These press releases were published on the City of Duluth website and document the City's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020, 2021, and 2022. Topics include closures of city buildings, playgrounds, and libraries; school closures; limitations on gatherings; mask mandates; CARES funding; and vaccines; as well as information on the reop...
Creator:
City of Duluth
Created:
2020-03-06 - 2022-06-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This email addresses concerns from library staff about implementing a curbside pickup service at Duluth Public Library during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was sent to Library Director Carla Powers and then forwarded to all library staff.
Creator:
Larson, Emily
Created:
2020-04-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Email sent to members of AFSCME Local 66 in response to layoffs from the City of Duluth, and outlining further cost-cutting measures proposed by the city to the union. The layoffs were a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creator:
Wohlwend, Wendy; AFSCME Local 66
Created:
2020-04-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Amber Haglund-Pagel shares her experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Safety and Training Officer for the city of Duluth, Amber recalls that very early in the pandemic Duluth secured enough personal protective equipment for the fire and police departments but she recalls just how little was known and how “unnerving”...
Creator:
Haglund-Pagel, Amber
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-10-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
Ann Maxwell shares her experiences of work and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes in detail how the tools of yoga have been essential to her mental and physical health during this time. She reveals how she felt energized early on, as a small business owner, to figure out how be of service to the community. Ann shares that she has p...
Creator:
Maxwell, Ann
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Benjamin Hugus shares his experiences as an entrepreneur of a newer business, Ursa Minor Brewing, in the Lincoln Park Craft District of Duluth, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He says that in the early weeks of the pandemic business owners were faced with a choice of either quitting or adapting their business operations. He outlines many ...
Creator:
Hugus, Benjamin
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-09-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Brittany V. Hecker shares her experiences of being furloughed for two months from her management position at Panera Bread. She describes how she first learned about COVID-19 and how it impacted her work. She talks about being discouraged for the first week she was furloughed, but soon realized what it was like to have time again. She reflects on...
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Christopher O’Brien shares his unique experiences in rural Finland, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the adjustments he had to make from working with around 325 people at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, to being at home with his family of four after he was laid off and then furloughed due to the pandemic. He descr...
Creator:
O'Brien, Christopher
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-07-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Crystal Pelkey shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about first hearing of the novel coronavirus in February. She recalls attending a Wilco concert on the tenth of March at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center [DECC] and noticing that the attendance was unusually low. She tells us that by mi...
Creator:
Pelkey, Crystal
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-10-18
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Dan Stocke shares his experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the outlets he turns to for news and current events. He mentions that his news consumption has increased this year, but he attributes this to the presidential election year rather than COVID-19. He speaks about disinformation, bias in the media, ...
Creator:
Stocke, Dan
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-12-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
David Pearlman shares some of the experiences he has had and his thoughts about the state of the country during this time of COVID-19. He discusses the complex reality of finding trustworthy news during this pandemic and during a presidential election year. He outlines his chosen news sources during this polarized moment in our country and expla...
Creator:
Pearlman, David
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-10-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Devon Fredrickson shares her experiences of life and being a mom during the time of COVID-19. She tells us she first heard about the novel coronavirus while she was working for a company that hosts shows for clothing buyers. She says that the participants from factories in China weren't able to attend due to the travel ban that was implemented b...
Creator:
Fredrickson, Devon
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Donny Frank Morris shares his experience with art, family, school, and work during COVID-19. Donny’s spouse, Sharon Morris, also contributes to this interview. Donny talks about his comic book art, including a new project for kids, and illustrates how this time has been good for his art because he has been forced to think about different ways of...
Creator:
Morris, Donny Frank
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-09-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Elizabeth (Libby) Spehar shares stories about their life and perspective as an active resident and business owner in Duluth, MN during the time of the quarantine and COVID-19. They discuss their own challenges with running a small business, The Snooty Fox Tea Shop, which is currently closed due to the pandemic. They mention tea shop employees fin...
Creator:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Eric Faust shares his experiences of life and running a business during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the early days of the pandemic and the safety protocols he implemented at his coffee roastery and coffee shop, Duluth Coffee Company. He says that soon after this he had to lay off his entire staff of thirteen people. He disc...
Creator:
Faust, Eric
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Erin O’Daniel shares their experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Erin gives examples of how COVID-19 became more and more of a reality for them in the early months of 2020. As the Manager of External Partnerships at Planned Parenthood, they talk about the adjustments they needed to make, including a lot of PPE (Personal P...
Creator:
O'Daniel, Erin
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-11-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Gaelynn Lea Tressler shares stories of her life as a musician and disability rights activist during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth. She describes how she believes some of her friends might have caught the virus in March of 2020 but were never tested. She describes how she first learned of the virus through a fellow musician Alan Spa...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
George Ellsworth shares stories of his life as a healthcare business employee, musician, and parent in Duluth, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He describes how he first heard of COVID-19 and thought it would perhaps be like the H1N1 Bird or Swine flu epidemics of a few years ago. Then he noticed that federal briefings and language seemed ...
Creator:
Ellsworth, George
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-09-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Israel Malachi shares some of his experiences during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He recalls driving cross-country in late January, listening to the radio, and hearing about the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. He says he had just been at a North American Music Manufacturers [NAMM] show in Los Angeles, California, and had interacted wi...
Creator:
Malachi, Israel
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-10-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
