Join us on Oct. 1 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, housed in the Archives and Special Collections at the University of Minnesota Libraries. This exhibit reception will give attendees a chance to experience the exhibit, Indivisible: Celebrating 25 years of the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, before it closes.

Event registration is optional, but encouraged. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with brief remarks at 7 p.m.

About the exhibit

Indivisible celebrates historical visibility and representation, discoverable in the Tretter Collection, by displaying the breadth of ephemeral materials we preserve. An avid collector of LGBTQ materials since the 1970s, Jean Tretter — and his legacy — has enabled this queer and trans archives to flourish, capturing our community’s history here in the Midwest, across the United States, and abroad. Collectively, the history that the Tretter Collection holds evidences a longstanding, resilient LGTBTQ community that has endlessly found ways to remain indivisible.

Curated by the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies
Exhibit design and installation by Darren Terpstra, Archives and Special Collections Exhibit Design and Project Specialist.

Exhibit art by Darren Terpstra

Event details

What: Tretter Collection 25th Anniversary Exhibit Closing Reception
When: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 | Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with remarks at 7 p.m.
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, atrium