The Country Music Foundation, Inc. (CMF), which operates the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, has just completed a major oral history project. The project involved re-recording and transcribing interviews with 638 individuals involved in the country music industry since the 1920s. Article By: David Darlington The post Country Music Foundation Concludes Oral History Project appeared first on American Historical Association.

It’s been a busy week of reading on the web, and we’ve gathered quite a range of articles and blog entries. We start off with Stan Katz at the Brainstorm blog looking at why the public should care about history, and how the National History Center and AHA play a part. Then, read a number of perspectives, in the First Monday online journal, about Web ...

Among the dozens of Annual Meeting sessions held yesterday was a unique panel on "Historians, Advocacy, and Public Policy ." This session, highlighted in yesterday's morning overview, focused on a topic that many historians don't pay much attention to: advocacy. The post Advocating for History appeared first on American Historical Association.

Here at AHA Today, we’re introducing a new semi-regular feature that highlights entries in our Archives Wiki project. Appropriate for recent financial news, the first entry we’d like to share is the wiki page of the National Bankruptcy Archives. Article By: David Darlington The post From the Archives Wiki: National Bankruptcy Archives appeared first on American Historical Association.

Each year the Museums and the Web conference, put on by Archives & Museum Informatics, picks winners for their “Best of the Web” awards, which recognize “the best work in museum web design and development.” This year there are some fascinating sites among the recipients. The post “Best of the Web” Awards Showcase Museum Web Sites appeared first on American Historical Association.

A new report from the Department of Education offers a few clues about how many history teachers there are and their qualifications for the classroom. Article by: Robert B. Townsend The post A Portrait of High School History Teachers appeared first on American Historical Association.

The Rockefeller Archive Center's competitive grant-in-aid program provides awards for reimbursement of up to $5,000 for research conducted at the RAC. The post Grant of the Week: Rockefeller Archive Center’s 2009 Grants-in-Aid appeared first on American Historical Association.

Republican Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota filed an amendment (3364) last Thursday, October 18th, which would provide federal funding for National History Day, an important event we’ve recognized before on AHA Today. The post Federal Funding for National History Day? appeared first on American Historical Association.

A number of news items start us off in this edition of What We’re Reading. First up, the National History Center and the Teagle Foundation have released a new report on “The Role of the History Major in Liberal Education.” Then the Office for Human Research Protections appoints a new head, the Park services opens the Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site, and OHA launches a...

Welcome to the first day of the 122nd Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, held this year in Washington, D.C., from today, January 3rd through this Sunday, January 6th. Each morning of the meeting AHA Today will highlight some of the sessions, events, and activities taking place that day. Today at the Annual Meeting... The post Thursday Overview – 122nd Annual Meeting appeared first on American Historical Association.