Eileen Zrubeck uses the rich documentation of her family history, especially the letters of John W. Watson, to better understand her own heritage and how that helped determine her place in American society today.
Creator:
Zrubek, Eileen
Created:
2018-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Branwen Zakariasen is a white trans woman originally from Texas who later spent time in Minneapolis and Portland. At the time of this interview, she was working as a customer support specialist. In this oral history Zakariasen discusses naming, healing from trauma and abuse, taking up labels, family relationships, sexism, and the video game indu...
Creator:
Zakariasen, Brawen
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Roda Yussuf was born in Somalia in 1988 and lived there until 1997. She lived in Ethiopia from 1997-2011. In 2009, she was authorized for resettlement to the United States and she flew to the U.S. on December 7, 2011 with her daughter Muna and her sister Rahma. She lived in Cactus, TX, where she worked in a meat plant. She moved to Minneapol...
Creator:
Yussuf, Roda
Created:
2014-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ty Yule is a white trans man. In life, Yule has spent time in the Midwest (in Iowa and Minnesota) and in California (in Apple Valley and San Francisco). In this interview, Yule touches upon topics such as passing and adversity, coalition building, gay marriage, and assimilation. He also shares his experiences with queer organizing and activism i...
Creator:
Yule, Ty
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-08-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Leah Herder was born in Changde, China in 1996. In 1997, she was adopted by an American couple. She grew up in Ohio and Wisconsin and studied at the University of Minnesota.
Creator:
Yukioka, Haruka
Created:
2016-12-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
At the time of this interview, Dr. Monica Yugu was a case manager and HIV counselor in the Infectious Diseases department at Minnesota Children's Hospital. Prior to her work at Children's, Dr. Yugu was employed with the Hennepin County Medical Center's Positive Care Center. She was previously was involved in HIV/AIDS community health work within...
Creator:
Yugu, Monica
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2016-04-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Crystal Young was born and lived in Lijiang, Yunnan province, China. She was a well-known singer there who owned her own bar. Her second husband was a U.S. military officer whom she married in 1995. They moved to Seattle, Washington. She was later joined there by her oldest daughter. Crystal works with the Seattle Ensemble of Songs and Dances.
Creator:
Young, Crystal; You, Xiao
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Interview with Garth Youngberg on 12/6/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Youngberg, Garth
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Cassandra Yoo is the child of her Korean father and white, American mother and because of this, she has struggled to define her identity, never seeming to fit in with any one group. Her perception of her own race and ethnicity has changed throughout her academic career, influenced by her schoolmates, friends, family, and classes.
Creator:
Yoo, Cassandra
Created:
2018-12-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Lawrence is a student from China who came to the United States for education and moved to the Philippines to become a doctor. He compared the Philippines to the United States in terms of Costco and the American values the store represents.
Creator:
Yelda, Erin
Created:
2018-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Clarke A. Chambers' interview with Gayle Graham Yates, former graduate student in American Studies and the founder of the Department of Women's Studies.
Creator:
Yates, Gayle Graham
Contributor:
Chambers, Clarke A. (Interviewer)
Created:
1994-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Xia Phia Yang was born in Laos into a family of 12. His family fled to Thailand in 1979. They lived in the Ban Vinai refugee camp until 1992, and there he went to school, worked as a nurse and a public health worker, and started a family of his own. His family was transferred to the Phanat Nikhon camp after Ban Vinai closed, and they lived there...
Creator:
Yang, Xai Phia
Contributor:
Yang, Mai (Editor, Translator)
Created:
2015-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Sheng Yang was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1995. Her parents were Hmong refugees who lived in a Thai refugee camp following the Secret War in Laos before resettling in the United States in 1992. Sheng studied at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Creator:
Yang, Sheng
Created:
2017-05-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Magnolia Yang Sao Yia was born in Cholet, France, and moved to the United States at age eight. She grew up in Michigan in a small town just outside of Detroit, Hazel Park, that heavily informed her racial awareness and her identity as an Asian and Hmong woman. At age 23, and upon finally receiving her green card, she enrolled in college and even...
Creator:
Yang Sao Yia, Magnolia
Created:
2015-09-22 - 2015-12-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Sai Va Yang fought in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1975 with General Vang Pao. After the overthrow of the Lao government by communist troops in 1975 Sai Va fled with his family across the Mekong River and lived in Pua, Thailand until 1970. On July 10, 1979, Sai Va, his wife Kia Thao, his son (and Sheree's father) Tou, and his daughter Yee came...
Creator:
Yang, Sai Va
Contributor:
Yang, Sheree (Editor)
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Mai emigrated from Ban Vinai Refugee Camp with her parents, siblings, uncles and grandparents. Her family had a total of 6 children at the time of arrival. Currently they are a family of 11 with 3 siblings born in the United States. Mai is the fifth child to attend college and was the 4th to graduate, the second from the University of Minnesota...
Creator:
Yang, Mai T.
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Jonathan Shia Yang (Jonathan Siab Yaj) was born in Fresno, CA in 1991 and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1996, where he grew up. He graduated from Bethel University in 2014 with a degree in Reconciliation.
Creator:
Yang, Jonathan
Contributor:
Venditto, Elizabeth (Editor)
Created:
2015-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Chuayi Yang was born in Gien, France in 1978 and lived in a small town, Aubigny-sur-Nere, with her family until 1990. That year, her parents moved their family to St. Paul, Minnesota in the United States. Chuayi studied in the St. Paul public school district and graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities with a bachelors degree in En...
Creator:
Yang, Chuayi
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ariana Yang was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1991. Her parents were from the Xiangkhoang province in Laos and were forced to flee the country because of the Secret War. They lived in refugee camps in Thailand before coming to the United States as refugees.
Creator:
Yang, Ariana
Created:
2015-05-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Chieko grew up in Saitama and Isehara in Japan. Her husband, Kazuyoshi Yamaguchi, was stationed in Fort Ord, CA. He was in the U.S. military, had served as a paratrooper during the Vietnam War, and had a U.S. green card. She came with him to the United States in 1974 and left her parents and brother behind. Chieko's mother was not happy since ...
Creator:
Yamaguchi, Chieko
Contributor:
Yamaguchi, Joy (Editor)
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
At the time of this interview, Rob Yaeger was the HIV Prevention Training Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH.) Mr. Yaeger volunteered for and worked at the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) in AIDS prevention and outreach education before joining the Minnesota Department of Health. He has worked in HIV/AIDS prevention, outreach, a...
Creator:
Yaeger, Rob
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing); Margolis, Robin (video support)
Created:
2014-06-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ahmay Ya was born in Burma in 1987. Her father is a well-known Karen activist, and Ahmay was forced to hide her true identity while growing up. During her final year of university, the Burmese government discovered the truth and she was forced to flee the country. She lived in a Thai refugee camp for several years before coming to the United St...
Creator:
Ya, Ahmay
Contributor:
Venditto, Elizabeth; Yang, Mai (Editor)
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Yeng was born in Moos Manj, Laos. She and her family fled across the Mekong River into Thailand after the communist takeover of Laos. She lived in Nong Khai and Ban Vinai Camps in Thailand. She has 10 surviving children, 11 in total. She emigrated in 1988 to America.
Creator:
Xiong, Yeng
Contributor:
Yang, Mai (Editor, Translator)
Created:
2014-09-22 - 2014-12-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Va was born in Phanat Nikhom refugee camp in Chonburi, Thailand in 1994. The next year his family came to the United States. He has seven brothers and two sisters. In 2014, he was a sophomore at the University of Minnesota. As a youth, he had an active social life, participated in school sports, spent time with his family, and regularly celebra...
Creator:
Xiong, Va
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Manichan was born in Muang Cha, Laos. She is the daughter of Zam Va Yang and the wife of Colonel Shong Leng Xiong. She is a survivor of the Secret War in Laos. Her family helped American soldiers during the war, and she lost her grandfather after helping an American pilot. Manichan arrived in U.S. in 1993.
Creator:
Xiong, Manichan
Contributor:
Yang, Mai (Editor, Translator)
Created:
2014-09-22 - 2014-12-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Her parents lived in Chiang Kham Refugee Camp in Thailand and came to the United States in 1987, though they had many relatives still living in Laos. Liang was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, where she studied political science.
Creator:
Xiong, Liang
Contributor:
Schell, Justin (Editor)
Created:
2013-03-20 - 2013-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Food has always been a part of Emilee Xayanourom's life. She grew up making and eating authentic Lao dishes, and now owns a food truck with her family so that she can share her love of food with others in Minnesota.
Creator:
Xayanourom, Emilee
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2022-04-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Jason Wussow shares his experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He recalls first hearing about the novel coronavirus in January, and says that after a series of experiences it became clear that this was going to be a problem. In mid-March he had to cancel a sold out concert and close the doors of his business, Wussow’s Conc...
Creator:
Wussow, Jason
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
His parents were born in Taiwan and moved to Thailand as adults. His brother was also born in Taiwan, moved to Thailand, and studied in the United States. Chen-Yu was born in Taiwan and moved to Thailand in November 1988. He lived and attended school in Bangkok, including an international high school where he learned English. He arrived in M...
Creator:
Wu, Chen-Yu (Andy)
Contributor:
Venditto, Elizabeth (Editor)
Created:
2013-09-22 - 2013-12-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
In this interview, Brooke Wright shares her perspective as a small business owner of a resort north of Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses how she has increased the cleaning procedures at the resort and changed the check-in process to limit contact, but as a resort with separate cabins, it was already easy to be socially distanced...
Creator:
Wright, Brooke
Contributor:
O'Brien, Chistopher
Created:
2020-07-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Michelle McMullin and Christopher Woolery, a married couple, were interviewed together and share their experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. They share their recollections of first learning about the novel coronavirus and discuss why they choose particular news outlets for information. They have three young children who...
Creator:
Woolery, Christopher; McMullin, Michelle
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-10-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kwame Wood is a musician and composer. He was born in Accra, Ghana in 1963. He began playing music since he was a child and came to the United States in 1990 to play in C.K. Mann’s North American tour. Kwame lived in New York City and joined a band, then moved to Washington D.C. where he founded his own band, Culture Shock. He moved to Minneapol...
Creator:
Wood, Kwame
Created:
2015-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Ngai Kay Rachel Wong describes her immigrant experience moving to Georgia from Hong Kong using the metaphor of Cantonese cuisine and the traditions which come with it.
Creator:
Wong, Ngai Kay Rachel
Created:
2018-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Kelly Wong was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1996. Her family immigrated to New York City when she was a child, and she grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island. She studied at the University of Minnesota.
Creator:
Wong, Kelly
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Jazmin Wong shares her experiences at work and in her community during this time of COVID-19. She talks about her role as the shop coordinator for Indigenous First Arts and Gift Shop at AICHO [American Indian Community Housing Organization], where she has continued to be employed throughout the pandemic. She describes the many ways AICHO has bee...
Creator:
Wong, Jazmin
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Woltman, Richard D.; Woltman, Frances B.; Wilson, Louis D.; Tonik, Albert B.; Swearingen, John K.; Shuler, Cecil M.; Sberro, Joseph E.; Sammet, Jean E., 1928-; Matter, H. W.; Marquardt, Donald W.; Koons, Florence K.; Huff, Morgan W.; Holberton, Frances E.; Hammer, Carl, 1914-2004; Dixon, Donald B.; Delves, Eugene L.; Danehower, George; Chinitz, M. Paul; Carter, Lee S.; Bartik, Jean; Armstrong, Lancelot W.; Armstrong, Dorothy P.; Adams, Armand E.
Created:
1990-05-17 - 1990-05-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This audio is part of the Mount Zion Oral History records, which consists of oral histories conducted with members of Mount Zion Temple in Saint Paul, Minnesota as research in preparation for Mount Zion Temple's 150 anniversary in 2006. This oral history is part of the series on Social Justice.
Creator:
Wolff, Benno; Mount Zion Temple
Contributor:
Barrows, Mary Ann
Created:
2003-05-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Salaam F. Witherspoon shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls first hearing about the novel coronavirus on Facebook and that she initially thought it was a joke. She recounts the days when the schools were closing and the churches were closing, as the time she realized it was real. She has since known ...
Creator:
Witherspoon, Salaam F.
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-10-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lynn Wisneski shares her experiences living and working during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins by describing Aerostich, the internationally known Duluth based business where she has worked for thirty years, her history and role there, as well as how the business and their employees were impacted by COVID-19. She describes the signi...
Creator:
Wisneski, Lynn
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-10-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Elliot Winter is a Korean male who grew up in Georgia but also spent time in Ohio, California, and New Jersey. In this interview, Winter talks at length about participating in online trans communities and chat rooms such as Laura's Playground and Youtube. He also talks about his family relationships, recovery, race in the South, and encounters w...
Creator:
Winter, Elliot
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with Mark Winne on 2/21/17 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Winne, Mark
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
At the time of this interview, Kevin Winge was the former executive director of Open Arms Minnesota, an organization that provides free meals to people living with chronic illnesses, including HIV/AIDS, in the Twin Cities. He also participated in international efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Prior to his work with Open ...
Creator:
Winge, Kevin
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2015-08-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augsuta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Executive Editor of Out Magazine. Prior to her work at Out magazine, Willis received a Soros Equity Fellowship to start the Black Trans Circles at the T...
Creator:
Willis, Raquel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Toni-Michelle Williams is a Black woman of trans experience who has spent time in Georgia and Norfolk, Virginia. In this interview, Williams touches upon topics such as drag, family relationships, loving Black men, silencing, and oppression. She also talks about her past work in HIV prevention. At the time of this oral history she was working fo...
Creator:
Williams, Toni-Michelle
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Theatrice "T" Williams (1934 - ) gives his personal background and reasons for arriving in Minneapolis in the 1960s as a social worker on the North Side. Williams describes his relationship with the Phyllis Wheatley Center (director from 1965 - 1972) within the context of the American civil rights movement. The race riots on P...
Creator:
Williams, Theatrice, (1934 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Nicole Williams traces her family history back generations to an ancestor who travelled from Germany with his family. The family settled down in Pennsylvania and rarely left.
Creator:
Williams, Nicole
Created:
2018-12-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Miraly was born in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. She met her future husband, an American, on Yahoo! Chat. He came to visit her in the Philippines in September 2006. They decided to get married and it was a year before Miraly's paperwork was processed. She came to the United States on July 19, 2008 and they got married soon after. Sh...
Creator:
Williams, Miraly
Created:
2015-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Hunta Williams is a Black trans man from New York. At the time of this interview, Williams was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Williams discusses his early childhood, family members, and involvement with deaf communities. Williams also shares his thoughts on coming out, sexuality, isolation, his encounters with law enforcement, police ...
Creator:
Williams, Hunta
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jonathan is a student at the University of Minnesta-Twin Cities from St. Paul, Minnesota. His mother, Ephrosine (Frances) Elizabeth Willard, is a Greek American originally from Rochester, Minnesota. Her grandparents came from the Peloponnese at the beginning of the 20th century. She married a non-Greek.
Creator:
Willard, Jonathan
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Stef Wilenchek is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Georgia and Ohio. At the time of this oral history, Wilenchek was living in Minneapolis and working at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Wilenchek speaks at length about their childhood, growing up in the deep South, race and racism, family relationships, coming out, and...
Creator:
Wilenchek, Stef
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Alfonso Tinoco was born in 1999 in Uriangato, Mexico. In 2012 he moved to the United States with his mother and father. After a short time in Missouri, the family moved to Ohio. Though he spent his first two years in ESL courses, Alfonso moved into AP English in his third year.
Creator:
Whitted, Benjamin
Created:
2018-05-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Amy Westbrook shares details and stories about her life working at home during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes how she first heard about the virus on the news, and began taking her own measures to clean her workspace at the Environmental Protection Agency Lab and offices in Duluth. She worked at a front desk and a common...
Creator:
Westbrook, Amy
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Linda Wesp is a white cisgender woman, a family nurse practitioner and Certified HIV Specialist since 2006, providing gender affirming primary care and hormones in Chicago, New York, and based, at the time of this interview, in Milwaukee. In this oral history interview, she discusses her experiences working in trans health care as a nurse, profe...
Alonzo Wesley is a Black transgender man from Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Wesley was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Wesley reflects on his experiences living in Minneapolis. Wesley describes what masculinity, family, and community mean to him. He also touches upon coming out, drag, gay bars, disability, encounters wit...
Creator:
Wesley, Alonzo
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Arthur Weisberg gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. He recalls grew up on the North Side of Minneapolis and how his father was a dentist who ended up as an investor. Weisberg goes on to describe his time at North High, becoming a journalist in central Minnesota, working in the film indus...
Creator:
Weisberg, Arthur
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
2006-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Jerry Weinberg gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and World War II veteran. He was born in 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Weinberg explains that his father owned a hardware store on West 7th and an appliance store on Rice Street. He recalls his enlistment attempt during World War II with the army to be a teletyp...
Creator:
Weinberg, Gerald, 1921-?
Contributor:
Kaye, Fay (Interviewer)
Created:
2006-06-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed in private beginning at the age of 12 or 13 since she wasn’t comfortable sharing it. Since she was young, she recognized that she wanted to be a girl, ...
Creator:
Wedin, Isabelle
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Lou Weaver is a white trans man. At the time of the interview Weaver was working for Equality Texas. He discusses his childhood, his experience doing drag, and finding a community in Houston. He explains that how his white privilege and trans masculinity privilege manifest in different situations. He discusses training police officers on trans i...
Creator:
Weaver, Lou
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Waychoff, Richard; Turner, Lloyd; Rosin, Robert F.; Pearson, Ralph W.; Oliphint, G. Clark; MacKenzie, F. Brad; MacDonald, Ray W.; MacDonald, Duncan N.; Lonergan, William D.; Kreuder, Norman L.; King, Paul D.; Hootman, Joseph T.; Hauck, Erwin A.; Hale, John E.; Galler, Bernard A., 1928-; Ford, James; Eppert, Ray R., 1902-; Dent, Benjamin A.; Dahm, David M.; Creech, Bobby A.; Collins, George A.; Berce, Henri; Barton, Robert S.
Created:
1985-09-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbury speaks at length about his childhood experiences with gender, his family relationships, and dating as a straight man. He also touches upon his enco...
Creator:
Waterbury, Marcus
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Robin Washington shares experiences from his life and work during the COVID-19 pandemic. He lists the news outlets he turns to for information and says that as a journalist he is well connected to colleagues and their work and explains that because of these connections, the information in his social media feed tends to be quite reliable compared...
Creator:
Washington, Robin
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Interview with Bob Warrick on 2/16/17 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Warrick, Bob
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Mahamoud Wardere was born in Qooqaani, Somalia in 1967. He was forced to flee the country during the civil war. He came to the United States as a refugee and has lived in Washington, DC and Minnesota. Mahamoud has worked for Minneapolis public schools and Commons Bond Communities, a nonprofit provider of affordable housing; and former US Senator...
Creator:
Wardere, Mahamoud
Contributor:
Venditto, Elizabeth (Editor)
Created:
2015-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Norzin Wangpo was born in New Camp 6, a camp for Tibetan refugees, in Bylkuppe, India in 1990. When he was seven, his family resettled in the United States, and he grew up in Chicago. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines after graduating from high school. He served for four years before enrolling at the University of Minnesota.
Creator:
Wangpo, Norzin
Created:
2016-09-22 - 2016-12-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Shannon Walz shares her experiences living and working during the COVID-19 pandemic. She remembers the precautionary measures implemented while working at an environmental learning camp in the state of Washington over ten years ago during the H1N1 flu outbreak. Based on that experience she recounts her reaction to COVID-19 in the early days of t...
Creator:
Walz, Shannon
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-09-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Emily Walters shares stories of her life as a restaurant manager and citizen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes her media consumption habits, mostly CNN and Fox News apps. She discusses the issue of wearing fabric masks and some of the challenges for restaurant patrons or others who have health issues that make wear...
Creator:
Walters, Emily
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
At the time of this interview, Chris Waller was a HERR (Health Education and Risk Reduction) coordinator at Hennepin County Medical Center's Positive Care Center, a clinic providing services to people living with HIV/AIDS. As a HERR coordinator, Waller served as the primary intake coordinator for clients on PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxsis,) a me...
Creator:
Waller, Christine
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2015-07-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Rothana Walbolt was born in Battambang, Cambodia and grew up in Khao I Dang refugee camp in Thailand. She arrived in the United States in Portland, OR in 1985. She and her family lived there for five months before moving to Minnesota to join other family members. She is an advocate for Cambodian communities in Minnesota. She is the Executive ...
Creator:
Walbolt, Rothana
Created:
2015
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center