Emerson Steiner Hayward is a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College student Sarah Garrett-Engele, Hayward discusses their upbringing and early experiences of gender, their process of transition and coming to understand themself as a trans ...
Creator:
Steiner Hayward, Emerson (interviewee)
Contributor:
Garrett-Engele, Sarah (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
Created:
2021-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Emily Walters shares stories of her life as a restaurant manager and citizen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes her media consumption habits, mostly CNN and Fox News apps. She discusses the issue of wearing fabric masks and some of the challenges for restaurant patrons or others who have health issues that make wear...
Creator:
Walters, Emily
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Emmett Schelling is a transmasculine activist based in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this interview, Schelling was the Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas [TENT,] the largest trans advocacy and education organization in the state. Additionally, he served on the Community Council for Transform Houston, as a board...
Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about mentorship and working with youth, Judaism, his family, racism, masculinity, ex-gay, and his encounters with law enforcement. He also touches upon th...
Creator:
Tanner, Enzi
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-12-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
At the time of this interview, Ephraim Olani was the executive director and founder of Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Services in Minnesota (SAYFSM). Olani worked as a pharmacist after migrating to the Twin Cities from Ethioipa in 1991, and witnessed the impact of HIV/AIDS on African immigrant communities and the relative lack of public heal...
Creator:
Olani, Ephraim
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2015-02-12; 2015-03-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Dr. Erica Anderson is a white trans woman and clinical psychologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the time of this interview, she was President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH,) served on the board of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH,) and worked at the Child and Adole...
Erica Fields is a woman of transgender history from Edina, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Fields was working in Minnesota as a business woman selling rye. In this oral history Fields speaks at length about transitioning later in life, her friendships, family, relationships, and community networks. She also touches upon about attending...
Creator:
Fields, Erica
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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
Essence Thompson is a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbringing, transition, and relationship with her family, including with her late transgender sister, her experiences as an employee of Tyson's Foods, including discussio...
In this interview, Esther Brody discusses her early Jewish life in St. Paul and involvement in the Jewish community. She was born in 1906 to Rose and Isaac Weinstein, of Russia in St. Paul, in what is now called Lower Town, where she was raised. Brody recounts decades of work with Junior and Senior Hadassah, B'nai B'rith where she was president ...
Creator:
Brody, Esther, 1906-?
Contributor:
Markowitz, Ruth (Interviewer)
Created:
1982-09-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Audio file of an interview with Esther Sirott and Ethel Levy conducted by Steve Foldes and Shirley Milgren. Esther Sirott was born in Lithuania and settled with her father and brothers on lower West Side of St. Paul. Ethel Levy was born in Iowa and lived briefly on the West Side of St Paul before moving with her family to a dairy farm where her ...
Creator:
Sirott, Esther, 1908-1993; Levy, Ethel, 1904-1982
Contributor:
Foldes, Steve (Interviewer); Milgren, Shirley (Interviewer)
Created:
1978-05-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Ethan O’Brien is a white male from Holliston, Massachusetts. He talks about his relationship with his family, and working at the University of Minnesota's Program in Human Sexuality, including how the program has changed over the years. He talks about volunteering with different organizations, the problem with organizations prioritizing marriage...
Creator:
O'Brien, Ethan
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Faye Seidler is a white trans woman based out of North Dakota. At the time of this interview, Seidler was a writer, an educator, and a cook. In this oral history she speaks at length about her coming out process as well as her encounters with healthcare and healthcare providers. She also touches upon her experiences with passing privilege, her f...
Creator:
Seidler, Faye
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Felix Phillips gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. Felix was born in Minneapolis, and raised in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. Giving a brief family history, he explains that his grandparents were from Poland and father was well established in New York City. He describes a bit of his Jew...
Creator:
Philips, Felix
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2008-08-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Interview with Ferd Hoefner on 12/06/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Hoefner, Ferd
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Small, Andy
Created:
2015-12-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
finn schneider is a white genderqueer person who grew up in Michigan. At the time of this interview, schneider was a student in graduate school. In this oral history, scheider speaks at length about gender and contextuality, fluidity, working in higher education, their family relationships, and their involvement in an educational organization ca...
Creator:
schneider, finn
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Florencia Matamoros shares stories of their life working in the service industry and also navigating personal health and political issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Florencia describes consuming news media and needing to limit their exposure to some sources. They discuss their own mental health and ways the pandemic has increased anxiety. The...
Creator:
Matamoros, Florencia
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-09-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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 Frank Jewell, who discusses his work with Men as Peacemakers. Jewell begins by t...
Creator:
Jewell, Frank
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2014-10-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Freya Richman is a Jewish trans woman from Appleton, Wisconsin. She became involved with 20 Percent Theater and their show The Naked I, which she was able to use as a platform to tell her story. She discusses what it is like to come out as trans later in life, and the impact that had on her relationships. She talks about workplace discrimination...
Creator:
Richman, Freya
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-11-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Gabriel Foster is a Black queer and trans activist, youth worker, and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the co-founder and executive director of the Trans Justice Funding Project, an organization that distributes grants and other funding to grassroots organizations led by and serving trans communities in the United State...
Gaebriel Lyrek is a white male from Montrose, Minnesota. At the time of this interview he was working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history, he speaks at length about his familial relations, growing up in a rural community, and his encounters with healthcare. He also touches upon topics such as drag, clothing, and his romantic relation...
Creator:
Lyrek, Gaebriel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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
Interview 18 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Gail Behrens McArdle, the first lesbian activist with the gay and lesbian student office at Mankato State University in the 1970’s. With a friend, she started the Cup of Warmth women’s coffeehouse in Mankato for students and community women. After movi...
Creator:
McArdle, Gail Behrens
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2020-03-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with Garth Youngberg on 12/6/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Youngberg, Garth
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Gavin Rouille is a white queer male from Burlington, Vermont. He talks about his art and how his artmaking process has evolved over time. He also discusses how his relationships have changed since his transition.
Creator:
Rouille, Gavin
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Clarke A. Chambers' interview with Gayle Graham Yates, former graduate student in American Studies and the founder of the Department of Women's Studies.
Creator:
Yates, Gayle Graham
Contributor:
Chambers, Clarke A. (Interviewer)
Created:
1994-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Geena Rocero is a Filipino trans woman and supermodel from Makati City in the Philippines. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, her career as a model and founder of the production company Gender Proud, and her perspective of Filipino history and culture. Specifically, Rocero talks at length about the history and visibilit...
Creator:
Rocero, Geena
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-11-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with George Boody on 12/03/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Boody, George
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Grindberg, Kyle
Created:
2015-12-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
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
George Hoagland is a Black American androgynous person who uses all pronouns. At the time of this interview, Hoagland was an Associate Professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In this oral history, they speak at length about changes in language and identity through time, his relationships with family members, and growing up in San...
Creator:
Hoagland, George
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
