The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies

Please join us on Oct. 12 to celebrate the launch of Dianna Hunter’s latest publication, “Clouded Waters,” a mystery/romance novel set in what we now call the Mesabi Range in Minnesota, published by Holy Cow! Press. While reading, Dianna will be accompanied by local musician Lisa Kane. Following the reading, we will have the opportunity to explore the Dianna Hunter Papers collection, which is archived in the Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries. The collection’s curator, Aiden Bettine, will be available to help guests explore the papers, and enjoy a tour of the Tretter Collection housed in the Elmer L. Andersen Library’s geology-friendly underground caverns (pre-registration required).

Join the Tretter Collection and Curator Aiden M. Bettine on April 9 to celebrate the exhibit, “Dear Community: Mail, Correspondence, and Postal Activism in LGBTQ History.” By incorporating love letters, personal ads, mail order catalogs, and reader written periodicals from the 1950s through today, this exhibit shows how sending mail has been a vehicle for queer and trans people to find themselves, find each other, and build community.