Vernon L. Simula shares his experiences of living during the COVID-19 pandemic. He tells us that he first became aware of the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 or in January 2020. He talks about the politicization of the news, describes his chosen news sources, and explains why he watches both MSNBC and Fox News. He describes some of the w...
Creator:
Simula, Vernon L.
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-08-10
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
Tiffani Skroch shares her experiences as a college student living and working during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls sitting in class when her Apple Watch buzzed with a news update about Coronavirus numbers rising, and remembers this moment to be the one when she took more seriously what was happening. She lists some of the mainstream news so...
Creator:
Skroch, Tiffani
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-09-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Thomas O’Rourke shares his experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about his weekend getaway at a cabin with his wife and friends just before the lockdown happened, describing it as a “calm before the storm.” Tom is the executive director of the Hartley Nature Center in Duluth, Minnesota, which provides many prog...
Creator:
O'Rourke, Thomas
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-23
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
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
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
Melissa Plucinak shares her experiences of life as a new mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls that she gave birth to her daughter the same week she started hearing about the prevalence of COVID-19 in the United States. She tells how she “felt pretty robbed” of the excitement of having her first child and sharing the experience with e...
Creator:
Plucinak, Melissa
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-09-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
Kraig Decker shares stories of how his life at work and his recreational activities has changed during the time of COVID-19. He is very active with local climbing and biking groups, and concerns about transmission of COVID-19 impacted how he was able to climb, either in an indoor climbing gym or even outside. He shares stories about how there wa...
Creator:
Decker, Kraig
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kimberly Anderson shares her experiences of work and life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes the very early weeks of hearing about the pandemic and reveals that she and her friends joked about it, thinking it may just be a hyped up story by the government. She says they realized it was serious soon after, when they ...
Creator:
Anderson, Kimberly
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-09-11
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
Jonathan Otis shares his experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jon names his preferred news outlets, but says that in the past month or two he has intentionally distanced himself from the news media due to the negativity, choosing instead to listen to music albums, podcasts, or audio books, read books, or work on profes...
Creator:
Otis, Jonathan
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-20
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
Devaleena Das shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recounts first hearing about the novel coronavirus in January of 2020, and how she made alterations in her travel plans to and from Seattle, Washington. She tells us that she realized this might be a serious situation after learning about shortages of masks...
Creator:
Das, Devaleena
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-09-11
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
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
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
Anders Hultstrom speaks about life and work during the time of COVID-19. He describes hearing about the novel coronavirus very early on. As a paramedic and EMS [Emergency Medical Services] worker, he says that when those in his line of work hear about a new pathogen they consider the worst-case scenarios. He also says that as a paramedic, he was...
Creator:
Hultstrom, Anders
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-14
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