Announcing the AASLH 2024 History in Progress Award Winners
For nearly eighty years, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has presented Leadership in History Awards to establish [...]
Announcing the AASLH 2024 Albert B. Corey Award Winner
Your Content Goes Here AASLH 2024 Leadership in History Awards Mt. Tabor Preservation Project of Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, Recognized [...]
Don’t Miss These Evening Events at the 2024 AASLH Annual Conference
Your Content Goes Here Connect with others in the national history community at the evening events at this year’s AASLH [...]
Take Courage: Personal Agency and Mutual Encouragement
By Avi Decter They draw near and come. Each one helps the other, saying to his fellow, "Take Courage!" [...]
Supporting the Next Generation, Part 2: Takeaways
Erin Wright (IHS intern 2022-2023) leads the Ugly Sweater contest at an annual event. By Bethany Hrachovec, [...]
Supporting the Next Generation, Part 1: Reflections
Cheyenne Grimes (IHS intern 2020-2021) leads a walking tour she researched and wrote. By Bethany Hrachovec, Indiana [...]
Curating Opportunity: Practical Tips for Developing a Graduate Internship
Abigail Chavez (left) with undergraduate Archives Student Assistant Alena Buckley ‘23. Chavez served as the Public History Graduate [...]
AASLH Members Are Participating in this Week’s Inaugural Civic Learning Week
Today is the beginning of the inaugural Civic Learning Week. This event is organized by iCivics and the CivXNow coalition, of which the American [...]
Andrea Jones Named Next Director of the AASLH History Leadership Institute
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is pleased to announce that Andrea Jones has been named the next director of the [...]
Save the Date for Our Virtual Summit About Commemoration and America’s 250th
Save the Date Commemoration Reconsidered: Ethics, Justice, and America’s 250th Anniversary Virtual Summit April 27 – 28, 2023 Sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy [...]
Keep Moving Forward
In three years, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a moment that offers great possibilities for civics [...]
Docents as Museum Professionals: Lessons from the Amory Regional Museum
By Bryan Mathison, Senior Library Associate at Mississippi State University and Docent/Research Associate at the Amory Museum The city of Amory, Mississippi, is a [...]
Get to Know Boise’s Rich History with These Books and Documentaries
By Bethany Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations The 2023 AASLH Annual Conference will be held in Boise, Idaho, on September 6-9. The theme for [...]