About

The Leading Historical Research Company

History Associates is a historical consulting firm that provides a wide range of services. We can research and write your company history, preserve and manage your records, develop content for exhibits and historical site displays, or conduct specialized historical research. Our client list includes over 300 corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations worldwide.

Whether you are working with us as a client or a colleague, we aim to be The Best Company in History®. More than a catchy slogan, it is our mission. We believe in the importance of history, and we strive to perform high quality work in a thorough, timely, and discerning manner that delivers real value.

Over fifty professional historians, archivists, records managers, and support staff who comprise History Associates have decades of practical experience and academic training. Our firm and members of our team maintain active participation in the following organizations:

Academy of Certified Archivists
American Association of Museums
American Historical Association
American Library Association
Art Libraries Society of North America
California Historical Records Advisory Board
International Council of Museums
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
National Council on Public History
National History Day
Organization of American Historians
Society for History in the Federal Government
Society of American Archivists
Society of California Archivists
The National Coalition for History
Virginia Historical Society

From our strategic base near the nation’s capital in Rockville, Maryland, and a branch office outside Los Angeles, History Associates serves clients nationwide and around the globe.

Call us at (301) 279-9697 or contact History Associates to discuss a customized proposal on your historical research, writing, exhibits, or archival needs.

The talented, creative, and experienced professionals also make History Associates a great place to work. Here’s a list of our history jobs.

Our Company History

The four historians who established History Associates Incorporated in 1981 shared a conviction that history could be more than an enlightening subject for individual study. While working in government, business, and the academy, they realized that history could be a valuable resource for managers and policy makers.

We started as a historical research company when History Associates founders Drs. Philip Cantelon and Robert Williams were commissioned to write a book about the U.S. Department of Energy’s response to the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident. Validating the premise that the past matters, within five years History Associates was named one of Inc. magazine’s 500 fastest-growing private companies.

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View a sample of our work. History Associates' twenty-year history is recounted in the 2001 publication The Best Company in History™, available in PDF format. (Please note that this PDF file is 8 megs in size.)

Put Your Past To Work

Call us to discuss your historical research, records management, corporate history, or historical exhibit needs at (301) 279-9697 or contact History Associates for a customized proposal.