How History Organizations are Meeting Community Needs in a Crisis
(We like the spirit of this image, but cannot vouch for it being good glove protocol or social distancing practice.) [...]
Here We Go Again
By W. Todd Groce, President and CEO, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, GA “Here we go again.” That was my first thought [...]
New Tool Available from the History Relevance Initiative
By Tim Grove, Grove History Consulting Relevance is a concept that can be hard to grasp. Most organizations assume they are [...]
Book Review: Participatory Heritage
This review originally appeared in the Autumn 2018 issue of History News. Participatory Heritage By Henriette Roued-Cunliffe and Andrea Copeland [...]
Continuing Education Grant Is a Work in Progress
In December 2017, AASLH was awarded a National Leadership grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This [...]
You Start By Meeting Your Audience
NPS photo. By Mike Hudson, Director, Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, KY When I [...]
New StEPs Group Forms in Missouri
By Elizabeth Pickard, Director, Education and Interpretation, Missouri Historical Society Last month, the Missouri Historical Society launched its new StEPs working [...]
Master Local Historian: AASLH Launches Historian Training Program for the Public
A photograph of the Tennessee State Library and Archives building taken on July 17, 1956, a few short years after it opened in 1953.State [...]
To Do Rightly: Congregations as Incubators of American Activism
Photo by Victor Manuel Ramos. Courtesy of Arch Street Meeting House. Last year, the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia erected a [...]
Three Ways History Organizations Can Talk About Environmental History
Image from Ursus Among Us exhibit. Want to explore the intersection between the natural sciences and history at your organization? Here are three [...]
Volunteers Needed to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Women Suffrage Activists
Women Suffragists picketing the White House, February 1917. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Since March 2015 the online journal and database, [...]
#AASLH17 Current Issues Forum: Call for Participants
Want to have your voice heard at the 2017 AASLH Annual Meeting? Current Issues Forum (CIF) chairs are looking for panels of ten to fifteen [...]
Advocacy Alert: Act Today to Preserve History Funding Across the Nation
Before the 4th of July passes, House members will begin building a tomorrow with or without crucial federal programs that support the work of our [...]