In this essay, Mark Nicklawske describes his early March 2020 trip from Duluth to New York City with his wife, Jen. He was on a writing assignment for the Duluth News Tribune to cover the opening night Broadway production of “Girl From The North Country” by Irish playwright Conor McPherson, a play set in Duluth, Minnesota and based on the songs ...
Creator:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-12
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
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
A song written and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2018. This item is related to "Interview with Gaelynn Le...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A song written and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2016. This item is related to "Interview with Gaelynn Le...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
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
Mara Hursey shares her experiences in work and life with a new baby under the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls first hearing about the virus when it was overseas and not worrying about it very much. At the beginning of the pandemic, as a manager at her place of work, she tried to calm people down, but as it got closer to home, she became more and ...
Creator:
Hursey, Mara
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Images from Kimberly Anderson's job as a manager at a dog kennel in Duluth, Minnesota. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS), Kimberly discusses the changes at the kennel due to COVID-19, and the effects the pandemic has had on dogs, dog owners, and the kennel industry. These images are related to "Interview wi...
Creator:
Anderson, Kimberly
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
An instrumental song arranged and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2015. This item is related to "Interview ...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
An instrumental song written and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was released in April 2020. This item is related to "Interview with G...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020-04-03
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
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
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
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
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
Melissa Plucinak shares her experiences of life as a new mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalls that she gave birth to her daughter the same week she started hearing about the prevalence of COVID-19 in the United States. She tells how she “felt pretty robbed” of the excitement of having her first child and sharing the experience with e...
Creator:
Plucinak, Melissa
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-09-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Toni Rasmussen shares stories about her life as a beauty salon owner and parent during the time of COVID-19 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. She describes how her salon was required to shut down for three months due to the risks of spreading COVID-19 starting in March 2020, which meant a loss of income for her as a self-employed salon owner. She felt ...
Creator:
Rassmussen, Toni
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-11
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
Devon Fredrickson shares her experiences of life and being a mom during the time of COVID-19. She tells us she first heard about the novel coronavirus while she was working for a company that hosts shows for clothing buyers. She says that the participants from factories in China weren't able to attend due to the travel ban that was implemented b...
Creator:
Fredrickson, Devon
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
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