National Park Service
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NPS Director Welcomes New Chief Historian and Sees a Future of Sharing History
Elisabeth Grant | Nov 5, 2007
On Tuesday of last week, October 30th, the National Park Service and National Trust for Historic Preservation held a... -
Public Education and the National Park Service: Interpreting the Civil War
Dwight T. Pitcaithley | Nov 1, 2007
Editor's Note: This essay is the second in a series on the National Parks. See also "America's Natio... -
What We’re Reading: November 1, 2007 Edition
AHA Staff | Nov 1, 2007
In this edition of “What We’re Reading” learn how to recover collections after a fire, discover the best historical... -
America's National Parks System: Sunset or New Dawn?
Art Gómez | Oct 1, 2007
Note: See also the other essays in this series on the National Parks: "Public Education and the Nati... -
Remembering the Little Rock Crisis in Documents
David Darlington | Sep 26, 2007
On September 25, 1957, fifty years ago yesterday, nine African American students attended school at Central High School... -
Robert K. Sutton selected as Chief Historian, National Park Service
AHA Staff | Aug 30, 2007
The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the selection of Robert K. Sutton as Chief Historian of the National... -
Preparing for the National Park Services Second Century: George Wright Society Introduces Essay Series on the National Park Service
Debbie Doyle | Aug 7, 2007
In 2016 the U.S. National Park Service will celebrate its 100th anniversary. In anticipation of that event, the... -
From the Archives: The National Park Service
AHA Staff | Jul 11, 2007
In a Perspectives article from January 2000, historians Laura Feller and Page Putnam Miller described the 220 cultural sites... -
Sprawling Over History
AHA Staff | Feb 8, 2007
The U.S. Bureau of the Census recently reported that there are now more than 300 million Americans consuming food, land,... -
Producing the Pasts of a National Park
Joan M. Zenzen | Feb 1, 2000
In September 1993, History Associates, a public history firm, won a contract with the National Park ...
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