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People attend the Midwest Queer and Trans Zine Fest, on Saturday, October 19, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Tretter Collection holds second annual Queer and Trans Zine Fest

Last weekend, zinesters from across the country came to Minneapolis for the second annual Midwest…

Adria CarpenterOctober 24, 2024

Jae Yates, the oral historian at the Tretter Collection, poses for a portrait on Thursday, September 26, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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The Tretter Transgender Oral History Project’s inaugural community cohort is democratizing history

The Tretter Collection's Transgender Oral History Project completed its first community cohort this summer, teaching…

Adria CarpenterOctober 4, 2024

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Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests donates organizational archive to the Tretter Collection

The Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests (BMC) announced on June 28,…

Katie MillerJuly 9, 2024

The Tretter Collection's exhibit "disrupt! decentralize! distribute! DIY Printing in the Queer Underground” on display at Open Book in Minneapolis, on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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The long legacy of LGBTQ print culture

The Tretter Collection’s latest exhibit – “disrupt! decentralize! distribute! DIY Printing in the Queer Underground”…

Adria CarpenterDecember 4, 2023

Aiden Bettine, curator of the Tretter Collection, poses for a portrait on April 25, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Using zines to preserve intergenerational memories

From connecting LGBTQ history to the present, preserving memories of the 2020 Minneapolis uprisings, and…

Adria CarpenterOctober 13, 2023

An attendee signs the guestbook for the celebration of life for Jean-Nickolaus Tretter on Friday, June 23, 2023, in the Elmer L. Andersen Library. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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‘Your name will not be forgotten’: Friends and loved ones remember Jean-Nickolaus Tretter

Jean-Nickolaus Tretter wasn't just a collector and part-time hoarder. When other LGBTQ people couldn't speak…

Adria CarpenterJune 27, 2023

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The history of Twin Cities Pride

Soon, people will gather for the 51st Annual Twin Cities Pride Festival from June 23-25.…

Mark EngebretsonJune 13, 2023

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Meet the Tretter Collection’s newest oral historian

The Tretter Transgender Oral History Project at the University of Minnesota has a new oral…

Adria CarpenterMay 31, 2023

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Meet the new curator of the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies

In his first year at the University of Minnesota Libraries, Aiden Bettine has been down…

Adria CarpenterApril 26, 2023

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Donor Profile: An accidental curator

Vecoli says she was in the right place at the right time when she took…

markengeFebruary 23, 2023

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Tretter Collection holds second annual Queer and Trans Zine Fest

The Tretter Transgender Oral History Project’s inaugural community cohort is democratizing history

Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Interests donates organizational archive to the Tretter Collection

The long legacy of LGBTQ print culture

Using zines to preserve intergenerational memories

‘Your name will not be forgotten’: Friends and loved ones remember Jean-Nickolaus Tretter

The history of Twin Cities Pride

Meet the Tretter Collection’s newest oral historian

Meet the new curator of the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies

Donor Profile: An accidental curator

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