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A Death in the Family
The W.H. Stark House in Orange, Texas, was occupied from 1894-1936 by W.H. and Miriam Stark, and since 1981, the property had [...]
Project 2-3-1: Two Boxcars, Three Blocks, One City: A Story of Elgin’s African-American Heritage
Project 2-3-1: Two Boxcars, Three Blocks, One City: A Story of Elgin’s African-American Heritage is a documentary film and traveling exhibit created [...]
2015 Students Opposing Slavery International Summit
President Lincoln’s Cottage (PLC) opened in 2008 as a historic site and museum in northwest Washington, D.C. While in residence, Lincoln opened [...]
Abercorn Archaeology: African American History in the Shadow of the Oak
Proposed plans to widen a state road and construct new interchanges near Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia led to the [...]
Classifying and Naming Digital Objects with Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature 4.0 can be used to catalog digital objects. It allows museums to record information about the format (e.g., “Document, Digital”) [...]
Middle Tennessee Museums See Success with StEPs
AASLH received a grant from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in the fall of 2011 to create a StEPs [...]
AASLH Invites Nominations for 2016 Leadership in History Awards Program
NASHVILLE, TN—December 2015 The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) invites nominations for the 2016 Leadership in History [...]
Tennessee Museums Earn StEPs Certificates
On November 19, I was pleased to present several of our local StEPs participants with Bronze and Silver certificates at a special celebration in Nashville. [...]
6 Website Resources on Succession Planning
Planning for the future is essential for history organizations. Have an executive succession plan in place that is researched and update will aide in transition [...]
War Stories
Most Americans these days have little experience with the military, but the military–past and present–is still a significant part of our history. From those of [...]
Fakelore, Story Creep, and Other Crimes Against History
By George L. Vogt AASLH Member since 1994 Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR On a tour of Kyoto, we noticed an odd phenomenon. [...]
Judah Ring at Union Pacific
A treasured artifact from the Union Pacific Historical Collection has recently come to light after being in the Washington D.C. office for more than a [...]
The New-York Historical Society’s “Talk to Us” Phone Booth
In the fall of 2005, the New-York Historical Society opened the exhibition Slavery in New York. The exhibition was extremely popular, partly because many visitors [...]