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Description:: Interview 7 in the Minnesota Lesbian Community Organizing Oral History Project (MLCO) is with Connie Wolfe, one of the founders in 1972 of Sagaris, a women’s therapy collective in Minneapolis. In the late 1960’s she was an anti-Viet Nam war activist, part of the Get Clean for Gene movement, and a protester at the 1968 Democratic Convention. She ...
Creator:: Wolfe, Connie
Contributor:: Vecoli, Lisa
Created:: 2019-08-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2025-04-21

Description:: In this interview, Corinne Feinberg discusses her early life (being born in 1933), and how her family came to Minneapolis in 1936. They moved to the North Side of Minneapolis because they sold their family grocery store in Iowa. Her father wanted to become more successful. Her mother was a legal secretary. Her husband worked in law.
Creator:: Feinberg, Corinne
Contributor:: Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:: 2011-07-05
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16

Description:: Interview with Craig Cox on 9/04/15 discussing contributions and involvement with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and its predecessor organizations.
Creator:: Cox, Craig
Contributor:: Kroese, Ron (Interviewer); Grindberg, Kyle
Created:: 2015-09-04
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA).
Last Updated:: 2017-11-27

Description:: Cressida Silver is a transgender lesbian from Minnesota. She discusses her family and experiences growing up, starting a family, and her experience with work and getting her Master’s degree. She also talks about her changing relationship to activism over the years.
Creator:: Silver, Cressida
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-01-31
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Crispin Torres is a Latino trans masculine person. At the time of this oral history, Torres was working for Lambda Legal. In this oral history, Torres speaks at length about his childhood, coming out, being a musician, family relationships, chosen family, religion, racism, encounters with healthcare, and the shifts he's seen in transgender polit...
Creator:: Torres, Crispin
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2016-05-27
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-20

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:: Damion Mendez is a Latino trans masculine identified person from St. Paul, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Mendez was living in Minnesota. In this oral history Mendez speaks about transracial adoption, bullying, being raised in a primarily white family, his family relationships, bodily autonomy, masculinity, and transitioning. Mendez a...
Creator:: Mendez, Damion
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-06-17
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: This interview was recorded for Elizabeth Bartlett's 2016 book “Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior.” It is part of a group of interviews with people who played key roles within organizations that are included in the book. This interview is with Dana Doyle, who discusses her work with the Center Against Sexual and Domestic A...
Creator:: Doyle, Dana
Contributor:: Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:: 2015-03-02
Contributed By:: Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Last Updated:: 2025-03-19

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