African-American Female Athletes Before Integration: Ways To Chronicle Their History Before It’s Too Late
By Evin Demirel When Alma Byrd won an Arkansas state basketball title in 1939, she had never played on a wood court [...]
The Personal is Professional: Reckoning with Slavers in the Family
By Sarah Jencks, Director of Education and Interpretation, Ford's Theatre My parents are in their seventies, and they still live in the [...]
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 designed specifically [...]
Grant Funding for Sacred Places from the National Fund for Sacred Places
Mokuaikaua Church in Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Photo by Stelios Michael. From prairie churches to urban cathedrals and [...]
Chief Storytellers and the Search for Relevance: What History Organizations Can Learn from This For-Profit Trend
Over the weekend, I was having a conversation with my husband, who works for a regional financial institution. He told [...]
When Behind the Scenes IS the Exhibit: Lessons from History Lab at the Indiana Historical Society
This article was originally posted on Museums + Social Media. It is reposted here with the author's permission. As I [...]
Truth-Telling and Religious History: How Religious Historians Can Foster Reconciliation in a Divided Society
Regent University campus on the day of the rally. In late October 2016 I attended the 30th Biennial [...]
Advocacy Alert: Funding Needed for ESSA Grant Program
With President’s Day behind us and questions about Constitutionalism and an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in the news, it’s a good time to [...]
Is Your Museum Grant Ready? Two Upcoming Webinars on Grant Writing in March
Is your museum grant ready? From the author of Is Your Museum Grant-Ready? Assessing Your Organization’s Potential for Funding come two new AASLH Continuing Education [...]
25 AASLH Members Included in NPR Story on Living History
In November 2015, NPR put out the call for answers to this question: "What Do We Do Now In America the Same Way We Did [...]
Six AASLH Members Receive State Grants
The Tennessee State Library and Archives just announced it will grant funds to 29 organizations across the state to preserve historical records and improve record [...]
Meet a Member: Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum of the Seminole Tribe of Florida
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of history, and we want [...]
40 Years Later: Why Awards Matter
Last October, we received an unusual request that turned into an inspiring story and poignant reminder of the power of history. The son of Perry [...]