Stopping Stones and the Slave Dwelling Project Are Coming to Kansas City
There are a couple of unique opportunities for attendees at the upcoming AASLH conference in Kansas City. These events are not officially [...]
Collections Management: Dispatches from the Trenches
By Nik Honeysett, CEO, Balboa Park Online Collaborative Beginning in November 2017, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC) contracted with LYRASIS to [...]
Leading by Inclusion
By John Dichtl, AASLH President and CEO Inclusivity and relevance are core values at the heart of AASLH and central to conversations [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bonus Feature for Nomenclature 4.0
For those of you who purchased Nomenclature 4.0 you'll be receiving a surprise in the mail in the near future, or perhaps you've already received [...]
AASLH/MMA 2016: Host Committee Offering 10 Fellowships for Minority Professionals to Attend the Conference
The 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting Host Committee is pleased to offer ten fellowships to minority professionals to increase culturally diverse participation at the AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting (September [...]
Nebraska State Historical Society Names Trevor Jones as New Director/ CEO
The Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) Board of Trustees has appointed Trevor M. Jones of Frankfort, Kentucky, as Director/CEO of NSHS. Jones is a long-time [...]
Up in Flames: The Importance of Having a Good Relationship with Your Local Fire Department
Wow! What a day! For the last several hours we’ve had 5 fire trucks and about 20 men and women in turnout gear crawling all [...]
John S. Bacon Named New President of Stratford Hall
The Board of Directors of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association today announced that John S. Bacon has been named President of Stratford Hall. In [...]
AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting: HistoryIT Scholarship for Digital Thinking
HistoryIT, in order to support innovative digital thinking in history organizations, will provide one scholarship to support an organization wishing to send a representative to [...]