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Public History in a Social Service Agency: The House on Henry Street Exhibition Connects Staff and Neighbors with Their Past
By Katie Vogel, Public Historian, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY There is a resonance between the past and present that invigorates [...]
An Invitation to #AASLH2019
This August 28-31, the joint American Association for State and Local History and International Coalition of Sites of Conscience Annual Meeting will [...]
AASLH 19th Amendment Centennial Value Statement
Pictured here is Annie Sybil Thomas Jarret at the Republican National Convention in either the 1940s or 1950s held in Chicago. [...]
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?
January 1. The start of a new year. In my work life, most of my planning revolves around July 1 [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and External Relations Coordinator John Marks invite you to join them [...]
Twitter, Taylor Swift, and a Crash Course in Women’s History
Montage of famous women: Hatshepsut, first female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt; Ieshia Evans, peaceful protester in Baton Rouge, LA; [...]
2018 Goal: Become a Small Museum Pro!
Are you a volunteer working in a small local museum? Are you a recent graduate whose degree did not fully [...]
Resources for Heritage Institutions Affected by Flooding in Louisiana
AASLH is reaching out to our constituents in the recent flood affected areas in Louisiana. As a member of the Heritage Emergency National Taskforce, AASLH [...]
How to Choose an Object Name for Cataloging an Abstract of Title
Lynne Sylvester of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation in Florida has posed this question: I have to catalog an Abstract of Title and do not know what [...]
Cemeteries: The Eternal Classroom
When I read Michele M. Celani’s blog post about the effectiveness of historical markers in the classroom I thought “oh I know a bunch of [...]
Getting Schooled in History Relevance by Hamilton
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH I am really late to the party. I just listened to the Hamilton: An American Musical for the first time [...]
The Legacy of Dime Museums and the Freakshow : How the Past Impacts the Present
This article was originally published in the Autumn 2013 issue of History News magazine. You can read the article in PDF format here: Stringer, Autumn 2013. I began [...]
A Guide to Women’s History at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Mark your schedules! In one month, the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting will begin. Here is a guide to Women’s History sessions and events: Thursday, September 15 [...]