Member Organization Position Statements

Please note: Not all NCH organizations issue public statements on issues.

American Association for State and Local History: https://www.aaslh.org/publications/reports/

American Historical Association: https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/news-and-advocacy-archives

• AHA statement opposing Florida House Bill 999
• History Behind the Headlines: Presidential Records Act (webinar)
• AHA Statement Opposing Exclusion of LGBTQ+ History in Florida

American Political Science Association: https://www.apsanet.org/ABOUT/APSA-Public-Statements-and-Letters

American Society for Environmental History: https://aseh.org/Policies

Archival Researchers Association: https://archivalresearchers.org/advocacy/

Association of Professional Genealogists: https://www.apgen.org/cpages/press-room

Association of University Presses: https://aupresses.org/news/category/advocacy-statement/

Council of State Archivists: https://www.statearchivists.org/advocacy/issue-briefs-position-statements

Federation of State Humanities Councils: https://www.statehumanities.org/humanities-advocacy-fy-23-position-paper-and-talking-points/

History of Science Society: https://hssonline.org/page/statements

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference: https://www.marac.info/advocacy

National Council for the Social Studies: https://www.socialstudies.org/position-statements

• NCSS Response to NAEP 2022 Grade 8 Assessment Results

National Council on Public History https://ncph.org/what-is-public-history/advocacy/

National Genealogical Society: https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/records-preservation-access-coalition/

National Security Archive: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/postings/all

Oral History Association: https://oralhistory.org/resources/

Organization of American Historians: https://www.oah.org/insights/tag/oah-statements

Records Preservation and Access Coalition: https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/rpac/

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations: https://members.shafr.org/news

• SHAFR Statement on Reform of Federal Declassification Policies
• NCH Endorsement Letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on SHAFR’s Declassification Statement
• NCH Endorsement Letter to the President’s National Security Advisor Sullivan on SHAFR’s Declassification Statement
• NCH Endorsement Letter to the President’s Chief of Staff Zients on SHAFR’s Declassification Statement

Society for Military History: https://www.smh-hq.org/publicstatements.html

Society of American Archivists: https://www2.archivists.org/statements