Affinity Community: 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 others 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 (link to 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
[email protected]
Amanda Higgins, Vice-Chair (2018-2020)
Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY
[email protected]
Amy Rohmiller, Secretary (2018-2020)
Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
[email protected]
Terry Abrams (2018-2020)
Western New York Association of Historical Agencies, Getzville, NY
[email protected]
Jason Allen (2017-2019)
New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Trenton, NJ
[email protected]
Tricia Blakistone (2017-2019)
Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX
[email protected]
Todd Mahon (2018-2020)
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
[email protected]
Anastasia Matijkiw (2018-2020)
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA
[email protected]
Jennifer Ortiz (2017-2019)
Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Salt Lake City, UT
[email protected]
Jeanette Rooney (2018-2020)
Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN
[email protected]
Megan van Frank (2015-2019)
Utah Humanities Council, Salt Lake City, UT
[email protected]
AASLH Staff Contact
Bethany Hawkins
[email protected]
615-320-3203
Blog:
About Field Services:
About Field Services Alliance:
Resource Center:
- Browse through more resources in the AASLH Resource Center.
ListServ
To stay up to date with Field Services Alliance activities, join the listserv by emailing [email protected]
Facebook Group
To join the Field Services Alliance conversation, join the Facebook Group.
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 organizations.
| State | Organization | Website | Email or Contact List | Phone |
| Alabama | Alabama Department of Archives & History | https://archives.alabama.gov/ | ||
| Alaska | Alaska State Museum | |||
| Arizona | Museum Association of Arizona | http://www.azmuseums.org/ | [email protected] | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Historical Association | http://arkansashistoricalassociation.org/ | [email protected] | 479-575-5884 |
| Arkansas | The Department of Arkansas Heritage | http://www.arkansasheritage.com/ | ||
| California | Balboa Art Conservation Center | [email protected] | 619.236.9702 | |
| California | California Association of Museums | [email protected] | (831) 471-9970 | |
| Colorado | Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums | https://www.cwam-us.org/ | https://www.cwam-us.org/contact/ | |
| Colorado | History Colorado | Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation and the State Historical Fund | https://www.historycolorado.org/ | https://www.historycolorado.org/contact-us | 303.447.8679 |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Humanities | |||
| Delaware | ||||
| Florida | Florida Association of Museums | https://www.flamuseums.org/ | [email protected] | 850-222-6028 |
| Georgia | Georgia Association of Museums & Galleries | http://www.gamg.org/ | [email protected] | 770-853-7539 |
| Georgia | LYRASIS | https://www.lyrasis.org/ | ||
| Hawaii | ||||
| Idaho | Idaho State Historical Society | https://history.idaho.gov/ | https://history.idaho.gov/contact/ | 208.334.2682 |
| Illinois | Illinois Association of Museums | http://www.illinoismuseums.org/ | [email protected] | |
| Illinois | Illinois Heritage Association | https://illinoisheritage.org/ | [email protected] | (217) 359-3781 |
| Illinois | Illinois Humanities | https://www.ilhumanities.org/ | ||
| Indiana | Indiana Historical Bureau | https://www.in.gov/history/ | [email protected] | (317) 232-2535 |
| Indiana | Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society | https://indianahistory.org/across-indiana/local-history-services/ | [email protected] | (317) 234-0170 |
| Iowa | Iowa Museum Association | [email protected] | 319-239-2236 | |
| Iowa | State Historical Society of Iowa | [email protected] | 515-281-4006 | |
| Kansas | Kansas Museums Association | |||
| Kentucky | Kentucky Heritage Council | https://kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx | 502-564-7005 | |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Historical Society | [email protected] | 502-564-1792 (general phone number, will connect to Community Engagement Offices) | |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Museum and Heritage Alliance | [email protected] | ||
| Louisiana | Historic New Orleans Collection | |||
| Maine | ||||
| Maryland | Maryland Historical Society | https://www.mdhs.org/ | [email protected] | 410-685-3750 |
| Maryland | Maryland Historical Trust | https://mht.maryland.gov/ | [email protected] | 410-467-9556 |
| Maryland | Maryland Humanities Council | https://www.mdhumanities.org/ | [email protected] | 410-685-0095 |
| Maryland | Preservation Maryland | https://www.preservationmaryland.org/ | [email protected] | 410-685-2886 |
| Massachusetts | Northeast Document Conservation Center | |||
| Michigan | Historical Society of Michigan | |||
| Michigan | Michigan Historical Center | |||
| Michigan | Michigan Museums Association | |||
| Minnesota | Midwest Art Conservation Center | [email protected] | 612-870-3120 | |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums | [email protected] | 612-500-7460 | |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Association of Museums | [email protected] | ||
| Minnesota | Minnesota Historical Society – Local History Services | [email protected] | 651-259-3492 | |
| Minnesota | Preservation Alliance of Minnesota | [email protected] | 651-293-9047 | |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | http://www.mdah.ms.gov/new/ | [email protected] | 601-576-6901 |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Humanities Council | http://mshumanities.org/ | [email protected] | 601-432-6753 |
| Missouri | Missouri Association for Museums and Archives | http://missourimuseums.org/ | ||
| Missouri | Missouri Humanities Council | https://www.mohumanities.org/ | ||
| Montana | Montana Historical Society | [email protected] | 406-444-2694 | |
| Nebraska | ||||
| Nevada | Nevada Museums Association | [email protected] | ||
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Historical Society | |||
| New Jersey | Advocates for New Jersey History | http://anjh.org/ | [email protected] | |
| New Jersey | County Culture and Heritage (each county has a FS office. You can be directed to your specific office by contacting the person below) | [email protected] | 732-745-4489 | |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Historical Commission | https://www.nj.gov/state/historical/index.shtml | 609-943-3307 | |
| New Jersey | Preservation New Jersey | https://www.preservationnj.org/ | [email protected] | 609-583-0881 |
| New Jersey | South Jersey Cultural Alliance | http://www.sjca.net/ | [email protected] | 609-626-3630 |
| New Jersey | New Jersey has 21 field service offices, one in each county of the state. | |||
| New Mexico | New Mexico Association of Museums | http://www.nmmuseums.org/ | [email protected] | |
| 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 | 919-814-6800 | ||
| North Dakota | State Historical Society of North Dakota | [email protected] | 701-328-2666 | |
| Ohio | Ohio History Connection | |||
| Ohio | Ohio Museums Association | |||
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Museums Association | |||
| Oregon | Oregon Heritage Commission | [email protected] | 503-986-0696 | |
| Pennsylvania | Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | https://ccaha.org/ | [email protected] | 215-545-0613 |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission | https://www.phmc.pa.gov/ | ||
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Archives | https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/ | ||
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office | https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/ | ||
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Historical Society | |||
| South Carolina | South Carolina State Museum | [email protected] | 803-898-4921 | |
| South Dakota | South Dakota State Historical Society | |||
| Tennessee | AASLH | https://aaslh.org/ | [email protected] | 615-320-3203 |
| Tennessee | Center for Historic Preservation, MTSU | [email protected] | 615-898-2947 | |
| Tennessee | Humanities Tennessee | [email protected] | 615-770-0006 | |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Historical Commission | 615-532-1550 | ||
| Tennessee | Tennessee State Library and Archives | 615-741-2764 | ||
| Texas | Texas Association of Museums | |||
| Texas | Texas Historical Commission | |||
| Utah | Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ Office of Museum Services | [email protected] | 801-245-7288 | |
| Utah | Utah Humanities | https://www.utahhumanities.org/ | [email protected] | 801-359-9670 |
| Vermont | Vermont History Center | |||
| Virginia | Virginia Association of Museums | 804-358-3170 | ||
| Washington | 4Culture | [email protected] | 206-296-0405 | |
| Washington | Washington State Historical Society | [email protected] | 253-272-3500 | |
| Washington DC | Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | https://www.culturalheritage.org/ | [email protected] | 202-750-3346 |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Archives and History | |||
| West Virginia | West Virginia Division of Culture and History | |||
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society, Local History Services, Office of Programs and Outreach | [email protected] | (608) 264-6579 | |
| Wyoming | Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums | https://www.cwam-us.org/ | https://www.cwam-us.org/contact/ |