Title	Interview with Mary Conley
Interviewee	Conley, Mary
Interviewer	Conley, Daniel
Summary	Daniel Conley, 11, and his mother Mary Conley, 48, talk about his adoption, her and her husband’s desire to have a child after the death of their infant daughter, and the joys and challenges of adoption.
Content	1:01, MC talks about what it was like deciding to adopt 5:30, DC recounts the story of what it was like when he first met his new parents 15:06, MC talks about a memorable moment from his childhood 19:15, MC talks about the special relationship between adoptive parents and their children 21:12, DC talks about whether or not he thinks about his birth mother and how he feels about adoption 25:39, MC talks about what it was like adopting 27:11, MC talks about the rewards of adopting 29:32, DC talks about what some of his challenges have been 35:45, DC talks about what he’s looking forward to in middle school
Note	Mary Conley identifies as Cuban
Keyword	genealogy family traditions family trips and excursions family reunions pregnancy and pre-natal care birth birth of first child death video/computer games anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences earliest memories memories of growing up memories of former times adoption regrets school day memories social beliefs and practices identity town life community organizations teachers schools students parents grandparents children spouse extended family siblings ADHD birth parents adoptive parents
Genre	Oral histories (document genres) sound recordings
Project Description	The interview was conducted as part of the StoryCorps Historias initiative, and this copy is housed at the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries.
Creation Date	2010-08-12
Interview Location	Atlanta (Ga.)
Physical Description	1 streaming audio (41:17 min.)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. Cuban Heritage Collection
Collection Title	StoryCorps Historias
Collection No.	CHC5246
Rights	Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/
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Availability	Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library's patron access policy.
Object ID	chc5246000002
Digital ID	chc52460000020001001
Kaltura Reference	chc52460000020001001
Interview No.	ATL000428
Type	Sound
Format	audio/mp3
Original Filename	atl000428.WAV
Archive	video2.mp4

Interview with Mary Conley

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