Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a Black trans woman from Detroit, Michigan. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, her visions and thoughts on trans politics, and her decades of work in Black trans communities. Specifically, she recounts her work to found a support group for trans people of color in Detroit at the age of 17, her experience wi...
Creator:
Hunter, Lourdes Ashley
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Lou Weaver is a white trans man. At the time of the interview Weaver was working for Equality Texas. He discusses his childhood, his experience doing drag, and finding a community in Houston. He explains that how his white privilege and trans masculinity privilege manifest in different situations. He discusses training police officers on trans i...
Creator:
Weaver, Lou
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Lucie Amundsen shares her perspective as an employee, friend and parent in Duluth during the time of COVID-19. She discusses how she first heard about COVID-19 on Minnesota Public Radio, and how she reads many other print news sources such as the Duluth News-Tribune and the New York Times. She works for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and...
Creator:
Amundsen, Lucie
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Topics include: Participation in Ukrainian-American community in Twin Cities; comparison of Ukrainian-American communities in Twin Cities and Omaha; memories and reflection on mother’s experience growing up in Poltava, Ukraine, including the stories she told them about her experiences; growing up a first-generation child of Displaced Persons.
Creator:
Iwaskewycz, Lydia
Contributor:
Gutmanis, Zina Poletz; Iwaskewycz, Stefan; Kurschner, Tracy; Ukrainian American Community Center
Created:
2019-08-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Lynn Wisneski shares her experiences living and working during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins by describing Aerostich, the internationally known Duluth based business where she has worked for thirty years, her history and role there, as well as how the business and their employees were impacted by COVID-19. She describes the signi...
Creator:
Wisneski, Lynn
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-10-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lyz Jaakola shares stories about her life as a musician, parent and educator during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. She describes how her family’s band, The Indian Head Band, needed to adapt and change from playing life events to sharing their music via Facebook during this time. She describes how they were all used to ...
Creator:
Jaakola, Lyz
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Maddie Deutsch, MD, MPH is a queer, lesbian, transgender white woman; at the time of this interview, she was the Medical Director for Transgender Care at the University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) and the President-Elect of USPATH, the US Professional Association for Transgender Health. Prior to her work at UCSF, Deutsch started a trans...
Makayla Taylor shares her unique experience while studying abroad when COVID-19 first became a global issue. Her Semester at Sea program’s itinerary was altered, their travels to China were cancelled, and the trip was cut short by one month. She describes what she noticed in Japan and Vietnam while she was there, and how these countries were rea...
Creator:
Taylor, Makayla
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Former University of Minnesota President Malcolm Moos died this past week of apparently natural causes at his home near Hackensack in MInnesota's Cass County. Moos had been President of the University during a pivotal period in the school's history - the late 1960s and early 1970s. Shortly after he stepped down as President of the U he was inter...
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Contributor:
Moos, Malcolm; Paulu, Burton
Created:
1982-01-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Ms. Friedl begins the interview by touching on her family background and her coming to America. She then talks about her experiences receiving an education at the Schauffer College of Missionary and Social Work. Ms. Friedl talks about briefly returning to Czechoslovakia, her home country, then returning for a second time to the US. She explains ...
Creator:
Freidl, Mana Kejval
Created:
1978-06-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
In this interview, Manuel (Mandy) Ruder (1914 - ) gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan. Special attention is afforded to his family background, including information about his Romanian and Zionist parents farming in Palestine, their settlement in North Dakota, and eventually settling with his mother in Minneapolis after the tragic...
Creator:
Ruder, Manuel, 1914 -
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
2002-09-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Mara Glubka is a white transgender woman born and raised in Winona, MN. At the time of this interview, Glubka was retired and living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Glubka talks about her childhood, being forced to go to counseling with the Cathrolic Charities at age 15, her experiences in being a parent to three sons and hand having support...
Creator:
Glubka, Mara
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-04-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Mara Hursey shares her experiences in work and life with a new baby under the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls first hearing about the virus when it was overseas and not worrying about it very much. At the beginning of the pandemic, as a manager at her place of work, she tried to calm people down, but as it got closer to home, she became more and ...
Creator:
Hursey, Mara
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Mara Keisling is a white transgender woman from Pennsylvania. At the time of this interview, Keisling was the Executive Director at the National Center for Transgender Equality. In this oral history, Keisling speaks at length about her family relationships, naming, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the importance of trans people ...
Creator:
Keisling, Mara
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Marcus Waterbury is a white transgender man raised in Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Waterbury was working as a wealth advisor based out of the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Waterbury speaks at length about his childhood experiences with gender, his family relationships, and dating as a straight man. He also touches upon his enco...
Creator:
Waterbury, Marcus
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview 36 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Mardi Steinau, an early activist with the Lesbian Resource Center, the Lesbian Feminist Organizing Committee and A Woman’s Coffeehouse. She started Duck Press, a typesetting organization run by a lesbian collective. She and others started the Lesbian I...
Creator:
Steinau, Mardi
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2024-07-10
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 Maren Hansen Woods, who talks about her roles with Praxis and DAIP. Woods starts...
Creator:
Woods, Maren Hansen
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-04-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan is an Irish Catholic transsexual woman, transsexual health and rights activist, writer, and retired secretary and typesetter living in Portland, Oregon. Prior to her retirement, O'Hartigan was involved in a number of trans civil rights and nondiscrimination campaigns in Oregon, Washington, and Minnesota, including suc...
Creator:
O'Hartigan, Margaret Deirdre (interviewee)
Contributor:
Billund-Phibbs, Myra (interviewer, project manager, and transciber)
Created:
2022-04-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with Margaret Krome on 02/16/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Krome, Margaret
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Aragon, Anna
Created:
2016-02-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Interview 19 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Peg Cruikshank, a writer and academic active in the early days of women’s and lesbian studies. She was the first director of the Women’s Studies Department at Mankato State University, one of earliest programs in the upper Midwest. She produced four an...
Creator:
Cruikshank, Margaret "Peg"
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2020-10-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Mariah Moore (she/her/hers) is a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the transgender community, especially Black transgender women. She has worked tirelessly in New Orleans to bring awareness to communities that have been adver...
Ms. Pavel begins by talking about her upbringings in a small town in Romania and covers basic information of her early life, including her family. She touches on the troubles of being Hungarian and Romanian; Hungarian being the official language of Romania at the time. She mentions going back to Romania and visiting her sister who she had not se...
Creator:
Pavel, Marie
Created:
1978-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Ms. Pavel begins by talking about her upbringings in a small town in Romania and covers basic information of her early life, including her family. She touches on the troubles of being Hungarian and Romanian; Hungarian being the official language of Romania at the time. She mentions going back to Romania and visiting her sister who she had not se...
Creator:
Pavel, Marie
Created:
1978-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Marion Herman (1912 - ), native Russian and immigrant to St. Paul, Minnesota, begins this interview with a description of St. Paul Jewish neighborhoods and synagogues during the Depression years. The focus turns to Herman's involvement in various community organizations and fundraising initiatives, with discussion relating to the Capitol Fund Dr...
Creator:
Herman, Marion, 1912 -
Contributor:
Kohen, Harriet (Interviewer)
Created:
1984-09-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Maynard M. Cohen's interview with Marit Greve, a Norwegian jurist, who spoke on the Norwegian physicans who aided victims during World War II. This was a part of Dr. Cohen's research in creating his book, "A Stand Against Tyranny: Norway’s Physicians and the Nazis."
Creator:
Cohen, Maynard M.
Created:
1986
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Interview with Mark Lipson 12/15/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Lipson, Mark
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Mark Nicklawske, a freelance journalist living in Duluth, Minnesota, talks about the significant impact of COVID-19 on his work, family, volunteering, and social life. As a freelance journalist for the ”Duluth News Tribune”, he wrote reviews of live concerts and theater events, which have all been cancelled since the pandemic began. Rather than ...
Creator:
Nicklawske, Mark
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-07-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Interview with Mark Ritchie on 11/21/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Ritchie, Mark
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-11-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Interview with Mark Schultz on 9/22/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Schultz, Mark
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Grindberg, Kyle
Created:
2015-09-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
In this interview, Mark Swedlund (1950 - ) discusses his father's building company Ecklund and Swedlund, which constructed homes in the western suburbs of Minneapolis during the period of returning World War II G. I.'s and immigration of Jewish families from North Minneapolis. Development and building are discussed within this historical and geo...
Creator:
Swedlund, Mark, (1950 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Interview with Mark Winne on 2/21/17 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Winne, Mark
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Marlene Somers is a white MTF trannssexual person from South Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Somers was retired. In this oral history, Somers speaks at length about living two lives at once, Christine Jorgensen, Caitlyn Jenner, and her family relationships. She also touches upon encounters with healthcare, Ray Blanchard's theory of a...
Creator:
Somers, Marlene
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-09-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
