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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

Description:: In this interview, Daniel Heilcher gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and World War II veteran. He was born in 1923 and raised on the North Side of Minneapolis. Heilcher gives a description of his Jewish childhood on the North Side, and explains how he entered the service with the Air Corps Cadets, training in various places aro...
Creator:: Heilcher, Daniel, 1923-?
Contributor:: Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:: 2005-04-15
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2020-02-06

Description:: Danika Ragnhild is a white trans woman from Crookston, MN. At the time of this interview, Ragnhild was living in Minneapolis. In this oral history, Ragnhild speaks about her childhood, disability, abuse, her process of naming, renewal, polyamorous relationships, dating, and partnerships. Ragnhild also talks about her involvement with organizatio...
Creator:: Ragnhild, Danika
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-02-17
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: One of a series of interviews with drug addicts conducted by Ralph Tefferteller, associate director of the Henry Street Settlement in New York. Selections from the interviews were published in 1965 as The Addict in the Street, edited by Jeremy Larner. The name used in the title is a pseudonym created by Ralph Tefferteller. Identifying informatio...
Creator:: Stern, Danny
Contributor:: Tefferteller, Ralph (Interviewer)
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-12