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.
Interview 35 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Elissa Raffa, an activist and an organizer in the lesbian feminist community on the 1980s and early 1990s. She was a member of A Woman’s Coffeehouse Collective, involved in programming among other responsibilities. She was an early reader for Womyn’s B...
Creator:
Raffa, Elissa
Contributor:
Vecoli, Lisa
Created:
2024-07-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Nancy Pearson is a human rights activist, trained social worker, and trainer of human rights advocacy tactics currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Pearson is the Training Manager at New Tactics in Human Rights, a program of the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT). After earning a bachelor's of science degree ...
Creator:
Pearson, Nancy
Contributor:
Frey, Barbara (Interviewer)
Created:
2024-07-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Kimberly tells the story of her father crossing the southern border into the U.S. and his hard work to provide for her family. The shoes of her father provide imagery for her story.
Creator:
Mondragon, Kimberly
Contributor:
Horner, Kimberly
Created:
2024-05-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Edward tells the story of his parents immigrating to the U.S. on student visas. Although they didn't initially plan to stay permanently, they built a life in the U.S. after completing university.
Creator:
Zhang, Edward
Contributor:
Horner, Kimberly
Created:
2024-05-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Khushi describes learning how to embrace both her Indian and American identities and her efforts to help others with embrace their complex identities as well.
Creator:
Bhatt, Khushi
Contributor:
Horner, Kimberly
Created:
2024-05-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2024 production of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Run dates: April 12-20, 2024. Venue: Marshall Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. Director: Thomas Jacobsen. Cast list--Pierre (+piano): Aaron Dumalag; Natasha: Mackenzie Ammon; Sonya (+violin): Cindy Hansen; Marya: Ol...
Creator:
Montgomery, Derek
Created:
2024-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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.
Loretta Frederick is a lawyer and human rights activist based in Winona, Minnesota. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College and J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law). Frederick began her legal career in 1978 with Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) representing victims of do...
Creator:
Frederick, Loretta
Contributor:
Frey, Barbara (Interviewer)
Created:
2024-03-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Photographs from University of Minnesota Duluth Theatre’s 2024 production of Dragons Love Tacos. Run dates: February 16-24, 2024. Venue: Marshall Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre. Director: Matthew Olsen. Cast list--Suits: Heidi Mintz, Hunter Ramsden; Boy: Maggie Clark; Leroy: Zoe Griese, Luke Pfluger (actors will be alternating performa...
Created:
2024-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth