To Do Rightly: Congregations as Incubators of American Activism
Photo by Victor Manuel Ramos. Courtesy of Arch Street Meeting House. Last year, the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in [...]
Three Ways History Organizations Can Talk About Environmental History
Image from Ursus Among Us exhibit. Want to explore the intersection between the natural sciences and history at your organization? [...]
Volunteers Needed to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Women Suffrage Activists
Women Suffragists picketing the White House, February 1917. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Since March 2015 the online [...]
House or Home? Rethinking the House Museum Paradigm
Wheelwright House, Strawbery Banke Museum At their best, historic sites and house museums provide meaningful and personal touchstones [...]
Cemetery Preservation & Interpretation: A Resource Collection
Here is a collection of all AASLH resources on preserving and interpreting historic cemeteries. For more resources on a wide range [...]
Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The Battle over Pokémon Go in Museums
Given the positive and negative stigma surrounding Pokémon Go I decided to write a follow-up to my original blog, “Engaging [...]
Free Digital Preservation Workshop in Atlanta- Oct 10
On Monday, October 10, 2016, the Digital POWRR Team will be conducting a FREE workshop at the Atlanta History Center [...]
Witches of Pennsylvania: Occult History and Lore
During the 17th century, the draw of religious freedom led large numbers of Germans to William Penn’s colony where their belief in folk magic and [...]
The Historic Tibbals House – 1842
The city of Erie, Pennsylvania has long had troubles with preserving historic buildings and sites. One of those buildings, the Tibbals House, was in danger [...]
Northern Lights: The Stories of Minnesota's Past
In 2013 the Minnesota Department of Education implemented new academic standards for social studies requiring that all Minnesota sixth graders complete a year-long course of [...]
Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812
Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812 is the result of a year-long collaboration between the Detroit Historical Society and Wayne [...]
Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State
Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State presents a history of early bicycling in Wisconsin beginning with the "velocipede mania" of 1869 to the [...]
The Dakota Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaŝkapi Okicize Wowapi
The U.S. – Dakota War of 1862 was a traumatic event in Minnesota’s history, and its lasting effects are still felt among the Dakota people. [...]