n. (abbr. AALSH)a nonprofit association that supports individuals and organizations that preserve and interpret American history in states and communitiesLitton 1941, 214Plans are progressing for the fifth annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists to be held on Monday and Tuesday, October 6 and 7, at Hartford, Connecticut, and for the first annual meeting of the American Association for State and Local History to be held in the same city on Wednesday, October 8.Trever 1941, 300The American Association for State and Local History will hold its first annual meeting at Hartford, Conn., October 8, 1941. A joint session will be held with the Society of American Archivists the preceding evening. A steady increase was noted in the membership, which by September 1 exceeded 175 individuals and 90 institutions. . . . ¶ The association’s first publication, the State and Local History News, Vol. 1, No. 1, appeared in July . . .Boyer, Cheetham, and Johnson 2011, 656Most recently, the American Association for State and Local History awarded the Department of Records a 2011 Award of Merit for its work on PhillyHistory.org.AASLH 2019Mission: AASLH provides leadership and support for its members who preserve and interpret state and local history to make the past more meaningful.Zanish-Belcher 2019a, 16The American Association for State and Local History recently introduced policies that any job ads shared on its site must post salaries.
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The organization administers the Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (StEPs), a self-paced assessment program that helps organizations review their policies and practices and benchmark themselves against national museum standards. It has also published many technical leaflets that are also related to archives administration and practice.
