Votes for Women, Y’all: Celebrating the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in Arkansas and Beyond
Inaugural Suffrage Sprint & Stroll on the steps of the State Capitol in Little Rock, August 26, 2017. If you [...]
All Hands on Deck: Mobilizing Communities to Preserve World War II History
Home Front Project interns interviewing Elinor Otto,one of the longest-working Rosie the Riveters. When World War II started, I [...]
Keeping History Above Water: Conference on Heritage Sites and Rising Waters
It was raining, and flooded, in historic Annapolis, Maryland, when 265 of us gathered for the second Keeping History Above Water conference. [...]
Indiana History for the Secondary Classroom
In Indiana, as in many states, the public school curriculum mandates state history just once — in fourth grade. The [...]
Wetlands & Waterways: The Key to Cahokia
The Interpretive Center at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, explains the Mississippian Culture [...]
Operation Pedro Pan: The Cuban Children's Exodus
Operation Pedro Pan, as executed between December 26, 1960 and October 23, 1962, is an important part of Miami’s history. [...]
Remembering Lincoln Digital Collection
The Remembering Lincoln Digital Collection is an IMLS-funded project of Ford’s Theatre Society (FTS) that serves to connect four audiences—teachers, [...]
The Small Museum Tool Box
They say you have to be able to wear multiple hats to work in small museum. But what about those times when you need to [...]
I Remember When – Part 9
Permutations of Portability I recall my first “portable” computer – a Kaypro with two 5.25” floppy drives and a 20Mb (wow!) hard drive. It weighed [...]
2015 AASLH Re-Cap: Criteria for Assessing Program Ideas
At the 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting, the Educators and Interpreters Committee hosted a session about large-scale events. We talked about the friction in organizations between large cultivation [...]
Women’s History Was Everywhere at AASLH2015
From learning about Maggie Bailey, Kentucky bootlegger, to visiting the Old Armory Building where Ida B. Wells spoke to the National Association of Colored Women [...]
2015 Actions of the Council
On the opening day of the 2015 Annual Meeting in Louisville, the AASLH Council met to discuss the organization's membership, finances, the Aspirations Task Force, the [...]
AASLH Statement on the Closure of the Illinois State Museum System
October 2 In a budgetary battle with the Illinois state legislature, Governor Bruce Rauner has closed the Illinois State Museum in Springfield and its four [...]