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

The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies houses over 30,000 items in a wide variety of media. The collection is international in scope and has materials in approximately 58 languages. It covers all time periods, from a 4,000-year-old phallic statuette from Egypt, up to current editions of GLBT periodicals. Although books are the core of the collection, substantial sections include textiles, glassware, film, music, art works, and three-dimensional objects such as event buttons and furniture. The collection includes unpublished manuscripts, vertical files, and periodicals from all over the world. Among the significant archival holdings are the Jim Chalgren Collection, the personal papers of Professor Toni McNaron, Patrick Scully, Dallas S. Drake, Stuart Ferguson, and Tobias Schneebaum. The archives of the National Education Association GLBT Caucus, the Lesbian Review of Books Archive, Gay/Lesbian Postal Employees Network (PEN) Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Paper Eagles--the employee group of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Ramsey County GLBT Employees Network, and the archives of the Twin Cities-GLBT Pride Committee.

Here is a sampling of items found in this collection:

Books	Manuscripts	Magazines	Erotica	Community newspapers	Political flyers	Postcards
Posters	Original artwork	Sculpture	Campaign buttons/pins	Movies	Videos	Photos
Digital Images	News clippings	E-mails	Audio recordings	Memoirs	Letters	T-shirts
Ancient artifacts	Signs	Autographs	Business cards	Records	CDs	Reel to reel tapes
Lamps	Clocks	Lunch pails	Swizzle sticks	Postage stamps	Comics	Fairy stones

The "Tretter Letter," Newsletter for Friends of the Tretter Collection

Tretter Letter January 2006	Tretter Letter June 2006	Tretter Letter January 2007
Tretter Letter June 2007	Tretter Letter January 2008	Tretter Letter June 2008