Fakelore, Story Creep, and Other Crimes Against History
By George L. Vogt AASLH Member since 1994 Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR On a tour of Kyoto, we noticed an [...]
Judah Ring at Union Pacific
A treasured artifact from the Union Pacific Historical Collection has recently come to light after being in the Washington D.C. office for more [...]
The New-York Historical Society’s “Talk to Us” Phone Booth
In the fall of 2005, the New-York Historical Society opened the exhibition Slavery in New York. The exhibition was extremely popular, partly because [...]
The Benefits of Collaboration
The National Steinbeck Center, like many small museums in non-urban communities, often acts as a museum, a cultural center, a conference room, and [...]