Immigration and Counterculture History Sites of South Philadelphia
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church By McKenna Britton, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia South Street There’s a lot going on along South [...]
An Emerging History Professional’s Guide to #AASLH2019
By Casey Wooster, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I love conferences. [...]
House Party: Exploring Philadelphia’s Historic House Museums
Photograph by Marlene Schonbrun and Ann Broder, courtesy of Elfreth's Alley Association. By Iliana Morton, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program [...]
AASLH Announces Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four open spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and [...]
Join the Blue Star Museums Program!
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, [...]
Kansas City Host Committee Announces $20,000 in Annual Meeting Scholarships
The 2018 Kansas City Host Committee is pleased to offer fellowships to increase diverse participation at the AASLH Annual Meeting [...]
2016 Kammen Award
Named in honor of the late Michael Kammen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Cornell University’s Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture Emeritus, this [...]
Minnesota Dugout Canoe Project
“As the land of more than 10,000 lakes; home to the headwaters of the Mississippi River; and host to nearly 200 miles of Lake Superior [...]
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives presented broad themes of global [...]
The Haymarket Project
The Haymarket Project features the film and exhibition, Haymarket: the Soul of the City, a Haymarket publication, and tours of Haymarket. The goal is to [...]
Re-envisioning the Ropes Mansion
In 2009, a fire forced the evacuation of the contents of the Peabody Essex Museum’s Ropes Mansion— a carefully preserved legacy of a single Salem [...]
The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Thomas Jefferson has been described as an “American Sphinx”: as the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and president of the United States, he is [...]