Timothy Broman shares his experiences of living under COVID-19 in Northeastern Minnesota. He describes how his visits with his 88-year-old mother, who also lives in Duluth, have changed over the months, from the beginning of the pandemic to now. Tim is currently working in retail and details the new safety procedures required at his job, which i...
Creator:
Broman, Timothy
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-17
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 Tina Olson, who discusses her experiences with Mending the Sacred Hoop. The inte...
Creator:
Olson, Tina
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2008-01-02; 2014-10-16
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 Tina Olson, who discusses her work with Safe Haven Shelter. Olson begins by talk...
Creator:
Olson, Tina
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-02-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tiq Milan is a Black trans man who grew up in Buffalo, New York. At the time of this interview, Milan was working as a writer based out of New York. In this oral history he talks about growing up in Buffalo during the 1980s, Black families and support networks, and (in his own words) organic masculinity. Milan also touches upon his experiences p...
Creator:
Milan, Tiq
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.
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
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:
Blake, Tommy
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Tona Brown is a African American transgender woman from Alexandria, Virginia. At the time of this interview, Brown was working as a musician, a teacher, and a performer. world class, In this oral history, she speaks about her childhood spent in Virginia, her voice, coming out as a transgender woman, and her family relationships. She also touches...
Creator:
Brown, Tona
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-09-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview 3 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Toni McNaron, former Professor at the University of Minnesota and one of the founders of the Women’s Studies Department and the Maiden Rock Women’s Learning Institute. Toni was a member of the Amazon Bookstore Collective, part of the group that publishe...
Creator:
McNaron, Toni
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2019-05-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview 16 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is the second interview with Toni McNaron, former Professor at the University of Minnesota and one of the founders of the Women’s Studies Department and the Maiden Rock Women’s Learning Institute. Toni talks about the tensions within organizations between out ...
Creator:
McNaron, Toni
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2020-01-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Toni-Michelle Williams is a Black woman of trans experience who has spent time in Georgia and Norfolk, Virginia. In this interview, Williams touches upon topics such as drag, family relationships, loving Black men, silencing, and oppression. She also talks about her past work in HIV prevention. At the time of this oral history she was working fo...
Creator:
Williams, Toni-Michelle
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Toni Pajak is a white transsexual woman from North Minneapolis. At the time of this interview, Pajak was working as an Information Technology Specialist based out of Minnesota. In this oral history Pajak speaks at length about her time in the Marine Corps, her family relationships, her romantic relationships, Christine Jorgensen, Caitlyn Jenner,...
Creator:
Pajak, Toni
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Toni Rasmussen shares stories about her life as a beauty salon owner and parent during the time of COVID-19 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. She describes how her salon was required to shut down for three months due to the risks of spreading COVID-19 starting in March 2020, which meant a loss of income for her as a self-employed salon owner. She felt ...
Creator:
Rassmussen, Toni
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tracie Jada O'Brien is a Black female who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, she was doing social work in San Diego. In this oral history O'Brien talks at length about her early family life, working and living in San Francisco in the 1970s, and working and living San Diego in the 1980s. She also touches upon drag comm...
Creator:
O'Brien, Tracie Jada
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-13
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 Trish O'Keefe, who discusses her work with the Aurora Northland Lesbian Center. ...
Creator:
O’Keefe, Trish
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2014-12-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
TK Morton is a Black queer trans higher education professional, advocate, and activist based in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, ze was the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Macalester College, where ze worked to support and advocate for queer and trans BIPOC students. Prior to zir work at Macalester, M...
Creator:
Morton, Tristan "TK" (interviewee)
Contributor:
Nava, Rio Osorio (interviewer); Tierney, Oli (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
Created:
2020-12-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview 34 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Trudy Fulton Smith, a singer, musician, and one of the founders of Persimmon Productions and Calico Distributions. In 1974 Trudy and Linda Page established Persimmon and Calico to bring women’s music to the Twin Cities, visiting record stores and radio...
Creator:
Fulton Smith, Trudy
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2024-03-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also discusses her different experiences with theater and drag, and the relationship between the drag community and the trans community.
Creator:
Slarii, Tygra
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-01-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Ty Yule is a white trans man. In life, Yule has spent time in the Midwest (in Iowa and Minnesota) and in California (in Apple Valley and San Francisco). In this interview, Yule touches upon topics such as passing and adversity, coalition building, gay marriage, and assimilation. He also shares his experiences with queer organizing and activism i...
Creator:
Yule, Ty
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-08-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her difficult relationship with her father growing up, and how supportive her mother has always been. She discusses what it was like in the 1980s and 1990s ...
Creator:
Spencer, Valerie
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-10-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
At the time of this interview, Val Smith Brown was the HIV Prevention Coordinator, HIV Case Manager, and Outreach Worker Supervisor at the University of Minnesota's Youth and AIDS Project (YAP.) Prior to working with YAP, Brown worked as an outreach worker serving homeless youth at the Booth Brown House and District 202. In this interview, Brown...
Creator:
Smith Brown, Val
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2015-03-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Vanessa Sheridan is a white transgender woman raised in the South. At the time of this interview, Sheridan was the Director of Transgender Relations and Community Engagement at Center on Halsted (Chicago IL). In this oral history, Sheridan speaks at length about the Center on Halsted, her involvement with the City of Lakes Crossgender Community,...
Creator:
Sheridan, Vanessa
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews that the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview she was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about her work in the music industry, mental heal...
Creator:
DeMars, Venus
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-05-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Venus de Mars is a white trans woman from Duluth, Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds between Jenkins and de Mars. At the time of this interview de Mars was the founder and leader of the band All The Pretty Horses. In this oral history she speaks at length about a documentary called Venus of Mars, fetish ...
Creator:
DeMars, Venus
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-09-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
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
Wahira LaBelle is a trans fem queer of Somali descent, community organizer, migrant justice activist, and advocate based in California. At the time of this interview, she was the Bay Area organizer for the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) and the founder of its associated group Black Trans Migrants United (BTMU,) as well as an advocate and ...
In this interview, Walter Schwarz gives an account of his life as a Jewish World War II veteran. He was born in Romania, 1921. Schwarz gives family background in Europe, explaining that his father had ties to Czechoslovakia in the textile industry. He describes his childhood in Europe and teenage years at high school in Czechoslovakia, where Naz...
Creator:
Schwartz, Walter, 1921-?
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
2006-05-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Interview with Wes Jackson on 11/04/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Jackson, Wes
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Grindberg, Kyle
Created:
2015-11-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
William (Bill) Kosiak shares his perspective as a retired person living in Two Harbors, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he first heard about COVID-19 on the news, and still watches the nightly news and reads many other news publications online. He shares his perspective of how there is quite a bit of misleading news or o...
Creator:
Kosiak, William (Bill)
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Senator Henseley talks about his life and his work in the Alaskan State Senate, and about his work to get the land taken from Native Americans paid for by the United States to the descendents of the people from whom it was appropriated.
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Contributor:
Hensley, William; Brody, Walter (Producer)
Created:
1974
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
In this interview, William Thibault talks about he became the city planning director and the executive director of the housing authority in St. Louis Park. He goes on to talk about how the area of St. Louis Park and the area around it developed from an urban planning point of view. He gives some details about how the streetcar and other transit ...
Creator:
Thibault, William
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Xaundra Nawa is Black fluid demigirl from Minnesota. In this interview they talk extensively about their childhood experiences with gender presentation, their relationship with their parents and brothers, and their relationship with their grandmother Carolyn Holbrooke. They also touch upon topics such as polyamory, street harassment, makeup, the...
Creator:
Nawa, Xaundra
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-08-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Zachary Benz shares stories of his life in Hibbing, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He describes how he first heard about COVID-19 via Twitter, where he was posting material for his own project, the Daily Planet news site. He covered it as a news story himself and knew that it had the potential to “spread like wildfire, if unchecked.” He ...
Creator:
Benz, Zachary
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Zakia McKensey is an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-based public health organization she founded in 2015. McKensey is a certified HIV test counselor, prevention educator, and disease intervention specialist with over twe...
Zeam Porter is a Black and Blackfoot demiboy from Minnesota who goes by they/he/Z. At the time of this oral history, Porter was a student at Macalester College living in Minnesota. In this oral history, Z talks about the organizing work they did with OutFront, mental health, basketball, poetry, family relationships and family support. He also to...
Creator:
Porter, Zeam
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
