Field Services Alliance
Field Services Alliance
The Field Services Alliance (FSA) is an organized group of individuals, offices, and agencies that provide training, guidance, and other forms of assistance to local historical societies, archives, libraries, and museums in their respective states or regions. The Field Services Alliance exists to create a forum to share information, provide mutual support and collegiality, and promote scholarship among those who, on a statewide or regional level, offer educational services to local historical organizations and other who practice history.
Our mission
The Field Services Alliance exists to create a forum to share information, provide mutual support and collegiality, and promote scholarship among those who, on a statewide or regional level, offer educational services to local historical organizations and others who practice history.
Who we are
FSA members are paid staff members of organizations that have and promote an organized, ongoing program for delivery of services to small, grassroots history organizations. If your historical organization needs assistance, contact the field services office in your state by referring to the Agent Listing tab.
What we do
The types of services that individual Field Services offices vary, but can include:
- Workshops and webinars geared toward the operation of museums
- Onsite visits and consultations
- Grant programs
- Technical resources and documents
- Meeting facilitation
- Supply kits
- Assessments
- Network-building opportunities
- And much more
The Field Services Alliance meets twice yearly – once for an annual Spring Training (hosted by a Field Service office at a different location each year) and once at the AASLH Annual Meeting. In addition, the Field Services Alliance offers an FSA Tips session each year during the annual meeting on a topic geared towards small museums.
Our history
In July 1988, a group convened in Chicago by AASLH as the Field Services Task Force agreed to continue meeting to discuss mutual interests and concerns. Born of that decision was a collaboration among a small group of public historians which has evolved into an active group of field services representatives who share ideas, resources, and strategies for their work to support local history organizations and practitioners.
Committee
The Field Services Alliance is led by the following committee:
Samantha Forsko, Chair (2018-2020)
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA
sforsko@ccaha.org
Amanda Higgins, Vice-Chair (2018-2020)
Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY
amanda.higgins@ky.gov
Jennifer Ortiz, Secretary (2019-2021)
Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Salt Lake City, UT
jenniferortiz@utah.gov
Laura Casey (2019-2021)
Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX
laura.casey@thc.texas.gov
Emily Huebner (2019-2021)
Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, Frederick, MD
emily@heartofthecivilwar.org
Todd Mahon (2018-2020)
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
todd.mahon@mnhs.org
Anastasia Matijkiw (2018-2020)
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA
amatijkiw@dhpsny.org
Chieko Phillips (2019-2021)
4Culture, Seattle, WA
Jeanette Rooney (2018-2020)
Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN
jrooney@indianahistory.org
AASLH Staff Contact
Bethany Hawkins
hawkins@aaslh.org
615-320-3203
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Resource Center:
- Browse through more resources in the AASLH Resource Center.
Facebook Group
To join the Field Services Alliance conversation, join the Facebook Group
How to Join AASLH Affinity Communities
Can I join an AASLH affinity community using my current account?
Everyone will need an individual AASLH account to join one of the communities. This includes active AASLH individual members, those who have staff accounts at active institutional members, academic student and faculty accounts at active Academic programs, and even nonmember accounts.
Institutional members, including partners, must create staff profiles for their employees, volunteers, and board members if you want them to be able to join and participate in AASLH communities. There is no charge for creating staff profiles and no cap on how many staff profiles can be attached to your institution.
Please refer to the Creating Staff Members Flyer for information on how to add these profiles http://download.aaslh.org/Creating+Staff+Profiles.pdf.
Academic Programs can refer to the Creating Faculty and Student Profiles Flyer to create profiles for people in their programs http://download.aaslh.org/Creating+Faculty+and+Student+Profiles.pdf.
Lapsed AASLH members or people who have never had an AASLH account are welcome to create a nonmember account from the Membership Center page. There is no charge for creating a nonmember account.
Signing in to the AASLH Membership Center
To sign in to your individual account, go to https://aaslh.site-ym.com/login.aspx to login to the Membership Center. Links to reset your password or join AASLH are also available at that page. If you do not remember your username please email membership@aaslh.org.
Once logged in, choose the Communities tab to navigate to the community you would like to join. There is no limit to how many Affinity Communities you join. A community showing 0 registered members will still have members, this message appears because AASLH does not share members’ contact information with other members in the Membership Center.
To join the group, select Join Group at the top of the page. You will then be able to participate in the forum discussions. Even if you do not plan on participating in the forums, we recommend you join the Community so you don’t miss out on important community announcements
Looking for help?
FSA members are paid staff members of organizations that have and promote an organized, ongoing program for delivery of services to small, grassroots history organizations.
If your historical organization needs advice or technical assistance, please contact the field services office in your state. Additionally. you’ll find national resources below the state listings as well as a list of interested colleagues who aren’t directly associated with a field service office but are willing to assist local organization
State | Organization | Website | Email or Contact List | Phone |
Alabama | Alabama Department of Archives & History | |||
Alaska | Alaska State Museum | |||
Arizona | Museum Association of Arizona | |||
Arkansas | Arkansas Historical Association | |||
Arkansas | The Department of Arkansas Heritage | |||
California | Balboa Art Conservation Center | |||
California | California Association of Museums | |||
Colorado | Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums | |||
Colorado | History Colorado | Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation and the State Historical Fund | |||
Connecticut | Connecticut Humanities | |||
Connecticut | Connecticut League of History Organizations | |||
Delaware | ||||
Florida | Florida Association of Museums | |||
Georgia | Georgia Association of Museums & Galleries | |||
Georgia | LYRASIS | |||
Hawaii | ||||
Idaho | Idaho State Historical Society | |||
Illinois | Illinois Association of Museums | |||
Illinois | Illinois Heritage Association | |||
Illinois | Illinois Humanities | |||
Indiana | Indiana Historical Bureau | |||
Indiana | Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society | |||
Iowa | Iowa Museum Association | |||
Iowa | State Historical Society of Iowa | |||
Kansas | Kansas Museums Association | |||
Kentucky | Kentucky Heritage Council | |||
Kentucky | Kentucky Historical Society | 502-564-1792 (general phone, will connect to Community Engagement Offices) | ||
Kentucky | Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance | |||
Louisiana | Historic New Orleans Collection | |||
Maine | ||||
Maryland | Maryland Historical Society | |||
Maryland | Maryland Historical Trust | |||
Maryland | Maryland Humanities Council | |||
Massachusetts | NEDCC Northeast Document Conservation Center | |||
Michigan | Historical Society of Michigan | |||
Michigan | Michigan Historical Center | |||
Michigan | Michigan Museums Association | |||
Minnesota | Midwest Art Conservation Center | |||
Minnesota | Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums | |||
Minnesota | Minnesota Association of Museums | |||
Minnesota | Minnesota Historical Society – Local History Services | |||
Minnesota | Preservation Alliance of Minnesota | |||
Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Textcgardner@mdah.ms.gov (no general office contact, do not really have a true FS office) | ||
Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | cgardner@mdah.ms.gov (no general office contact, do not really have a true FS office) | ||
Mississippi | Mississippi Humanities Council | srockoff@mhc.state.ms.us (no general office contact, this is the ED’s email) | ||
Missouri | Missouri Association for Museums and Archives | |||
Missouri | Missouri Humanities Council | |||
Montana | Montana Historical Society | |||
Nebraska | Nebraska Museums Association | |||
Nevada | Nevada Museums Association | |||
New Hampshire | New Hampshire Historical Society | |||
New Jersey | Advocates for New Jersey History | |||
New Jersey | TextCounty Culture and Heritage (each county has a FS office. You can be directed to your specific office by contacting them). | |||
New Jersey | New Jersey Historical Commission | |||
New Jersey | Preservation New Jersey | |||
New Jersey | South Jersey Cultural Alliance | |||
New Mexico | New Mexico Association of Museums | |||
New York | Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York | |||
New York | Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor | |||
New York | Great Hudson Heritage Network | |||
New York | Western New York Association | |||
North Carolina | North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources | |||
North Dakota | State Historical Society of North Dakota | |||
Ohio | Ohio History Connection | |||
Ohio | Ohio Museums Association | |||
Oklahoma | Oklahoma Museums Association | |||
Oregon | Oregon Heritage Commission | |||
Pennsylvania | Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | |||
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission | |||
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Archives | |||
Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office | |||
Rhode Island | Rhode Island Historical Society | |||
South Dakota | South Dakota State Historical Society | |||
Tennessee | AASLH | |||
Tennessee | Center for Historic Preservation, MTSU | |||
Tennessee | Humanities Tennessee | |||
Tennessee | Tennessee Historical Commission | |||
Tennessee | Tennessee State Library and Archives | |||
Texas | Texas Association of Museums | |||
Texas | Texas Historical Commission | |||
Utah | Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ Office of Museum Services | |||
Utah | Utah Humanities | |||
Vermont | Vermont History Center | |||
Virginia | Virginia Association of Museums | |||
Washington | 4Culture | |||
Washington | Washington State Historical Society | Text | ||
Washington DC | Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | |||
West Virginia | Wisconsin Historical Society, Local History Services, Office of Programs and Outreach | |||
Wyoming | Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums |