Brian Wilson
@brilwil.bsky.social
Archivist. Head of Archives and Library @ The Henry Ford. Comments are my own. GoBlue
A most excellent delivery to come home to. Thanks and congrats @tomtomorrow.bsky.social!!
January 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
A most excellent delivery to come home to. Thanks and congrats @tomtomorrow.bsky.social!!
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If you live outside the United States, I'm sure the senator's office would love to hear how much more you respect the United States now that Donald Trump is president again.
Here's his number: (202) 224-5251
Here's his number: (202) 224-5251
Sen. John Curtis: "I am grateful for your role. I believe uneqviocably [sic] that you and President Trump have made the world a safer place. I push back on the false narrative that we're not respected. I think we're respected far more than we were around the world."
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If you live outside the United States, I'm sure the senator's office would love to hear how much more you respect the United States now that Donald Trump is president again.
Here's his number: (202) 224-5251
Here's his number: (202) 224-5251
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Breaking news: After activists and local Democrats organized a rapid response campaign, the Department of Homeland Security has been removed from an upcoming career fair at Western Michigan University.
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Breaking news: After activists and local Democrats organized a rapid response campaign, the Department of Homeland Security has been removed from an upcoming career fair at Western Michigan University.
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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Stand with the people, Senator Peters. Ask for a criminal investigation into the ICE murders. Defund and abolish ICE. Take a stand.
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Stand with the people, Senator Peters. Ask for a criminal investigation into the ICE murders. Defund and abolish ICE. Take a stand.
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This article celebrates the Walter P. Reuther Library, its unique collection, and the collaborative and creative programming that keeps the legacy alive. Read about it here: bit.ly/4mrqCHA
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This article celebrates the Walter P. Reuther Library, its unique collection, and the collaborative and creative programming that keeps the legacy alive. Read about it here: bit.ly/4mrqCHA
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Good archives content. The @reutherlibrary.bsky.social doesn’t have a lot of dinosaurs/prehistoric creatures related materials, but I think our @afscme-archivist.bsky.social oversees records of a union local for natural history museum workers.
Me in the fancy, paywalled Cambridge Library Archives, looking at correspondences and works directly inspired by, Mary Anning, one of the most influential people in European palaeontology.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Good archives content. The @reutherlibrary.bsky.social doesn’t have a lot of dinosaurs/prehistoric creatures related materials, but I think our @afscme-archivist.bsky.social oversees records of a union local for natural history museum workers.
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Feeling unable to help sucks. This helped me do something concrete today. www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Feeling unable to help sucks. This helped me do something concrete today. www.standwithminnesota.com
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I co-wrote an article that just came out! 📜
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I co-wrote an article that just came out! 📜
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
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Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies (via @theartnewspaper.bsky.social) www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/t...
Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies
In a memo announcing the withdrawals, the president said the organisations ran “contrary to the interests of the United States”
www.theartnewspaper.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies (via @theartnewspaper.bsky.social) www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/t...
Summer 2026 Internship in the Archives at The Henry Ford. Opportunity for a current or recent graduate student to gain hands-on experience in processing a recently acquired archival collection. Details: the-henry-ford.breezy.hr/p/0eb4346bd97f
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Summer 2026 Internship in the Archives at The Henry Ford. Opportunity for a current or recent graduate student to gain hands-on experience in processing a recently acquired archival collection. Details: the-henry-ford.breezy.hr/p/0eb4346bd97f
If you’ve lost your running shoe it’s at the entrance to Casey’s parking lot.
January 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
If you’ve lost your running shoe it’s at the entrance to Casey’s parking lot.
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We have lots of fellowship / travel money to give and not a lot of applications yet. Applications are due January 30. Apply! Spread the word!
For anyone who uses archival methods, we’ve offering a $4,000 fellowship to use any of our holdings on site in Storrs, CT. Easy application! Please apply! Please repost! library.uconn.edu/location/asc...
January 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
We have lots of fellowship / travel money to give and not a lot of applications yet. Applications are due January 30. Apply! Spread the word!
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Two superb threads for whoever thinks that archives are "dusty" aka boring.
Despite their shortcomings, biases, silences, they contain wonders.
Despite their shortcomings, biases, silences, they contain wonders.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Two superb threads for whoever thinks that archives are "dusty" aka boring.
Despite their shortcomings, biases, silences, they contain wonders.
Despite their shortcomings, biases, silences, they contain wonders.
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"My sources broke categories: they were monstrous. Studying them meant integrating methods from several disciplines — and being marginalized by the more conservative practitioners in all of them."
The final piece in our monsters series, from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
The final piece in our monsters series, from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
Can the Archive Make a Monster of a Historian?
A historian who pays full attention to their sources can’t help but be transformed into a monster...
contingentmagazine.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"My sources broke categories: they were monstrous. Studying them meant integrating methods from several disciplines — and being marginalized by the more conservative practitioners in all of them."
The final piece in our monsters series, from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
The final piece in our monsters series, from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
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With space at a premium and the advance of new digitisation techniques, why does retaining over 600 km of physical rock core remain of national importance?
Follow the link to find out: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/why-do-...
Follow the link to find out: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/why-do-...
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
With space at a premium and the advance of new digitisation techniques, why does retaining over 600 km of physical rock core remain of national importance?
Follow the link to find out: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/why-do-...
Follow the link to find out: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/why-do-...
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For anyone who uses archival methods, we’ve offering a $4,000 fellowship to use any of our holdings on site in Storrs, CT. Easy application! Please apply! Please repost! library.uconn.edu/location/asc...
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For anyone who uses archival methods, we’ve offering a $4,000 fellowship to use any of our holdings on site in Storrs, CT. Easy application! Please apply! Please repost! library.uconn.edu/location/asc...
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I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
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Some great books and articles on archives and libraries that came out in 2025.
In no specific order.
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In no specific order.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some great books and articles on archives and libraries that came out in 2025.
In no specific order.
🧵
In no specific order.
🧵
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University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
This special paper is used to preserve the Constitution — and it's made in Coralville.
Every fall in Coralville, the University of Iowa's Center for the Book hosts one of only two mulberry harvests by universities in the country. The ancient Japanese tradition remains a key to preservin...
www.thegazette.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
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@peters.senate.gov I just called your office. I'm going to reiterate here. DO NOT VOTE TO REOPEN WITHOUT FULL ACA SUBSIDIES. The ACA saved my wife's life ten years ago. The GOP will never keep a promise. They are snakes. We cannot afford you to cave. The public knows whose fault this is. DON'T CAVE!
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
@peters.senate.gov I just called your office. I'm going to reiterate here. DO NOT VOTE TO REOPEN WITHOUT FULL ACA SUBSIDIES. The ACA saved my wife's life ten years ago. The GOP will never keep a promise. They are snakes. We cannot afford you to cave. The public knows whose fault this is. DON'T CAVE!
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Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
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Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Ebony Magazine, we look back at the people who made it happen—the Johnson Publishing Company staff.
JPC is best known for its groundbreaking publications on Black life, but its influence also extended to the people who powered the institution itself.
JPC is best known for its groundbreaking publications on Black life, but its influence also extended to the people who powered the institution itself.
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Ebony Magazine, we look back at the people who made it happen—the Johnson Publishing Company staff.
JPC is best known for its groundbreaking publications on Black life, but its influence also extended to the people who powered the institution itself.
JPC is best known for its groundbreaking publications on Black life, but its influence also extended to the people who powered the institution itself.
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i am deeply, warmly, fantastically fortunate and grateful to have the team i do: library.yale.edu/news/accessi...
Accessioning Team works together as the “welcoming committee” for new archival collections | Yale Library
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 (203) 432-1775
library.yale.edu
October 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
i am deeply, warmly, fantastically fortunate and grateful to have the team i do: library.yale.edu/news/accessi...