and John David Conmy, Jr. about how the threat of nuclear war hit close to home.
At the StoryCorps mobile booth in Richmond, Herbert Brooke Chermside Jr. spoke to his grandson Brent about mountains of aluminum pots, time on the watchtower and dinner conversation with sailors.
It was the harp that brought together Lynnelle Ediger-Kordzaia and her student Maggie Hill together. And it's the harp that has served as the foundation for a lifetime friendship. At the Richmond StoryCorps MobileBooth Lynnelle and Maggie talked about a decade of experiences together and about an unexpected challenge.
Arthur Avent is an 88 year old farmer who grew up in Sussex county during the Depression. In this local StoryCorps conversation, he talks to his granddaughter, Kim Wyngaard about hard times… and a hard circumstance.
In their second local StoryCorps excerpt, Eliza Askin talked to her father Tom Bosworth about a famous radio event. In 1938 Tom was a teenager living in the little village of Brownsburg out in Rockbridge County. It was near the end of October…
John Conmy grew up in a military family and followed his father into a military career. At the Richmond StoryCorps Mobilebooth, his three children - J. David, Erin, and Mary Anne - asked him about his childhood experiences in France.
Sisters Ellen Marie Hess and Eileen Tarr are Italian on their mother’s side. At the Story Corps Mobile Booth in Richmond, they reminisced about visiting that side of the family in Pennsylvania.
In 1945, Russian troops pressed into Nazi Germany, and refugees choked the roads as they fled West to find safety behind Allied Lines. Bettina Jenkins was only 8 years old at the time, and in this locally produced StoryCorps segment, she tells her story to her daughter, Nancy Chafin.
Mim Golub Scalin is 65. At the Story Corps Mobile booth she described to her son Noah, the influence her father, Hyman made on her life.
88 year old Arthur Avent was born in the little town of Yale in Sussex County. He spent most of his years farming in Southampton County, and he’s been married to his wife Adabelle for 67 years. In this local StoryCorps feature, Arthur tells his granddaughter, Kim Wyngaard about his relationship with Adabelle.
79 year old holocaust survivor Zosia Brodecki lives in Richmond, but she was born in Poland. She sat down with her friend Ann Hergenreder to talk about her life.
Richard Samuels interviews his friend, 70 year old Walt Hawkins, about Walt’s volunteer experiences with Canine Search and Rescue.
Guy Kinman, Jr. is 89. At the StoryCorps Mobile Booth in Richmond, Kinman told his friend Howard Wells about his struggle to become comfortable with who he is.
In this locally produced StoryCorps feature, 14 year old Giada Mannino asks her uncle, Rocco Demasi about relationships.
Pat Drennan talks with her daughter, Susan Rudolph, about Susan’s grandparents.
Clay Hall was an African-American cadet at Virginia Military Institute 30 years ago. Here, he tells his daughter Breana about the experience.
Solomon Miles is in a wheelchair. At the StoryCorps mobile booth in Richmond he sang and talked to his friend Erin Hickey about coming to terms with his disability.
Earl Mickey Lett and Gracie grew up together, and they’ve been married for 48 years. In this locally produced interview, recently recorded at the StoryCorps Mobilebooth in Richmond, Gracie and Mickey talked about being poor… and about the richness of their lives.
Shalini Uphadyaya, 37, came to the United States in 1991 from India. At the StoryCorps Mobile booth, she discussed her arranged marriage with her 14-year-old daughter Anjali.
Tom Bosworth told his daughter Eliza Askin about his life as a country doctor.
91 year-old Herbert Brooke Chermside Jr. was a lawyer and trial justice in Charlotte County for many years. At the StoryCorps mobile booth, he told his grandson Brent something he would never have told in Court.
Mario Leon and his wife Yolanda talk about the time at a school dance in Cuba when they first fell in love.
Ana Edwards traces her roots to the South, but as she tells her husband Phil Wilayto, her story begins on the West Coast the year her parents were married.
Mark Guncheon, in conversation with his wife Blair remembers his older brother, Ward, who died when they were both still teenagers.
Keith Ramsey is 35. His girlfriend, Simona Serebrennik is older by 13 years. They recorded this conversation at the Mobile Booth in Richmond.
Karen Manning Horsey and her husband Thom Horsey remember their daughter, Liddy.
Patsy Jewett spoke with her friend and former employee, Alice Waller.
Elnora Allen reminisces with her sister Annie Kendrick about visiting their Grandmother’s home down in the Country.
Imad Damaj grew up in Beirut in the midst of a civil war. After Lebanon he moved to France, married and immigrated to the United States. He spoke to his friend Doug Smith about the consequences of that decision.
Local Musicians Bob Blackwell and his daughter Nita Blackwell Collins.
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