Libby Bischof

History Prof [US/Cultural/Photo]. Mom to Gus. BC grad. Old Hammer thrower. Curator. Reader. From Away. Lover of ephemera, photography, Maine, cooking, culture.

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

Smithsonian and Library of Congress purchase rare 1860s photo of Harriet Tubman. https://t.co/mq3Tu367Oz

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Needed to read something like this today! Bipartisan 'Bromance' Blossoms As 2 Texas Congressmen Make D.C. Road Trip https://t.co/H9qTF2BWPU

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Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and the Misuse of American History https://t.co/nZiG8wzdDz via @jelani9

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Calling all Historians who love Maine! State seeks volunteers to help digitize Maine historical documents https://t.co/QLKYv2MfSM

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Great to work w/ @CCP_org for the F. Douglass B-Day transcribe-a-thon. Worked on Colored Convention of 184 #Maine. Much research to do! <3

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Some Vinegar Valentines from the Victorian Era if you need a laugh today: https://t.co/3GirOv2lXA

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Minutes of the First Colored Convention, Held in the City of Portland, Oct. 6, 1841: https://t.co/jn7sgJzwhO @CCP_org #frederickdouglassday

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A poem in remembrance. Frederick Douglass by Robert Hayden https://t.co/YnrvcPUb5a

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Great piece in the Globe Magazine on Immigration History and Contemporary Affairs: https://t.co/yCLGIVO0UE

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@Stl_Manifest commemorates refugees turned away by the U.S. in 1939, then murdered by the Nazis: https://t.co/1uCbojq4Ky

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Bless those who bring context: Check out the #immigrationsyllabus and get reading! https://t.co/ONVCq7otKg

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Settle in for the #longread Coates' contextualization is masterful. My President Was Black https://t.co/ZzgIXaCs5J

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Many lol moments in here :). Honest Museum Audio Tour https://t.co/CRSO0Y2abA via @newyorker

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A movie about postcards? It's not as boring as you might think https://t.co/jGPUHkEDeO

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@jessgrondin Stage 3 melanoma for me. Just past ten year mark. Nothing like going through that in one's 20s!! Cheers to cancer free!

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Happy to be repping @USouthernMaine this evening at Portland's City Hall chatting about William Pitt Fessenden and supporting civic art! https://t.co/31cfX7TXpp

[City of Portland, Maine @CityPortland]

Thanks to @Libmacbis for giving us history behind William Pitt Fessenden. Served in US House & Senate 4 Maine & as Lincoln's Treasury Sec.

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@jessgrondin Also just read your twitter bio--I'm a cancer survivor too--we should chat about it sometime......

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@jessgrondin Aww--thanks! You, too. I had fun.

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Civics education failed to instill democratic values in students https://t.co/Z5lUxbUAM0

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Ashley Bryan's latest children's book re-imagines the lives of slaves https://t.co/s1ywNQIFLT