Students studying and socializing in the Kirby Student Center. All of them are wearing face masks. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when ther...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students are walking outdoors among fall foliage. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when there was a mask mandate on the University of Minneso...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Grimble, Tonja
Created:
2020-08-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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
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
Zachary Benz shares stories of his life in Hibbing, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He describes how he first heard about COVID-19 via Twitter, where he was posting material for his own project, the Daily Planet news site. He covered it as a news story himself and knew that it had the potential to “spread like wildfire, if unchecked.” He ...
Creator:
Benz, Zachary
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Suenary Philavanh shares stories of her life as a college student in Duluth during the time of the COVID-19 quarantine and shut-downs. She shares how she first heard about the virus before her spring break from college, and how she changed her trip from the original plan to go to Portland, Washington because cases were rising there. She describe...
Creator:
Philavanh, Suenary
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tom Hanson shares the experiences and challenges he has experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially how it has affected his businesses, including the Duluth Grill, OMC Smokehouse, and Corktown Deli. He describes his early life, his move to Duluth with his family, his progression from restaurant management to restaurant ownership with hi...
Creator:
Hanson, Tom
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
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
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
Sarah Curtiss shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins the interview by introducing herself in Ojibwe. Sarah is the co-executive director of the non-profit Men As Peacemakers and describes what the organization is, the many ways they serve the community, and how COVID-19 has impacted much of what they do...
Creator:
Curtiss, Sarah
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-08-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-08-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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
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
Lucie Amundsen shares her perspective as an employee, friend and parent in Duluth during the time of COVID-19. She discusses how she first heard about COVID-19 on Minnesota Public Radio, and how she reads many other print news sources such as the Duluth News-Tribune and the New York Times. She works for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and...
Creator:
Amundsen, Lucie
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-21
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
Kathren Kloss shares stories of her time as a busy Incident Command employee at St. Luke’s Hospital and the parent of three teenagers during the COVID19 pandemic. She describes how her work role changed at the hospital from working for Strategy and Innovation to being assigned to the emergency Incident Command structure. This meant she was busie...
Creator:
Kloss, Kathren
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Miriam Kloss describes her life as a high school senior at Duluth East High School in Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares stories about how her schooling had to convert to online learning very quickly with short notice, and the struggles of attempting to learn complex subjects like physics and calculus while working at home away from...
Creator:
Kloss, Miriam
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Farris, Michael Jr.; DeVaul, Michael; Brown, David
Created:
2020-08-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Timothy Broman shares his experiences of living under COVID-19 in Northeastern Minnesota. He describes how his visits with his 88-year-old mother, who also lives in Duluth, have changed over the months, from the beginning of the pandemic to now. Tim is currently working in retail and details the new safety procedures required at his job, which i...
Creator:
Broman, Timothy
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
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
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
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
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
Katharyn shares her experiences of life during this time of COVID-19. She and her husband Michael, who contributed to this interview, traveled for three weeks starting in mid-May. They share the experiences and the challenges they had while on a cross-country road trip during the still early days of COVID-19. They drove through many states to vi...
Creator:
Rolfe, Katharyn; Rolfe, Michael
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kraig Decker shares stories of how his life at work and his recreational activities has changed during the time of COVID-19. He is very active with local climbing and biking groups, and concerns about transmission of COVID-19 impacted how he was able to climb, either in an indoor climbing gym or even outside. He shares stories about how there wa...
Creator:
Decker, Kraig
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tera Amesbury shares stories about her life as a parent to four children during the time of COVID-19 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. She describes her concerns about her son’s health care needs continuing to be met in a time of medication shortages and pressure on hospitals due to COVID-19. Her son has Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which is a form of epil...
Creator:
Amesbury, Tera
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
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
Mitra Emad, who is currently on sabbatical from her job as professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, speaks in-depth and at length about the intersection of science and popular culture during this pandemic, while exploring the implications of the internet as a source of news and information. She mentions some of the scientific and epidemi...
Creator:
Emad, Mitra
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Phillip Sher shares stories of his work, social and religious life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. He describes the changes and shortages he has seen in the international meat packing market through work with his company, Pfeiveh Brokerage. He purchases animal glands that the pharmaceutical industry uses for production of medi...
Creator:
Sher, Phillip
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Karen Savage-Blue shares her perspectives, as an artist and art teacher of Ojibwe descent, related to the COVID-19 quarantine. She discusses the changes to education, including how her college suddenly closed in March of 2020 and it felt like an emergency such as a tornado. She describes using her skills as a teacher to adapt and change her teac...
Creator:
Savage-Blue, Karen
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Phoebe Davis discusses her personal life and her experiences during the time of COVID-19. She shares that she had COVID-19 and mentions that she lost close to sixty pounds because of the illness. She details what this experience was like for her, including the “double quarantine” in her household. She mentions various native medicines that she u...
Creator:
Davis, Phoebe
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Wilson, Heather; Ortiz, Lucria; Boone, Zakiyyah; Williams, Angelique; Smith, Stephenie
Created:
2020-08-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Vernon L. Simula shares his experiences of living during the COVID-19 pandemic. He tells us that he first became aware of the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 or in January 2020. He talks about the politicization of the news, describes his chosen news sources, and explains why he watches both MSNBC and Fox News. He describes some of the w...
Creator:
Simula, Vernon L.
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-08-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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...
Samuel Miltich speaks about the impacts of COVID-19 on his life and his music career. He recounts how in March he was performing in Florida and had to depart early, just as the country was beginning to shut down. He says the pandemic led to the cancellation of his rigorous schedule of on-the-road performances. He talks about how the economic imp...
Creator:
Miltich, Samuel
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Makayla Taylor shares her unique experience while studying abroad when COVID-19 first became a global issue. Her Semester at Sea program’s itinerary was altered, their travels to China were cancelled, and the trip was cut short by one month. She describes what she noticed in Japan and Vietnam while she was there, and how these countries were rea...
Creator:
Taylor, Makayla
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
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
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-08-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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
Thalia Hernandez is a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director at Equality Virginia, the leading LGBTQ advocacy organization in the commonwealth. In this oral history interview, Hernandez discusses her upbringing, experiences of ...
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
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
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
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
This painting was commissioned and created in August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Burns, a visual artist, discusses how during this pandemic time her creativity has increased and she has had more time to paint. The original painting is acrylic on canvas, and is of a ...
Creator:
Burns, Amber
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Documentary filmmaker Mike Scholtz presents nine short documentaries featuring visual artists and a musician from the Northeastern Minnesota region as they discuss making art during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. In these short videos, each artist talks about how the pandemic, or the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed, af...
Creator:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This painting was commissioned and created in August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Burns, a visual artist, discusses how during this pandemic time her creativity has increased and she has had more time to paint. The original painting is acrylic on canvas, and is of a ...
Creator:
Burns, Amber
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students studying and socializing in the Kirby Student Center. All of them are wearing face masks. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when ther...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08 - 2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Locations include the Swenson Science Building, Labovitz School of Business and Economics, and Heikkila Chemistry and Advanced Materials Science building. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fa...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08 - 2020-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students are in various locations on the main UMD campus. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when there was a mask mandate on the University of...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08 - 2020-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A student wearing a UMD branded face mask outdoors at the bus depot on campus. In several photographs a DTA (Duluth Transportation Authority) bus is visible. The student is unidentified. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when there wa...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Clearcut forest natual regenation footage showcases how sunshine encourages new growth. Nine clips of footage. Includes, wide shot forest, close up shots of flora with pollinators.
Creator:
Favorito, Audrey
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
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
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
Lyz Jaakola shares stories about her life as a musician, parent and educator during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. She describes how her family’s band, The Indian Head Band, needed to adapt and change from playing life events to sharing their music via Facebook during this time. She describes how they were all used to ...
Creator:
Jaakola, Lyz
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Sarah Brokke discusses her work and experiences as a visual artist and art professor at St. Scholastica in Duluth, both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic began. She shares her experience with traveling in Bali just as the pandemic was beginning, and returning to a home that seemed changed. She discusses how teaching changed so much when it ...
Creator:
Brokke, Sarah
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-30
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
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-07-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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
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
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
A screenshot of a livestream concert performed via Zoom with Ann Kathryn, George Ellsworth, and another band member. Ann says that during the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her band have performed music "on alternative platforms, such as Zoom, [...] for the safety of myself, my bandmates, and my audience members." This item is related to "Interview...
Creator:
Forsman, Ann Kathryn
Created:
2020-07-26
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...
Mark Nicklawske, a freelance journalist living in Duluth, Minnesota, talks about the significant impact of COVID-19 on his work, family, volunteering, and social life. As a freelance journalist for the ”Duluth News Tribune”, he wrote reviews of live concerts and theater events, which have all been cancelled since the pandemic began. Rather than ...
Creator:
Nicklawske, Mark
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-07-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Millie Richard, a Native American elder living in the Central Hillside neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, describes how her life has changed under COVID-19. She mentions that she spends a lot of time in her yard and garden, and since she is outside, she considers it a safe place for her to be and to sometimes meet with others. She said that as a...
Creator:
Richard, Millie
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-07-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Mike Scholtz discusses some of the ways that COVID-19 has affected his life. He shares that much of his work life hasn’t changed significantly because he has been able to continue the video editing part of his work from home. He says he has been working on old projects and has also been fortunate to get some new work since the pandemic began. He...
Creator:
Scholtz, Mike
Contributor:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-07-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Moira Villiard discusses her experiences as an artist and active community organizer in Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic and the summer of 2020. She describes leading a community-engaged mural art project at the Clayton Jackson McGhie memorial after the death of George Floyd, partly in response to some graffiti on the memorial. She felt it wa...
Creator:
Villiard, Moira
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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...
Paul Lundgren shared stories and perspectives as an active, social Duluth resident during the time of COVID-19. He has produced the Homegrown Music Festival field guide content every year since 2006, and this year the annual festival was cancelled due to quarantine right before the field guide was set to go to print. He also discusses his work o...
Creator:
Lundgren, Paul
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-07-22
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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
Katie Jacobson shared stories about how her life as an active, busy person "highly involved in theater" changed when the quarantine time for COVID-19 began. She described how she had started a new job at Zeitgeist a week before everything changed and shut down, and then was furloughed and lost most of her income sources as theaters and bars clos...
Creator:
Jacobson, Katie; Payne, Nathan (Photographer)
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-07-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Zakia McKensey is an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-based public health organization she founded in 2015. McKensey is a certified HIV test counselor, prevention educator, and disease intervention specialist with over twe...
Shauntelle Hammonds is a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Peter's Place, a recovery organization and halfway house in Richmond centered on the needs of LGBTQ+ people in recovery, especially Black and Brown trans people, slated...
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-07-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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...
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...
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.
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.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-07-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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
This screenshot shows an outdoor baptism at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minnesota. The image shows Pastor David Carlson, the family, and guests wearing masks and social distancing. From the creator: "Throughout Covid-19, Gloria Dei has been streaming its services online, on the web, and over the radio. On Sunday, July 12, 2020, we had ...
Creator:
Hylenski, Kristen
Created:
2020-07-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This graphic shows four emoji faces of various skin tones, all wearing white face masks, and the words "THANK YOU!" above them in black text. This was the last post on the Twin Ports Mask Brigade Facebook page. 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....
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2020-07-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Mariah Moore (she/her/hers) is a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the transgender community, especially Black transgender women. She has worked tirelessly in New Orleans to bring awareness to communities that have been adver...
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-07-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This virtual performance was recorded live at Gaelynn Lea's home in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. It contains songs written and/or arranged, and performed by Gaelynn, including improvisation and interaction with her virtual audience. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professiona...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020-07-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-07-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
In this short essay, Native elder Sharon Doolittle Shuck discusses driving, running errands, and gathering with family during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the essay describes a trip she took from Duluth to East Bethel, Minnesota to attend her niece's daughter's graduation party in July of 2020. Originally she had planned to take the bus and st...
Creator:
Shuck, Sharon Doolittle
Created:
2020-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth