Dr. Elissa Stroman

Oral historian & AV archivist @ Texas Tech. Feminist musicologist specializing in 19/20cen American women. Lover of Broadway, pop culture, obscure ephemera 🎹

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

My master's thesis, unpacking depictions of musical women in The Etude Magazine (1886-1926), can be found here: https://t.co/tlXjXaB3bh

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

Hey friends. I'm not sure if it's legal again to promote, but last night I created an account on that quasi-wooly mammoth site, under this same handle. Was going to change it, but trying to keep things more easily discoverable at this time.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

@_megconley I was incredibly fortunate-- got my ticket through SeatGeek for Arlington show. Had site open on three different computers, whole system froze for 1/2 hourish, then started moving. Grabbed first seat I could with no major glitches. Done by 11:20. Know I'm probably part of the 1%.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

To any of the twitter musicologists/archivists/academics out there, hope to see you on the other side, wherever that is. Whatever the next generation of live tweeting is, I hope we all find each other there. 🫶

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

Dearest Twitter: I lurked so much, watching hashtags, creating lists to follow as everyone experienced the same things in our disconnected world. I'll miss that the most. You were my news outlet. Much love to all the journalists/culture writers I discovered in the last 13 years.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

I've subscribed to so many newsletters lately that I'll never have time to read. I'll miss popping on here to check in, read the temperature of the small digital world I curated. I wish Twitter could be saved. With all its faults, this was still my favorite social media platform.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

The embargo has expired-- so if anyone is curious to read my dissertation, a look at various print presentations of musical femininity at the turn of the 20th century, it can be found here: https://t.co/kYLbba5SHg

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

My old job-- slightly refocused-- has just been posted. If anyone knows of an A/V archives person that wants to live in Lubbock, please encourage them to apply!! DM me for more details. https://t.co/cvS9jB8mey

[gender of the day @genderoftheday]

The gender today is the smell of an old book and rain on hot pavement.

[rach against the machine @rchlmllnd]

Thinking about this dedication from Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

A bit more on my new gig.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

A bit of personal news: today it was formally announced that I will be the @SWCArchive oral history archivist starting 3/16. Shifting from a staff position to a faculty line, allowing *fingers crossed* more time for research and outreach. Looking forward to this new adventure.

[Tyler Knowles @S_TKnowles]

some days i feel like muffin

[archivistmemes @archivistmemes]

Not sure I did this one right, sorry y’all

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

Had to share this. It's been a while since I listened to a podcast and immediately bought the book. https://t.co/yYF5bQPIwk

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

The Last American (1889) — journal of a Persian admiral who in the year 2951 sails across the Atlantic to "rediscover" the ruined remains of a US civilisation destroyed by climate change many centuries previously: https://t.co/h29tH8R6pW

[Sondheim Lyrics @sondheimlyrics]

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

So yes, FB misinformation told many of my hometown's residents to eat horse paste. But FB information also allowed city services to get news out quickly. Do I love the platform? Hell no. But it's necessary until something better can replace/improve it.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

Quick anecdotal story on why facebook outage is so problematic in rural areas: my hometown has ~10K residents. Newspaper barely alive. Next door town's newspaper also barely hanging on. Once most reliable TV station bought by Sinclair a few years back.

[Dr. Elissa Stroman @elissadear]

For good and for ill, FB has become the town crier. Small rural towns not willing/able to invest money into infrastructure (on any/all levels) are starting to rip at the seams. Not just hospitals and businesses. City hall, schools, public works, news and public outreach.