This essay by a University of Minnesota Duluth faculty member documents the day of September 23, 2020, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. It is written in the style of a timeline, with activities described along with the time of day they occur. Included are details about working from home, assisting children with online schooling, exercise, ...
Creator:
Dauner, Kim
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
Abbie Amundsen shares her experiences during this time of COVID-19 as a college sophomore and while working a variety of summer jobs. She recounts being in Las Vegas, Nevada for a debate competition in the middle of March, just as awareness about COVID-19 was emerging. She remembers much confusion about what it was and what to do or not to do. S...
Creator:
Amundsen, Abbie
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Azrin Awal shares stores of her life as a college student, student activities employee, and volunteer during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She shares her perspective as a student at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) majoring in public health and taking classes about Global Health during the early spring of 2...
Creator:
Awal, Azrin
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Brian Barber shares stories of his experiences as an illustrator, animator and parent of young adults in Duluth during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he felt he should do something daily at the start of the quarantine, and settled on creating the “Draw-Along Fun Time” where he posted short videos of himself creating ...
Creator:
Barber, Brian
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Carolyn Olson recounts her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares that she is staying safely in her home and has been relatively okay during this time. She expresses concern for her two adult twin children, aged 25, who are both essential workers in the Twin Cities. She talks about how guidelines at their workpla...
Creator:
Olson, Carolyn
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-08-25
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
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
David E. Beard shares his reflections on life in Northeastern Minnesota under quarantine during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. David heard about the virus quite early, and reflects on this experience; how he gradually realized, as it moved closer to home, that this was something to be taken seriously. As a college professor, David talks about the c...
Creator:
Beard, David E.
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
David Gore shares stories of his life as a professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a parent and friend during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses how his active professional life on campus changed during the quarantine time to working from home without an ideal workspace. He shares stories of the changes including not being able to u...
Creator:
Gore, David
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-12
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
Debbie Rose shares her experiences of living and working during the COVID-19 pandemic. She tells us about the news outlets she turns to for information and discusses the vast array of misinformation in the media. She tells us how her news viewing and research habits have changed over the months. Debbie explains how her health has been impacted s...
Creator:
Rose, Debbie
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-11-09
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
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
Hyland Garvey shares his experiences of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about being a full-time student just starting his education program in the spring of 2020 when the pandemic forced schools to change how they taught. He tells us he is continuing his studies through the summer and fall semesters, and describes how COVID-19 is sig...
Creator:
Garvey, Hyland
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-10-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jara McLarren and Charern Lee share their perspectives as a medical student and criminology professor, respectively, in the Duluth area in the time of COVID-19. Jara shares her perspective of first hearing about the virus, and of getting a survey at her job as an academic coach at the University of Wisconsin-Superior about what she would need to...
Creator:
McLarren, Jara; Lee, Charern
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Joe Klander shares stories of his work, artistic, and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses his own creative project called Ampersand Island, a series of “nonsense” animal drawings that he completed and shared online via YouTube during the start of the quarantine. He found he had more time for creating artwork while he was worki...
Creator:
Klander, Joe
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Karen Sunderman, or Karen Sunderman LaLiberte, shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She says that her life and work were first affected by the novel coronavirus during a trip to Arizona in March. She describes her transition to working from home. As a critical consumer of news, and working in the news industry,...
Creator:
Sunderman, Karen
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-20
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth