by Massachusetts State Historic Records Advisory Board | Jan 11, 2023 | History News, The Profession, Uncategorized
The Archival Field Fellowship is a grant offered by the Roving Archivist Program. The Fellowships increase hands-on assistance to Massachusetts repositories and provide emerging archivists with professional experience and mentorship. In 2022-2023, six institutions...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Jan 11, 2023 | History News, The Profession
01.11.2023 Miranda Cook, Program Officer Mass Cultural Facilities Fund The 2022 Annual Report for the Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) is now available, highlighting the investment of $14 million into Massachusetts’ cultural infrastructure. In the past year, 127 grants...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Jan 6, 2023 | History News, The Profession
01.06.2023 Carolyn Cole, Program Officer Cultural Districts Flashmob in Williamstown Cultural District A few years back, I was running a state-designated Cultural District with a budget of only $800 one year. Our city was contemplating receivership. Local funding was...
by American Association for State and Local History | Jan 3, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, History News, The Profession
By Bethany L Hawkins, AASLH Chief of Operations Recently, I was reading Christianity Today and one of its articles made me think about the way history organizations (including AASLH) plan public programs. The author said churches should plan their outreach using...
by Ben Franklin's World | Jan 3, 2023 | Beyond the Commonwealth, Podcasts, The Kiosk
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/benfranklinsworld/348_Herrera.mp3 On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at Valley Forge. In school we learned this was a hard, cold winter that saw the soldiers so ill-supplied...
by Massachusetts Cultural Council | Dec 27, 2022 | History News, The Profession
12.27.2022 Ricardo Guillaume, Program Officer Local Cultural Council Program How Dr. “The Machine” Jesse Green sculpts confidence in young minds Dr. “The Machine” Jesse Green with a group of students after his show. Over the last two years, more than 100 Local...
