Danika Ragnhild is a white trans woman from Crookston, MN. At the time of this interview, Ragnhild was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ragnhild speaks about her childhood, disability, abuse, her process of naming, renewal, polyamorous relationships, dating, and partnerships. Ragnhild also talks about her involvement with organizatio...
Creator:
Ragnhild, Danika
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
One of a series of interviews with drug addicts conducted by Ralph Tefferteller, associate director of the Henry Street Settlement in New York. Selections from the interviews were published in 1965 as The Addict in the Street, edited by Jeremy Larner. The name used in the title is a pseudonym created by Ralph Tefferteller. Identifying informatio...
Creator:
Stern, Danny
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
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
Darcy Corbitt is a white transgender woman from the South. At the time of this interview, Corbitt was pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at North Dakota State University. In this oral history, Corbitt speaks at length about her childhood, coming out to her parents in college, and her family relationships through time. Corbitt also touches u...
Creator:
Corbitt, Darcy
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-17
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 Darcy Seezaday who talks about her involvement with Journeys Marketplace, an alt...
Creator:
Seezaday, Darcy
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-03-19
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
Dean Spade is a white trans activist, writer and teacher. He founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. He is the author of the book Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Po...
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
Interview 13 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Deb (Deborah) Anderson, an early participant in the North Country Women’s Coffeehouse in Duluth, Minnesota. Deb grew up in Richfield, Minnesota and describes herself as a late bloomer in terms of her coming out and defines herself as bisexual. Deb was ...
Creator:
Anderson, Deborah (Deb)
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2019-10-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
DeBora Rachelle Bernick describes her experiences of life and work during COVID-19. She describes how the pandemic affected the creation and marketing of a new travel suitcase that she was designing. She says the process was interrupted and then significantly slowed down when she couldn’t travel to China where the product is being made. She expl...
Creator:
Bernick, DeBora Rachelle
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Debra DeBruin is Interim Director, Associate Professor, and Director of Graduate Studies for the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota, the co-leader of the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative, and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses the role of bioethics ...
Creator:
DeBruin, Debra (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-05-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Debra Every shares her perspective as a resident of Two Harbors, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes how she first heard of the virus, and was laid-off for a short time in March of 2020. She describes how she saw visitors to Two Harbors buying essentials in the grocery store and leaving shelves bare. She shares stories of how h...
Creator:
Every, Debra
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, Debra Stone (1952 - ) begins by giving some family background as it relates to St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. In doing so, she tells briefly the story of her Communist father in Minnesota and the interesting circumstances which lead to both sides of her family settling in the Twin Cities area. As an African American, she...
Creator:
Stone, Debra, (1952 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Dee Dee Ngozi Chamblee is a Black trans woman from Georgia and the founder of LaGender Inc. At the time of this interview, Chamblee was the Executive Director of LaGender. In this oral history, Chamblee talks about her HIV/AIDS activism, housing insecurity, clubbing in Georgia during the 1970s/1980s, and her encounters with law enforcement. She ...
Creator:
Chamblee, Dee Dee
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Denise Sudbeck is a white trans woman from Maine. At the time of this interview, she was in school writing a dissertation on queer theology. In life she also was a member of the United States Navy; a police chaplain in Alaska; and also worked as an American Baptist pastor for churches in Maine, Minnesota, and Alaska. In this oral history Sudbeck...
Creator:
Sudbeck, Denise
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dennis Lamkin shares his perspectives of life and the impact of COVID-19-related closures on arts organizations in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he changed his news reading habits to use e-papers, especially due to the fact that the Duluth News Tribune stopped their daily delivery service, and he appreciates be...
Creator:
Lamkin, Dennis
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-09-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Interview with Denny Caneff on 8/17/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Caneff, Denny
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Grindberg, Kyle
Created:
2015-08-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Destinee Salinas is a Hispanic female from Indiana. She talks about her experiences growing up, doing drag, and some of the obstacles she has faced as a trans woman. She also discusses relationships, self-care, and her work at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Creator:
Salinas, Destinee
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-09-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treasurer of the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, a group she co-founded. She also is a co-founder of the Gender Expression Movement support group, and has decade...
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
Devin U. Garrett shares his experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He begins by describing the evolution of his business, Lake Wood Designs, through which he builds furniture and does other woodworking projects, including many projects for restaurants and breweries. He tells us about his experience in mid-March when, on th...
Creator:
Garrett, Devin U.
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-10-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Devi Peacock is a South Asian non-binary storyteller, performing artist and community organizer based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, they were the founding Artistic and Executive Director of Peacock Rebellion, an Oakland-based BIPOC, queer- and trans-led arts organization, as well as the co-organizer of the Liberated 23rd...
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
Diana Green is a white female who has lived in New Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a caregiver for People with AIDS, an adjunct faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and on her graphic memoir titled A Sharp Invitation. In this oral history, Green speaks at len...
Creator:
Green, Diana
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview 14 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Dianna Hunter, a feminist activist for women and lesbians at Macalester College, an early participant in the Lesbian Resource Center, one of the pioneers in the lesbian back-to-the-land movement in Minnesota, and author of Wild Mares: My Back-to-the-La...
Creator:
Hunter, Dianna
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2019-10-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Dobie Hunegs talks about how her parents built a duplex on the North side of Minneapolis. Her family and her grandfather shared the duplex. She goes into detail about her parents and grandfather's professions. Dobie worked as a hygienist, and she gave communities with poor teeth health fluoride treatments. She goes into some d...
Creator:
Hunegs, Dobie
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Part of a series of interviews with drug addicts conducted by Ralph Tefferteller, associate director of the Henry Street Settlement in New York. Selections from the interviews were published in 1965 as The Addict in the Street, edited by Jeremy Larner. The name used in the title is a pseudonym created by Ralph Tefferteller. Identifying informati...
Creator:
Abruzzi, Dom
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Created:
1961-01-16; 1963-01-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Dominic Giovon Chilko is a bi-racial Afro-Latinx trans man from Eagan, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, he discusses his childhood, relationships, and experiences of transition, his thoughts on chosen family, trans politics, and the trans agenda, and his experience as a performing artist and drag king. Specifically, he discusses his ex...
Creator:
Chilko, Dominic Giovon
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dominique Morgan is a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black and Pink, a nationwide prison abolitionist organization that provides direct services and support to currently and formerly incarcerated LGBTQIA+ people. Prior to her w...
Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of this interview, Ewing was retired and living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ewing speaks at length about working the coat check at the Gay 90s...
Creator:
Ewing, Donna
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-04-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with Don Bustos on 02/21/17 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Bustos, Don
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Dona Ewing is a white transsexual woman from Crookston, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews between Jenkins and Ewing held in the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project. At the time of this interview, Ewing was retired and living in the Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ewing speaks at length about drag she performed under the nam...
Creator:
Ewing, Donna
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-05-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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
Interview with Dr. Finkelhor about her life and her philosophy which has been the subject of several books. Also how she came to start a business school which grew into a four year college.
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Contributor:
Finkelhor, Dorothy; Brody, Walter (Producer)
Created:
1974
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
In this interview, Dorothy Jacobs explains her parent's background and how her family belonged to B'nai Abraham. B'nai Abraham merged and became B'nai Emet. She explains how her music career started and how she met her first husband who was also in the orchestra. She goes into more detail about her children, grandchildren, and second husband. Sh...
Creator:
Jacobs, Dorothy
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
