This interview investigates the life and activity of Harry Rosenthal (1897 - ), leader in the St. Paul, Minnesota Jewish community over a period of several decades. Rosenthal discusses his immigration story from Eastern Europe to New York City and then St. Paul, military activity in World War I, marriage to Rose Calmenson, his business and inter...
Creator:
Rosenthal, Harry, 1897 -
Contributor:
Lapidos, Morris (Interviewer)
Created:
1982-11-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Harry Rosenthal (1897 - ), leader in the St. Paul, Minnesota Jewish community gives an account of his community involvement over a near sixty year period. Rosenthal recounts his early interest in Zionism and the beginnings of his involvement in Jewish communal affairs after World War I. He describes encounters with numerous in...
Creator:
Rosenthal, Harry, 1897 -
Contributor:
Lapidos, Morris (Interviewer)
Created:
1977-03-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Harvey Katz is a white man with a transgender history from Miami. At the time of this interview, Katz was working as a performer and an educator. In this oral history, Katz talks about coming out, passing and privilege, his early childhood, and his family relationships. He also touches upon his storytelling act titled Athens Boys Choir, mental h...
Creator:
Katz, Harvey
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Hayden Mora is a white trans male from Boston. At the time of this oral history, Mora was living in Washington D.C. and working for Trans United. In this oral history, Mora speaks about addiction and sobriety, coming out, mental health, therapy, privilege and transitioning into privilege. Mora talks about authentic love, socialization, and trans...
Creator:
Mora, Hayden
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-09-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Haylee Veazey is a white trans woman from Farmington New Mexico. She discusses growing up in a small conservative and religious town, and her struggles with herself and her family. She discusses her experience in medical school and transition in the workplace, and how differently she was treated in the medical community when she presented as a m...
Creator:
Veazey, Haylee
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-12-01
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:
Rodriguez, Hector
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Topics include: Participation in Ukrainian-American community in Twin Cities in the 1970’s and 80’s; memories and reflection on the legacy of being a child of Holodomor survivors; Holodomor and collectivization; Displaced Persons camps; Ukrainian Saturday School; Harvest of Despair; experiencing bigotry in the U.S.
Creator:
Bahmet, Helen
Contributor:
Gutmanis, Zina Poletz; Kurschner, Tracy; Ukrainian American Community Center
Created:
2019-08-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Helmi Strahl Harrington shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins by briefly sharing some of her background about coming to the United States from Germany as a child, her mother’s success with playing the accordion, and how the instrument became such a large part of Helmi’s life. She discusses the various...
Creator:
Harrington, Helmi Strahl
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-10-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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 names used in the title are pseudonyms created by Ralph Tefferteller. Identifying informati...
Creator:
Mueller, Henry; Kean, Philip
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Created:
1961-05-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Honor Schauland shares her experiences living in Finland, Minnesota during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the director of Friends of Finland, a non-profit that runs the Claire Nelson Center, Finland's community center, she talks about the many ways they have made adjustments in order to continue to serve the community. She mentions grants...
Creator:
Schauland, Honor
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-10-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Howard Gelb, a senior Jewish lawyer in the Twin Cities and also a veteran of World War II, discusses in this interview his family history, his father's interests, his childhood in Minneapolis, family, education, military experience, legal work (real estate), US Attorney work, prominent political associations, social clubs and values all from a J...
Creator:
Gelb, Howard
Contributor:
Krasnow, Brian M. (Interviewer)
Created:
2005-08-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Hunta Williams is a Black trans man from New York. At the time of this interview, Williams was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Williams discusses his early childhood, family members, and involvement with deaf communities. Williams also shares his thoughts on coming out, sexuality, isolation, his encounters with law enforcement, police ...
Creator:
Williams, Hunta
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-07-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Hyland Garvey shares his experiences of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about being a full-time student just starting his education program in the spring of 2020 when the pandemic forced schools to change how they taught. He tells us he is continuing his studies through the summer and fall semesters, and describes how COVID-19 is sig...
Creator:
Garvey, Hyland
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-10-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Clarke A. Chambers' interview with Hyman Berman, a member of the Department of History, who speaks on his work related to labor history at the University of Minnesota.
Creator:
Berman, Hyman
Contributor:
Chambers, Clarke A. (Interviewer)
Created:
1984-09-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Ignacio Rivera is a Black-Boricua-Taíno transgender Two-Spirit person from Brooklyn. At the time of this interview, Rivera was working as an Educator, Activist, and Performer based out of New York. In this oral history, they speak at length about their family relationships, gender fluidity, economic justice, and POC presence in play parties and ...
Creator:
Rivera, Ignacio
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-11-07
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 Inez Wagner Wildwood, who discusses her work with the Program for Aid to Victims...
Creator:
Wagner Wildwood, Inez
Contributor:
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:
2014-12-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
