Teri Beckelheimer
@teriboop.bsky.social
American Historian, Professor, wife, cook, avid reader, tech/security nerd, and obsessed with genealogy. I enjoy family, friends, good times, and a glass of wine.
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A group of feminist lesbians staged a “Lavender Menace” protest at a women’s conference more than a half-century ago that forever changed the feminist movement.
What was the Lavender Menace? A look back at the lesbians who altered the women’s movement
A group of feminist lesbians staged a “Lavender Menace” protest at a women’s conference more than a half-century ago that forever changed the feminist movement.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A group of feminist lesbians staged a “Lavender Menace” protest at a women’s conference more than a half-century ago that forever changed the feminist movement.
New semester starts today! Looking forward to meeting my students tonight.
August 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New semester starts today! Looking forward to meeting my students tonight.
Charming and Delightful! I've become an obsessed backyard birder myself.
Teri's review of The Backyard Bird Chronicles
5/5: Absolutely delightful! Historical fiction author Amy Tan documents the comings and goings of birds that visit her backyard in Sausalito, California. This book features ninety of her journal entri...
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June 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Charming and Delightful! I've become an obsessed backyard birder myself.
Texas Oral History Project at Rice
Rice students launch oral history archive to preserve Indigenous Texas stories
YouTube video by Rice University
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June 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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‘Sugar Land 95’ convict leasing cemetery honored with historical marker www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood...
‘Sugar Land 95’ convict leasing cemetery honored with historical marker
The 'Sugar Land 95' convict leasing cemetery has been honored with a Texas Historical Commission official marker.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
‘Sugar Land 95’ convict leasing cemetery honored with historical marker www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood...
This is big!
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
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June 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is big!
apnews.com/article/harv... agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle
Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people.
apnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
apnews.com/article/harv... agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle
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I had a wonderful time at the Alliance for Texas History's first annual conference at Texas State University this past weekend. Here's a shot of our fantastic panel, "The Power of Play: Trailblazers in Twentieth-Century Texas Sports." I look forward to seeing folks at The Alliance next year!
May 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I had a wonderful time at the Alliance for Texas History's first annual conference at Texas State University this past weekend. Here's a shot of our fantastic panel, "The Power of Play: Trailblazers in Twentieth-Century Texas Sports." I look forward to seeing folks at The Alliance next year!
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The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent recount of the fight for western territory during the Civil War.
The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent recount of the fight for western territory during the Civil War.
Teri's review of The Three-Cornered War
4/5: A Pulitzer Prize finalist for History in 2021, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West vividly recounts the conflicts in the southwestern ...
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May 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent recount of the fight for western territory during the Civil War.
The Three-Cornered War by Megan Kate Nelson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Excellent recount of the fight for western territory during the Civil War.
Spent the afternoon @ San Antonio Book Festival to hear the esteemed historian & professor Dr. Gregg Michel discuss his new book “Spying on Students.” He was joined by the lovely historian & professor Dr. Kirsten Gardner who moderated. Two great mentors @ UTSA. @glmhistory.bsky.social #sabookfest
April 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Spent the afternoon @ San Antonio Book Festival to hear the esteemed historian & professor Dr. Gregg Michel discuss his new book “Spying on Students.” He was joined by the lovely historian & professor Dr. Kirsten Gardner who moderated. Two great mentors @ UTSA. @glmhistory.bsky.social #sabookfest
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King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very well-written book on Martin Luther King, Jr., worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it won.
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very well-written book on Martin Luther King, Jr., worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it won.
King: A Life
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize. The first full biog…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65146135-king"
April 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very well-written book on Martin Luther King, Jr., worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it won.
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very well-written book on Martin Luther King, Jr., worthy of the Pulitzer Prize that it won.
Fascinating!
Scientists have unearthed a new species of dinosaur — known as Duonychus — in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.
March 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Fascinating!
Fascinating!
Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book
For centuries, an intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan register. Cutting-edge techniques have revealed it for the first time.
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March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fascinating!
Congratulations to Northwest Vista College!
A Texas Community College Remaps the Path From School to Career
Community colleges, meant to be a gateway to the American dream, haven’t consistently delivered. A San Antonio system may have figured it out.
www.bloomberg.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Congratulations to Northwest Vista College!
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JSTOR has compiled a list of 2025 funding opportunities to help libraries digitize, describe, & preserve their collections. These programs support a range of initiatives, incl. audiovisual preservation & community archives.
Explore the details here: bit.ly/4hlhQcf
Explore the details here: bit.ly/4hlhQcf
Grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, describe, and preserve collections in 2025
Highlighting key 2025 grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, preserve, and describe collections, including funding for audiovisual materials and community archives. Deadlines and award amounts...
bit.ly
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
JSTOR has compiled a list of 2025 funding opportunities to help libraries digitize, describe, & preserve their collections. These programs support a range of initiatives, incl. audiovisual preservation & community archives.
Explore the details here: bit.ly/4hlhQcf
Explore the details here: bit.ly/4hlhQcf
apnews.com/article/jfk-... assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues
JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues
Unredacted documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy have been released following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.
apnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
apnews.com/article/jfk-... assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues
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Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential for both students and researchers.
⚒️ Discover abundant primary source collections on JSTOR and #ArtstorOnJSTOR today in our new #JSTORBlog post:
bit.ly/41OgfF8
⚒️ Discover abundant primary source collections on JSTOR and #ArtstorOnJSTOR today in our new #JSTORBlog post:
bit.ly/41OgfF8
A digital time machine: The power of digital primary sources in higher education
Let’s take a time machine—right at your fingertips—with digital primary sources. Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential in higher education, equipping learners not...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential for both students and researchers.
⚒️ Discover abundant primary source collections on JSTOR and #ArtstorOnJSTOR today in our new #JSTORBlog post:
bit.ly/41OgfF8
⚒️ Discover abundant primary source collections on JSTOR and #ArtstorOnJSTOR today in our new #JSTORBlog post:
bit.ly/41OgfF8
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The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
Before the internet, how the LA Public Library helped readers pick their next novel
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
www.npr.org
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Los Angeles Public Library stores thousands of index cards with staff reviews of books dating back to the 1920s. A librarian explains how they were used and what we can learn from them today.
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The slave ship Camargo carried 500 souls across the Atlantic before it burned and sank in the waters of Angra dos Reis. @jcljules.bsky.social explores the remains with a global network of maritime archeologists.
Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The slave ship Camargo carried 500 souls across the Atlantic before it burned and sank in the waters of Angra dos Reis. @jcljules.bsky.social explores the remains with a global network of maritime archeologists.
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Thrilled to be able to share, "Tragedy in Rock Springs," in this week's issue of @newyorker.com. It's an account of one of the most horrific episodes of racial terror in our nation's history and the effort today to uncover its full story. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
When an American Town Massacred Its Chinese Immigrants
In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of their Asian neighbors in Rock Springs, Wyoming. A hundred and forty years later, the story of the atrocity is still being unearthed.
www.newyorker.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Thrilled to be able to share, "Tragedy in Rock Springs," in this week's issue of @newyorker.com. It's an account of one of the most horrific episodes of racial terror in our nation's history and the effort today to uncover its full story. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Fascinating...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
www.newyorker.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Fascinating...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the second time a private company has landed on the moon in less than a week.
WATCH LIVE: Intuitive Machines attempts to land probe near lunar south pole
Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the second time a private company has landed on the moon in less than a week.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the second time a private company has landed on the moon in less than a week.