Cheryl Ziegler
@bibliographix1.bsky.social
Librarian/archivist person just trying to connect the dots in this crazy picture puzzle world. Carefully curated content. Opinions my own.
Business should have to accept the legal tender of this country. I try to avoid place that are credit only signal that they don't want to serve people who are unbanked or don't have access to credit. I know it's easier in some ways, but it's crummy.
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 23h agoPritzker signs new laws requiring businesses to accept cash and pay employees for jury duty. @capitolnewsil.bsky.social reports: blockclubchi.co/45HkIfg
Can someone point me to a good book that explores the history of the National Archives and its role as a repository of collective memory. Thank you. #NARA #publichistory
The United International Indigenous Nations has issued a Statement of Solidarity and Formal Inquiry regarding the planned closure of the National Archives at Chicago and the possible relocation of its Bureau of Indian Affairs records. Please read it and share it. #genealogy #nara #nationalarchives
1 Aug 2026 Check out NARA’s Strategic Plan at www.archives.gov/about/plans-... and visit www.saveournationalarchives.org #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
2 Aug 2026 Full episode of The Formidable Genealogist Studio is live on YouTube #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives youtu.be/rbn8yFhyk1U?...
Episode 23: National Archives Locations are Closing | The Formidable Genealogist Studio
YouTube video by The Formidable Genealogist
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30 July 2026 Who will you contact about National Archives closures? #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives
2 Aug 2026 Awareness is spreading about the NARA closures but where’s the news coverage? #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives Here’s that article I reference: www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
I have been waiting all summer for Erik to bring us his annual TOMATO SANDWICHES thread. This is nothing short of pure joy. Read and delight in it.
Erik Inglis@allthebeset.bsky.social · 2y ago(In honor of August, bringing this 🧵 over from twitter) August makes me think of the best summer restaurant I ever ate at. It didn’t have a name, just a tidy hand-painted sign: “Tomato Sandwiches—all you can eat.” #tomatosandwiches
This is a joke, but also not a joke. Everything in this post used to be in or on a Chicago building, but now sits in the City Museum. And I'm not even getting into their Louis Sullivan collection, which is beyond belief.
Lady Topham Catt@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · last yr.The entire Chicago Architecture Posting Guild should descend on St Louis en masse to repatriate our sacred artifacts. Many are being flaunted within a stronghold they call the City Museum.
I oppose the closing of the National Archives facility in Chicago. The lack of transparency surrounding this decision has only deepened the loss it would represent for researchers, historians, dedicated employees, and our community. I urge the National Archives to reconsider this decision.
More response on the proposed closing of our regional NARA facilities: nagara.org/NewsroomArch...
NAGARA Joins Statement on NARA Facility Closures
NAGARA joins SAA and CoSA in a statement on NARA's planned closures in Chicago, San Francisco/San Bruno, and Seattle, providing context on the agency's underfunding and calling for transparency on pub...
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Critical Mass gets a bigger police response than these motorcycles. It's insane.
If you don't have a copy yet of the first edition: This one has lots of photos!!
Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com · last wk.Hey, congrats to @danielkayhertz.bsky.social and @atrubek.bsky.social on the second edition of The Battle for Lincoln Park! Must-read book (and not that long) on the history of gentrification in Chicago beltpublishing.com/products/the...
okay. what is with the endless motorcyle run on LSD?
In two new books, by Colin Asher and Irvine Welsh, we visit those 'Trainspotting" lads as well as Johnny Cash, Leadbelly and also the great Chicago writers Nelson Algren and Don De Grazia. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/n...
Column: Reconnecting with authors Colin Asher and Irvine Welsh, both with new books
Colin Asher’s “The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music” and Irvine Welsh’s “Men in Love” were recent subjects in the New York Times Book Review.
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I desperately want to talk with the woman who is sitting across from me on the train reading "The Day of the Locust".
For all their talk about loving American -- they sure are loving the destruction of it.
Cheryl Ziegler@bibliographix1.bsky.social · last wk.This is heartbreaking. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
This is heartbreaking. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Gift Article)
In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.
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I wrote this for Chicago magazine about the U.S. government's plans to close the National Archives branch in Chicago:
Chicago magazine@chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 2w agoAt a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.
For all their talk about loving American -- they sure are loving the destruction of it. www.everylibrary.org/statement_on...
Statement on the Senate Book Ban Bill
Politicians shouldn't decide what your children are allowed to read.
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For all their talk about loving American -- they sure are loving the destruction of it. www.npca.org/articles/114...
Trump Administration Moves Closer to Revoking Chaco Canyon Protections
The Department of Interior is giving only 14 days for the public to weigh in on a proposal that could devastate the landscape surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park
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For all their talk about loving American -- they sure are loving the destruction of it. sah.org/2026/07/23/w...
What to Know About Proposed Revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act - Society of Architectural Historians
On July 17, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) released proposed changes to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act to its Council members, requesting an internal vote ...
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I hope every day you all are trying to cultivate joy. A kindness to a neighbor. A long walk. Poetry. Birdwatching. Meditation. Being silly and playing peekaboo in a checkout line with a cute baby. These are dark times, and joy is something the bastards cannot take from us. Fight for it.
Brilliant work by Invisible Institute invisible.institute/sawyer-ave
Sawyer Ave, Sunday Afternoon — Invisible Institute
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At a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.
What We Lose When the Chicago Branch of the National Archives Closes
At a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.
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Why does the closure of NARA's regional facility matter? @robertloerzel.bsky.social gets it! Thank you for an exceptional article! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/w...
What We Lose When the Chicago Branch of the National Archives Closes
At a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.
chicagotribune.com