Moving Forward
By Randi Korn and Paul Pearson At a particularly bleak moment in December 1776, George Washington declared, “Desperate diseases require desperate [...]
Finding Our Way Together
By John Dichtl, President and CEO, AASLH Eight weeks into the pandemic (or more, depending on what part of the country [...]
Conversations and Surveys for History Organizations
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving public health situation, we'll be sharing resources and ideas from [...]
Citizen Historians, U.S. Newspapers, and the History of the Holocaust
This article is from the Winter 2019 issue of History News, AASLH's quarterly magazine. Members can access the full issue [...]
Looking Back and Moving Forward with History News
By Aja Bain, Associate Editor, History News When you receive the latest issue of History News magazine in the mail, [...]
How to Be a Great Grant Reviewer
This post is brought to you by our Field Services Alliance Affinity Community. By Andy Verhoff, Coordinator, Ohio History Fund, [...]
2018 Online Conference Recordings Now Available (Including a Freebie!)
The AASLH Online Conference is a yearly component of our Annual Meeting where six of our most popular sessions are [...]
And Then They Booed: Emergency Planning for Outdoor Events
Brucemore hosts the Cedar Rapids, Iowa community for 9 signature events and 32 specific performances annually. Emergency planning is crucial! And then they [...]
41 AASLH Members Receive Over $9 Million in NEH Grants
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $39.3 million in grants for 245 humanities projects and programs this summer. “NEH grants ensure [...]
NARA Wants You to Contribute Local WWI Content
The recently completed US National Archives’ (NARA) Remembering WWI tablet app invites teachers and institutions to engage with NARA’s extensive collection of WWI films and [...]
Preserving Neighborhood History in a Growing City
Photo by Susie Trexler. Demolition of historic buildings and the construction of new, sleek, modern ones is a trend in neighborhoods across the [...]
Five Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in July
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for [...]
The Woodlands Grave Gardeners: Volunteers and Partnerships in Historic Cemeteries
By Starr E. Herr-Cardillo The Woodlands Cemetery is a 54-acre National Historic Landmark in the University City neighborhood in Philadelphia. Formerly the estate of 18th-century botanist [...]