History Matters

History and American Studies; Museum stuff; #twitterstorian Missouri and Midwest History

[Alexandra Garrett, Ph.D. @AlexiGarrett]

Alright, #twitterstorians. How would YOU party like it's 1776? (brutally accurate answers only)

[Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky @lmchervinsky]

Thanks so much to @NBCNews for asking me what it's like to live through a historic moment as a historian and how it compares to what I've seen in the past. Like those that have come before us, we know history when we see it, we just don't know how it will turn out yet.

[History Matters @Welcome2History]

@museumsamSTL @campbellmuseum Love 21c hotels and their museums- such a wonderful idea and someday I hope to stay in one and support those businesses (and not just walk through:)

[History Matters @Welcome2History]

Highlights of yesterday's conversation include updates on work being done by @kinfolktech AR technology and the design work by @MemRiverParks https://t.co/VLKmN62JMS

[History Matters @Welcome2History]

Yesterday's conversation about monuments hosted by @ProfessorEA and @MellonFdn was inspiring. It was good to hear about some tangible steps that people and organizations are taking - both digital and in-person with interpretation and new monuments.

[History Matters @Welcome2History]

@thecliodotcom @ATLHistCenter For a few years, conversations about monuments and interpreting public spaces were not just at the forefront of public history work, but deeply on the minds of all historians. I hope that will continue #monumentsmatter

[Mellon Foundation @MellonFdn]

@cmonstah “I have always thought one of the ways monuments have always existed for people who didn’t have monuments in public spaces is in the poetry of a culture. In our poetry, as in our storytelling, our histories are kept safe and precious.” –@ProfessorEA

[Mellon Foundation @MellonFdn]

The Afro-American is the only publication owned by the same family for its entire history and is the oldest Black-owned business in Maryland. https://t.co/TEEgKoLKbi

[Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith]

Hey, a job in Early American history!

https://t.co/GFqwOKqC8G

[Dr. Colleen Shogan @AOTUS11_Shogan]

Employees often use tricycles to retrieve records at the National Archives and Records Administration facility in Valmeyer, Illinois. Located inside a cave, the facility holds up to 2.4 million cubic feet of records.

[History Matters @Welcome2History]

@BryanBanksPhD Fewer meetings

[LSU Press @lsupress]

"Clayton Butler’s book reminds us of why those voices and their actions matter.”—@JourSouHist on "True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South During the Civil War and Reconstruction" by @cybersmith722

https://t.co/pOY7tngSUr

[Edward T. O'Donnell inthepastlane.bsky.social @InThePastLane]

"Long Overdue": Black men killed in infamous Colfax Massacre commemorated on new monument - Southern Poverty Law Center https://t.co/WfLVXyr9Ps #ushistory #blackhistory #reconstruction #whitesupremacy

[David J. Trowbridge @DTrowbridge7]

It was an honor to host these four Freedom Riders with @BlackArchivesKC @ajazzmuseumKC @UMKCSHSS @KauffmanFDN
https://t.co/HDEwHUDS2n

[Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky @lmchervinsky]

The 22nd Amendment was officially ratified #OTD in 1951, setting two terms as the limit for presidents. George Washington’s precedent was followed by his successors until FDR won a third term. Wendell Willkie supporters donned these buttons in his campaign against FDR in 1940.

[Clio - Discover History and Culture Near You @thecliodotcom]

Great work by students and faculty @UMKC and @BlackArchivesKC sharing Kansas City's history! https://t.co/2AlsDRtMvZ

[Julia Irwin @juliairwin]

I am delighted to share the cover of my new book, #CatastrophicDiplomacy, forthcoming with @UNC_Press later this year!

[Clio - Discover History and Culture Near You @thecliodotcom]

This #BlackHistoryMonth please take a minute to learn about @ASALH and founder Carter G.Woodson. https://t.co/U9yo1JmdQZ

[Karen Davis is @karendavisphd in the great yonder @asilversun]

Cool, cool cool. Student email threatening repercussions in end of semester teaching evaluations if I don't change his grade. Really glad those are used for tenure & promotion.