Join Us for Community Conversations at #AASLH2019
Community in action at #AASLH2018. By Aja Bain, AASLH Program and Publications Manager (and Community Enthusiast) For years as a [...]
The Philadelphia Psychiatrist Who Changed LGBTQ History
By Hannah Fisher Gray, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Come learn about the man who changed the course of LGBTQ history at [...]
Focus on Women’s History at #AASLH2019
Philadelphia Museum of Art, East Entrance. Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art By Jennifer Krafchik, Co-Chair, AASLH Women’s History Affinity Group [...]
Beyond Due Diligence: The Importance of Credit Panels
One of the many pleasures of a recent visit to the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, was an [...]
Take Me Out to the (Old Timey) Ball Game
Full disclosure: I'm no sports fan. Not even close. But last year I discovered something that made sports not only [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in April
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 [...]
Onward To New Challenges
On my final day at AASLH, I wanted to express my gratitude to everyone I have come in contact with [...]
Cohn High School: How We Love Thee
In the summer of 2014, the West Baton Rouge Parish School board announced that the Cohn High School (1949-1969) would be demolished. Dedicated to the [...]
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865
Purchased Lives: New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808–1865 was a special project presented by The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) presented March 17–July [...]
4th Graders' QR Codes for Historic Sites in Lecompton, Kansas
What happens when a fourth grade teacher in a small town brings together the local elementary school, community volunteers, and two museums so that her [...]
First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics Since 1972
The exhibit First in the Nation: Shaping Presidential Politics since 1972 at the State Historical Museum of Iowa explains the history of the Iowa caucuses [...]
Indiana History for the Secondary Classroom
In Indiana, as in many states, the public school curriculum mandates state history just once — in fourth grade. The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) viewed [...]
Wetlands & Waterways: The Key to Cahokia
The Interpretive Center at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, explains the Mississippian Culture to over 280,000 annual visitors. [...]