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- Roberts, Thomas Sadler, 1858-1946 (Photographer) (3296)
- Liebenberg and Kaplan (1241)
- Breckenridge, Walter J., 1903-2003 (Photographer) (899)
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- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-06
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-06
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2022-01-06
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-22
- Creator:
- Goldman, Story
- Contributor:
- Rolland, Isabella
- Created:
- 2020-10-09
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
- Last Updated:
- 2021-01-26
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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
- Page Count:
- 6
- Last Updated:
- 2020-11-02
- Description:
- 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
- Page Count:
- 5
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- 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.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-22
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-08
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-08
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-08
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-05-08
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2021-10-04
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-08-14
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-08-14
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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...
- Creator:
- Viena, Agaiotupu (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-07-24; 2020-08-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-02-22
- Description:
- 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...
- Creator:
- Gallardo, Aldita (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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...
- Creator:
- Griffin, Alex (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-10-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Amber Burns shares her experiences living during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Artistic Director for the Duluth Playhouse Family Theatre, she recalls the day they had to shut down the theater due to the statewide shutdown. She tells us the theater was in the middle of a run of the play Matilda, with a performance scheduled that evening, when they ha...
- Creator:
- Burns, Amber
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-10-14
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Amber Haglund-Pagel shares her experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Safety and Training Officer for the city of Duluth, Amber recalls that very early in the pandemic Duluth secured enough personal protective equipment for the fire and police departments but she recalls just how little was known and how “unnerving”...
- Creator:
- Haglund-Pagel, Amber
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-10-22
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Amy Westbrook shares details and stories about her life working at home during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes how she first heard about the virus on the news, and began taking her own measures to clean her workspace at the Environmental Protection Agency Lab and offices in Duluth. She worked at a front desk and a common...
- Creator:
- Westbrook, Amy
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-08-24
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Anders Hultstrom speaks about life and work during the time of COVID-19. He describes hearing about the novel coronavirus very early on. As a paramedic and EMS [Emergency Medical Services] worker, he says that when those in his line of work hear about a new pathogen they consider the worst-case scenarios. He also says that as a paramedic, he was...
- Creator:
- Hultstrom, Anders
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-09-14
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Ann Forsman (also known as Ann Kathryn when performing music) shares stories of her life as a musician and a non-profit employee during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes how she first heard of the virus, and knew it was serious when the community started cancelling basketball games and major events. She shares the story of...
- Creator:
- Forsman, Ann Kathryn
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-09-14
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Ann Maxwell shares her experiences of work and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes in detail how the tools of yoga have been essential to her mental and physical health during this time. She reveals how she felt energized early on, as a small business owner, to figure out how be of service to the community. Ann shares that she has p...
- Creator:
- Maxwell, Ann
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-09-08
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Ash Stephens is a Black transmasculine anti-criminalization activist and community organizer based in Chicago. At the time of this interview, he was Manager of Policy & Strategy at the Transgender Law Center, a PhD candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC,) and a board member at th...
- Creator:
- Stephens, Ash (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Aurora Higgs is a Black queer visionary, activist, scholar, and speaker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she had recently begun her PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University, studying the bidirectional relationship between queer and trans people of color and digital media. She has been a vocal member of the activist comm...
- Creator:
- Higgs, Aurora (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-07
- Description:
- Azrin Awal shares stores of her life as a college student, student activities employee, and volunteer during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She shares her perspective as a student at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) majoring in public health and taking classes about Global Health during the early spring of 2...
- Creator:
- Awal, Azrin
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-08-14
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Benjamin Hugus shares his experiences as an entrepreneur of a newer business, Ursa Minor Brewing, in the Lincoln Park Craft District of Duluth, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He says that in the early weeks of the pandemic business owners were faced with a choice of either quitting or adapting their business operations. He outlines many ...
- Creator:
- Hugus, Benjamin
- Contributor:
- Lundgren, Paul
- Created:
- 2020-09-10
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Blake Thomas shares his experiences while living in Northeastern Minnesota during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes being in Madison, Wisconsin around March 20th, performing and playing music, when he first began hearing about COVID-19. When his next performance, scheduled to be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was cancelled, he knew it w...
- Creator:
- Thomas, Blake
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-07-21
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-08-25
- Description:
- Brandi Rose Moxley shares her experiences of work and life during the time of COVID-19. As a nurse working in infection control in a nursing home, she first began to hear about the coronavirus at work and took it seriously even when others did not. She is open about her decision to leave her job due to her own health concerns. She explains how t...
- Creator:
- Moxley, Brandi
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-08-02
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Brenda Pfab shares stories of her life and perspective as a childcare provider and grandparent in Duluth during the time of COVID-19 and school closures. She describes how she first heard about the virus on the news, and began being very careful when shopping by wearing a mask and gloves and sanitizing everything when she got home. She shares he...
- Creator:
- Pfab, Brenda
- Contributor:
- Wright, Brooke
- Created:
- 2020-09-08
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Brian Barber shares stories of his experiences as an illustrator, animator and parent of young adults in Duluth during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he felt he should do something daily at the start of the quarantine, and settled on creating the “Draw-Along Fun Time” where he posted short videos of himself creating ...
- Creator:
- Barber, Brian
- Contributor:
- Scholtz, Mike
- Created:
- 2020-07-31
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-02
- Description:
- Brittany V. Hecker shares her experiences of being furloughed for two months from her management position at Panera Bread. She describes how she first learned about COVID-19 and how it impacted her work. She talks about being discouraged for the first week she was furloughed, but soon realized what it was like to have time again. She reflects on...
- Creator:
- Hecker, Brittany V.
- Contributor:
- Lundgren, Paul
- Created:
- 2020-08-05
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-14
- Description:
- In this interview, Brooke Wright shares her perspective as a small business owner of a resort north of Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses how she has increased the cleaning procedures at the resort and changed the check-in process to limit contact, but as a resort with separate cabins, it was already easy to be socially distanced...
- Creator:
- Wright, Brooke
- Contributor:
- O'Brien, Chistopher
- Created:
- 2020-07-26
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Carla Hamilton shares her experiences living under COVID-19. She shares that when the news first came out about the pandemic, she wasn’t too worried and she traveled to San Francisco. She reveals that she and her son had COVID-19 in March and she describes what that experience was like for them. She mentions that her boyfriend recently got teste...
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Carla
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-09-12
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Both Carly Hiti and Kaila Formanek speak about their advocacy and therapy work with PAVSA [Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault] in Duluth, Minnesota and of their personal lives during this time of COVID-19. Carly describes her work as an outreach advocate at PAVSA and Kaila says that she is one of the two therapists that work at PAVSA. ...
- Creator:
- Hiti, Carly; Formanek, Kaila
- Contributor:
- Moxley, Brandi
- Created:
- 2020-08-31
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Carolyn Olson recounts her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares that she is staying safely in her home and has been relatively okay during this time. She expresses concern for her two adult twin children, aged 25, who are both essential workers in the Twin Cities. She talks about how guidelines at their workpla...
- Creator:
- Olson, Carolyn
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-08-25
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Carter Brown is a Black trans man, activist, and community organizer from Dallas, Texas. Brown is the founder of Black Transmen, Inc., and served as its Director at the time of this oral history interview. He also works with the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC, is highly active in community organizing efforts among Black trans men, and has ...
- Creator:
- Brown, Carter (interviewee); Stylz, Diamond (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2020-06-19
- Description:
- Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua is a Native Hawaiian māhūwahine and trans woman, community organizer, and public health advocate based on O'ahu. At the time of this interview, she was Deputy Director of the Trans Justice Funding Project, an organization that distributes grants and other funding to grassroots organizations led by and serving trans commun...
- Creator:
- Kapua, Cathy (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-10-29
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Chase Strangio is a white transmasculine attorney and activist. At the time of this interview, he was a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and served as Deputy Director for Trans Justice of the organization's LGBT & HIV Project. Prior to joining the ACLU, Strangio worked at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project in New York Cit...
- Creator:
- Strangio, Chase (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-12-02
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Christine Etima Colbenson reflects on her experiences with work, family, church, and life under the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares how her employment and experience as a social worker in Virginia, Minnesota has changed, including how she meets with clients, how she has lost the connection with coworkers, and even how she misses the transition tim...
- Creator:
- Colbenson, Christine Etima
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-08-02
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-14
- Description:
- Christopher J. Cuevas is an Indigenous-Latinx, non-binary community organizer, educator, and peace practitioner based in Orlando, Florida. Since co-founding the organization in 2016 following the Pulse nightclub shooting, Cuevas has served as the executive director of QLatinx, a racial, social, and gender justice movement working toward the adva...
- Creator:
- Cuevas, Christopher J. (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-09-28
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Christopher O’Brien shares his unique experiences in rural Finland, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the adjustments he had to make from working with around 325 people at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, to being at home with his family of four after he was laid off and then furloughed due to the pandemic. He descr...
- Creator:
- O'Brien, Christopher
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-07-26
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Michelle McMullin and Christopher Woolery, a married couple, were interviewed together and share their experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. They share their recollections of first learning about the novel coronavirus and discuss why they choose particular news outlets for information. They have three young children who...
- Creator:
- Woolery, Christopher; McMullin, Michelle
- Contributor:
- O'Brien, Christopher
- Created:
- 2020-10-25
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- Claire High shares her experience of living in Ely, Minnesota, a small town, during the time of COVID-19. She illustrates the conflicts that have arisen within the community between people who believe everyone should wear a mask for the safety of others, and those who believe they shouldn’t be forced to wear a mask because it infringes on their ...
- Creator:
- High, Claire
- Contributor:
- Moxley, Brandi
- Created:
- 2020-08-16
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-14
- Description:
- Crystal Pelkey shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about first hearing of the novel coronavirus in February. She recalls attending a Wilco concert on the tenth of March at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center [DECC] and noticing that the attendance was unusually low. She tells us that by mi...
- Creator:
- Pelkey, Crystal
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-10-18
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Daniel Benoit shares his experience of living and creating during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the way he first heard about the novel coronavirus and details where he gets his news. He mentions that he intentionally follows a broad political spectrum of information and reads with a critical awareness of potential bias. He ex...
- Creator:
- Benoit, Daniel
- Contributor:
- Thomas, Blake
- Created:
- 2020-10-22
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- Dan Stocke shares his experiences of living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the outlets he turns to for news and current events. He mentions that his news consumption has increased this year, but he attributes this to the presidential election year rather than COVID-19. He speaks about disinformation, bias in the media, ...
- Creator:
- Stocke, Dan
- Contributor:
- Thomas, Blake
- Created:
- 2020-12-05
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- David E. Beard shares his reflections on life in Northeastern Minnesota under quarantine during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. David heard about the virus quite early, and reflects on this experience; how he gradually realized, as it moved closer to home, that this was something to be taken seriously. As a college professor, David talks about the c...
- Creator:
- Beard, David E.
- Contributor:
- Moxley, Brandi
- Created:
- 2020-08-05
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-14
- Description:
- David Gore shares stories of his life as a professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a parent and friend during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses how his active professional life on campus changed during the quarantine time to working from home without an ideal workspace. He shares stories of the changes including not being able to u...
- Creator:
- Gore, David
- Contributor:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Created:
- 2020-08-12
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- David Pearlman shares some of the experiences he has had and his thoughts about the state of the country during this time of COVID-19. He discusses the complex reality of finding trustworthy news during this pandemic and during a presidential election year. He outlines his chosen news sources during this polarized moment in our country and expla...
- Creator:
- Pearlman, David
- Contributor:
- Moxley, Brandi
- Created:
- 2020-10-11
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Debbie Rose shares her experiences of living and working during the COVID-19 pandemic. She tells us about the news outlets she turns to for information and discusses the vast array of misinformation in the media. She tells us how her news viewing and research habits have changed over the months. Debbie explains how her health has been impacted s...
- Creator:
- Rose, Debbie
- Contributor:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Created:
- 2020-11-09
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- DeBora Rachelle Bernick describes her experiences of life and work during COVID-19. She describes how the pandemic affected the creation and marketing of a new travel suitcase that she was designing. She says the process was interrupted and then significantly slowed down when she couldn’t travel to China where the product is being made. She expl...
- Creator:
- Bernick, DeBora Rachelle
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-09-11
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Debra Every shares her perspective as a resident of Two Harbors, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes how she first heard of the virus, and was laid-off for a short time in March of 2020. She describes how she saw visitors to Two Harbors buying essentials in the grocery store and leaving shelves bare. She shares stories of how h...
- Creator:
- Every, Debra
- Contributor:
- Wright, Brooke
- Created:
- 2020-08-30
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Dennis Lamkin shares his perspectives of life and the impact of COVID-19-related closures on arts organizations in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he changed his news reading habits to use e-papers, especially due to the fact that the Duluth News Tribune stopped their daily delivery service, and he appreciates be...
- Creator:
- Lamkin, Dennis
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-09-04
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treasurer of the Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, a group she co-founded. She also is a co-founder of the Gender Expression Movement support group, and has decade...
- Creator:
- Sube, De (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-17
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- Devaleena Das shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recounts first hearing about the novel coronavirus in January of 2020, and how she made alterations in her travel plans to and from Seattle, Washington. She tells us that she realized this might be a serious situation after learning about shortages of masks...
- Creator:
- Das, Devaleena
- Contributor:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Created:
- 2020-09-11
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Devin U. Garrett shares his experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He begins by describing the evolution of his business, Lake Wood Designs, through which he builds furniture and does other woodworking projects, including many projects for restaurants and breweries. He tells us about his experience in mid-March when, on th...
- Creator:
- Garrett, Devin U.
- Contributor:
- Lundgren, Paul
- Created:
- 2020-10-21
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Devon Fredrickson shares her experiences of life and being a mom during the time of COVID-19. She tells us she first heard about the novel coronavirus while she was working for a company that hosts shows for clothing buyers. She says that the participants from factories in China weren't able to attend due to the travel ban that was implemented b...
- Creator:
- Fredrickson, Devon
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-09-23
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Donny Frank Morris shares his experience with art, family, school, and work during COVID-19. Donny’s spouse, Sharon Morris, also contributes to this interview. Donny talks about his comic book art, including a new project for kids, and illustrates how this time has been good for his art because he has been forced to think about different ways of...
- Creator:
- Morris, Donny Frank
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-09-09
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Dr. Colton St. Amand, PhD, MD, LP is a transgenderqueer Two Spirit man, Texas Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and family medicine physician resident with a concentration in gender and sexuality care. St. Amand is affiliated with the University of Houston Department of Psychology and Baylor College of Medicine, is a Family Medicine resident at th...
- Creator:
- St. Amand, Colton (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-05-22
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- In this lecture we meet Dr. Pamela E. Harris, a Mexican-American mathematician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Williams College. Dr. Harris received her B.S. from Marquette University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her research is in algebraic combinato...
- Creator:
- Harris, Pamela (Williams College)
- Created:
- 2020-07-15
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
- Last Updated:
- 2022-04-22
- Description:
- Elizabeth (Libby) Spehar shares stories about their life and perspective as an active resident and business owner in Duluth, MN during the time of the quarantine and COVID-19. They discuss their own challenges with running a small business, The Snooty Fox Tea Shop, which is currently closed due to the pandemic. They mention tea shop employees fin...
- Creator:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-08-03
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Emily Walters shares stories of her life as a restaurant manager and citizen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes her media consumption habits, mostly CNN and Fox News apps. She discusses the issue of wearing fabric masks and some of the challenges for restaurant patrons or others who have health issues that make wear...
- Creator:
- Walters, Emily
- Contributor:
- Wright, Brooke
- Created:
- 2020-08-02
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Emmett Schelling is a transmasculine activist based in San Antonio, Texas. At the time of this interview, Schelling was the Executive Director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas [TENT,] the largest trans advocacy and education organization in the state. Additionally, he served on the Community Council for Transform Houston, as a board...
- Creator:
- Schelling, Emmett (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-12-01
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-09-29
- Description:
- Eric Faust shares his experiences of life and running a business during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about the early days of the pandemic and the safety protocols he implemented at his coffee roastery and coffee shop, Duluth Coffee Company. He says that soon after this he had to lay off his entire staff of thirteen people. He disc...
- Creator:
- Faust, Eric
- Contributor:
- Thomas, Blake
- Created:
- 2020-10-28
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- Erin O’Daniel shares their experiences of life during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Erin gives examples of how COVID-19 became more and more of a reality for them in the early months of 2020. As the Manager of External Partnerships at Planned Parenthood, they talk about the adjustments they needed to make, including a lot of PPE (Personal P...
- Creator:
- O'Daniel, Erin
- Contributor:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Created:
- 2020-11-19
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- Essence Thompson is a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbringing, transition, and relationship with her family, including with her late transgender sister, her experiences as an employee of Tyson's Foods, including discussio...
- Creator:
- Thompson, Essence (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-08-07
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Florencia Matamoros shares stories of their life working in the service industry and also navigating personal health and political issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Florencia describes consuming news media and needing to limit their exposure to some sources. They discuss their own mental health and ways the pandemic has increased anxiety. The...
- Creator:
- Matamoros, Florencia
- Contributor:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Created:
- 2020-09-01
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Gaelynn Lea Tressler shares stories of her life as a musician and disability rights activist during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth. She describes how she believes some of her friends might have caught the virus in March of 2020 but were never tested. She describes how she first learned of the virus through a fellow musician Alan Spa...
- Creator:
- Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
- Contributor:
- Spehar, Elizabeth
- Created:
- 2020-08-14
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- George Ellsworth shares stories of his life as a healthcare business employee, musician, and parent in Duluth, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He describes how he first heard of COVID-19 and thought it would perhaps be like the H1N1 Bird or Swine flu epidemics of a few years ago. Then he noticed that federal briefings and language seemed ...
- Creator:
- Ellsworth, George
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-09-06
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Grecia Magdaleno is a Latinx non-binary advocate, organizer, and interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this interview, they were the Policy and Adovcacy Manager for the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, a program of the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago that uses education, advocacy, and youth organizing...
- Creator:
- Magdaleno, Grecia (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Gorham, Charlee (interviewer); Schloerb, Anna (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Chamness, Daria (transcriber)
- Created:
- 2020-12-04
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-11-29
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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...
- Creator:
- Green, Dr. Jamison (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-05-30
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-23
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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...
- Creator:
- Corprew, Jay (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-07-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-03-17
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- 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
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- 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...
- Creator:
- Davids, JD (interviewee)
- Contributor:
- Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project assistant)
- Created:
- 2020-01-16
- Contributed By:
- University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
- Last Updated:
- 2021-05-19
- Description:
- Jeremy Davis shares his experience of living during the time of COVID-19. He talks about the challenges of being an essential worker as a drywall taper, where many of his coworkers do not wear masks. Jeremy is a pow wow dancer, and plays drums and sings with a group called Cedar Creek. The annual in-person pow wows have all been cancelled this y...
- Creator:
- Davis, Jeremy
- Contributor:
- Villiard, Moira
- Created:
- 2020-07-31
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-14
- Description:
- Jeremy Kersaw shares stories of his life as a registered nurse working in the mental health field as well as a small cycling event business owner during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. He shares stories about how he first heard of the virus entering the United States, and how procedures had to rapidly change at his hospital workplace ...
- Creator:
- Kershaw, Jeremy
- Contributor:
- Nicklawske, Mark
- Created:
- 2020-08-12
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
- Description:
- Jodi Slick shares the many ways she engages with her community in a leadership role, both before and during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the non-profit organization she founded, Ecolibrium3, which is a “community-based development organization” that “operates at the intersection of energy, equity, and economic vitality” an...
- Creator:
- Slick, Jodi
- Contributor:
- Lundgren, Paul
- Created:
- 2020-08-26
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-10-30
- Description:
- Jody Kujawa shares some of his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about his many years working in arts and theater in Duluth, including acting, directing, improvisation, and writing. He tells us how he first learned about the COVID-19 virus in late 2019. He shares that his mom passed away in February and that she had the signs an...
- Creator:
- Kujawa, Jody
- Contributor:
- Jacobson, Katie
- Created:
- 2020-08-26
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-09-30
- Description:
- Joe Klander shares stories of his work, artistic, and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses his own creative project called Ampersand Island, a series of “nonsense” animal drawings that he completed and shared online via YouTube during the start of the quarantine. He found he had more time for creating artwork while he was worki...
- Creator:
- Klander, Joe
- Contributor:
- Scholtz, Mike
- Created:
- 2020
- Contributed By:
- Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Last Updated:
- 2020-12-02
