Immigration and Counterculture History Sites of South Philadelphia
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church By McKenna Britton, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia South Street There’s a lot going on along South [...]
An Emerging History Professional’s Guide to #AASLH2019
By Casey Wooster, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity Community I'm going to let you in on a little secret: I love conferences. [...]
House Party: Exploring Philadelphia’s Historic House Museums
Photograph by Marlene Schonbrun and Ann Broder, courtesy of Elfreth's Alley Association. By Iliana Morton, AASLH Emerging History Professionals Affinity [...]
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 [...]
Four 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 [...]
AASLH Announces Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four open spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and [...]
Join the Blue Star Museums Program!
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, [...]
Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe
Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe tells a new and compelling version of Minnesota’s creation story. It is also the definitive history [...]
My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation
In My Grandfather’s Knocking Sticks: Ojibwe Family Life and Labor on the Reservation, historian Brenda Child blends a historical study of Indigenous labor, unemployment, and [...]
Custom House: Restoring a St. Paul Landmark in Lowertown
In November 2015, the Ramsey County Historical Society published Custom House: Restoring a St. Paul Landmark in Lowertown by James A. Stolpestad, the founder and [...]
2016 Kammen Award
Named in honor of the late Michael Kammen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Cornell University’s Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture Emeritus, this [...]
Minnesota Dugout Canoe Project
“As the land of more than 10,000 lakes; home to the headwaters of the Mississippi River; and host to nearly 200 miles of Lake Superior [...]
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center & Archives presented broad themes of global [...]