Scott Sandage
@scottsandage.bsky.social
History isn’t reality, it’s methodology.
Historian. Husband. Iowan. Pittsburgh 🏳️🌈🐕🪕⚾️ Wrote a book long ago. Writing another on the Métis Rez in Nebraska. Most useful thing I’ve done is probably https://commonplace.online/article/how-to-read-a-book/
Historian. Husband. Iowan. Pittsburgh 🏳️🌈🐕🪕⚾️ Wrote a book long ago. Writing another on the Métis Rez in Nebraska. Most useful thing I’ve done is probably https://commonplace.online/article/how-to-read-a-book/
Congrats to my final grad student, Dr. Wyatt Erchak, who just defended “Private Wrongs”: A Hidden History of the First Black Civil War Regiment! Such an honor to co-advise with Edda Fields-Black here at @cmu.edu
and have as our outside reader @marcusrediker.bsky.social #skystorians
and have as our outside reader @marcusrediker.bsky.social #skystorians
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Congrats to my final grad student, Dr. Wyatt Erchak, who just defended “Private Wrongs”: A Hidden History of the First Black Civil War Regiment! Such an honor to co-advise with Edda Fields-Black here at @cmu.edu
and have as our outside reader @marcusrediker.bsky.social #skystorians
and have as our outside reader @marcusrediker.bsky.social #skystorians
With @aprilfmasten.bsky.social and @jonearle.bsky.social at a Rutgers-Princeton history grads cookout, circa 1994. Jon and I thought we were quite something in those shirts. April knew and knows the truth about us both. #skystorians
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
With @aprilfmasten.bsky.social and @jonearle.bsky.social at a Rutgers-Princeton history grads cookout, circa 1994. Jon and I thought we were quite something in those shirts. April knew and knows the truth about us both. #skystorians
Teaching a favorite session today on #FrederickDouglass #Narrative — after decades of scrounging cheap original printings (1799 - 1832) of the #ColumbianOrator … I finally have enough to give one to each student & say, DISCUSS: What kinds of things could an enslaved teenager learn with this book?
September 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Teaching a favorite session today on #FrederickDouglass #Narrative — after decades of scrounging cheap original printings (1799 - 1832) of the #ColumbianOrator … I finally have enough to give one to each student & say, DISCUSS: What kinds of things could an enslaved teenager learn with this book?
25 years ago today, I first met my husband on a blind date for breakfast at a Pittsburgh diner. It’s still going strong, and so are we. Just had breakfast there to celebrate! ❤️ 🏳️🌈☕️🍳
August 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
25 years ago today, I first met my husband on a blind date for breakfast at a Pittsburgh diner. It’s still going strong, and so are we. Just had breakfast there to celebrate! ❤️ 🏳️🌈☕️🍳
lincoln-institute.org/scholarship-... The Abraham Lincoln Institute announces a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. #Skystorians #CivilWarHistory
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
lincoln-institute.org/scholarship-... The Abraham Lincoln Institute announces a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. #Skystorians #CivilWarHistory
Brilliant! @thejerpano.bsky.social portal for making sure that facts remain stubborn things. #skystorians #vastearlyamerica
April 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Brilliant! @thejerpano.bsky.social portal for making sure that facts remain stubborn things. #skystorians #vastearlyamerica
This is the 1925 Western Electric 394-W, courtesy of www.vintagemicworld.com/html/Mic%20o...
February 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is the 1925 Western Electric 394-W, courtesy of www.vintagemicworld.com/html/Mic%20o...
Just found the word “birthright” in the back of my passport.
February 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just found the word “birthright” in the back of my passport.
My Mr Peanut Period. Dunno where my brother dug this up.
January 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My Mr Peanut Period. Dunno where my brother dug this up.
All along the watchtower …
January 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
All along the watchtower …
Right on! The Pete Seeger I knew (as a fan and banjo novice) wasn’t the goody two shoes of the movie.
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Right on! The Pete Seeger I knew (as a fan and banjo novice) wasn’t the goody two shoes of the movie.
Just made my first (banjo) #tutorial ever, for a friend and former (history) student who just got their first #banjo 🪕🎄 This is the left hand A-part of “Cripple Creek”🎶 #PracticePractice #Skystorians
December 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Just made my first (banjo) #tutorial ever, for a friend and former (history) student who just got their first #banjo 🪕🎄 This is the left hand A-part of “Cripple Creek”🎶 #PracticePractice #Skystorians
I made the Little Prince for Greg at our second Christmas; by then, I clearly had him for life and retired from puppet-making. (PS, my mom sewed the clothes.)
December 16, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I made the Little Prince for Greg at our second Christmas; by then, I clearly had him for life and retired from puppet-making. (PS, my mom sewed the clothes.)
Going on 25 Christmases ago (Dec 2000) in the throes of new love, I made this marionette from scratch for my now husband. He nods! He strums! He chords! He Goes Electric! Ok, not that, but his lips never move! #TrueLove #BobDylan #OscarBait #TimothéeChalamet #PapierMache #Harmonica #ACompleteUnknown
December 13, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Going on 25 Christmases ago (Dec 2000) in the throes of new love, I made this marionette from scratch for my now husband. He nods! He strums! He chords! He Goes Electric! Ok, not that, but his lips never move! #TrueLove #BobDylan #OscarBait #TimothéeChalamet #PapierMache #Harmonica #ACompleteUnknown
“A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command—of his head.” FDR 1939 www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
December 13, 2024 at 2:48 PM
“A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command—of his head.” FDR 1939 www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
“A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command—of his head.” FDR 1939 www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
December 13, 2024 at 2:47 PM
“A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command—of his head.” FDR 1939 www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/ra...
I’m so sorry. Try Chazz Palminteri’s underrated film “Noel” (2004). Stellar cast, some gone too soon: Robin Williams in a dramatic role, Paul Walker with his shirt on, Alan Arkin serving up Almond cookies. The DVD sells for under $10, as low as $3. Spend the remaining $7 on tissues 🤧
December 13, 2024 at 5:43 AM
I’m so sorry. Try Chazz Palminteri’s underrated film “Noel” (2004). Stellar cast, some gone too soon: Robin Williams in a dramatic role, Paul Walker with his shirt on, Alan Arkin serving up Almond cookies. The DVD sells for under $10, as low as $3. Spend the remaining $7 on tissues 🤧
My dad was born 104 years ago (12.02.1920) on the Omaha Rez in #Nebraska. Seen here in the Indian school 1927. Front row, 3d from right, barefoot, chewing hay. I’d know you anywhere, Dad. 👣 Happy Birthday to the sweetest guy I ever knew.
Richard Elmont Sandage (1920-2009)
Richard Elmont Sandage (1920-2009)
December 2, 2024 at 12:45 PM
My dad was born 104 years ago (12.02.1920) on the Omaha Rez in #Nebraska. Seen here in the Indian school 1927. Front row, 3d from right, barefoot, chewing hay. I’d know you anywhere, Dad. 👣 Happy Birthday to the sweetest guy I ever knew.
Richard Elmont Sandage (1920-2009)
Richard Elmont Sandage (1920-2009)
What are 4 Christmas movies to know you by?
December 1, 2024 at 11:35 PM
What are 4 Christmas movies to know you by?
We’ve been floating such bargains at our house. Concluded that, yes, we’d give up our dog. But Blues Traveler? Hmmm.
November 25, 2024 at 10:06 PM
We’ve been floating such bargains at our house. Concluded that, yes, we’d give up our dog. But Blues Traveler? Hmmm.