FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Diane Rogness
November 14, 2007
(701) 825-6840

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR AASLH NATIONAL HISTORY AWARDS

BISMARCK -- Historical organizations in North Dakota are encouraged to nominate outstanding state and local projects or individuals for national awards sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).  Now in its 63rd year, the awards program is the most prestigious national recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of local, state and regional history.

The deadline for nominations to be sent to the state’s history agency, the State Historical Society of North Dakota, is March 1, 2008.  Nominations are then reviewed by a national committee in the summer of 2008 with formal presentation of the awards made during the AASLH Annual Meeting in Rochester, New York September 9-12, 2008.

The AASLH Leadership in History Awards Program recognizes exemplary work completed by state or federal historical societies, institutions or agencies; regional, county or local historical societies, institutions or agencies; specialized subject societies in related fields such as oral history, genealogy, folklore, archaeology, business history, railroad history, etc.; junior historical societies; privately owned museums or foundations; individuals; and organizations outside the field of traditional historical agencies.  Awards are given for general excellence, exhibits, public and educational programming, special projects, publications, multimedia, individual achievement, and preservation or restoration projects.  Nominees need not be members of the AASLH to qualify.           

The AASLH is a non-profit professional organization of individuals and institutions working to preserve and promote history.  Its awards program was created in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation and interpretation of state and local history throughout the United States. 

All nominations must be submitted to the state awards chairman on an official form.  For more information and a copy of the form, call state awards chairman Diane Rogness, State Historical Society of North Dakota, at (701) 825-6840 or email at drogness@nd.gov.  Nomination forms are also available by visiting the AASLH website at www.aaslh.org or by contacting the AASLH office at (615) 320-3203 or email at hawkins@aaslh.org.

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