What Are We Waiting For?
This article is from the Spring 2019 issue of History News, AASLH's quarterly magazine. Members can access the full issue in the [...]
Overcoming Barriers to Interpreting Religion
Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. By Barbara Franco, Religious History Affinity Community Chair Adapted from her presentation at the [...]
The 250th Anniversary Is Just Seven Years Away
“Revolution 250 event in Boston Harbor.” Credit: Jim Collins Photography/Revolution 250 By John Marks, Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, AASLH [...]
A Call for Volunteers to Research and Write Biographical Sketches of Woman Suffrage Activists: Round Two
Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way to present a petition to Congress, 1915. [...]
Living in the Past: the Heritage House Program at Strawbery Banke Museum
The front entrance of the Penhallow House on Washington St., Portsmouth, NH. In a transitional world, museums must [...]
Sharing History with a Smartphone App
Visitors exploring the West Virginia Women’s Heritage Trail on Clio at Arts Monongahela in Morgantown, West Virginia. As [...]
Protecting the Legacy: Documenting Political Activity of African American Women in Tennessee Prior to 1930
Studio portrait of Annie Sybil Thomas Jarret taken by James P. Newton around 1900 in Memphis, Tennessee. Two [...]
Training Future Leaders: Lessons Learned from the National Guard Memorial Museum’s Intern Program
Photo via www.ngef.org The National Guard Memorial Museum is a 6,000 square foot series of galleries located in Washington, D.C., dedicated to telling [...]
Natural History Specimens and Nomenclature 4.0
When Nomenclature was first written it was designed to represent objects that are man-made. So, how do natural history collections fall into this lexicon? Well, [...]
Blogging Public History: An Interview with Zac Cowsert, Civil War Blogger and Emerging History Professional
I find that many Emerging History Professionals (EHPs) these days have blogs of some sort. They traditionally consist of self-promoting posts with little to no [...]
Letter from the President: Moving on from Election Week
The 2016 election has made plain that history organizations have a lot to accomplish in the next few years. AASLH will strive for inclusivity and [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2017
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and Chief of Operations Bethany Hawkins invite you to join them at 2017 Museums Advocacy Day, [...]
Brand History and Authenticity: The Archive at Carhartt
Still from Carhartt's historically themed advertisement. “Making good is merely a matter of exerting sufficient energy.” I often return to this 1924 quote [...]