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52 AASLH Members Receive Over $2 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $16.3 million in grants for 290 humanities projects and programs [...]
AASLH’s John Dichtl Visits DC to Discuss the Humanities Indicators Project, History Relevance
AASLH President & CEO John Dichtl meets with the Humanities Indicators team in DC. I didn’t feel like it leaving [...]
The Wright Lesson: How a Small Historical Society Took a Risk and Generated Local Recognition, Community, and Financial Support
Front of Glencoe Historical Society This article was orginally published in the Autumn 2016 issue of History News, the official magazine of AASLH. [...]
When History Doesn’t Matter
I was recently thrown for a loop when a member of my team suggested that I present at an upcoming [...]
Spend the Night with History: The Making of the C&O Canal Quarters Program
Tucked along the C&O Canal (which runs through DC, MD, and WV) are over twenty stone structures that pay testament [...]
Nomenclature 4.0 – Why the change from “Classification” to “Class”?
New Nomenclature 4.0 users that are familiar with Revised Nomenclature or Nomenclature 3.0 will notice a change in the naming of [...]
Six Tips for A Successful AASLH Award Nomination
AASLH likes to give awards. The awards committee members who review and vote on nominations love to vote yes and [...]
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions: Looking for Reviewers
AASLH Member Since 1999 The Division of Preservation and Access is seeking knowledgeable individuals who would be willing to serve as evaluators of applications for [...]
I Remember When…Part 2
Computers first began to be used for management of museum collection records (back in the 1960s and ‘70s) they were typically “mainframe” machines designed primarily [...]
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions: Guidelines Now Available
AASLH Member Since 1999 The National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Preservation and Access has offered Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions for more than a [...]
Smithsonian Saturdays at the Stearns History Museum
AASLH Member Since 1979 Have you ever wondered how to identify the age of a bone, or the gender of a skull? As part of [...]
Protect Your Collection from Adverse Environmental Conditions – Sustainability!
Are you a small institution with a mixed collection? Do you want to better understand temperature and humidity requirements for your collection? Are you committed [...]
President Bill Clinton to Speak at 2014 Presidential Sites & Libraries Conference
Beyond the Presidency: Historical Context and Modern Reality Presidential Sites and Library Conference VI June 2-5, 2014 Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Featuring a [...]