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Description:: Interview conducted as part of the Jewish Soviet WWII Veterans Oral Histories.
Creator:: Rubinchik, Boris
Created:: 2007-01-22
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2020-05-11

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:: Bran Fenner is a Black transmasculine activist, consultant, educator, and ER and hospice nurse based in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of this interview, he was Director of People and Organizational Culture at the Transgender Law Center. Prior to his work at TLC, Fenner was the founder of the Education for Liberation Project, a co-director of F...
Creator:: Fenner, Bran (interviewee)
Contributor:: Beam, Myrl (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (project manager); Brenner-Adam, Katherine (transcriber)
Created:: 2021-11-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2022-01-24

Description:: Branwen Zakariasen is a white trans woman originally from Texas who later spent time in Minneapolis and Portland. At the time of this interview, she was working as a customer support specialist. In this oral history Zakariasen discusses naming, healing from trauma and abuse, taking up labels, family relationships, sexism, and the video game indu...
Creator:: Zakariasen, Brawen
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-03-21
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

Description:: Breatta Bee Amore is a Black trans female from Chicago and Milwaukee. At the time of this interview, she was a student living in the Twin Cities. In this oral history, Amore touches upon topics such as gay bars in the Twin Cities from the 1980s and onward, including the Gay 90s, the Saloon, and Brass Rail. She also speaks about working and perfo...
Creator:: Amore, Breatta Bea
Contributor:: Jenkins, Andrea (Interviewer)
Created:: 2017-02-16
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2018-09-24

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:: At the time of this interview, Brian Goodroad was a nurse practitioner and Associate Professor and Graduate Programs Coordinator in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He also practiced at the Positive Care Center at Hennepin County Medical Center. Mr. Goodroad has been providing nu...
Creator:: Goodroad, Brian
Contributor:: Angelica, Emil (interviewer); Carr, Peter (interviewer); Hansen, Jada (interviewer); Sommer, Barbara W. (interviewer); Billund-Phibbs, Myra (archival processing)
Created:: 2014-03-12
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies.
Last Updated:: 2020-05-07

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 Brita Rekve, who discusses her work with the Center Against Sexual and Domestic ...
Creator:: Rekve, Brita
Contributor:: Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann
Created:: 2015-04-14
Contributed By:: Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Last Updated:: 2025-03-19

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