Interview 26 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Barrie Borich, a writer of creative nonfiction, memoir, and essays. Among other titles, she is the author of My Lesbian Husband, Body Geographic and Apocalypse, Darling. After moving to Minnesota from Illinois in the early 1980’s, she volunteered and l...
Creator:
Borich, Barrie Jean
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2021-09-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Beau Larsen is a white trans educator, scholar, and forensics coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Forensics at Macalester College, where they directed and coached the mock trial, ethics bowl, and debate teams. Prior to their work at Macalester, Larsen was a graduate student and debate coac...
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
Ben Singer is a white trans guy from Illinois. He talks about how rural identity and class shaped his idea of gender, and his research on transgender identity. He talks about his experience in the lesbian community during the 1980s, his journey to activism, and his work in trans healthcare activism. He discusses the Philadelphia Trans Healthcare...
Creator:
Singer, Ben
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-11-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This is Sheldon Goldstein. On our next program from the Guthrie greenroom we'll visit with Bernard Behrens... and hear him talk about the actor as a playgoer. I think you'll find it interesting. So join me, won't you.... Tuesday evening at 8:30 in the Guthrie Greenroom.
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Contributor:
Behrens, Bernard; Goldstein, Sheldon
Created:
1973-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Billie Sage Ashton is a white trans woman who grew up In Austin, Minnesota. At the time of this oral history, Ashton was working with Delta Airlines. In this oral history, she describes her early life during the 1960 and 70s in Austin, MN. She also talks about coming out in the 1980s, her romantic relationships, her involvement with the City of ...
Creator:
Ashton, Billie Sage
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-04-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed Puerto Rican and white gender-queer trans-man from Mound, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Navarro was a youth worker and teacher at the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition. In this oral history, Navarro speaks at length about starting The Shot Clinic with his friends, his involvement in drag communities,...
Creator:
Navarro, Billy, Jr.
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-02-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Blake Thomas shares his experiences while living in Northeastern Minnesota during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes being in Madison, Wisconsin around March 20th, performing and playing music, when he first began hearing about COVID-19. When his next performance, scheduled to be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was cancelled, he knew it w...
Creator:
Thomas, Blake
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-07-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Interview with Bob Bergland on 03/07/17 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Bergland, Bob
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Interview with Bob Gray on 02/10/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Gray, Bob
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Kuhn, Christopher
Created:
2016-02-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
This interview was recorded for Elizabeth Bartlett's 2016 book “Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior.” It is part of a group of interviews with people who played key roles within organizations that are included in the book. This interview is with Bob Kinderman, about his time working with Center Against Domestic Violence (CAD...
Creator:
Kinderman, Bob
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-04-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Interview with Bob Scowcroft on 12/15/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Scowcroft, Bob
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Interview with Bob Scowcroft and Mark Lipson on 12/15/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Scowcroft, Bob; Lipson, Mark
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
At the time of this interview, Bob Tracy was Director of Governmental Relations and Public Policy at the Minnesota Council of Foundations. Prior to that work, Tracy worked for many years in HIV/AIDS policy advocacy and lobbying, most notably with the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP,) as well as with groups like the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual...
Creator:
Tracy, Robert
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing); Margolis, Robin (video support)
Created:
2015-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with Bob Warrick on 2/16/17 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Warrick, Bob
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
In this interview, Bonnie Heller gives some information about where she grew up and information about her family. Her father was the president of a manufacturing company, and her mother helped a bit with the company. She goes into detail about her art career and how she created some art for synagogues. She also discusses her neighborhood and how...
Creator:
Heller, Bonnie
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Brandi Rose Moxley shares her experiences of work and life during the time of COVID-19. As a nurse working in infection control in a nursing home, she first began to hear about the coronavirus at work and took it seriously even when others did not. She is open about her decision to leave her job due to her own health concerns. She explains how t...
Creator:
Moxley, Brandi
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Bran Fenner is a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People and Organizational Culture at the Transgender Law Center. Prior to his work at TLC, Fenner was the founder of the Education for Liberation Project, a co-director of F...
Branwen Zakariasen is a white trans woman originally from Texas who later spent time in Minneapolis and Portland. At the time of this interview, she was working as a customer support specialist. In this oral history Zakariasen discusses naming, healing from trauma and abuse, taking up labels, family relationships, sexism, and the video game indu...
Creator:
Zakariasen, Brawen
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics such as gay bars in the Twin Cities from the 1980s and onward, including the Gay 90s, the Saloon, and Brass Rail. She also speaks about working and perfo...
Creator:
Amore, Breatta Bea
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Brenda Pfab shares stories of her life and perspective as a childcare provider and grandparent in Duluth during the time of COVID-19 and school closures. She describes how she first heard about the virus on the news, and began being very careful when shopping by wearing a mask and gloves and sanitizing everything when she got home. She shares he...
Creator:
Pfab, Brenda
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-08
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
At the time of this interview, Brian Goodroad was a nurse practitioner and Associate Professor and Graduate Programs Coordinator in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He also practiced at the Positive Care Center at Hennepin County Medical Center. Mr. Goodroad has been providing nu...
Creator:
Goodroad, Brian
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Hansen, Jada (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2014-03-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
This interview was recorded for Elizabeth Bartlett's 2016 book “Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior.” It is part of a group of interviews with people who played key roles within organizations that are included in the book. This interview is with Brita Rekve, who discusses her work with the Center Against Sexual and Domestic ...
Creator:
Rekve, Brita
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-04-14
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
In this interview, Brooke Wright shares her perspective as a small business owner of a resort north of Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses how she has increased the cleaning procedures at the resort and changed the check-in process to limit contact, but as a resort with separate cabins, it was already easy to be socially distanced...
Creator:
Wright, Brooke
Contributor:
O'Brien, Chistopher
Created:
2020-07-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, Bruce Berezovsky discusses information about himself and his family. He talks about where they lived and how involved they were in the synagogue. He also discusses his education at the University of Minnesota where he earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science. He earned a Master's degree in History at the University ...
Creator:
Berezovsky, Bruce
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Bruce Margolis explains how his family came to Minneapolis and the businesses that they started, which included a repair shop and the Margolis Dry Goods Store. He gives a more detailed history of the dry goods store. He also talks about his family tree. His family belonged to Beth El. He goes on to explain his theater career, ...
Creator:
Margolis, Bruce
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.