Sadia Abdewali was born in Somalia in 1994. She moved to Kenya in 1999, Minnesota in 2000, and then Seattle, WA, where she grew up. She moved back to Minnesota in 2014 and is studying to be a K-5th grade teacher.
Creator:
Abdewali, Sadia
Contributor:
Wilhide, Andy
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Fartun Abdi was born in Somalia and raised in Kenya. Her family moved to Tanzania and Ethiopia before settling in Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2012. After graduation, she worked for Lutheran Social Services as an immigration specialist.
Creator:
Abdi, Fartun
Created:
2012-03-20 - 2012-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Diib Abdullahi was born in Somalia in 1987. Her family moved to Kenya in 1991 after the outbreak of civil war in Somalia. They lived there until her brother, who was living in the United States, sponsored them to come to Minnesota in 2006. She is currently a student at Century College.
Creator:
Abdullahi, Diib
Contributor:
Wilhide, Andy (Editor)
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
In this interview, Rabbi Kassel Abelson speaks of his life, times, and views regarding Judaism. Abelson spent over forty years as senior Rabbi at Beth El synagogue in North Minneapolis and later Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, serving as a leader in the community and as a developer of national Judaic programs and policy. Abelson recalls his family ...
Creator:
Abelson, Kassel
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
1993-06-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Rabbi Kassel Abelson (1924 - ) discusses his personal background, the details regarding the move of Beth El synagogue from North Minneapolis to Saint Louis Park, and the social-historical context in which the move took place.
Creator:
Abelson, Kassel, (1924 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Part of a series of interviews with drug addicts conducted by Ralph Tefferteller, associate director of the Henry Street Settlement in New York. Selections from the interviews were published in 1965 as The Addict in the Street, edited by Jeremy Larner. The name used in the title is a pseudonym created by Ralph Tefferteller. Identifying informati...
Creator:
Abruzzi, Dom
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Created:
1961-01-16; 1963-01-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
One of a series of interviews with drug addicts conducted by Ralph Tefferteller, associate director of the Henry Street Settlement in New York. Selections from the interviews were published in 1965 as The Addict in the Street, edited by Jeremy Larner. The name used in the title is a pseudonym created by Ralph Tefferteller. Identifying informatio...
Creator:
Abruzzi, Nick
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Subash Gupta moved to England from Ludhiana, India. There he met his wife and both then moved to Canada to work in a factory. They slowly earned enough money to provide a good life for their three children.
Creator:
Agarwal, Jayden
Created:
2018-11-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Andrew (Drew) Ahl is a white trans man. At the time of this interview, Ahl was living and working in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In this oral history, Ahl recounts growing up in a religious military household with his dad, serving in the Air Force, working in the service industry, drag, LGBT bar cultures, and his eventual relocation to Minnesota,...
Creator:
Ahl, Andrew
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Mohamed Kassim Ahmed was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. He left Somalia in 2008 because of continued instability and moved to Uganda, where he continued high school. He was able to resettle in the United States in 2013. He is currently a student at St. Paul College.
Creator:
Ahmed, Mohamed
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Rehima was born in Nazret, Ethiopia. Her family is Gurage. She went to Qatar in 2007 and came to the United States in 2011, living briefly in Ohio, then in Dallas, and now Minnesota. Her father, Nasir Ahmed, and her mother, Shetu Mohammed, remained in Ethiopia along with her siblings.
Creator:
Ahmed, Rehima
Created:
2014-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Hyunjin has a father, mother, and twin sister. He has lived and studied in Korea, India, and New Zealand. He arrived in Minnesota in August 2013 to study engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Creator:
Ahn, Hyunjin; Stigman, Cori (Sunyang)
Created:
2014-03-20 - 2014-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Aren Aizura is a white trans guy from Australia. At the time of this interview, Aizura was an Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. In this oral history, Aizura describes his experience of coming out; researching and teaching in the field of transgender studies; the issues aroun...
Creator:
Aizura, Aren
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and working as a yoga teacher based in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Alexander speaks at length about self-determination, his experiences within ...
Creator:
Alexander, Qui Dorian
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-09-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Betula Ali's family moved from Somalia to Ethiopia during a war. They came to the U.S. in 2012. Though it has taken them some time to navigate the new culture, weather, and language, they have overcame all of their challenges by supporting each other.
Creator:
Ali, Betula
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-12-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Fadumo left Somalia 1989 and lived in the United Arab Emirates for 20 years. Her husband lost his job in 2009 during the financial crisis, so Fadumo and her eight children moved to New Dehli, India, on student visas. Her husband could not get a visa and returned to Somalia. After five years, they came to the U.S. as refugees in 2013. They li...
Creator:
Ali, Fadumo
Created:
2015-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center