Leadership in History Awards Nominations Open
For over seventy years, AASLH has presented the Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, [...]
Know a Leader in the History Field? Submit a Nomination for the Award of Distinction
Lonnie Bunch, 2017 Award of Distinction recipient. AASLH is seeking nominations for our most prestigious honor, the Award of Distinction. [...]
2018 AASLH Staff Picks for Historical Media
As 2018 comes to a close, AASLH staff wanted to share some of our favorite historical media we've encountered this year. From [...]
2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Schedule Change: Saturday Keynote
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Congressman Joaquin Castro is unable to join us on Saturday, September 9th for the [...]
Notable Books for a Global Society: A Selected Bibliography of Books Featuring the Histories of Strong Women and Girls
Civil rights pioneer Sylvia Mendez, plaintiff in Californian desegregation court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947) alongside the cover of [...]
Submit a Session for AASLH 2018
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2018 annual meeting in Kansas City, MO, from [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study [...]
Community Members as Co-Creators at the Detroit Institute of Arts
It’s really exciting to have this opportunity to share how the Detroit Institute of Arts is re-thinking its interpretive practice, specifically in terms of community [...]
How the New London Public Museum Used the StEPs Program to Achieve National Standards
Charles Carr, a local newspaperman and citizen scientist, founded the New London Public Museum in New London, Wisconsin in 1917. His goal at first was [...]
AASLH Welcomes Two Summer Interns
Makiki Reuvers is the summer Archives Assistant here at AASLH. Her primary project during this internship is to process and streamline AASLH’s on-site institutional files. [...]
Whiskey, Slavery, and Efforts to Make Corporate Histories More Diverse
For many corporate museums and archives, it is tough to change the historic narrative of the company. Marketing is involved, as well as long-held traditions [...]
AASLH Emerging History Professionals Welcome New Committee Member: Lauren O’Brien
The AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community is please to announce a new committee member. Lauren O’Brien is a museum educator and PhD student in [...]
AASLH’s StEPs Program Enrolls 800th Organization
We are excited to announce that our Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations has enrolled its 800th member, the Hearts Veterans Museum in Huntsville, Texas. [...]