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SarahJPurcell

  1. Happy Birthday to Walt Whitman. We come on hinged knees to bid you well. 12:37 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone
  2. Strange gold-plated medallions spotted in Grinnell bookstore. #inventedtradition 12:21 PM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone
  3. Glad Washington's letter to the Philadelphia Jewish leaders on religious freedom will go on display this year. religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/30/a-l… 1:31 PM May 30th via web
  4. @yo_bj Don't taunt those of us who just turned in grades YESTERDAY! 12:56 PM May 30th via web in reply to yo_bj
  5. @rainnwilson Don't tantalize us! You need to write another book! 12:56 PM May 30th via web in reply to rainnwilson
  6. Enjoying some Basil Hall observations of the early U.S. this afternoon books.google.com/books/about/Fr… 12:55 PM May 30th via web
  7. @RachelMFleming Because they are AWESOME?! 12:51 PM May 30th via web in reply to RachelMFleming
  8. Cemetery was FULL of Memorial Day folks today, and almost every grave had flowers, pinwheels, flags. One of those awesome IA days. 7:04 PM May 28th via web
  9. New #JAH issue on the history of oil looks very interesting. Policy insight?: journalofamericanhistory.org/projects/oil/ 11:37 AM May 25th via web
  10. Helps remind me the tough grading is all worth it: Thanks U.S. News! colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/… 6:22 AM May 25th via web
  11. @jenny8lee No, I think the dip-n-squeeze might also qualify. 1:50 PM May 24th via web in reply to jenny8lee
  12. Interesting approach to publishing and to digital history: writinghistory.trincoll.edu 10:50 AM May 23rd via web
  13. Some tough discussions over this one, "Is College Too Easy?" My students wouldn't say so...: washingtonpost.com/local/educatio… 6:49 AM May 22nd via web
  14. Happy Commencement Day to everyone graduating @Grinnellcollege ! 4:41 AM May 21st via web
  • Name Sarah J. Purcell
  • Location Grinnell, IA
  • Web http://www.grinne...
  • Bio Historian. Rosenfield Program Director. Teacher. Writer. Amateur baker. Far too many meetings...
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