The winners of the fifteenth annual Local History Publication Awards sponsored by the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling
Green State University have been announced. David C. Skaggs was awarded the prize for Academic Scholars for his book, Oliver Hazard Perry: Honor, Courage, and Patriotism in the Early U.S. Navy.. The Independent Scholar award was presented to Kenneth R. Dickson for his work, ...Nothing Personal Just Business...:Prohibition and Murder on Toledo's Mean Streets. This category also saw an Honorable Mention going to Rita Turnwald for her book History of Ottoville and Vicinity, 1845-2001. The winning entry in each division receives a $300 cash award.
The annual 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:
| 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.
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| Independent Scholar |
| Kenneth R. Dickson |
...Nothing Personal Just Business...:Prohibition and Murder on Toledo's Mean Streets. Fremont, Ohio: Lesher Printing, c2003.
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Honorable Mention:
Rita Turnwald
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History of Ottoville and Vicinity 1845-2001 Evansville, Indiana ; M.T. Publishing Company, Inc. 2005.
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| 2006 |
| Academic Scholar |
Seamus Metross and
Molly Schiever, editors
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The Irish in Toledo: History and Memory. Toledo, Ohio: Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo, 2005.
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| Independent Scholar |
| C. Robert Boyd |
Perrysburg: Historic Architecture Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
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| 2005 |
| Academic Scholar |
| James C. Marshall |
A Promise Kept: A History of the Village of Ottawa Hills. Maumee, Ohio: Woodland Publishing, 2003.
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Honorable Mention:
Urban Affairs Center
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Discover Downtown Toledo: A Walking Tour. Toledo, Ohio: Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo, 2005.
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| 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.
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Honorable Mention:
John Craig
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The Noblest Work of God: The Memoirs of James Lough and John Craig, edited by Peter Aitchison. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005.
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| 2004 |
| Academic Scholar |
| Glenna Meckstroth |
Surviving World War II, Tales of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times. Wooster, Ohio: Wooster Book Company, 2003.
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Honorable Mention:
Mary Nassar Breymaier
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George Pearson: A Modest Hero. A Story of Toledo's 'East Side Man at the Blade,' Toledo, Ohio: Bihl House Publishing Co., 2002.
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| Independent Scholar |
| William Speck |
Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1914 to Century's End. Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Press, 2002.
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Honorable Mention:
John Husman
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Baseball In Toledo: Images of Baseball. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2003.
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| 2003 |
| Academic Scholar |
David C. Skaggs and
Larry L. Nelson
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The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press, 2001.
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| Independent Scholar |
| William Speck |
Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1890-1914. Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Press, 2002.
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| 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.
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| Independent Scholar |
John O'Brien and
Jerry DeBruin with
John Husman
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Mud Hen Memories. Perrysburg, Ohio: BWD Publications, 2001.
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| 2001 |
| Academic Scholar |
| Thomas A. Rumer |
Unearthing the Land: The Story of Ohio's Scioto Marsh. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, 1999.
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| 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.
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| 2000 |
| Academic Scholar |
Relda E. Niederhofer and
Ronald L. Stuckey
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Edwin Lincoln Moseley (1865-1948), Naturalist, Scientist, Educator. Dexter, Michigan: Thompson-Shore, Inc., 1998.
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| Independent Scholar |
| Ted Ligibel |
The Toledo Zoo's First 100 Years: A Century of Adventure. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Donning Company, Publishers, 1999.
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| 1999 |
| Academic Scholar |
| No Award Presented |
| Independent Scholar |
| No Award Presented |
| 1998 |
| Academic Scholar |
David C. Skaggs and
Gerard T. Altoff
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A Signal Victory: The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
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| Independent Scholar |
| Melvin L. Murray |
Charles Foster: Ohio's Master Politician, "Congress, Contracts, and Calico." Fostoria, Ohio: Murray, 1997.
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| 1997 |
| Local History Publication Award |
| Ruth Haley |
The Story of the Findlay Publishing Company. Findlay, Ohio: Findlay Publishing Company, 1996.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 1994 |
| Local History Publication Award |
| Diane Britton, et al. |
A History of the Columbian House. Toledo, Ohio: University of Toledo Press, 1992.
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| 1993 |
| Local History Publication Award |
Richard L. Cooley and
Kevin M. Maynard
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Temple of Justice: The Story of Williams County's Courthouses. Montpelier, Ohio: Williams County Historical Society, 1992.
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