Call for Articles: Emerging History Professional Takeover of History News Magazine
Emerging History Professionals are taking over the Winter 2018 issue of AASLH’s History News magazine! The issue will be guest co-edited by [...]
Service in Cultural Heritage
Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza (center) with students from the Maria Parado de Bellido Nº 88104 school in Nivín, Peru. (This blog [...]
Got Icelandic? This Project is Cataloging Icelandic Immigrant Manuscripts at U.S. Historical Organizations
During the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, thousands of Icelanders immigrated to North America. The majority settled in Canada—mostly in a [...]
Explore the Home of Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, Founder of the American Women’s Medical Association at AASLH/MMA 2016
Join the Women’s History Affinity Group on Friday, September 16, 2016 from 1:30 to 5:30 PM. as they visit Dr. [...]
How to Connect with the Military History Affinity Community at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Got military stuff in your collection and wondering how to interpret it to your audience? You can find the answers [...]
The Emerging History Professionals’ Guide to the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
The Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community has created an "EHP Track" for any students and new professionals attending the 2016 [...]
How to Connect with the Field Services Alliance at the 2016 AASLH/ MMA Annual Meeting
The Field Services Alliance (FSA) is made up of an eclectic group of professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds from all over [...]
The TAH Hangover
If you worked at a moderately sized history museum between 2001 and 2011 you are probably familiar with the Teaching American History (TAH) grant program [...]
Remember the Ladies!
March is Women's History Month, so what better time to announce the formation of our newest affinity group? Formed in November 2014, the Women's History [...]
The T-Rex of Awesomeness
When two museum friends gather, you often end up going to a museum. Such was the case last fall, when I headed to Chicago for [...]
I Remember When – Part 7
Production Line Cataloging I recall the experience of working with the volunteer staff of a shire (county) museum in Western Australia back around 1990, and [...]
The Ideal Director?
For AASLH’s online course on Leadership and Administration, I was required to review sample job descriptions for directors in history organizations. I was not looking [...]
The Future of Education: The Role of Museums and Historical Organizations
The Center for the Future of Museums at the American Alliance of Museums put out a report that includes a call to action for museums [...]