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American Association for State and Local History: your home for history since 1940. www.AASLH.org Sessions and podcasts from past annual meetings, covering the most important issues facing public historians, museums, and historic sites.
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Collaboration is key, but not always easy. How can large urban museums and small local presenters work together to grow collaborative networks that transcend differences of scale, budget, and territory to broaden opportunities for regional audiences? Learn strategies to overcome roadblocks and capitalize on new opportunities to build effective part…
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Overcoming Barriers to Improved Collections Care
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Every institution, especially smaller ones, faces barriers to collections care and collections management. Lack of funding, small staffs, and institutional buy-in contribute to these problems. With the help of attendees, participants will identify common barriers to improving collections care and management and offer help to overcome these barriers…
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We Cannot Afford To Wait: Saving Public School History, Material Culture, and Stories
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Join museum practitioners, preservationists, scholars, and a conceptual artist for a conversation about rapid response versus strategic collecting from multiple closed public schools across different cities. Gain unique insight around swift preservation methods, memory, and developing creative models to advance narratives around preserving and inte…
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Waiting For People And Money: Strategies for Building Support for House Museums
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When house museums want to leap forward, wishful thinking isn’t enough. They need sufficient capacity and support to achieve their vision. We’ll explore three different but common approaches—the governing board, volunteers, and a major fundraising campaign—with an experienced director, mid-level program manager, and a national non-profit consultant…
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Afrocentric History Museums: Shall We Start an Afrocentric Museum Resistance Movement?
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History museums in the U.S. and beyond still interpret predominantly white histories. This session presents museums in United States, Canada, and Brazil working from an Afrocentric lens, and the many challenges faced, from denialism to political pressure, barriers to community engagement to lack of funding. Could an Afrocentric museum resistance mo…
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All The Cool Kids Are Doing It: Local History as Community Engagement
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How can using Smithsonian resources bolster community engagement? The panel will discuss how hosting a Museum on Main Street exhibition spurred youth and community engagement with local history through digital storytelling. This experience bridged age gaps and led to surprising outcomes by presenting history in a more relevant way.Chair: Selwyn Ram…
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Keynote Address: Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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Keynote Address: Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar by AASLHBy AASLH
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Leadership In History Awards Ceremony
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Leadership In History Awards Ceremony by AASLHBy AASLH
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2019 Meeting of the AASLH Membership by AASLHBy AASLH
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How do we make anniversaries matter? How do they serve as opportunities for new growth rather than roadblocks? This session will draw on neuroscience, community health data, psychology, and public history to offer new frameworks for approach.Chair: Braden Paynter, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, Washington, DC; Rainey Tisdale, Indep…
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Military History Museums: More Relevant Than Ever!
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For a generation, military history has supposedly been on the decline in academic circles, but military museums are still very popular. Explore what three institutions are doing to make military history relevant to modern audiences. Sponsored by the AASLH Military History Affinity Community.Chair: Marc Blackburn, Mount Rainier National Park, Eatonv…
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Secrets And Silences: When and How to Reveal Challenging Histories
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Historians disclose uncomfortable truths. We walk genealogists through shame as we divulge “family secrets.” Sometimes we refute the stories people tell about themselves, or the accounts that historic sites share with the world. This panel will explore the awkward, messy, and occasionally revelatory task of sharing upsetting and silenced narratives…
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Does a waning of the Colonial Revival explain the widening disconnect between museum objects and contemporary values? This session explores ways we have traditionally valued objects for the privileged stories they tell and how we can mobilize those same objects to convey a complete, inclusive past.Chair: Laura C. Keim, Senton Museum, Philadelphia, …
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Opening Plenary: Incarceration and Public History
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Inconvenient Misconceptions: When Fundraising is Hard(er)
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We’re all waiting for fundraising to get easier. But what happens when misperceptions make it even more difficult? This session features a panel of leaders from several organizations discussing how they address fundraising misconceptions created by state and federal affiliations, assumptions about benefactors, earned income challenges and more.Chai…
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Corporate History in Non-Profit Places
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Many non-profit historical museums own and interpret corporate history collections. This session will compare interpretations of industrial artifacts in corporate and non-profit places and present successes and challenges in interpreting corporate history at the Senator John Heinz History Center and National Museum of American History.Chair: Meliss…
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Not For Sale: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection
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This session explores a contested collection of Japanese American artifacts from incarceration collected by curator Allen Hendershott Eaton in 1945. In 2015, a public auction of these artifacts was halted by a grassroots protest that led to the acquisition by a community-based institution raising questions about authority, community, and provenance…
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Can Audiences Design Their Own Programs?
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How do we design programs for audiences that are new to us? The Historical Society of Pennsylvania partnered with Taller Puertorriqueño to create a model that required letting go of institutional authority. Hear about the successes and challenges from those with worked to diversify HSP’s (and Taller’s) audiences.Chair: Seth Bruggeman, Temple Univer…
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Working Collaboratively: Digitizing the Records of Philadelphia's Historic Congregations
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Six congregations and three archival repositories have banded together to digitize the records of eleven of Philadelphia’s historic congregations and make their records available online through a unified portal. Working collaboratively they secured funding, found individuals and institutions to provide technical expertise, and recruited volunteers …
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas CitySeptember 27, 2018Keynote: Dan SnowBy AASLH
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On The Road: Doing Midwestern LGBTQ History in Traveling Exhibitions
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 27, 2018On The Road: Doing Midwestern LGBTQ History in Traveling ExhibitionsChair: Taylor C. Bye, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MOBy AASLH
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Whiskey For My Staff an Beer for My Llamas: Corporate Partnerships
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 27, 2018Whiskey For My Staff an Beer for My Llamas: Corporate PartnershipsChair: Melissa Prycer, Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas, TXBy AASLH
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 27, 2018Getting Sexy at Historic SitesChair: Susan Ferentinos, Public History Researcher, Writer, and Consultant, Bloomington, INBy AASLH
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Reimagining the Historic House Museum
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 27, 2018Reimagining the Historic House MuseumChair: Kenneth C. Turino, Historic New England, Haverhill, MABy AASLH
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Field Services Alliance Tips: Scaling Best Practices to Fit Your Organization
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 27, 2018Field Services Alliance Tips: Scaling Best Practices to Fit Your OrganizationChair: Samantha Forsko, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PABy AASLH
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 27, 2018Latino Heritage ConservationChair: Sarah Zenaida Gould, PhD, Latin@s in Heritage Conservation and UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TXBy AASLH
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 29, 2018Food In The Gallery?Chair: Mary W. Madden, Kansas Museum of History, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, KSBy AASLH
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Betting On History and Culture in Las Vegas
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 29, 2018Betting On History and Culture in Las VegasChair: Jim McMichael, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas, NVBy AASLH
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 28, 2018Meeting of the MembershipChair: Katharine D. Kane, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CTBy AASLH
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The Road To Success: Exploring the Intersection between Planning and Innovation
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 28, 2018The Road To Success: Exploring the Intersection between Planning and InnovationChair: Steven Blashfield, Glave & Holmes Architecture, Richmond, VABy AASLH
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Exploring Ken Burns's Vietnam War: National and Local Perspectives
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 28, 2018Exploring Ken Burns's Vietnam War: National and Local PerspectivesChair: Marc Blackburn, Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford, WABy AASLH
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 28, 2018Ready For Retirement?Chair: Katharine D. Kane, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CTBy AASLH
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Civil Rights Beyond the South: The Significance of Missouri in the Black Freedom Struggles
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 28, 2018Civil Rights Beyond the South: The Significance of Missouri in the Black Freedom StrugglesChair: Clarence Lang, PhD, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KSBy AASLH
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NAGPRA: The Truth and Repatriation and the Consequences of Returning Collections
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2018 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Kansas City, MOSeptember 28, 2018NAGPRA: The Truth and Repatriation and the Consequences of Returning CollectionsChair: Ryan Wheeler, PhD, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MABy AASLH
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Keynote RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 7, 2017Speaker: Darren Walker, President, Ford FoundationBy AASLH
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Keynote RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 9, 2017Speaker: Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at AustinBy AASLH
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The Why and How of Exhibits and Programs About WWI
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017The Why and How of Exhibits and Programs About WWIChair: Gordon Blaker, U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill, OKBy AASLH
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Race, History, and the Archive: Strategies For Community Archives/Museums
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017Race, History, and the Archive: Strategies For Community Archives/ MuseumsChair: Amanda Jasso, Austin History Center, Austin, TXBy AASLH
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Past - Present - Podcast: The Challenges Of On-Air History
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8 2017Past - Present - Podcast: The Challenges Of On-Air HistoryChair: Jessica Dorman, The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LABy AASLH
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History Has Its Eyes on You: Lessons Learned from Broadway's Hamilton
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017History Has Its Eyes on You: Lessons Learned from Broadway's HamiltonChair: Becky Schlomann, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, INBy AASLH
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Commemorating Tragedy, Healing Wounds: Mother Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017Commemorating Tragedy, Healing Wounds: Mother Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SCChair: Dr. George McDaniel, McDaniel Consulting, Charleston, SCBy AASLH
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017Building A Small Museum ArchivesChair: Berlin Loa, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CABy AASLH
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2017 AASLH Meeting of the MembershipRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017By AASLH
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Engaging K-16 Through Creative Connections to History
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 9, 2017Engaging K-16 Through Creative Connections to HistoryChair: Kate Betz, Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TXBy AASLH
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Bucking the Trend: Social Media, Meaning, History, and Heritage
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 9, 2017Bucking the Trend: Social Media, Meaning, History, and HeritageChair: Oliver Franklin, Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TXBy AASLH
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Lessons Learned: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues Involved in Finding a New Steward for Upsala
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 8, 2017Lessons Learned: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues Involved in Finding a New Steward for UpsalaChair: Carrie Villar, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.By AASLH
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Beyond Ramps: The Ongoing Journey Toward Universal Accessibility
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 7, 2017Beyond Ramps: The Ongoing Journey Toward Universal AccessibilityChair: Dr. Maureen Kelly Jonason, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, MNBy AASLH
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From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 7, 2017From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum MovementChair: Andrea Burns, Appalachian State University, Boone, NCBy AASLH
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History in Motion: Archival Film and Video in Historical Collections
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 7, 2017History in Motion: Archival Film and Video in Historical CollectionsChair: Madeline Moya, Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Austin, TXBy AASLH
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Sharing The Stage With Theaters And Schools
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2017 AASLH Annual Meeting Session RecordingRecorded in Austin, TXSeptember 7, 2017Sharing The Stage With Theaters And SchoolsChair: Ani Simmons, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, TXBy AASLH
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