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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When someone puts a near mint 1980s McDonald’s chandelier on the curb for free, YOU TAKE IT

Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Stopped in West Granville, MA for the first time to see my (8th/9th?) great grandfather’s grave. He served in a Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Last research stop is a return to Schlesinger Library

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A few weeks ago I was at Columbia University, also part of the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine fellowship — WWI nursing records

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This week, I’m at Harvard Medical School’s Countway Library researching nursing records from World War I as part of my Consortium Fellowship

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The MX-6 waking from its winter slumber

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Sourdough discard everything bagels

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The Post Star’s coverage of @loweradkpride.bsky.social’s work with the town of Moreau to fly the Pride flag during Pride Month:

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This book by Seth Harp was unimaginably dark, a searing and gritty investigation of the inner world of the special operations community. One of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

WHY did I buy a 100-year-old laxative tin from eBay? Because a blind WWI vet I’m currently researching for a new project was a pharmacist and patented his own laxative pill after the war, and I couldn’t pass up owning a piece of his history!

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I’m at the Saratoga Book Festival this evening, but beforehand I stopped into @northshirebooks.bsky.social, saw my book on the shelf (first time that has happened), and signed a couple copies.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

First time playing live since high school. Only this time I got to play with my dad and brother, I have more gray hairs, and I am not playing post-hardcore music.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Spent the morning researching at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, reading through US surgeon journals from the Western Front.

A historical marker in front of the museum.

The wood-paneled interior of the mutter museum

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Today was my last day at the Barbara Bates Center at UPenn’s School of Nursing. Great experience, wonderful help from the archivists! Tomorrow I’ll be in the archive at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia! Image: me standing in front of the sign for Claire M. Fagen Hall, School of Nursing.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

At the Museum of the American Revolution, the temporary flag exhibit has a flag from the Massachusetts Militia, the same militia, though different regiment, in which my 6th great grandfather Captain Benjamin Barnes served.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Today, I started my first research trip since publishing my book. I was awarded the Karen Buhler-Wilkerson fellowship by the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing archives, the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

It has been at least a few weeks, but I finally got the MX6 out for a drive today

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

From last week: planted two Italian plum trees, a honeycrisp tree, and two blueberry bushes. Hoping for success!

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Some scenes from yesterday when we celebrated our amazing students, the graduating class of 2025 #sunyadkgrad and when I received my chancellor’s award for excellence in scholarship and creative activities from Dr. Duffy!

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Just three professors with their Chancellor’s awards. THANK YOU Wendy and Val. You will always be two of my favorite professors and you are amazing colleagues. I am grateful every day to be able to go to work alongside you.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

So grateful for my colleagues’ support, nominating me for the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Thanks especially to Val and Wendy for the nomination, and Rick Fogarty, Kim Nielsen, and Mike Rembis for writing on my behalf!

A photograph of my SUNY Chancellor’s Award.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

From the American Journal of Nursing, April 1917.

Screenshot of a short column from the journal that reads, “During the winter campaign a body of Russian troops was engaged in a serious encounter with the Germans. At the height of the attack a pack of wolves descended on the field and began to devour the wounded. Instantly the combatants ceased fighting and fell upon the wolves, putting them to flight. The enemies then returned each to his own trenches without further molestation of the other.”

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Molly fully enjoying her caturday

A tortie cat laying on a couch surrounded by pillows

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Underneath the design is the quote from Erich Maria Remarque’s book All Quiet on the Western Front, “A hospital alone shows what war is.”

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Then we went with a rod of Asclepius but the snake is constricted by bits of barbed wire from the WF. The symbol was inspired by a quote from Ellen La Motte’s book, in which she writes, “was it not all a dead-end occupation, nursing back to health men to be patched up and returned to the trenches…?”

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

New addition to the World War I tattoo montage: Amanda added the Dewey decimal number for my book in the John Singer Sargent/Gassed & DaVinci/Vitruvian Man piece.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I took the Mazda for a spin today after work, driving by the airport on the open road where the speed limit is 55 and the hills roll. The V6 purred nicely. #mazda #mx6 #mazdamx6 #zoomzoom #90scar

My black Mazda MX6 in front of an airport.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

First time out of the garage since October! #mazda #mx6 #zoomzoom

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Homemade cinnamon rolls from start to finish: 6) frosted and ready to eat

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Homemade cinnamon rolls from start to finish: 5) out of the oven

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Homemade cinnamon rolls from start to finish: 4) sliced and into the fridge overnight

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Homemade cinnamon rolls from start to finish: 3) rolled and ready to slice

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Homemade cinnamon rolls from start to finish: 2) cinnamon sugar butter spread over dough

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Homemade cinnamon rolls from start to finish: 1) dough rolled out

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This Wednesday, February 19th, at 7 pm, I’ll be giving a book talk at the Chapman Museum in Glens Falls. I’ll discuss the challenges, discoveries, and insights that shaped my research. I’ll also have signed books available for purchase. Hope to see you there! To reserve your spot, call 518-793-2826

Image: a split screen image of me and my book, Constructing Disability after the Great War.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Any car enjoyers I am rebuilding a 93 Mazda and decided to make an Instagram page for it.

A screenshot for my car Instagram page evans_mx6

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

M*GA: “you can call it Gulf of America.” Everyone else:

Jim Halpert from The Office saying, “No I’m not gonna call it that.”

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

On this 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, I recall visiting there in 2012 — the searing reality of genocide, the weight of mass death, the realization of scale that is hard to measure by numbers on paper alone. May memory serve to bolster resistance to authoritarianism anew.

A photo I took of the rail line leading to the front gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

A view of Auschwitz-Birkenau through barbed wire fence.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I live in El*se Stefan*ik’s district, which is open for a new election because she will be serving in the DT admin. In case you’re wondering how things are going here, there’s an upcoming event in Glens Falls for the Republican nominee featuring an interesting guest:

An advertisement for a Cage Wars event in Glens Falls featuring Roger Stone and Anthony Constantino. The ad comes from the Glens Falls Chronicle newspaper.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Just out of the oven and they smell wonderful

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Cardamom cinnamon raisin sourdough

A loaf of bread that I baked, just out of the oven and on a cooling rack.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Photo of the sourdough bread I baked this afternoon. My starter, Friedrich Bagels, is almost a year old now.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Molly in three takes: Description: three close-up photos of my tortoiseshell cat.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Priority registration begins on Monday for SUNY Adirondack Spring 2025 semester and I am eager and excited to be teaching HIS220: History of Disability. #dishist #disability #academia #college #history

A flyer for the class. It includes a photo of disability rights protesters waving an American flag with a wheelchair user on it. The text reads: “HIS220: History of Disability
Dr. Evan P. Sullivan
Spring 2025
Register for HIS220!
Prerequisite for this elective course: 3 credit hours of history
Fulfills SUNY Gen Ed - US History and Civic Engagement
"Disability is everywhere in history, once you begin to look for it, but conspicuously absent in the histories we write." - Douglas C. Baynton, Historian
This course introduces students to the field of disability history through the lived experiences of disabled people, and offers new interpretations of historical themes such as immigration, war and veterans, medicine, politics and social activism, capitalism and labor, and imperialism. We will explore the social, medical, and cultural constructions of disability from the colonial era to the present, and will examine how disability has intersected with other identities such as race, class, and gender.”

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

A lot of new people on here! Hello! Please enjoy this recent photo of my tortie cat, Molly, sleeping with her face buried in the bed.

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Evan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

If you would like a SIGNED copy of my book, Constructing Disability after the Great War, then PM me. I can ship to most places in U.S. for a total cost of $32. I take Venmo.

a copy of my book on a wooden table. The cover shows a blind white veteran sitting next to a white woman with mountains in the background.

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