Join Us for Community Conversations at #AASLH2019
Community in action at #AASLH2018. By Aja Bain, AASLH Program and Publications Manager (and Community Enthusiast) For years as a [...]
The Philadelphia Psychiatrist Who Changed LGBTQ History
By Hannah Fisher Gray, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Come learn about the man who changed the course of LGBTQ history at [...]
Focus on Women’s History at #AASLH2019
Philadelphia Museum of Art, East Entrance. Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art By Jennifer Krafchik, Co-Chair, AASLH Women’s History Affinity Group [...]
The Museum of the Bible: Thoughts on Museum Location and Historical Timing
By John E. Baucom, Graduate Student, University of Oklahoma This past March, I attended a research methods workshop at the [...]
AASLH Announces 2018 Leadership in History Award Winners
AASLH is proud to announce the winners of the 73rd annual Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for [...]
African-American Female Athletes Before Integration: Ways To Chronicle Their History Before It’s Too Late
By Evin Demirel When Alma Byrd won an Arkansas state basketball title in 1939, she had never played on a [...]
The Personal is Professional: Reckoning with Slavers in the Family
By Sarah Jencks, Director of Education and Interpretation, Ford's Theatre My parents are in their seventies, and they still live [...]
Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diaries and Autobiography of Dr. Rowland Willard
One of the first Anglo-Americans to record their travels to New Mexico, Dr. Rowland Willard (1794–1884) journeyed west on the Santa Fe Trail in 1825 [...]
Mapas historicas de Nuevo Mexico = Historic New Mexico Maps
Learning about the history of New Mexico through maps can be a tall order for students and perhaps a challenge for teachers. Maps have a [...]
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Couple of an Age
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the most famous man in the world when he completed his solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. One of the [...]
ASK FSA: Fur and Feathers in Costume Collection
19th Century Hawaiian Feather Cape, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Collection (Via) Fur and feathers in museum collections present a special [...]
History Clubhouse
How do you make history interesting and fun for children under 10? What do families want to see in exhibits geared towards young visitors? Through [...]
Over There: Missouri & the Great War
Over There: Missouri & the Great War is a statewide, collaborative digitization initiative to document Missouri’s World War I history. The Springfield-Greene County Library District, [...]