NEH Grant Allows AASLH to Distribute Additional US 250th Field Guides
By Madeleine Rosenberg, AASLH Pomeroy Foundation Semiquincentennial Manager The U.S. 250th anniversary in 2026 is now less than three years away. [...]
A Guide to Boise’s Old Pen District
Editor's Note: The evening event on Wednesday, September 6 at the 2023 AASLH Annual Conference will be held at the Old [...]
AASLH Receives Nissan Foundation Grant
In June 2023, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) received a $49,797 grant from the Nissan Foundation for [...]
We Are Sandy Spring: An Innovative Project in Community Engagement
By Avi Decter Nearly ten years ago, in the fall of 2013, I received a startling email. Allison Weiss, [...]
Are You Prepared?
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Every year on May 1, the museum field celebrates MayDay by doing [...]
Statement on Preparations for the United States’ 250th Anniversary in New York
In a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul earlier this month, two state lawmakers urged the governor to [...]
A Common Cause to All
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO For the past several years the American Association for State and Local [...]
Are Historians Ready For The Semiquincentennial?
By Lia Warner, NYU Graduate Summer Fellow This July 4th will mark the four-year countdown to the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding, [...]
Making Individual Membership More Valuable
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is making changes and adding benefits to our basic Individual memberships starting July 1, 2022. [...]
Small Museums Recover from the Pandemic
By Elizabeth P. Stewart and members of the AASLH Small Museums Committee: Jacqui Ainlay-Conley, Sean Blinn, Ann Bennett, Laura Casey, Alana Dunn, Brian Flailing, [...]
AASLH Summer Interns: Sam Dinnie
Sam and their advisor accepting the Outstanding Senior Thesis award. By Sam Dinnie, 2022 AASLH Summer Intern I am so excited to [...]
Experience the Power of Place with Tours at the Annual Conference
“Right Here, Right Now: The Power of Place” is the theme of the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference. Our host city, Buffalo, is a perfect [...]
Right Here, Right Now: A Message from the 2022 AASLH Annual Conference Co-Chairs
By Sarah Jencks, Partner, History Co:Lab and Jennifer Ortiz, Director, Utah Division of History We are thrilled to gather this fall and have the [...]