In this interview, Irving Nathanson gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan. He explains how he was born around the turn of the 20th century to Morris and Jenny Nathanson, who left Chicago for Eveleth, Minnesota to be merchants. Nathanson continues, telling the story of how the family moved to St. Paul in the 1920s so that Irving cou...
Creator:
Nathanson, Irving, circa 1900-?
Contributor:
Gellman, Andy (Interviewer)
Created:
1978-04-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Irving Stern (1928 - ) gives his perspective as mayor of Saint Louis Park and Minnesota state senator on local politics, commercial and residential development, and Jewish issues during his years in public service. The beginning of the interview consists of Stern's journey to politics and family background, including historica...
Creator:
Stern, Irving, (1928 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Irwine Gordon, president of the St. Paul Jewish Community Center in the 1940s, chair of the National Jewish Fund, and board member of the United Jewish fund, gives an account of some of the Jewish community initiatives in the Twin Cities. Additional topics covered in this interview include the Rosenthal family, funding initiat...
Creator:
Gordon, Irwine
Contributor:
Saltzman, Phyllis (Interviewer)
Created:
1982-10-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed in private beginning at the age of 12 or 13 since she wasn’t comfortable sharing it. Since she was young, she recognized that she wanted to be a girl, ...
Creator:
Wedin, Isabelle
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Israel Malachi shares some of his experiences during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He recalls driving cross-country in late January, listening to the radio, and hearing about the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. He says he had just been at a North American Music Manufacturers [NAMM] show in Los Angeles, California, and had interacted wi...
Creator:
Malachi, Israel
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-10-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Ivy Vainio discusses her photography, work, and home life during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She is a digital photographer who enjoys taking photos and portraits at events. She shares stories about struggling to find the “spark” to do her own digital photography while sheltering at home, a struggle she feels she shares with many other ar...
Creator:
Vainio, Ivy
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jack Martin is a co-founder and director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. Nicholas Henderson is program director of Southside Harm Reduction Services. In this oral history interview, they discuss their initial thoughts on the pandemic in relation to Southside Harm Reduction Services and its programming, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the role of Mi...
Creator:
Henderson, Nicholas (interviewee); Martin, Jack (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-09-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jacqueline Ann Dionne is American Indian Health Director and a Tribal Liaison with the Minnesota Department of Health and a member of the MDH's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group. In this oral history interview, she discusses her initial thoughts about the pandemic for Minnesota's Native American populations, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, her r...
Creator:
Dionne, Jacqueline Ann (interviewee)
Contributor:
Negri, Adam (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer)
Created:
2021-08-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jacsen Callanan is a white masculine trans health organizer and educator based in rural Vermont. At the time of this oral history interview, he was working in the NICU (newborn/neonatal intensive care unit) at the University of Vermont Medical Center while preparing for medical school, and as a swim coach for a youth team in northern Vermont. Pr...
JAC Stringer is a Native American two spirit, genderqueer femme trans guy from Ohio. Stringer has founded multiple entities including the Heartland Trans Wellness Group, GenderBLOC, Cincinnati Trans Community Group, and Trans Identified Providers Support (TIPS). At the time of this video, he was a community organizer based out of the Midwest. In...
Creator:
Stringer, JAC
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.
Jae Bates is a Korean American trans man who grew up near Hopkins, Minnesota. In this oral history, Bates details childhood experiences of gender and race, including narratives of bullying, transphobia, and racism; his identity as a South Korean transracial adoptee and the imperialist histories of international adoption systems; coming out to fa...
Creator:
Bates, Jae
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-06-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
At the time of this interview, James Maurer was the manager of Park House, which provides housing and support to people living with HIV and AIDS. Mr. Maurer has been active with many Twin Cities HIV/AIDS service organizations, including Grace House, Clare Housing, Ford House, DuPont Residence, and Park House. In this interview, Maurer discusses ...
Creator:
Maurer, James
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2014-06-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
James Schwartz is a white trans man from Monticello, Minnesota. He discusses growing up in a conservative town, and his relationships with his family. He talks about his trans identity, and the impact growing up with a queer grandmother who was active in the LGBT community. He gives his thoughts on the Program in Human Sexuality, and talks about...
Creator:
Schwartz, James
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Jamison Green is a white trans man, trans activist, advocate, public speaker, author, and consultant based in Vancouver, Washington. At the time of this interview, Green worked as a consultant and public speaker on trans issues. An early activist in FTM and transmasculine communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Green was one of the first memb...
Jamison Green is a white male raised in California. At the time of this interview, Green was working as a Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this oral history, Green speaks at length about coming out in 1966, his early experiences with his identity in childhood, the challenges of bullying in high school, and his frustr...
Creator:
Green, Jamison
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-03-20
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 Jan Conley, who discusses her work with the Environmental Association for Great ...
Creator:
Conley, Jan
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-03-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jane Fee is a white trans woman raised in Maryland. At the time of this interview, Fee was a retired and living in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this oral history, she touches upon her 29 years in the United States Military, her childhood, coming out in 1989, and her advocacy work. She also talks about organizations and entities she has been invol...
Creator:
Fee, Jane
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Janice Loftus explains why her family moved to St. Louis park. Her father owned a business and her mother did the bookkeeping for Janice's father. She talks about her experience at Chrysler Motor company. She then goes into detail about her involvement in the STEP program, and mentions her experiences with anti-semitism.
Creator:
Loftus, Janice
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
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 Janis Greene and Patti Larsen, both of whom served as directors of the Dabinoo’I...
Creator:
Greene, Janis; Larson, Patti
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2014-12-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jara McLarren and Charern Lee share their perspectives as a medical student and criminology professor, respectively, in the Duluth area in the time of COVID-19. Jara shares her perspective of first hearing about the virus, and of getting a survey at her job as an academic coach at the University of Wisconsin-Superior about what she would need to...
Creator:
McLarren, Jara; Lee, Charern
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jason Wussow shares his experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He recalls first hearing about the novel coronavirus in January, and says that after a series of experiences it became clear that this was going to be a problem. In mid-March he had to cancel a sold out concert and close the doors of his business, Wussow’s Conc...
Creator:
Wussow, Jason
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jay Choi shares his perspective as a full-time college student from South Korea living in Duluth during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares stories about first hearing about the virus in China and how his parents in South Korea were texting him that it was a serious issue. He describes hearing about testing and tracking being done in So...
Creator:
Choi, Jay
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jay Corprew is a Black trans man, activist, poet, and mentor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, he was the Director of Organizing for the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia (TAP Virginia,) an organization that provides financial support and community for transgender adults in Virginia. He also solely facili...
Jayda Morales shares her experiences as a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses the early and current situation surrounding mask wearing, the recommendations, access, cost, mask mandates, children’s masks, and the public reaction to the mandates. She talks about managing her household, which includes herself, her partner, a first gr...
Creator:
Morales, Jayda
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this interview, Jay Isenberg begins by giving information about his parents birthplaces and professions. He goes into detail about the houses his parents lived in and where he lived on the North side. He mentions how the neighborhoods were separated by race and ethnicity. His family belonged to Beth El. He became an architect after graduating...
Creator:
Isenberg, Jay
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Jazmin Wong shares her experiences at work and in her community during this time of COVID-19. She talks about her role as the shop coordinator for Indigenous First Arts and Gift Shop at AICHO [American Indian Community Housing Organization], where she has continued to be employed throughout the pandemic. She describes the many ways AICHO has bee...
Creator:
Wong, Jazmin
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
JD Davids is a white trans journalist, writer, AIDS activist, and advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS and chronic illnesses. At the time of this interview, he was director of JD Strategies, a member of the What Would an HIV Doula Do collective, and a board member of ME Action, an advocacy organization for people living with myalgic encephal...
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 Jean Baribeau-Thoennes, who discusses her work at Women's Transitional Housing. ...
Creator:
Baribeau-Thoennes, Jean
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2015-02-14
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 Jean DeRider, who discusses her work at Safe Haven Shelter. DeRider starts by ta...
Creator:
DeRider, Jean
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2014-11-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This interview took place at the South Ocean Beach Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas. Frenais is the Latin American and Caribbean manager for Burroughs, and the interview was about this area of the world.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Jean Frenais
Created:
1981
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
In this interview, Jeff Fine talks about how he grew up in South Minneapolis. He is living in the house that his parents built. He belonged to Temple Israel, and he was on the basketball team there. He discusses how his job in the Real Estate business started with his father who built homes for a living. They lived in the homes that they hadn't ...
Creator:
Fine, Jeffrey
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Jenna Rapues, MPH is a Filipina trans woman, activist, and leader in public and transgender health in government, research, academic and public health institutions. She lives in San Francisco. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director of Gender Health SF, a program of the San Francisco Department of Public Health that provides ...
