This email addresses concerns from library staff about implementing a curbside pickup service at Duluth Public Library during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was sent to Library Director Carla Powers and then forwarded to all library staff.
Creator:
Larson, Emily
Created:
2020-04-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Three emails from the Dean of the Semester at Sea study abroad program sent to students participating in the program. The emails are dated January 23, 2020 through March 12, 2020, and document changes to the Semester at Sea schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These include canceling stops in China, diverting from ports in Malaysia and India, ...
Creator:
Semester at Sea
Contributor:
Taylor, Makayla
Created:
2020-01-23; 2020-02-15; 2020-03-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Email sent to members of AFSCME Local 66 in response to layoffs from the City of Duluth, and outlining further cost-cutting measures proposed by the city to the union. The layoffs were a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creator:
Wohlwend, Wendy; AFSCME Local 66
Created:
2020-04-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Four emails from the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China (americancitizensinchina@state.gov) regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. The emails are dated January 17, 2020 through January 31, 2020, and document the increase in travel advisory status from "Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions" through "Level 4: Do Not Travel." These emai...
Creator:
U.S. Department of State; U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China
Contributor:
Taylor, Makayla
Created:
2020-01-17; 2020-01-21; 2020-01-28; 2020-01-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short story by Native elder Sharon Doolittle Shuck, written in November of 2020, the narrator reflects on the anticipated difficulties of the winter ahead, the sad possibility of spending the holidays alone, and the manoomin (wild rice) harvest. She then compares modern life to the experiences of her Grandma during World War II, includin...
Creator:
Shuck, Sharon Doolittle
Created:
2020-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
From the creator: "This picture was taken during my trip to the Plaza Super One grocery store (15 S 13th Ave E, Duluth, MN 55802) on Saturday, March 28, 2020. This picture (the one I found the saddest!) is of the empty donut case with a sign about the temporary closure." The sign reads: "In Accordance With Health Department Recommendations Our S...
Creator:
Vavrosky, Laura
Created:
2020-03-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Empty chairs in a waiting room at St. Luke's Hospital. A sign is visible on the wall which reads: "The Importance of Social Distancing: To limit the spread of COVID-19, practice social distancing. Please try to stay at least 6 feet from other people."
Creator:
Broadmoore, Amy
Created:
2020-03-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Once St. Paul City Council President Bob Sylvester, Susan Kimberly came out as trans on the front page of the St. Paul Dispatch in 1983. Fifteen years later, Mayor Norm Coleman appointed her to serve as Deputy Mayor of St. Paul. She has written a play about her life, "Superman Becomes Lois Lane," which will run from February 8 to March 1, 2020 a...
Contributor:
Kimberly, Susan (Guest)
Created:
2020-01-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Local transgender activist Barbara Satin joins BiCities! to discuss her work as Assistant Faith Work Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, as well as aging as a transgender person. Her story of finding affirmation and acceptance of herself in the context of her faith is complex and compelling,
Contributor:
Satin, Barbara (Guest)
Created:
2020-01-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
From a young age, Jacob knew something felt off about the way others saw him. He would eventually come to learn that he was transgender and shared this discovery with his mother, Janette Lawson. Janette joins BiCities! to share her experience of raising a transgender child and to offer advice for other parents.
Contributor:
Lawson, Janet (Guest)
Created:
2020-02-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Drawing of many human and animal figures, drawing, reading, and doing other activities. The drawing also includes: the title, "Essential"; the artist's name, "Toko N"; and the date "4/9/20". The artist is 11 years old. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing promp...
Creator:
Nakajima, Toko
Created:
2020-04-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a bag of rice, a can of beans, and a carton of eggs. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), ...
Creator:
Minor, Elizabeth C
Created:
2020-04-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of two children, one with his arm around the other. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), as w...
Creator:
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo
Created:
2020-04-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This series of 45 portraits depicts essestial workers doing their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professions in the series include grocery store workers, medical workers, K-12 school employees, mail carriers, protesters, and many more. The original pieces are pastel on paper. These images are related to "Interview with Carolyn Olson."
Creator:
Olson, Carolyn
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Estimating schedule difficulty in the National Football League is tricky given the limited number of games and the number of factors that impact game outcomes, including time-varying team strengths, the home advantage, and changes in rest, travel, and time zones. From the league’s perspective, understanding each of these factors can give u...
Creator:
Bliss, Tom (National Football League)
Created:
2020-10-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
A common observation in data-driven applications is that high dimensional data has a low intrinsic dimension, at least locally. Thus, when one wishes to work with data that is not governed by a clear set of equations, but still wishes to perform statistical or other scientific analysis, an optional model is the assumption of an underlying manifo...
Creator:
Sober, Barak (Duke University)
Created:
2020-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This Facebook Live screenshot shows various views of a baptism at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minnesota. One image is a view of the family and baptism outside, with Pastor David Carlson, the family, and guests wearing masks and social distancing. The second image is a view of musicians inside the church. The third image is part of the ...
Creator:
Hylenski, Kristen
Created:
2020-07-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These decals were placed on doors around the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. They read: "Stop The Spread of COVID-19, Face Covering Required." The text is in red on all the signs. The backgrounds of the three signs are gold, white, and beige, respectively. The signs also include a line drawing of a face mask.
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This collection of ten poems, each one with additional written commentary by creator Brooke Wright, address “personal experience, general observations, and inspirations” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brooke describes the poems as "developed using a form of writing called Ethnographic Poetry." The first four poems were inspired by interviews Broo...
Creator:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
I will discuss how to build a smooth multiscale wavelet packet dictionary for graph signal processing. Our approach utilizes the dual geometry of an input graph organized by new non-trivial eigenvector distances. More precisely, we construct a dual graph where each node represents a Laplacian eigenvector of the input graph and each weight is an ...
Creator:
Cloninger, Alexander (University of California, San Diego)
Created:
2020-11-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Diaz-Lopez, Alexander (Villanova University); Murillo, Anarina (Brown University); Harry, April (Rover.com); Soto, Roberto (California State University); Vega, Oscar (California State University)
Created:
2020-11-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Every person is born with the solution to some problem inside of them. The challenge that many of us experience is identifying the problem we are supposed to solve and then extracting that solution. In this novelly delivered plenary lecture, I will share how I discovered my problem and what I’m doing to solve it. I will also share insight into m...
Creator:
Coles, Adrian (Eli Lilly and Company)
Created:
2020-07-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Photograph of Skype call with Vainio's 94-year-old grandmother Teresa Trout, and Teresa's husband Rainbow. The photographer describes the image: “My grandmother is 94 years young and my grandfather is 87 years young. They are both very social people. Before the pandemic, they would go to polka events to dance, meet up with their friends, and eat...
Creator:
Vainio, Ivy
Created:
2020-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The Franklin Tot Lot at South 12th Street & Minnesota Avenue on Park Point in Duluth, MN with a sign stating “Attention! This playground is closed to the public to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”
Creator:
Brown, Aimee
Created:
2020-03-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Paper face masks in plastic bags taped to the side of a Little Free Library located at Melissa's home. A sign on the front of the Little Free Library reads: "FREE PAPER FACE MASKS. Safely made with clean hands while wearing a mask. All are the same, please touch only what you plan to take. Thanks for staying safe"
Creator:
Boyle, Melissa
Created:
2020-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A paper face mask attached to the front of a Little Free Library located at Melissa's home. A sign reads: "FREE PAPER FACE MASKS. Safely made with clean hands while wearing a mask. All are the same, please touch only what you plan to take. Thanks for staying safe"
Creator:
Boyle, Melissa
Created:
2020-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
An outdoor table containing snacks, drinks, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Two people are standing near the table, but far apart from each other. Both are wearing masks. The arm of a third person is also visible, reaching towards the hand sanitizer. This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The glass window contains several signs: a neon "Open" sign; a handwritten sign reading "Black Lives Matter"; and a heart-shaped decal reading "Shop Small and Support Your Community." Twisted Pastries Coffeehouse is located at 1418 Tower Ave #2, Superior, Wisconsin. This image is related to "Interview with David E. Beard."
Creator:
Beard, David E.
Created:
2020-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
I will address some recent developments in geometric methods for optimization, statistics, and sampling. Within three specific examples, I will demonstrate how one can leverage geometric structure to achieve: 1) robust recovery results for nonconvex estimators, 2) fast statistical rates in Wasserstein barycenter estimation, and 3) efficient samp...
Creator:
Maunu, Tyler (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Created:
2020-10-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
A community member adding to a mural designed by Moira Villiard for the 100 Year Memorial of the lynchings of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie in Duluth, which occured on June 15, 1920. This is one of three murals created for the memorial. From the artist: "The murals were designed by me with additions made by majority BIPOC [Black,...
Creator:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-06-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Community members adding to a mural designed by Moira Villiard for the 100 Year Memorial of the lynchings of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie in Duluth, which occured on June 15, 1920. Participants are wearing cloth masks. This is one of three murals created for the memorial. From the artist: "The murals were designed by me with add...
Creator:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-06-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge and a boat inside a snow globe. The words "Visit Duluth" are inscribed on the base of the snow globe. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), as well as...
Creator:
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo
Created:
2020-04-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of the planet Earth in black and white, showing North and South America. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (fac...
Creator:
Minor, Elizabeth C
Created:
2020-04-20
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a variety of human and animal figures holding hands around a circle labeled "GLOBAL." There is a banner on one side of the circle which reads: "We are the world." The drawing also includes the artist's name, "Toko N"; and the date "4/4/20". The artist is 11 years old. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology As...
Creator:
Nakajima, Toko
Created:
2020-04-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Photograph of a United States Treasury check for $2,400.00. The envelope in which the check was sent is also in the photograph. This check was sent to a resident of Duluth, Minnesota.
Created:
2020-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Over the past ten years, optimal transport has become a fundamental tool in statistics and machine learning: the Wasserstein metric provides a new notion of distance for classifying distributions and a rich geometry for interpolating between them. In parallel, optimal transport has led to new theoretical results on the stability and long time be...
Creator:
Craig, Katy (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Created:
2020-11-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Multi-marginal optimal transport (MOT) is a generalization of optimal transport theory to settings with possibly more than two marginals. The computation of the solutions to MOT problems has been a longstanding challenge. In this talk, we introduce graphical optimal transport, a special class of MOT problems. We consider MOT problems from a prob...
Creator:
Chen, Yongxin (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Created:
2020-11-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Neural networks are often represented as graphs of connections between neurons. However, despite their wide use, there is currently little understanding of the relationship between the graph structure of the neural network and its predictive performance. In this talk we systematically investigate how does the graph structure of neural networks a...
Creator:
Leskovec, Jure (Stanford University)
Created:
2020-09-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This sign is on Park Point off of Lake Avenue South near the “S Curve” parking lot which has beach access. It is maintained by the Park Point Community Club.
Creator:
Brown, Aimee
Created:
2020-03-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A photograph of a postcard created by German sculptor David Lee Thompson, who has lived in Duluth for approximately ten years. The postcard shows a drawing of a human head hooked up to a strange machine. The text on the postcard reads: "Hi Guys! After a long trekk in J. Cooke Park, I needed a rehab for my brain so we rented a room at this 'Hotel...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline
Contributor:
Thomson, David Lee
Created:
2020-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A photograph of a postcard created by German sculptor David Lee Thompson, who has lived in Duluth for approximately ten years. The postcard shows a black-and-white photograph of a human face buried in the ground. The postcard reads: "HELP! I'm trapped under the CABIN! David Lee T." This postcard was sent to Adeline Wright, who took the photograp...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline
Contributor:
Thomson, David Lee
Created:
2020-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A photograph of a postcard created by German sculptor David Lee Thompson, who has lived in Duluth for approximately ten years. The postcard shows a colorful jester covering his face with his hand. The postcard reads: "We ended up in: Königswüstenhausen! All they did was stop and stare! So we hurried on to Kaiser's Slaughter! DLT" This postcard w...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline
Contributor:
Thomson, David Lee
Created:
2020-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
From the creator: "When I started working remotely from home on March 16, I began tracking the confirmed cases of Covid-19 in our state. It has become a ritual I do to start my day. Not a happy one, but one I feel drawn to perform each working day to keep myself in check with our current reality. I wonder how many more of these index cards I w...
Creator:
Myers, LeeAnn
Created:
2020-04-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Photograph of a Lake Superior rock with woven caning and a note from the artist. From the creator of the photograph: "This gift was found on our porch this morning, quietly delivered by my artist friend Terry Hamp. She created the gift using a lake superior rock, some caning and a piece of red osier dogwood. Her description is self explanatory a...
Creator:
Trygstad, Gail
Created:
2020-04-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a huge eyeball looking through a magnifying glass at several small figures wearing top hats and doing various activities. Words in bubbles above the figures read "Keath people in the Heath." The drawing also includes the artist's name, "Toko N"; and the date "4/23/20". The artist is 11 years old. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplina...
Creator:
Nakajima, Toko
Created:
2020-04-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a red apple with a green leaf. Text around the apple reads "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." The text is repeated three times. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consi...
Creator:
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo
Created:
2020-05-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of two running shoes. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), as well as Duluth community educat...
Creator:
Minor, Elizabeth C
Created:
2020-05-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These two photographs were posted together on the Twin Ports Mask Brigade social media. The first photograph shows Dr. Michalene Stevermer standing outside of St. Luke's Hospital, holding 3D printed face shields created and donated by Design Eye Q. The second photograph shows Venis Gibby, a person who was caring for someone with respiratory issu...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-04-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These three photographs show healthcare and medical professionals holding face masks and face shields collected and donated by the Twin Ports Mask Brigade. The Twin Ports Mask Brigade "started up as a volunteer-led community response to the PPE shortage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic." (Description from the organization's website.) It org...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-03-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a grocery cart completely full of items. Many of the items appear to be rolls of toilet paper. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanitie...
Creator:
Minor, Elizabeth C
Created:
2020-04-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of shelves full of colorful bottles of ink. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), as well as D...
Creator:
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo
Created:
2020-05-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a two-story house. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), as well as Duluth community educat...
Creator:
Minor, Elizabeth C
Created:
2020-04-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a two-story house. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff), as well as Duluth community educat...
Creator:
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo
Created:
2020-04-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a doghouse in front of a two-story house. A dog is laying in the dog house. Through the windows of the larger house a person, bird, and cat are also visible. The person appears to be preparing food. The drawing also includes: the title, "Home"; the artist's name, "Toko N"; and the date "April 1st 2020". The artist is 11 years old. Cre...
Creator:
Nakajima, Toko
Created:
2020-04-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was created as part of COVID-19 response and outreach programming for the American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) in Duluth, Minnesota. The artists were contracted by AICHO and the Minnesota Department of Health to design artwork for public health posters around COVID-19 safety protocols. This poster shows photographs ...
Creator:
Vainio, Ivy; Villiard, Moira
Contributor:
Yellowbird, Leah
Created:
2020-05-18
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This presentation will provide a current and in depth review of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also provide a glimpse into the future as to how this pandemic will continue to unfold and the impact it will have worldwide. Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infe...
Creator:
Osterholm, Michael (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2020-10-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Digital image created for an online gaming group. The image shows a cartoon seagull with the words "Illegal Seagulls" and "Kawaii." This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Digital image created for an online gaming group. The image shows a cartoon seagull with the words "Illegal Seagulls" and "Kawaii." This item is related to "Interview with Brittany V. Hecker."
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Images from Kimberly Anderson's job as a manager at a dog kennel in Duluth, Minnesota. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS), Kimberly discusses the changes at the kennel due to COVID-19, and the effects the pandemic has had on dogs, dog owners, and the kennel industry. These images are related to "Interview wi...
Creator:
Anderson, Kimberly
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This images are from Angela & Anthony [shopangelananthony, Instagram page], a kids' property created by Donny Frank Morris. In addition to an Instagram page for the project, Morris has developed a coloring book and a line of products, and is working on a children's book. Morris, a local artist and writer, created the characters in part to addres...
Creator:
Morris, Donny Frank
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was created as part of COVID-19 response and outreach programming for the American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO) in Duluth, Minnesota. Christopher Sweet was one of many artists contracted by AICHO and the Minnesota Department of Health to design artwork for public health posters around COVID-19 safety protocols. The ...
Creator:
Sweet, Christopher
Created:
2020-04-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The dependence on available information is known to vanish for many `mean field' control problems. We investigate the role that information plays in the fluctuations about these mean field limits. In particular, we show how the fluctuations can be calculated efficiently for discrete mean field control problems with partial information, even when...
Creator:
Palmer, Aaron (University of British Columbia)
Created:
2020-11-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is the second of a series of four Instagram posts. According to the creator, these posts document "the progression from open with extra care and sanitation to closed for the health and safety of our community." This post reads: "Our Statement of Intention: We at Adeline Inc, including Peach Tattoo will plan to be open and operational as lon...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline; Adeline Inc.
Created:
2020-03-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the first of a series of four Instagram posts. According to the creator, these posts document "the progression from open with extra care and sanitation to closed for the health and safety of our community." This post reads: "We are majorly ramping up our already outstanding sanitation practice to ensure that we can serve our customers du...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline; Adeline Inc.
Created:
2020-03-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the third of a series of four Instagram posts. According to the creator, these posts document "the progression from open with extra care and sanitation to closed for the health and safety of our community." This post reads: "My salon, my heart and my sanctuary will still be there, clean and bright and beautiful waiting for the day when i...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline; Adeline Inc.
Created:
2020-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the fourth of a series of four Instagram posts. According to the creator, these posts document "the progression from open with extra care and sanitation to closed for the health and safety of our community." This post reads: "When it is safe for us to reopen we will take care of you and your hair on a sliding scale basis. We are aware of...
Creator:
Wright, Adeline; Adeline Inc.
Created:
2020-03-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This graphic includes the following text, with small line drawings to accompany each numbered instruction: "1) Search your garage, basement and closets for unused N95 or dust masks and other PPE. 2) Consider your workplace: do you work in a non-essential industry that uses masks and other PPE? Encourage employers to donate. 3) Do you have sewing...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-05-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is a multimedia project created by Elizabeth Spehar featuring photographs, paintings, drawings, and text. Their nonfiction writing includes journal entries, personal reflections, explanations, descriptions, and philosophical explorations. Elizabeth shares their personal story through multiple themes and topics related to the “bodymind” incl...
Creator:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Image shows tables stacked on top of each other to limit seating. Four employees are visible. Two are wearing face masks, and two are not. Noodles and Company is located in the Miller Hill Mall, at 1600 Miller Trunk Highway in Duluth, Minnesota. This image is related to "Interview with David E. Beard."
Creator:
Beard, David E.
Created:
2020-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photo was taken at the creator's home on Easter Sunday. The profile of a child and an Easter basket are visible in the foreground. Description from the creator: "#worldofhearts A national initiative 'to spread positivity.' Organizers invited people to decorate their windows with hearts."
Creator:
Broadmoore, Amy
Created:
2020-04-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photo was taken at the creator's home on Easter Sunday. Description from the creator: "#worldofhearts A national initiative 'to spread positivity.' Organizers invited people to decorate their windows with hearts."
Creator:
Broadmoore, Amy
Created:
2020-04-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Aaron Kloss describes his work as a fine artist, husband and father during the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares stories about his “painting a day” project that he has been posting and selling on Facebook since April of 2020. He mostly paints acrylic landscapes of nature subjects, sometimes animals or birds that he sees near his home. He describes ho...
Creator:
Kloss, Aaron
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Abbie Amundsen shares her experiences during this time of COVID-19 as a college sophomore and while working a variety of summer jobs. She recounts being in Las Vegas, Nevada for a debate competition in the middle of March, just as awareness about COVID-19 was emerging. She remembers much confusion about what it was and what to do or not to do. S...
Creator:
Amundsen, Abbie
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Adam Swanson shares stories about his life as a full-time working artist during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he was able to work steadily at his rural property on his paintings, as well as complete some mural installations in the area while following social distancing guidelines. He describes changes to family plans, such as not being...
Creator:
Swanson, Adam
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-29
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Agaiotupu Viena is a fa'afafine and trans woman from Amerika Samoa, educator, advocate, and community organizer based in the Seattle area. At the time of these interviews, she was Program Director for TRANSform Culture, an education and advocacy program of the Pride Foundation, a Seattle-area philanthropic organization prioritizing movements led...
Aldita Gallardo is a Latinx trans woman, community organizer, and former youth worker based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, she served as a Senior Program Associate for the Fund for Trans Generations at Borealis Philanthropy, and as a board member at El/La Para Translatinas, a community center, public health, and anti-viol...
Alexander Martin shares his experiences of living during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about being unemployed for six weeks and the effects on his personal life. He is open about the combined challenges of staying home, having fewer social interactions, and the feeling of having less purpose while being laid off from work. He shares how this h...
Creator:
Martin, Alexander
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Alex Griffin is a white trans woman, social worker, and community activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses the impact of her upbringing and education on her politics, her first forays into, experiences within, and thoughts on trans politics, community organizing, and direct action, her experienc...
