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American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, ISBN 9780759100022 – via archive.org
The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world.Founded in 1884, AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional standards, and support scholarship and innovative teaching.
Dunlap, Leslie W. American historical societies, 1790-1860 (1944). Jones, Houston Gwynne, ed. Historical Consciousness in the Early Republic: The Origins of State Historical Societies, Museums, and Collections, 1791-1861 (North Caroliniana Society and North Carolina Collection, 1995)
American Irish Historical Society; American Society of Church History; List of antiquarian societies; Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies;
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations; Society for Historians of the Early American Republic; Society for History in the Federal Government; Society for Medieval German Studies; Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing; Society for the History of Discoveries; Society of American Archivists; Society of ...
1904: American Historical Association establishes Conference of State and Local Historical Societies; 1940: Conference of State and Local Historical Societies seceded from the American Historical Association. The mission was "the promotion of effort and activity in the fields of state, provincial, and local history in the United States and Canada."
A historical society is non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and promoting the history of a particular place, group of people, or topic. They play a crucial role in promoting historical awareness and understanding by providing a platform for research, education, and public engagement.