Robynne Mellor

Historian. Co-Founder of Sunmount Consulting. PhD, Georgetown University. Kitchen putterer & cookbook stockpiler. #envhist

[Robynne Mellor @RobynneMellor]

Oh wow! Thanks for letting me know @JessicaMDeWitt. That’s super cool.

[Dr. Jessica DeWitt @JessicaMDeWitt]

@MarkJMcLaughlin @NiCHE_Canada All-time, most-read @NiCHE_Canada posts also include pieces by @MegPerret, @RobynneMellor, @JohnSandlos , @Arn_Keeling, @CaitlynnBeckett, @michaelsohagan, @mercedesmpeters, and @kesiatk.

#envhist #cdnhist

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In other publishing news, my husband Oliver Horn—who doesn’t Twitter—wrote this excellent piece of New Mexican history for El Palacio Magazine. It’s on the 1921 Bursum Bill and the intersection of politics and art: https://t.co/l2vGU3COvd @MNMF

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I wrote an article for @PhysicsToday magazine about how the Russians and Soviets found and mined radioactive minerals before and during WWII. Have a read! Ask me questions! Tell me what you think! #envhist #histsci

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The story of the Soviet nuclear program began not with WWII-era atomic spies but rather with a little-known radium mine in Central Asia that was discovered in 1899. By @RobynneMellor https://t.co/ocb739Hnxr

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Today on our site @RobynneMellor reviews John O'Brian's 'The Bomb in the Wilderness: Photography and the Nuclear Era in Canada' (@UBCPress, 2020)

https://t.co/ofkPGSiZMR

#envhist #nuclear #cdnhist #bookreview

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@nelangst I missed this thread by a mile, but thank you for the mention!

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@VTulkki I hadn't seen it. Thanks for sending it along. I've only glanced, but my blog post points to language like this so we think about what it means to "manage" impacts, what that implies about understanding of risk, & what that looks like for people who live near or work in mines.

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

Hello #twitterstorians The Mining History Association has research grants available--up to $750--that we'd love to give out to meaningful projects about #mininghistory projects--any era, any geographical location. https://t.co/r4JLGFuTAJ

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@VTulkki Agreed. My work focuses on uranium mining, so if you have anything you’d like to share about the disposal facility please do. I’m always looking to learn more, esp. from those involved. Dissertation isn’t online yet, but planning on publishing some bits soon.

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@VTulkki @JacquelynGill @JuniperLSimonis @DagomarDegroot Yeah I wrote a 450 pg dissertation on it based on archives from 3 countries so there’s a bit more context in that. Can’t put it all in a blog post. But thanks for validating that I have a “viewpoint.”

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@VTulkki @JacquelynGill @JuniperLSimonis If you want to know more about the mining aspect, I’ve written about it in various places but the latest is here as part of the series @DagomarDegroot mentioned: https://t.co/d4BV9ELZEl

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@MatthewSWiseman @LCMSDS @utphistory @DRDC_RDDC Congrats! I’m looking forward to reading it.

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@MatthewSWiseman @bethrobertson81 I’ll have to check that out. Thanks for the suggestion!

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I’ve thought about nuclear power in the context of the nuclear cycle (esp uranium mining) for a long time & I finally got all my ideas out of my head & into this piece: https://t.co/d4BV9F3AvT thanks @ActiveHist @NiCHE_Canada @ClimateHist I’ve really enjoyed this series #envhist

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@bethrobertson81 @ActiveHist @NiCHE_Canada @ClimateHist I’m happy you found it useful!

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@markrstoll Thanks!

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@JessicaMDeWitt Congratulations!!

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Great first post! I'm looking forward to reading the rest!

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

If you write about, teach, conduct research in, work in a museum with, or just love #mininghistory anywhere in the world, @HistoryNystrom & I want to know what you think the best books in the field are--both recent gems and past classics. Take this survey! https://t.co/fRKIhcO50x

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As a born & raised Oshawanian, I agree with this: 'This is like a 100-year-old grandma dying,' Mr. Mordue said. 'It’s sad but it is not surprising.' & this: 'Oshawa has a dark underbelly,' he said. 'I don’t want to see how dark it can get.' oof. But true. https://t.co/lDDSR4c8SD

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@heathergreen21 Stewart Udall’s papers are in Tucson (he did Navajo uranium compensation trials). There’s also a really good envhist on Tucson vs Phoenix development generally that I liked reading... I can’t think of the name though. I love Tucson!