Caitlin G. DeAngelis
@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawh.im; she/they 🏳️🌈
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) https://www.globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) https://www.globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
Is it good or bad that my searches for "the fae" and "the fey" on British Newspaper Archives is mostly returning results for margin blotches that lurk beyond the boundaries of human language
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it good or bad that my searches for "the fae" and "the fey" on British Newspaper Archives is mostly returning results for margin blotches that lurk beyond the boundaries of human language
The NYTimes had an article about Trump's NEH earlier this week, but it didn't mention specifics about the sculpture garden grants being awarded.
archive.ph/Kz8Gc
archive.ph/Kz8Gc
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The NYTimes had an article about Trump's NEH earlier this week, but it didn't mention specifics about the sculpture garden grants being awarded.
archive.ph/Kz8Gc
archive.ph/Kz8Gc
These are the enrollment numbers for Cambridge from the Massachusetts department of education. There's definitely a dip in public enrollment from 2020-2022 and recovery since, but 700 children did not suddenly sign up for private school in 2023 and then vanish.
profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/...
profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/...
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
These are the enrollment numbers for Cambridge from the Massachusetts department of education. There's definitely a dip in public enrollment from 2020-2022 and recovery since, but 700 children did not suddenly sign up for private school in 2023 and then vanish.
profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/...
profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/...
Maps of Black River:
-modern (Google Maps)
-1763 (Craskell) showing Vassall plantations (Luana, Tophill, Lower Works)
-1804 (Robertson) showing the town on Black River
- my notes on St. Eliz 557 (1791), a map of Lower Works from the Natl Library of Jamaica, owned by John Vassall
-modern (Google Maps)
-1763 (Craskell) showing Vassall plantations (Luana, Tophill, Lower Works)
-1804 (Robertson) showing the town on Black River
- my notes on St. Eliz 557 (1791), a map of Lower Works from the Natl Library of Jamaica, owned by John Vassall
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Maps of Black River:
-modern (Google Maps)
-1763 (Craskell) showing Vassall plantations (Luana, Tophill, Lower Works)
-1804 (Robertson) showing the town on Black River
- my notes on St. Eliz 557 (1791), a map of Lower Works from the Natl Library of Jamaica, owned by John Vassall
-modern (Google Maps)
-1763 (Craskell) showing Vassall plantations (Luana, Tophill, Lower Works)
-1804 (Robertson) showing the town on Black River
- my notes on St. Eliz 557 (1791), a map of Lower Works from the Natl Library of Jamaica, owned by John Vassall
There is a little correction to the name — it looks like someone carved in a tiny A after the rest of the carving was done. It's damaged, so I'm not quite sure whether it was scratched out again. In any case, the family's preferred spelling might have been "Pearo." (The records at Brown say Pero.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There is a little correction to the name — it looks like someone carved in a tiny A after the rest of the carving was done. It's damaged, so I'm not quite sure whether it was scratched out again. In any case, the family's preferred spelling might have been "Pearo." (The records at Brown say Pero.)
Gravestone of Pero, one of the enslaved builders who helped build University Hall at Brown.
Pero's enslaver was paid for his work on the building in 1770. According to the stone, Pero would have been in his 60s then.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2006...
North Burial Ground in Providence
Pero's enslaver was paid for his work on the building in 1770. According to the stone, Pero would have been in his 60s then.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2006...
North Burial Ground in Providence
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Gravestone of Pero, one of the enslaved builders who helped build University Hall at Brown.
Pero's enslaver was paid for his work on the building in 1770. According to the stone, Pero would have been in his 60s then.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2006...
North Burial Ground in Providence
Pero's enslaver was paid for his work on the building in 1770. According to the stone, Pero would have been in his 60s then.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2006...
North Burial Ground in Providence
If you need some music today, “Jamie Foyers” by Ewan MacColl:
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If you need some music today, “Jamie Foyers” by Ewan MacColl:
I read some of her emails, but I had to stop. They are gross. Also, apparently, she heard about "another little Jeff in the caribbean" in 2016? WTF. What did she know about his victims? Who was having these babies?
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I read some of her emails, but I had to stop. They are gross. Also, apparently, she heard about "another little Jeff in the caribbean" in 2016? WTF. What did she know about his victims? Who was having these babies?
sing this song every time JD and the Supremes walk through the door
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
sing this song every time JD and the Supremes walk through the door
Inspired by the city flag:
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Inspired by the city flag:
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Also, LUCE is holding a “Fund Food, Not ICE“ drive this Saturday in Cambridge (5 Callender St and 175 Harvey St). If you can donate non-perishables or grocery store gift cards, please bring them!
(You can also learn more about volunteering with LUCE at the event.)
(You can also learn more about volunteering with LUCE at the event.)
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Also, LUCE is holding a “Fund Food, Not ICE“ drive this Saturday in Cambridge (5 Callender St and 175 Harvey St). If you can donate non-perishables or grocery store gift cards, please bring them!
(You can also learn more about volunteering with LUCE at the event.)
(You can also learn more about volunteering with LUCE at the event.)
The Union Square community pantry was pretty bare this morning. If you are in the Union/Inman area in Somerville/Cambridge, MA, please consider donating some pantry items for your neighbors! The shelf is right behind the CrossFit near the Union Square station.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Union Square community pantry was pretty bare this morning. If you are in the Union/Inman area in Somerville/Cambridge, MA, please consider donating some pantry items for your neighbors! The shelf is right behind the CrossFit near the Union Square station.
This lovely little gravestone in Harvard Square is very old for Massachusetts. Very few gravestones were made here before 1675, and most of them are like this — mostly text with a few small embellishments.
Sarah Hastings, died 1673, age 34
Sarah Hastings, died 1673, age 34
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This lovely little gravestone in Harvard Square is very old for Massachusetts. Very few gravestones were made here before 1675, and most of them are like this — mostly text with a few small embellishments.
Sarah Hastings, died 1673, age 34
Sarah Hastings, died 1673, age 34
Looks like he was working as a miner in Cape Breton before he joined up. Looks like he was wounded early in the Battle of Cambrai in October, 1918.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Looks like he was working as a miner in Cape Breton before he joined up. Looks like he was wounded early in the Battle of Cambrai in October, 1918.
Oh, sure, he complains of terrible headaches and frequent vertigo, and he literally has a bullet permanently lodged in his skull, but "no disability" on discharge. Seems fine.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh, sure, he complains of terrible headaches and frequent vertigo, and he literally has a bullet permanently lodged in his skull, but "no disability" on discharge. Seems fine.
Here’s what we got on the other side of the peak.
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here’s what we got on the other side of the peak.
The problem is that juuuuust as the light is about to be perfect, the sun goes behind a decorative peak on the church next door. This is the shot a minute before the block - might be the best I can do.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The problem is that juuuuust as the light is about to be perfect, the sun goes behind a decorative peak on the church next door. This is the shot a minute before the block - might be the best I can do.
Sitting in a graveyard, waiting to see if the light will shift so I can get a good photo of Seeth Andrews’ gravestone. Due to trees, buildings, and weather, there is a 10-minute window on late autumn days if it’s not cloudy.
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sitting in a graveyard, waiting to see if the light will shift so I can get a good photo of Seeth Andrews’ gravestone. Due to trees, buildings, and weather, there is a 10-minute window on late autumn days if it’s not cloudy.
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
And just in case anyone wants to start their own utopian community in rural northern New England, enjoy this 20-bedroom house on 126 acres in Andover, Maine.
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...?
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...?
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And just in case anyone wants to start their own utopian community in rural northern New England, enjoy this 20-bedroom house on 126 acres in Andover, Maine.
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...?
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...?
Time for a ceremonial rewatch of Carly Aquilino
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Time for a ceremonial rewatch of Carly Aquilino
In this moment, this is what the Washington Post is spending its energy on? Disability fraud? That’s the story they’re putting on their once-a-day flagship podcast?
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In this moment, this is what the Washington Post is spending its energy on? Disability fraud? That’s the story they’re putting on their once-a-day flagship podcast?
He's really bringing back "my favorite color is Hitler"
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
He's really bringing back "my favorite color is Hitler"
Beginning now, the After Dark auction from Vallot Auctioneers in Providence, featuring 20th-century homoerotic art.
www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/3933...
www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/3933...
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Beginning now, the After Dark auction from Vallot Auctioneers in Providence, featuring 20th-century homoerotic art.
www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/3933...
www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/3933...