2021 Leadership in History Award Winners
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces the winners of the 76th annual Leadership in History Awards, [...]
Why We Need a Civic Season
Courtesy Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center, photographer Boyd Lewis. By Claire Haley and Kristian Weatherspoon, Atlanta History [...]
AASLH Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers
AASLH is pleased to announce our keynote speakers for the 2021 AASLH/AMA Annual Meeting in Little Rock September 22-25. We are [...]
Three Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in November
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s [...]
Nominations Open for AASLH Leadership in History Awards
2017 Award of Distinction winner Lonnie Bunch with Council Chair Katherine Kane and AASLH President and CEO John [...]
Call for Survey Participants at House Museums in CA, FL, MO, OK, SC, and TX
By Rachel Wilson, Clemson University, Clemson, SC As a Historic Preservation graduate student at Clemson University, I am conducting a [...]
More Visits to Paid-Entry Institutions
By John Garrison Marks and W. Maclane Hull This is post number four in our series exploring the National Visitation Report. [...]
4 AASLH Members Among Finalists for IMLS National Medal
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced twenty-nine finalists for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is [...]
What do you call…/Commen s’appelle-t’il…?
The Nomenclature Task Force of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Parks Canada have collaborated [...]
A Call for Volunteers to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Woman Suffrage Activists: Round Two
Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to present a petition to Congress, 1915. Calling all researchers and [...]
Living in the Past: the Heritage House Program at Strawbery Banke Museum
The front entrance of the Penhallow House on Washington St., Portsmouth, NH. In a transitional world, museums must stay relevant to society. Change [...]
Sharing History with a Smartphone App
Visitors exploring the West Virginia Women’s Heritage Trail on Clio at Arts Monongahela in Morgantown, West Virginia. As history professionals, getting publicity for [...]
Protecting the Legacy: Documenting Political Activity of African American Women in Tennessee Prior to 1930
Studio portrait of Annie Sybil Thomas Jarret taken by James P. Newton around 1900 in Memphis, Tennessee. Two years ago, Chick History launched [...]