Brand History and Authenticity: The Archive at Carhartt
Still from Carhartt's historically themed advertisement. “Making good is merely a matter of exerting sufficient energy.” I often return to [...]
Sharing Nashville’s Civil Rights Past with the Police
Supervisors to first-responders attend training offered by staff of the Civil Rights Room of the Nashville Public Library. This article [...]
Historical Societies and the March of Time
By studying demographics, we can see that life for historical societies is about to change. But will it change on our terms, [...]
Stitching History from the Holocaust
Six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. Each had a story and a life, yet for too many of [...]
West by Orphan Train
It seems incomprehensible that there was a time in America’s not-so-distant past when nearly a quarter of a million children [...]
A Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities
In 2014, the History Museum at the Castle and African Heritage, Inc. created a civic engagement initiative to highlight the [...]
Civil War Pathways in the Pacific Northwest
In 2014, the Washington State Historical Society debuted Civil War Pathways in the Pacific Northwest, a major exhibition and accompanying [...]
Is it a Frisbee? Issues in Cross-Indexing Advertising Media
A few years ago, I gave an intern a routine assignment to take inventory of our collections. Within 15 minutes, the intern returned with a box [...]
Highlights and Lessons from the Annual Meeting
Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church Here’s my list of highlights and lessons from the Annual Meeting in Birmingham: Network! The sessions, offsite excursions, and [...]
My First AASLH Conference, But Not My Last!
Last year I became our site’s first full-time historic house manager. I’ve been a member of AASLH for several years and with Birmingham so close, [...]
Preserving Religious Spaces
On Wednesday, November 20, the AASLH Religious History Affinity Group committee met with David Rose, Programs & Communications Associate with Partners for Sacred Places in [...]
Working with Private Collectors and Researchers
Many years ago when I was first working on entering the museum profession, I talked to the director of a major military museum. This director [...]
Lisa M. Feinstein Named Vice President for Institutional Advancement at The Strong
Lisa M. Feinstein Named Vice President for Institutional Advancement at The Strong® The Strong is pleased to announce that Lisa M. Feinstein has been hired as [...]