Unpaid Internships in the Field
In recent days, several people have newly expressed concerns about the presence of unpaid internships in the history field and about the [...]
Local Museums, Libraries, and Archives Participate in Remembering WWI Project
A few months ago, we invited local institutions in AASLH’s network to contribute content to the US National Archives’ centennial project, Remembering [...]
Networking with a Purpose: StEPs Groups Help Small Organizations Take a Leap Forward
It’s called StEPs (Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations) and it is AASLH’s entry level assessment program for small- to mid-sized [...]
Toys from the Attic: Stories of American Childhood
Toys from the Attic: Stories of American Childhood is the centerpiece of The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures permanent [...]
Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe
Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe tells a new and compelling version of Minnesota’s creation story. It [...]
My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation
In My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation, historian Brenda Child blends a historical study [...]
Custom House: Restoring a St. Paul Landmark in Lowertown
In November 2015, the Ramsey County Historical Society published Custom House: Restoring a St. Paul Landmark in Lowertown by James [...]
RACE Project at History Colorado
On September 20, 2014, the History Colorado Center brought the traveling exhibit RACE: Are We So Different? to Denver for three months. The exhibit was [...]
Voices of Wartime: Telluride During World War II
Voices of Wartime explored how a global conflict affected the everyday lives of those living in the small, isolated mining community of Telluride, Colorado. The [...]
Scandal! Vice, Crime, and Morality in Montréal
Based on extensive documentary research and a wide‐ranging collection of personal accounts from Montrealers from the era along with comments by contemporary specialists, Scandal! Vice, [...]
Vashon Island's Native People: Navigating Seas of Change
The exhibit Vashon Island’s Native People: Navigating Seas of Change, created by the all-volunteer Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Museum, provided insights into the culture and unwritten [...]
The A-mazing Mendes Cohen
The exhibit concept for The A-mazing Mendes Cohen was to illuminate nineteenth-century history and the formation of Jewish-American identity through the life of an obscure [...]
Welcome New AASLH Members (Oct. 2015)
AASLH is pleased to welcome all the individuals and institutions who became members in October. We are so glad you chose to make AASLH your [...]