Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in September
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 designed specifically [...]
Book Review: Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers
This review originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of History News. Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and [...]
AASLH 2019 Call for Proposals
By Jackie Barton, 2019 Annual Meeting Program Chair The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2019 Annual [...]
#AASLH17 Session: Commemorating Tragedy, Healing Wounds
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters [...]
Ask FSA: Introducing The Coalition of State Museum Associations (COSMA)
There are 46 state museum associations throughout the United States. Like field services staff, these associations work to provide assistance and [...]
#AASLH17 Educators and Interpreters Sessions
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an [...]
Emerging History Professionals at the 2017 Annual Meeting
EHPs enjoying last year’s Annual Meeting mixer in Detroit. Image courtesy of Hannah Hethmon. On behalf of the [...]
John S. Bacon Named New President of Stratford Hall
The Board of Directors of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association today announced that John S. Bacon has been named President of Stratford Hall. In [...]
AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting: HistoryIT Scholarship for Digital Thinking
HistoryIT, in order to support innovative digital thinking in history organizations, will provide one scholarship to support an organization wishing to send a representative to [...]
AASLH Welcomes First 10 Academic Program Members
Last month, AASLH launched a brand new membership type for Academic Programs. Designed specifically to meet the needs of faculty and students in history, public [...]
The Only Museum on California’s Santa Catalina Island Finally Gets a Permanent Home
It may surprise the thousands of visitors who have vacationed on the island of Santa Catalina, but the Catalina Island Museum (AASLH Members since 2001) [...]
Tagging YSL + Halston: What Museums Can Learn from Hashtags
In the spring of 2014, I responded to a call for book proposals for the AASLH series at Rowman & Littlefield. I’d worked for three [...]
What I Look for in a Cover Letter and Other Thoughts About Job Applications
Several job-hunting colleagues have recently asked me to review their cover letters. Bearing in mind that I have not applied for a job in over [...]