Technical Leaflets

Since 1960, history professionals have been sharing their expertise with AASLH members through these clear and succinct how-to guides. Whether you are seeking information on management and administration, interpretation, research practices, or preservation techniques, or any other subject related to the practice of public history, there’s probably a Technical Leaflet that will help.

Technical Leaflet 304: Trust and Strategy in Communication
Technical Leaflet 304: Trust and Strategy in Communication is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #304 is a transcription of the presentation by Nat Kendall-Taylor and Sarah Pharaon at AASLH's 2024 Doing History in Polarized Times summit on communicating about controversial topics with history audiences.
Technical Leaflet 303: Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Policy Rubric
Technical Leaflet 303: Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Policy Rubric is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #303 by Anne W. Ackerson, Joan H. Baldwin, and Bethany L. Hawkins complements the article in the same issue with a self-assessment rubric for organizations evaluating and creating their policies and procedures addressing discrimination and harassment.
Technical Leaflet 302: How Sustainable is Your Historic House Museum?
Technical Leaflet 302: How Sustainable is Your Historic House Museum? is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #302 by the AASLH Historic House Museum Committee discusses how museums can assess and assure their sustainability in the six essential areas covered by the STEPS program: mission, vision, and governance; audience and community engagement; interpretation; stewardship of collections; stewardship of historic structures and landscapes; and management.
Technical Leaflet 301: Interpreting Sports at Museums and Historic Sites
Technical Leaflet 301: Interpreting Sports at Museums and Historic Sites is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #301 by Kathryn Leann Harris and Douglas Stark discusses how historic sites and museums can use sports collections and stories to create powerful interpretation that unites communities and brings broader national stories into focus at the local level.
Technical Leaflet 300: Forming a Local 250th Commission
Technical Leaflet 300: Forming a Local 250th Commission is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #300 by Johanna Porr Yaun discusses how communities and organizations can get involved in the U.S. 250th commemoration by forming commissions and leveraging local partnerships and resources.
Technical Leaflet 299: Creating Artist-in-Residence Programs at Historic Sites
Technical Leaflet 299: Creating Artist-in-Residence Programs at Historic Sites is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #299 by Kenneth C. Turino and Rebecca Beit-Aharon discusses how historic sites and museums can adapt the artist-in-residence program model to fit their needs and missions, engaging new audiences and interpretive techniques to enhance their collections and programming.
Technical Leaflet 298: Researching a Rebrand for Your History Organization
Technical Leaflet 298: Researching a Rebrand for Your History Organization is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #298 by Jane Mitchell Eliasof discusses the research and planning needed for organizations to pursue rebranding projects that change their missions, logos, branding, audiences, and more.
Technical Leaflet 297: The Resilient Museum: Strategies to Address Challenging Realities
Technical Leaflet 297: The Resilient Museum: Strategies to Address Challenging Realities is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #297 by the authors of The Resilience Playbook offers strategies and case studies for developing resiliency and relevancy at historic sites and museums.
Technical Leaflet 296: Interpreting the Histories of American Women
Technical Leaflet 296: Interpreting the Histories of American Women is an AASLH Technical Leaflet. AASLH Technical Leaflets are brief, practical guides on how to do history. Technical Leaflet #296, written by Heather Huyck, offers exercises and instructions for finding and interpreting women's stories at historic sites.