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+ | | Jean-Nickolaus Tretter has collected Pride Guides, community newspapers, activist buttons, and other items of GLBT interest since his return from serving as a linguist in the Vietnam War. Already involved with [[F.R.E.E.]], the [[Twin Cities Pride Festival]], and other community organizations by 1972, Tretter’s interest in GLBT history and culture intensified at the University of Minnesota. As a student from 1973-76, Tretter unsuccessfully attempted to study Gay and Lesbian Anthropology. At the time, University staff assured him that no such thing existed. | ||
+ | | [[Image:Svc_tretterpresent.jpg]]<div style="text-align: center;"><small>'''Tretter's Collection at Elmer Andersen Library. Courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies.'''</small> | ||
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The University of Minnesota changed its stance on GLBT history in little over 20 years. GLBT leaders at the “U” approached the University of Minnesota Libraries after the department announced plans to build a new archival library on the West Bank campus in 1999. After lengthy negotiations—and with support of the new library’s namesake, former Governor Elmer L. Anderson—the Tretter Collection moved into Andersen Library’s climate-controlled caverns. These caverns were dug into the bluffs of the Mississippi River, and are some of the finest archival storage spaces in the world. | The University of Minnesota changed its stance on GLBT history in little over 20 years. GLBT leaders at the “U” approached the University of Minnesota Libraries after the department announced plans to build a new archival library on the West Bank campus in 1999. After lengthy negotiations—and with support of the new library’s namesake, former Governor Elmer L. Anderson—the Tretter Collection moved into Andersen Library’s climate-controlled caverns. These caverns were dug into the bluffs of the Mississippi River, and are some of the finest archival storage spaces in the world. | ||
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− | | [[Image: | + | |The University’s support provided Tretter’s Collection with proper resources; it has grown to include tens of thousands of materials that represent 4,000 years of history. In an ironic twist, Tretter now works for the University tending to his collection. |
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− | + | <small>'''Photograph of Jean-Nickolaus Tretter in his apartment'''</small> | |
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Revision as of 22:16, 20 March 2010
Tretter Collection
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter has collected Pride Guides, community newspapers, activist buttons, and other items of GLBT interest since his return from serving as a linguist in the Vietnam War. Already involved with F.R.E.E., the Twin Cities Pride Festival, and other community organizations by 1972, Tretter’s interest in GLBT history and culture intensified at the University of Minnesota. As a student from 1973-76, Tretter unsuccessfully attempted to study Gay and Lesbian Anthropology. At the time, University staff assured him that no such thing existed. | Tretter's Collection at Elmer Andersen Library. Courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies.
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The University’s support provided Tretter’s Collection with proper resources; it has grown to include tens of thousands of materials that represent 4,000 years of history. In an ironic twist, Tretter now works for the University tending to his collection. | Photograph of Jean-Nickolaus Tretter in his apartment as his collection moved to Elmer Anderson Library, 1999. Courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection. |
The information used in this page is available at the Tretter Collection's website: http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/tretter.phtml
Part of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 100 Queer Places in Minnesota History, (1860-1969), (1969-2010)