Episodes of Change: A Long View of Museum-Making in America
By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis The long-term impact of the pandemic on American museums is hard, if not impossible, to [...]
AASLH Announces 2020 Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and three spots [...]
The New 3 Rs: Resilience, Responsibility, and Risk
Image of 1963 March on Washington courtesy of the Library of Congress. By Avi Decter and Ken Yellis As [...]
#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 [...]
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 [...]
#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 [...]
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 [...]
Field Services Alliance Asks You!
The Field Services Alliance (FSA) is an organized group of individuals, offices, and agencies that provide training opportunities, guidance, technical services, and other forms of assistance [...]
2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Schedule Change: Saturday Keynote
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Congressman Joaquin Castro is unable to join us on Saturday, September 9th for the closing keynote of the 2017 [...]
Notable Books for a Global Society: A Selected Bibliography of Books Featuring the Histories of Strong Women and Girls
Civil rights pioneer Sylvia Mendez, plaintiff in Californian desegregation court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947) alongside the cover of the children’s book about her [...]
Submit a Session for AASLH 2018
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) will present its 2018 annual meeting in Kansas City, MO, from September 26-29. Deadline for submissions [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in August
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for [...]
#AASLH17: Interpreting Historic Landscapes
As we prepare for the 2017 Annual Meeting in Austin, the Educators and Interpreters Affinity Group Committee is trying an experiment. We’re giving presenters who are chairing sessions with [...]