The Florida Historical Society and the Library of Florida History

will be closed
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 through Monday, June 4, 2012
for our Annual Meeting and Symposium
and vacation.

Please join us in Tampa for this exciting event!

We will reopen Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

Researchers: 
Please contact our archivist in advance
ben.dibiase@myfloridahistory.org or (321) 690-1971 ext. 211

 

2010

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2010 AWARD WINNERS!

 CHARLTON TEBEAU AWARD

For a general interest book on a Florida history topic

John J. Clune and Margo S. Stringfield

Historic Pensacola (University Press of Florida)

 

REMBERT PATRICK AWARD

For a scholarly book on a Florida history topic

Steven Noll and David Tegeder

Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal

and the Struggle for Florida’s Future (University Press of Florida)

 

HAMPTON DUNN BROADCASTING AWARD

For electronic media, such as radio and television, recognizing outstanding audio or video programs, announcements or other works promoting or expanding knowledge of Florida history

 

Martin County Television (MCTV)

The Elliott—Then and Now

 

GOLDEN QUILL AWARD

For outstanding Florida History Article

Susan R. Parker

The St. Augustine Record

“The Oldest City”

 

FREDERICK CUBBERLY FLORIDA HISTORY AWARD

For most outstanding paper on a Florida history topic presented at the Florida History Fair

James Orso

Tomlin Middle School, Hillsborough County

“World’s First Scheduled Airline Flight Takes to the Skies”

 

CAROLYN MAYS BREVARD AWARD

For most outstanding essay or research paper on Florida history produced by

an undergraduate student at a college or university in the United States

Jillian Elizabeth McClure

Flagler College

“The ‘Black Cloud’: H.D. Goode v. Johnson, Bell and Reira and the Florida White Primary, 1928-1933”

GOVERNOR LeROY COLLINS AWARD

For most outstanding essay or research paper on Florida history produced by a postgraduate student

in a master’s or doctoral program at a college or university in the United States

Jason A. Memmer

University of South Florida

 “From Conversos to Congress: A Political History of Florida’s Jewish Community”

 

DAVID C. BROTEMARKLE AWARD

For creative expressions of Florida history other than books

Jackson Walker, artist

The Legendary Florida paintings at the Museum of Florida Art, Deland

 

PATRICK D. SMITH AWARD

For a book of fiction on a Florida history topic

Maurice O’Sullivan and Wenxian Zhang

A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport:

The Lost 1855 Novel of Cyrus Parkhurst Condit (Florida Historical Society Press)

 

HARRY T. AND HARRIETTE V. MOORE AWARD

For a book relating to Florida’s ethnic groups

or dealing with a significant social issue from an historical perspective

Irvin D. S. Winsboro

Old South, New South or Down South?

Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement (West Virginia University Press)

 

STETSON KENNEDY AWARD

For a book based on investigative research which casts light on historic Florida events

in a manner that is supportive of human rights, traditional cultures, or the natural environment

Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite

Paving Paradise:

Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss (University Press of Florida)

 

 ARTHUR W. THOMPSON AWARD

For the most outstanding article in the Florida Historical Quarterly

Kevin Kokomoor

“A Re-assessment of Seminoles, Africans, and Slavery on the Florida Frontier”

Volume 88, no. 2, pp. 209-236.

 

PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

For persons or projects worthy of special recognition for their contributions to Florida history this year

Bob Gross

For outstanding service as Interim Archivist at the Library of Florida History, Cocoa

 

MARINUS LATOUR AWARD

For outstanding volunteer in a local historical society, library, museum

or other Florida history-related program or organization

Jack Rabun

Florida Historical Society

 

JILLIAN PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP

Carl Halbirt

City of St. Augustine Archaeologist

“Discovering St. Augustine’s Remarkable History Through Archaeology”

 

FHS FRIENDS KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Michael V. Gannon

Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

University of Florida

“The First Coming of Judeo-Christian Religion to Florida”

 

CAROLINE P. ROSSETTER OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN FLORIDA HISTORY AWARD

Emily Lisska

Executive Director

Jacksonville Historical Society

 

DOROTHY DODD LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD

Stetson Kennedy

Florida Author and Activist