AASLH Helps Establish Learn from History Coalition, Invites You to Attend September 8 Launch
Racism played a significant role in the American past and it continues to be widespread and harmful to us all. A [...]
Doing Justice to Women’s History in Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staton Breidenthal By Kathleen Pate, National Archives and Records Administration, Little Rock, AR August 26th marks the 101st [...]
A Message to Members About AASLH2021
This Friday, August 27, is the final day to register for the 2021 AASLH/AMA Annual Meeting in Little Rock, September 22-25. Planning for this gathering right now, as [...]
How the History Community is Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
As history organizations around the country adapt to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and prepare to confront an uncertain [...]
Public History, Generation by Generation
This column originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of History News, AASLH's member magazine. Access a digital copy [...]
Introducing AASLH Affinity Community Forums
A new way to connect with your colleagues. As we all adapt to new ways of working and communicating, [...]
Collecting in Quarantine: News from the Maryland Historical Society
[Editorial Note: This blog post was adapted from a message last week from President Mark B. Letzer to all [...]
African-American Female Athletes Before Integration: Ways To Chronicle Their History Before It’s Too Late
By Evin Demirel When Alma Byrd won an Arkansas state basketball title in 1939, she had never played on a wood court before. Byrd grew [...]
The Personal is Professional: Reckoning with Slavers in the Family
By Sarah Jencks, Director of Education and Interpretation, Ford's Theatre My parents are in their seventies, and they still live in the same house they [...]
Four Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in May
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates last month! The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations is AASLH’s self-study standards program designed specifically for small to [...]
AASLH Announces Election Slate for Council and Leadership Nominating Committee
We are proud to announce the slate of candidates for four open spots on the AASLH Council, three Council officers, and two spots on our Leadership Nominating [...]
Join the Blue Star Museums Program!
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums [...]
Kansas City Host Committee Announces $20,000 in Annual Meeting Scholarships
The 2018 Kansas City Host Committee is pleased to offer fellowships to increase diverse participation at the AASLH Annual Meeting thanks to a generous $20,000 [...]