Nomenclature: Now Available Online!
By Heather Dunn, Canadian Heritage Information Network Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is a standard for classifying and naming objects in cultural collections. [...]
Five Things Attendees Want You to Know Before Submitting a Session to #AASLH2019
The deadline for submitting sessions for the 2019 AASLH Annual Meeting in Philadelphia is December 7. Since we just wrapped up the [...]
Eight Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in October
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards [...]
Dozens of History Leaders to Gather at 2017 SHA in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN—Nearly fifty leaders in the management of history organizations will gather in Indianapolis in November as part of Developing [...]
Ready and Rarin’ to Go Explore Women’s History in Austin!
Photograph of the march from Seneca Falls to the National Women’s Conference in Houston, 1977. Join us in [...]
#AASLH17 Sessions: Community Engagement and Teacher Professional Development
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 [...]
Out of Storage and into the Classroom: Enriching the Curriculum with a Campus Archive
Naomi Niemann (Class of 2019) shares her work digitizing and transcribing an unpublished manuscript by Edward Beecher, first president [...]
Improving History Work: Collaboration Continues to Matter
Before there was an American Association for State and Local History, many historians – trained and avocational–put a lot of thought into how to get [...]
Marshall Foundation Releases Final Volume of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall
The George C. Marshall Foundation, Lexington, Virginia, member of AASLH since 2008, announces the release of volume seven of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. [...]
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Changes Name to International Preservation Studies Center
As of June 1, 2016, the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies has officially been renamed the International Preservation Studies Center. The Center announced the [...]
Enroll in StEPs in June and Get a Free Registration for Our Upcoming Webinar on Collections Care
Has your organization been waiting for the right time to enroll in AASLH’s Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs)? Now is the time [...]
AASLH Annual Meeting: Don’t Miss the Unconference at The Henry Ford
I’m so excited for the membership of AASLH and MMA to visit The Henry Ford during the 2016 Annual Conference. On Saturday, September 17, conference [...]
Five Opportunities to Take a House Tour from “Meh” to Great
Since the AASLH offices were closed for Memorial Day, I decided to take my son on an outing–just the two of us. Nick is ten [...]