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Book Review: Digital Preservation Essentials
This review originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of History News. Digital Preservation Essentials By Erin O'Meara and Kate Stratton (Christopher [...]
Six Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in June
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 [...]
101 Ideas for New Revenue at History Organizations
Hand lettering by AASLH intern Rachel Lambert. Thanks to your support, we are excited to announce that we not only [...]
4 Ways History Organizations Can Engage Local Voices
Alabama Voices –Alabama Department of Archives and History (Montgomery, AL) Every year, AASLH receives around 100 nominations for our Leadership [...]
Saving Hallowed Ground’s WWI Memorial Tree Program and Sharing Local History
Planting a memorial tree in Radnor, PA. On August 29, 1914, just months after the outbreak of what [...]
Is There Something to Memento Mori? Interpreting Death at the W.H. Stark House
Master IAM of Zwolle. Memento Mori. Engraving. Late 15th Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Public Domian) Memento Mori [...]
Seven Organizations Earn StEPs Certificates in February and March
We congratulate these members who earned StEPs certificates in the last two months! We especially commend the Fort Nisqually Living [...]
Collecting Star Routes: Interpreting the Unusual Delivery Methods of the USPS Independent Contractors
There are a few old terms about postal operations that have particularly captivating turns of phrase. "Star Routes" often raises lots of curious looks and [...]
Best of the Year: Our Most-Read Posts of 2015
Happy New Year! Here at AASLH, we are already planning our 2016 Annual Meeting, curating a conference of fresh ideas and innovative tools along our theme: [...]
Being the Credible Source: What’s in a Citation?
During the Keynote Address at the AASLH Annual Meeting in Lousiville, Professor Sam Wineburg reminded us of the daunting task faced by teachers everywhere in [...]
President Lincoln’s Cottage Gains 501(c)(3) Status, Will Continue Working Closely with NTHP
Since opening its doors to the public for the first time in 2008, President Lincoln’s Cottage (AASLH member since 2011) has been operated by the [...]
Historical Society of Washington, DC and HistoryIT Release New Digital Archive Portal for DC History
Earlier this month, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and history technology and consulting firm HistoryIT (AASLH members since 1995 and 2013, respectively) announced the release of a [...]
Meet a Member: Hope Shannon
Meet a Member is a biweekly blog series spotlighting our members. AASLH has 5,500 fascinating members working hard for the field of history, and we want [...]