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Local History Publication Award Winners

The winners of the 2012 Local History Publication Awards sponsored by the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University have been announced. Lisa Swickard was awarded the prize for Independent Scholars for her book, Calamity and Courage: Tiffin's Battle During Ohio's Deadly 1913 Flood. The award in the Academic Scholar Division went to From Institutions to Independence: A History of People with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio, edited by Barbara L. Floyd. Honorable Mentions were awarded to James Baker for his work, Searching for Lawrence Emmitt. (Independent Scholar) and to Arab Americans in Toledo, edited by Samir Abu-Absi. (Academic Scholar). The winning entry in each division receives a $300 cash award.

The contest was established to encourage and recognize authors of outstanding publications about northwest Ohio history. For more information about the award or submitting an entry for next year, see the Local History Publication Award. Winners from past years have been:

2012
Academic Scholar
Barbara L. Floyd	From Institutions to Independence: A History of People with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio. Toledo, Ohio: University of Toledo, 2011
Honorable Mention: Samir Abu-Absi	Arab Americans in Toledo. Toledo, Ohio: University of Toledo Press, 2010.
Independent Scholar
Lisa Swickard	Calamity and Courage: Tiffin's Battle During Ohio's Deadly 1913 Flood. Melmore, Ohio : Virgin Alley Press, 2010
Honorable Mention: James Baker	Searching for Lawrence Emmitt. St. Genevieve, MO : James Baker], 2010
2011
Academic Scholar
Honorable Mention: George B. Clemans	Chemistry 100: A Centennial History of Chemistry at Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, Ohio: Department of Chemistry, 2010.
Honorable Mention: Marilyn Wendler	A Beacon in the Wilderness: A History of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio, 1836-2009. Maumee, Ohio: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2009.
Independent Scholar
John R. Husman, Susan Husman, and Ken Levin	You Will Do Better in Toledo: From Frogtown to Glass City, A Toledo Retrospective in Postcards, 1893-1929. Toledo, Ohio: The Blade, 2008
Honorable Mention: Kenneth R. Dickson	Something for Nothing: Gambling in the Glass City, 1910-1952. Fremont, Ohio: Lesher Printing, 2008.
2008-2010
No Awards Presented
2007
Academic Scholar
David C. Skaggs	Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy. Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2006.
Independent Scholar
Kenneth R. Dickson	...Nothing Personal Just Business...:Prohibition and Murder on Toledo's Mean Streets. Fremont, Ohio: Lesher Printing, c2003.
Honorable Mention: Rita Turnwald	History of Ottoville and Vicinity 1845-2001 Evansville, Indiana ; M.T. Publishing Company, Inc. 2005.
2006
Academic Scholar
Seamus Metross and Molly Schiever, editors	The Irish in Toledo: History and Memory. Toledo, Ohio: Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo, 2005.
Independent Scholar
C. Robert Boyd	Perrysburg: Historic Architecture Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
2005
Academic Scholar
James C. Marshall	A Promise Kept: A History of the Village of Ottawa Hills. Maumee, Ohio: Woodland Publishing, 2003.
Honorable Mention: Urban Affairs Center	Discover Downtown Toledo: A Walking Tour. Toledo, Ohio: Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo, 2005.
Independent Scholar
Kevin B. McCray	A Shouting of Orders: A History of the 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. United States: Kevin B. McCray, Distributed by Xlibris, 2003.
Honorable Mention: John Craig	The Noblest Work of God: The Memoirs of James Lough and John Craig, edited by Peter Aitchison. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005.
2004
Academic Scholar
Glenna Meckstroth	Surviving World War II, Tales of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times. Wooster, Ohio: Wooster Book Company, 2003.
Honorable Mention: Mary Nassar Breymaier	George Pearson: A Modest Hero. A Story of Toledo's 'East Side Man at the Blade,' Toledo, Ohio: Bihl House Publishing Co., 2002.
Independent Scholar
William Speck	Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1914 to Century's End. Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Press, 2002.
Honorable Mention: John Husman	Baseball In Toledo: Images of Baseball. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2003.
2003
Academic Scholar
David C. Skaggs and Larry L. Nelson	The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 2001.
Independent Scholar
William Speck	Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1890-1914. Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Press, 2002.
2002
Academic Scholar
Roger Chapman	It Started with Doctors on Horseback: A History of Medicine Marking the 50th Anniversary of Wood County Hospital. Bowling Green, Ohio: Wood County Genealogical Society, 2001.
Independent Scholar
John O'Brien and Jerry DeBruin with John Husman	Mud Hen Memories. Perrysburg, Ohio: BWD Publications, 2001.
2001
Academic Scholar
Thomas A. Rumer	Unearthing the Land: The Story of Ohio's Scioto Marsh. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, 1999.
Independent Scholar
Michael E. Leach	Laborers in the Vineyard: Precious Blood Ministry in Glandorf, Putnam County, Ohio, 1834-1848-1998. Defiance, Ohio: The Hubbard Company, 2000.
2000
Academic Scholar
Relda E. Niederhofer and Ronald L. Stuckey	Edwin Lincoln Moseley (1865-1948), Naturalist, Scientist, Educator. Dexter, Michigan: Thompson-Shore, Inc., 1998.
Independent Scholar
Ted Ligibel	The Toledo Zoo's First 100 Years: A Century of Adventure. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Donning Company, Publishers, 1999.
1999
Academic Scholar
No Award Presented
Independent Scholar
No Award Presented
1998
Academic Scholar
David C. Skaggs and Gerard T. Altoff	A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
Independent Scholar
Melvin L. Murray	Charles Foster: Ohio's Master Politician, "Congress, Contracts, and Calico." Fostoria, Ohio: Murray, 1997.
1997
Local History Publication Award
Ruth Haley	The Story of the Findlay Publishing Company. Findlay, Ohio: Findlay Publishing Company, 1996.
1996
Local History Publication Award
Sally A. Myers	Northwest Ohio Women's Literary Clubs as Arbiters of Culture, 1880-1918. Bowling Green, Ohio: BGSU Dissertation, 1995.
Tricia S. Valentine	Don't Call Us Orphans: An Oral History of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics' National Orphans Home. Tiffin, Ohio: Virgin Alley Press, 1995.
1995
Local History Publication Award
Larry L. Nelson	Cultural Mediation on the Great Lakes Frontier: Alexander McKee and Anglo-American Indian Affairs, 1754-1799. Bowling Green, Ohio: BGSU Dissertation, 1994.
1994
Local History Publication Award
Diane Britton, et al.	A History of the Columbian House. Toledo, Ohio: University of Toledo Press, 1992.
1993
Local History Publication Award
Richard L. Cooley and Kevin M. Maynard	Temple of Justice: The Story of Williams County's Courthouses. Montpelier, Ohio: Williams County Historical Society, 1992.

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