Oral History Interviews of the Milwaukee LGBT History Project, 2003-2007

Contents List

Container Title
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Arnold, Jeanne 2007 October 6

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (41 min, 5 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Cathy McConnell interviews Jeanne Arnold about her 33-year relationship with life and business partner Barbara Lindquist.
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Bowers, Jane 2007 August 15

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (41 min, 5 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Cheryl Kader interviews Jane Bowers about her family history, education at Wellesley College and the University of California at Berkeley, teaching career in music, dawning self-awareness as lesbian in the 1950s, and involvement in the feminist movement.
Electronic Folder  
Burkett, Donna, 2007 July 14

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (1 hr, 19 min) 
Scope and Content Note: Julia Kleppin interviews Donna L. Burkett about her family history, service in the military, participation in the civil rights movement, efforts to obtain a license to marry Manonia Evans in 1971, and involvement with various Milwaukee and statewide gay and lesbian groups.
Cook, Susan, 2003 April 30

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Scope and Content Note: Michael Doylen and Laura Sutherland interview Susan Cook about her family history, coming out experiences, the Milwaukee lesbian community and organizations in the 1980s, the Milwaukee Lesbian/Gay Pride Committee, and the beginnings of pride celebrations.
Interview
Box   2

Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes 
Electronic Folder  

Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (55 min, 19 sec; 37 min, 28 sec) 
Box   1
Folder   1
Transcript
Fitzpatrick, Shirley, 2003 October 25

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Scope and Content Note: Jerry Johnson interviews Shirley Fitzpatrick about Milwaukee gay/lesbian softball leagues and the development of the LGBT community in the 1970s and 1980s.
Interview
Box   2

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette 
Electronic Folder  

Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (27 min, 2 sec) 
Box   1
Folder   2
Transcript
Geiman, Ron 2003 April 23

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Scope and Content Note: Jamakaya interviews Ron Geiman about his family history, military service during Vietnam War, coming out experiences, the Milwaukee gay bar culture in the 1970s, editorship of InStep from 1984 to 1996, and AIDS.
Interview
Box   2

Physical Description: 3 audio cassettes 
Electronic Folder  

Physical Description: 6 digital audio files (31 min, 2 sec; 32 min, 51 sec; 31 min, 23 sec; 31 min, 22 sec; 30 min, 54 sec; 30 min, 57 sec) 
Box   1
Folder   3-4
Transcript, 2003 April 23 and Photographs , 1970-2001, undated
Electronic Folder  
Kleppen, Julia M., 2007 June 26

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (38 min, 55 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Holly Loveland interviews Julia Kleppin, her domestic partner, about her family history, involvement in the feminist movement, marriage and children, coming out experience, relationships, and involvement in Milwaukee organizations and with various lesbian festivals celebrating women, music, and community.
Electronic Folder  
Loveland, Holly S., 2007 June 26

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (37 min, 31 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Julia Kleppin interviews Holly Loveland, her domestic partner, about her family history, coming out experience, employment history, and involvement in Milwaukee's gay and lesbian organizations.
Electronic Folder  
Neuendorf, Lorrie and Cathy McConnell, 2007 July 25

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (39 min, 27 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Life partners Lorrie Neuendorf and Cathy McConnell interview each other concerning their childhoods, adult careers, families, coming out, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.
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Reams, Lula F., 2007 July 21

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (39 min, 28 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Julia Kleppin and Mbili Waller interview Dr. Lula F. Reams about her family history; move from Tennessee to Racine, Wisconsin as a child; experiences with race relations both in the South and North; college education; work experiences; marriage and divorce; coming out as lesbian; and the Lesbians of Color (LOC) social group.
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Snider, Karen, 2003 March 17

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Scope and Content Note: Kathy Herbst interviews Karen Snider about her coming out experiences; Milwaukee lesbian community, including Amazon Collective and the Feminist Writers Guild; her activities as an author; feminism and lesbianism; and issues of classism and racism in the Milwaukee LGBT community.
Interview
Box   2

Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes 
Electronic Folder  

Physical Description: 4 digital audio files (31 min, 23 sec; 31 min, 24 sec; 31 min, 23 sec; 3 min, 19 sec) 
Box   1
Folder   5
Transcript
Electronic Folder  
Stevens, Carol, and Jai Brett 2007 August 11

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (39 min, 24 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Cheryl Kader interviews Carol Stevens and Jai Brett about coming out as lesbians; Stevens' marriage and children; Milwaukee's LGBT community, their involvement in the Gay Peoples Union (GPU) and Grape Vine, a lesbian-feminist organization; their friendships and relationships; and other topics.
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Tassara, Rebecca 2007 July 18

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (39 min, 39 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Jennifer Murray interviews Rebecca Tassara about her family history; Catholic education in Peru and move from Peru to the United States in 1966; marriage and children; relationship with her mother; coming out as lesbian; involvement in Milwaukee’s lesbian community.
Electronic Folder  
Warren, Janice 2007 August 1

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Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (42 min, 14 sec) 
Scope and Content Note: Jennifer Murray interviews Janice Warren about her family history; coming out as lesbian; growing up during Milwaukee's civil rights movement; involvement in the local LGBT community and groups such as Action Wisconsin and Lesbians of Color (LOC); experiences with race and racism; employment, especially at UW-Milwaukee; and education.