How history authors, experts, and costumedinterpreters can use The History List

The Freedom Trail Foundation, the Massachusetts Historical Society,

Historic New England, the USS Constitution Museum, Washington on the

Brazos State Historic Site, the Worcester Historical Museum, National

Heritage Museum, the Smith-Appleby House Museum, Old Sturbridge

Village, Heritage Square Museum, Trappe Historical

Society, Schooner FAME, the Kentucky Historical Society, the Neon

Museum, Brucemore, Sons of the American Revolution, Colonial

Williamsburg, Adirondack Museum, Amherst Museum, American Textile

Museum, Asa Waters Mansion, History Colorado, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann

House, Boston by Foot, Old South Meeting House,

The History List is used by hundreds of organizations across the country.

Now individuals can list their appearances and programs, too.

“The History List is quickly becoming a pioneer on the

web for historical institutions.”

Jodie McMenaminDevelopment Officer

USS Constitution Museum

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“This is great. Thanks! I’d love to put this in the

hands of our authors. Many of them are giving

lectures, book talks and signings at history

organizations.”

Katie Parry

PublicityThe History Press

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Samuel Forman, author of “Dr. Joseph Warren,” speaking at Old South Meeting House in Boston in 2012.

Todd Andrlik, author of “Reporting the Revolution,” on his book tour speaking at the Old State House in Boston in 2012.

History authors publicizing book tours and appearances can use The History List, too.

Experts and costumed interpreters publicizing programs and appearances can also use The History List.The History List

When an institution adds your appearance, they list your event under their name.

You can also set up your own page and add your own events. There is no cost.• You and your events appear on The

History List.• You can add as much text, video, and

pictures about yourself and your program as you want.

• Include your your contact information.

• Every appearance you enter is listed at the bottom of your profile page.

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Just three steps

1. Sign in—Login to The History List with Facebook for immediate access or request a free account on The History List.

2. Click “Add events” —When you enter your events, list yourself as the organization presenting them. These must be scheduled events and they must relate to history.

3. When you’re finished, complete your profile page. The events you added will already be listed at the bottom of your page.

It’s that simple. The slides that follow walk through this and provide tips and examples.

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Sign in with Facebook for immediate access, or request a free account on The History List. (Reviewing these requests may take up to 24 hours, though it’s usually much quicker.)

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After you are signed in, click “Add events.”

Adding your events

Event title: If you are going to be giving the same talk or program several times, choose a title and description that you can use for every appearance. Some examples . . .

For an author: "Reporting the Revolutionary War" with author Todd Andrlik

Costumed interpreter: An Evening with Lydia Maria Child

Expert: Outfitting our Gallant Soldiers

Omit the date, location, cost, and other site-specific details. These will be included elsewhere in the listing.

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Your description: You have nearly unlimited space for text, pictures, and video.

If you are on a book tour or presenting the same program several times, create a description that can be duplicated for all of your appearances. Tip: List the stops on your tour in the description so that if someone can’t attend your closest appearance, they can plan to see you at another stop on your tour

If you are giving the same presentation several times at the same location, add the other dates and times through these options. (We’ve included every repeating pattern we’ve ever seen.)

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To create your own presence on The History List and have all of your appearances appear on your own page, enter your name as the organization.

If this is the first time you have been listed, the system also creates a profile page that you can complete later.

This is the name and address of the venue, such as the library or local historical society, where the event takes place.

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Include your name, your topic, the city, the state, the era and character you portray, and other words and phrases to help others find this event.

Click to preview the listing before publishing it.

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This appears after you’ve published your event.

If you are presenting the same program in several locations, such as you would on a book tour, click this link to duplicate the appearance you just entered. You can then edit the date, time, location, and anything else that is unique to the event.

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As shown in this example, since the talk is the same at each stop on the tour, it’s easy to enter this once and then duplicate it for the other stops.

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All of the stops on this book tour.

When you are finished adding your events, click this link to go to complete your profile page.

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An author page on The History List can include text, photos, and video, as well as contact information and links.

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The titles, dates, times, and locations of these appear at the bottom of your page automatically.

This profile page was created when you entered your events. You should add information about you, including how to reach you.

Click Edit any time you want to edit your page.

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Completing your profile

List yourself as the “organization” and add information about you, your books, the character you portray, or your area of expertise.

You have essentially unlimited space for text, images, and video.

Enter the address you use for correspondence, which might be your home, office, organization, P.O. box, or your publisher.

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All of these are optional. Including them will help people find and contact you.

Click to preview the listing before publishing it.

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Examples of event pages

• From authors • From experts• From costumed interpreters

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Event page: An author gives a talk at a history museum.

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Event page: The author of a biography of an historical figure presents a lecture based on his new book at a library.

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Event page: An author gives a lecture at a museum and historic site.

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Event page: For an historical society’s monthly program, an author gives a lecture based on his new book

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Event page: For an historical society’s monthly program, a noted authority gives a lecture on her area of expertise.

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Event page: For an historical society’s monthly program, a costumed interpreter gives a program on the historical figure she portrays.

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