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Field Services Alliance Asks You!
The Field Services Alliance (FSA) is an organized group of individuals, offices, and agencies that provide training opportunities, guidance, technical services, and other [...]
2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Schedule Change: Saturday Keynote
Due to circumstances beyond our control, Congressman Joaquin Castro is unable to join us on Saturday, September 9th for the closing keynote [...]
Notable Books for a Global Society: A Selected Bibliography of Books Featuring the Histories of Strong Women and Girls
Civil rights pioneer Sylvia Mendez, plaintiff in Californian desegregation court case Mendez v. Westminster (1947) alongside the cover of the children’s [...]
Recruiting Your Superiors: Thoughts on Advancing in the Field
Earlier this week, I participated in the #AASLHchat on “Issues Facing Emerging Professionals”. Contributors shared so many good ideas, and [...]
Ask FSA: Reading Insignia on Military Uniforms
Identification of the military decorations John Glenn earned as a Marine Corps pilot and astronaut, 1943-1965. Photo courtesy of [...]
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: A Glimpse at Life in Field Services
This post was originally published on Backstage Pass to North Dakota History and is reposted here with the author's permission. I [...]
Are You Ready for the New FLSA Regulations?
**UPDATED 11/29/16*** "On Tuesday, November 22, a federal district judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the [...]
Banking on Accuracy in Nomenclature
Finding the correct term in nomenclature can be challenging, especially because many terms appear to be similar at first glance. However, there are more specialized [...]
New Leadership in Place at AASLH
May 1, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY NEW LEADERSHIP IN PLACE John Dichtl Assumes New Post as President/CEO Nashville, [...]
Sounds of Silence
Grady Mcferrin, The Driveway Moment, 2009 What are the sounds of your historic house museum? I thought about this the other day as [...]
Advice for the Next USPS Historian
Greetings! My name is Jenny Lynch, and I'm the historian of the United States Postal Service. I worked in the USPS Historian's Office for twenty [...]
Save the Date for the 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting
Save the Date! 2015 AASLH Annual Meeting Louisville, Kentucky September 16-19 Registration Opens by June 1 Nothing can replace the opportunities that arise when you [...]
“We” vs. “Them”
I was recently reading an article from Lapham's Quarterly, "They," that discusses the political and psychological aspects of how people group themselves and then react [...]