Hello! I'm Ulysses H. Swanson, an independent historian and special collections oddjobber in Minnesota.I'm interested in cultural histories of the Upper Midwest and regional ephemera.My living CV (link) is available on Google Docs. But recently... Lizzie Ehrenhalt's Romantic Sensation: The Queer Lives of Leon A. Belmont, 1853–1927—a book I fact checked—came out from University of Minnesota Press!
Speaking at a launch event for the Greater Minnesota Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ History Map, Goodhue County History Center (Red Wing, MN), June 2025.
Speaking at the event "Queer Northfield, Then and Now," Northfield Public Library (Minnesota), September 2025.
