Small Archives and Partnerships at #AASLH17
In September, thanks to the Small Museums Scholarship, I was able to attend my first AASLH Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. Like [...]
Remembering the Journey, Not Just the Destination: A Call for Continued Preservation of the Roadside Aesthetic
This blog was originally published by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University on October 25, 2017. John [...]
Call for Proposals: Monument Culture
Christopher Columbus statue in Providence, Rhode Island Call for Proposals for a new edited volume Monument Culture: International Perspectives on the [...]
Operation Pedro Pan: The Cuban Children's Exodus
Operation Pedro Pan, as executed between December 26, 1960 and October 23, 1962, is an important part of Miami’s history. [...]
Remembering Lincoln Digital Collection
The Remembering Lincoln Digital Collection is an IMLS-funded project of Ford’s Theatre Society (FTS) that serves to connect four audiences—teachers, [...]
Strong-Howard House Reinterpretation Project
To help visitors better connect with the story of the Strong-Howard house and its inhabitants, the Windsor Historical Society undertook [...]
Join StEPs in January and Get a Free Webinar Registration
Sign up for AASLH's StEPs program and begin 2017 with a road map and renewed enthusiasm! StEPs (Standards and Excellence Program [...]
The Words (and numbers) Still Matter
The Words (and numbers) Still Matter In the context of a conference on computerization of museum catalog records, more than 20 years ago, I predicted [...]
2016 Call for Proposals
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2016 annual meeting in Detroit, MI, from September 14-17, in partnership with the [...]
A Diversity Fellowship Winner’s Perspective of AASLH 2015
2015 was my first time attending the annual AASLH conference and I am unbelievably appreciative to AASLH for awarding me the Douglas Evelyn Diversity Fellowship. [...]
Inspiration Found at the 2015 Annual Meeting
As a young professional and the brand new executive director of a small town history and art museum, I was looking at the 2015 Annual [...]
Chime In: Museum Education in History Museums
The Educators and Interpreters Committee occasionally receives questions from the field at large that we feel should go out to a bigger pool of practitioners to answer. As a result, we've [...]
Trial by Fire: The New Future of History Nonprofits
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project just released a detailed report on Not-for-Profit History Organizations and Their Revenues from 1989-2012. [...]