Making Individual Membership More Valuable
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is making changes and adding benefits to our basic Individual memberships starting [...]
Small Museums Recover from the Pandemic
By Elizabeth P. Stewart and members of the AASLH Small Museums Committee: Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Sean Blinn, Ann Bennett, Laura Casey, Alana [...]
AASLH Summer Interns: Sam Dinnie
Sam and their advisor accepting the Outstanding Senior Thesis award. By Sam Dinnie, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern I am [...]
AASLH Statement on Recent Anti-Transgender/LGBTQ Legislation in Arkansas
Given that AASLH’s in-person, onsite annual conference will take place in Little Rock, Arkansas (September 22-25), we have been [...]
AASLH Council Commits to In-Person Conference for September 2021
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is pleased to confirm that the association will hold an [...]
When You Swim with Dolphins…
By Harry Klinkhamer, Historical Resources Manager, City of Venice, FL In what feels like an eternity ago, AASLH held [...]
More States Join 250th Anniversary Commemoration Effort
By John Marks, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AASLH A little over a year ago, the Congressionally-appointed U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission [...]
#Suffrageat100 Resources: First Installment of the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the U.S. is Now Online!
Henry Mayer. “The Awakening.” Illustration. Puck: volume 77, no. 1981, February 20, 1915, pages 14-15. From Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division: http://loc.gov/pictures/item/98502844/. [...]
2019 Leadership in History Award Winners
AASLH is proud to announce the winners of the 74th annual Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and [...]
#AASLH2019: Come Early and Stay the Weekend
Since this year’s conference ends on Labor Day weekend, consider bringing family and friends and enjoying the long weekend or coming a couple of [...]
Truth-Telling: Frances Willard and Ida B. Wells
By Lori Osborne, Director, Frances Willard House Museum, Evanston, IL In 1894 and 1895, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) President Frances Willard (1839-1898) and journalist [...]
AASLH Announces Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four spots on the AASLH Council and three spots on our Leadership Nominating Committee. The Council [...]
Three 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 [...]