St. Olaf College: Celebrating and Archiving the Stories of Queer Oles
October 19, 2024
October 19, 2024
NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, Oct. 19 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news:
Shortly after joining the St. Olaf faculty, Assistant Professor of History Averill Earls searched the College Archives database for stories and reflections from LGBTQ+ Oles.
"As a scholar of queer history, that's always the first thing I look for," she says.
She didn't find much.
So when St. Olaf launched the Honest Storytelling Project this fall . . .
Shortly after joining the St. Olaf faculty, Assistant Professor of History Averill Earls searched the College Archives database for stories and reflections from LGBTQ+ Oles.
"As a scholar of queer history, that's always the first thing I look for," she says.
She didn't find much.
So when St. Olaf launched the Honest Storytelling Project this fall . . .