Raquel Willis is a Black trans woman from Augsuta, Georgia. At the time of this interview Willis was living in Oakland, CA. She is a writer, activist, and media maker, and, starting in 2018, the Executive Editor of Out Magazine. Prior to her work at Out magazine, Willis received a Soros Equity Fellowship to start the Black Trans Circles at the T...
Creator:
Willis, Raquel
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-06-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Discussion of Minnesota Authors, a selected bio-bibliography compiled by the Minnesota Centennial Literature Group of the Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Contributor:
Shove, Raymond Howard; Booth, Audrey June
Created:
1958
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Raymond Rea is a Italian-English-American-white trans male raised in Massachusetts. At the time of this oral history, Rea was working as a Professor in the School of Media Arts & Design at Minnesota State - Moorhead. In this oral history, Rea speaks at length about the geographies of Minnesota, Massachusetts, and San Francisco; the San Francisco...
Creator:
Rea, Raymond
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-10-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Read Lewis, former executive director of the Common Council for American Unity 1940-1959 interviewed by William Beyer, 28 June 1977 at ACNS offices, New York. The interview begins by Mr. Lewis talking about the formation of Common Ground and the influences that it drew from to help it begin. He then elaborates more by citing an editorial called ...
Creator:
Lewis, Read
Contributor:
Beyer, William (Interviewer)
Created:
1977-06-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Rebecca Kling is a white trans woman from Chicago, Illinois. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and college years, her transition, and her work within Camp Aranu'tiq and the trans activist movement at large. Specifically, Kling discusses learning about trans identity online in the 1990s and the narratives that impacted h...
Creator:
Kling, Rebecca
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-01-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Rehema Mertinez is a mixed Jamaican and Puerto Rican woman from Minnesota and Australia who goes by she and they. She talks about her early life, moving to Australia as a child, housing insecurity, and returning to the United States as a teenager. They also discuss the support they received from Avenues for Youth and the Trans Youth Support Netw...
Creator:
Mertinez, Rehema
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-03-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Renae Pagel is a white female from Cannon Falls, Minnesota. She talks about her early life and her family relationships, and serving as a mechanic in the Army from 1985-1990. She talks about relationships, what it was like for her to transition at work, and health insurance. She also emphasizes the importance of being surrounded by people who su...
Creator:
Pagel, Renae
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-08-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Renata Garcia is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Axochiapan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Garcia was working as a Sales Associate in Minnesota. Jennicet Gutiérrez is a Mexican transgender woman who grew up in Tuxpan, Mexico. At the time of this interview, Gutiérrez was an Organizer at Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement...
Creator:
Garcia, Renata; Gutierrez, Jennicet
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-10-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Reneka Evans is a Black female who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this oral history, Evans was working at The Red Door. In this oral history, Evans discusses moving to Minneapolis in the early 90s, drag culture, encounters with healthcare, sexuality, workplace discrimination, the importance of community, and her job as...
Creator:
Evans, Reneka
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-08-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Reva Rosenbloom explains her parent's businesses, which includes her mother's children store, and her father's car and truck repair shop. Her family belonged to Beth El synagogue. Reva graduated with a Humanities degree from the University of Minnesota, so she became a museum guide at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the ...
Creator:
Rosenbloom, Reva
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Interview with Ricardo Salvador on 11/17/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Salvador, Ricardo
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Grindberg, Kyle
Created:
2015-11-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Richard Longnecker is a male from New York City who sometimes goes by the nickname Katherine. In this oral history, he speaks at length about being a crossdresser and spending over 20 years in the United States military. He talks about his early life, the perceptions of crossdressers in the 1950s and 1960s versus now, and returning home from the...
Creator:
Longnecker, Richard (Katherine)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-03-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Richard Wainio explains how he grew up in Duluth, but his family moved to Minneapolis and lived in a house on Xerxes Avenue. His first job was an elementary school physical education teacher. He eventually became a physical education teacher at St. Louis Park High School. He also coached the swimming team. He explains how new ...
Creator:
Wainio, Richard
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2005-07-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rickke Mananzala is a trans activist and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the Vice President for Strategy & Programs with Borealis Philanthropy, working with the Fund for Trans Generations. Prior to his work with Borealis, Mananzala was executive director of FIERCE, an organization building the leadership and power of ...
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:
Garcia, Ricky
Contributor:
Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Created:
1963-02-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
In this interview, Jim McNulty (1948 - ) gives an account of personal history along with his family business's role in residential and commercial development in Saint Louis Park, Hopkins and Golden Valley. He describes the history of McNulty Construction Company, which included the development of Westwood Hills Golf Course, Virginia Circle and t...
Creator:
McNulty,R. James, (1948 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-02-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Roberta Levy gives an account of her life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. She was born in 1937 in Philadelphia to Russian immigrant parents who were persecuted abroad. Recalling her early life, she describes how her father had a store in Philadelphia and was a committed Socialist/Zionist. She gives a description...
Creator:
Levy, Roberta, 1937-?
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2008-11-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Robert Held describes his early life including belonging to Beth El. He also, discusses where his parents worked, which changed often. He works in the Department of Human Services for the state of Minnesota. His wife worked in the Human Resources section at the Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota. He goes into detai...
Creator:
Held, Robert
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Robert Levine (1951 - ) discusses moving to Saint Louis Park, Minnesota in the early 1950s and Jewish life there. The focus of the interview is on class and affluence in Saint Louis Park and the Jewish presence therein, but also touches upon Levine's parents and their role as owners of a supermarket chain, various local countr...
Creator:
Levine, Robert, (1951 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Robin Washington shares experiences from his life and work during the COVID-19 pandemic. He lists the news outlets he turns to for information and says that as a journalist he is well connected to colleagues and their work and explains that because of these connections, the information in his social media feed tends to be quite reliable compared...
Creator:
Washington, Robin
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-10-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
At the time of this interview, Rob Yaeger was the HIV Prevention Training Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH.) Mr. Yaeger volunteered for and worked at the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) in AIDS prevention and outreach education before joining the Minnesota Department of Health. He has worked in HIV/AIDS prevention, outreach, a...
Creator:
Yaeger, Rob
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing); Margolis, Robin (video support)
Created:
2014-06-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Interview with Roger Blobaum on 02/10/16 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:
Blobaum, Roger
Contributor:
Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Kuhn, Christopher
Created:
2016-02-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
In this interview, Roger DeClercq (1922 - ) gives his personal background, which includes World War II military service, an advanced degree from the University of Minnesota and landing a teaching job in Saint Louis Park. The discussion moves to schools and education in Saint Louis Park during the 1950s and 60s, including information about the ne...
Creator:
DeClercq, Roger, (1922 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Ronald and Ken Meshbesher explain their father's bottling company called Meshbesher and Anderson. When that closed, their father owned a liquor store, and after that closed he became a light salesman. Their mother did office work and also made bandages for soldiers. The brothers then explain their personal life, which includes...
Creator:
Meshbesher, Ronald; Meshbesher, Ken
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Ron Meshbesher, one of the most well known lawyers in Minnesota, here gives an account of his career with special attention afforded to his major cases, the Jewish law community in Minnesota and anti-Semitism in the law community in general. He was born in 1933 and raised in North Minneapolis. He gives his family background and a description of ...
Creator:
Meshbesher, Ron, 1933-?
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2009-07-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Rosalind Simon gives an account of her life as a Jewish Minnesotan and World War II veteran. Rosalind was born in Minneapolis and gives some details about her Jewish Minnesotan family. She explains that before World War II she was a social worker, and later married her husband that was a graduate of West Point. The married cou...
Creator:
Simon, Rosalind
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
2007-01-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Rose Godes gives her account of her involvement in the Jewish community in St. Paul and some of its history. The interview covers the early history of the Daughters of Abraham, which was closely associated with the work of the Jewish Home for the Aged, and financing various initiatives for assisting the aged. This interview wa...
Creator:
Godes, Rose
Contributor:
Mack, Annette (Interviewer)
Created:
1982-11-29
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 Rosemary Rocco and is related to her work with the Program for Aid to Victims of...
Creator:
Rocco, Rosemary
Contributor:
Westerlund, Em
Created:
2013-04-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the first of two interviews the Tretter Collection holds with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history, they speak at length about their involv...
Creator:
Anderson, Roxanne (Narrator)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2015-07-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
At the time of this interview, Roxanne Anderson was the volunteer executive director of the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition (MTHC,) co-founder of RARE Productions, and the general manager and co-owner of Café Southside. Mx. Anderson began their involvement in HIV work in the 1980s, eventually working with Nick Metcalf and the Minnesota Me...
Creator:
Anderson, Roxanne
Contributor:
Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:
2015-09-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Roxanne Anderson is a Black gender non-conforming masculine of center person. At the time of this interview, they were the Director of Trans & Racial Justice at the organization OutFront Minnesota. This is the second of two interviews the Tretter Collections hold with Roxanne Anderson. In this oral history Anderson speaks at length about growing...
Creator:
Anderson, Roxanne
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2017-07-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
In this interview, Roz Baker (1923 - ) gives an account of her life as a Jewish native of Minneapolis. She relates her family background which includes an immigration story to the United States from Russia through Cypress in 1915. She describes her childhood growing up Jewish in Minneapolis, relating memories of Labor-Zionist meetings, holiday t...
Creator:
Baker, Roz, 1923 -
Contributor:
Schulman, Ann (Interviewer)
Created:
1999-06-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Roze (R.B.) Brooks is a white gender queer person raised in St. Louis, Missouri. At the time of this interview, R.B. was a graduate student. In this oral history, they speak at length about queer and trans activism and advocacy work in higher education at University of Minnesota Duluth. They also talk about sexism, participating in theatre and c...
Creator:
Brooks, Roze (R.B.)
Contributor:
Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:
2016-11-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
