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Description:: Ellie Krug is a white trans woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, family, and relationships, her memoirs and experiences of transition, her thoughts on trans representation and visibility and representation, and her work in legal services. Specifically, Krug discusses coming of age "before St...
Creator:: Krug, Ellie
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-12-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: In this interview, Elliot Kaplan gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. He gives a narrative of his life, which includes the circumstances of his birth to grocers on the East Side of St. Paul, growing up in Highland Park, attending Randolph Heights and Central High School, being president of Hillel while atte...
Creator:: Kaplan, Elliot, 1936-?
Contributor:: Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:: 2009-08-11
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2020-02-06

Description:: In this interview, Elliott Royce talks about how his father was the first Jewish pharmacist in Minnesota. His family belonged to Beth El. Elliott explains how his family lived during the depression, and how they recovered from it. During this time, they moved from the North side to the South side of Minneapolis. They joined Adath Jeshurun when t...
Creator:: Royce, Elliott
Contributor:: Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:: 2012-06-18
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16

Description:: Elliot Winter is a Korean male who grew up in Georgia but also spent time in Ohio, California, and New Jersey. In this interview, Winter talks at length about participating in online trans communities and chat rooms such as Laura's Playground and Youtube. He also talks about his family relationships, recovery, race in the South, and encounters w...
Creator:: Winter, Elliot
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-06-08
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Emerson Steiner Hayward is a white, Ashkenazi Jewish, trans-masc, and nonbinary individual based in St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview with Macalester College student Sarah Garrett-Engele, Hayward discusses their upbringing and early experiences of gender, their process of transition and coming to understand themself as a trans ...
Creator:: Steiner Hayward, Emerson (interviewee)
Contributor:: Garrett-Engele, Sarah (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager)
Created:: 2021-11-22
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2022-03-15

Creator:: Kogan, Emilia; Shumilovsky, Sima
Contributor:: Schloff, Linda (interviewer)
Created:: 1991-11-14
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

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:: Enzi Tanner is a Black intentional male raised in Missouri. At the time of this interview, Tanner was doing social work based out of Minneapolis. In this oral history, Tanner speaks at length about mentorship and working with youth, Judaism, his family, racism, masculinity, ex-gay, and his encounters with law enforcement. He also touches upon th...
Creator:: Tanner, Enzi
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2015-12-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

Description:: At the time of this interview, Ephraim Olani was the executive director and founder of Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Services in Minnesota (SAYFSM). Olani worked as a pharmacist after migrating to the Twin Cities from Ethioipa in 1991, and witnessed the impact of HIV/AIDS on African immigrant communities and the relative lack of public heal...
Creator:: Olani, Ephraim
Contributor:: Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Bergman, Andrea Klein (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:: 2015-02-12; 2015-03-06
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2020-05-07