William (Bill) Kosiak shares his perspective as a retired person living in Two Harbors, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he first heard about COVID-19 on the news, and still watches the nightly news and reads many other news publications online. He shares his perspective of how there is quite a bit of misleading news or o...
Creator:
Kosiak, William (Bill)
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Toni Rasmussen shares stories about her life as a beauty salon owner and parent during the time of COVID-19 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. She describes how her salon was required to shut down for three months due to the risks of spreading COVID-19 starting in March 2020, which meant a loss of income for her as a self-employed salon owner. She felt ...
Creator:
Rassmussen, Toni
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tom Hanson shares the experiences and challenges he has experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially how it has affected his businesses, including the Duluth Grill, OMC Smokehouse, and Corktown Deli. He describes his early life, his move to Duluth with his family, his progression from restaurant management to restaurant ownership with hi...
Creator:
Hanson, Tom
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Timothy Broman shares his experiences of living under COVID-19 in Northeastern Minnesota. He describes how his visits with his 88-year-old mother, who also lives in Duluth, have changed over the months, from the beginning of the pandemic to now. Tim is currently working in retail and details the new safety procedures required at his job, which i...
Creator:
Broman, Timothy
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Sheila Packa shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the early months of 2020 when she first heard about the novel coronavirus. She tells us that she keeps a journal and refers to it when she is looking back and reflecting on these early days. She talks about her partner, Kathy, and their decision ...
Creator:
Packa, Sheila
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-10-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
Sandra Maxwell shares her experiences living in Finland, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. She says that she and her husband have National Public Radio on “all the time” so she first heard about the novel coronavirus very early, in mid or late January. She tells us that she considers herself a solitary person who doesn’t mind being by hers...
Creator:
Maxwell, Sandra
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, Robert Levine (1951 - ) discusses moving to Saint Louis Park, Minnesota in the early 1950s and Jewish life there. The focus of the interview is on class and affluence in Saint Louis Park and the Jewish presence therein, but also touches upon Levine's parents and their role as owners of a supermarket chain, various local countr...
Creator:
Levine, Robert, (1951 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Jim McNulty (1948 - ) gives an account of personal history along with his family business's role in residential and commercial development in Saint Louis Park, Hopkins and Golden Valley. He describes the history of McNulty Construction Company, which included the development of Westwood Hills Golf Course, Virginia Circle and t...
Creator:
McNulty,R. James, (1948 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-02-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Phillip Sher shares stories of his work, social and religious life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. He describes the changes and shortages he has seen in the international meat packing market through work with his company, Pfeiveh Brokerage. He purchases animal glands that the pharmaceutical industry uses for production of medi...
Creator:
Sher, Phillip
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, Paul Roitenberg (1931 - ) gives his personal and family background, including information about a family grocery business. He gives reasons for why he moved from the North Side, along with some of his family members.
Creator:
Roitenberg, Paul, (1931 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Paul Lundgren shared stories and perspectives as an active, social Duluth resident during the time of COVID-19. He has produced the Homegrown Music Festival field guide content every year since 2006, and this year the annual festival was cancelled due to quarantine right before the field guide was set to go to print. He also discusses his work o...
Creator:
Lundgren, Paul
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-07-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Natalie Baker shares her experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls hearing about the novel coronavirus in the very early months and explains that she had some disbelief about its seriousness at the time. She lists her main news sources, including the daily reading of El País [Spanish language daily newspaper, ba...
Creator:
Baker, Natalie
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-10-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Millie Richard, a Native American elder living in the Central Hillside neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, describes how her life has changed under COVID-19. She mentions that she spends a lot of time in her yard and garden, and since she is outside, she considers it a safe place for her to be and to sometimes meet with others. She said that as a...
Creator:
Richard, Millie
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-07-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Mike Scholtz discusses some of the ways that COVID-19 has affected his life. He shares that much of his work life hasn’t changed significantly because he has been able to continue the video editing part of his work from home. He says he has been working on old projects and has also been fortunate to get some new work since the pandemic began. He...
Creator:
Scholtz, Mike
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-07-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, Mel Burnstein gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. He was born in 1933 and raised in St. Paul by Russian Jewish parents. He discusses some family history related to Russia and St. Paul, growing up in St. Paul in Highland Park, and some details about the West Side of St. Paul. He started i...
Creator:
Burnstein, Mel, 1933-?
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2008-01-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Maurice Lazarus gives a history of Brochin's store in North Side, which was a general store that sold Jewish artifacts and food, but it also sold tickets that helped Jewish people bring their families to the United States. He explains how it moved to St. Louis Park. Near the end of the interview, he explains the importance of ...
Creator:
Lazarus, Maurice, (1947 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Mary Fox shares her experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. This interview was conducted six days prior to the 2020 presidential election, so she describes her early voting process and how voting was different this year from other years due to the pandemic. She talks about her preferred news outlets and her concern about ...
Creator:
Fox, Mary
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, recognized leader in the Minneapolis community Marvin Borman gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan, war veteran, and legal practitioner. He was born in Indianapolis in 1923 and attended the University of Michigan in 1940 as president of the Zeta Beta Tau Jewish Fraternity. Borman describes how his family owned a ...
Creator:
Borman, Marvin, 1923-?
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2009-09-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Mara Hursey shares her experiences in work and life with a new baby under the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls first hearing about the virus when it was overseas and not worrying about it very much. At the beginning of the pandemic, as a manager at her place of work, she tried to calm people down, but as it got closer to home, she became more and ...
Creator:
Hursey, Mara
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth