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Award Recipients: 2026 <\/a>| 2025<\/a> <\/em>| 2024<\/a> | 2023<\/a> | Nomination Forms<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n
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Lifetime Achievement Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bob Razer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Diamond Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Fort Smith Museum of History<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Arkansas Times<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Award of Merit<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

National Statuary Hall Steering Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civilian Conservation Corps at Devil’s Den website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J. G. Ragsdale Book Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kenneth C. Barnes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mob Rule in the Ozarks: The Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Strike, 1921-1923<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(University of Arkansas Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James H. Atkinson Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Arkansas History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

<\/b>Rufus Eli Harvell, Dardanelle High School<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lucille Westbrook Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Medford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This Is the Only Life We Know: The Land Acquisition Years at Buffalo National River”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Violet B. Gingles Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Marie Totten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ben Laney and the Dixiecrats: Southern Revolt and Division in the 1948 Arkansas Democratic Party”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susannah DeBlack Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Darneisha F. Airhart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louder & Funnier: Alphonso Trent and his Orchestra<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Red Engine Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEARA Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Charles Ryan Carter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Assassination of Black Pioneer ‘Old Jim’ Hanover and the Struggle for Justice in the Upper White River District”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tom Dillard Advocacy Award<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Allyn Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susie Pryor Award in Arkansas Women’s History<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

John A. Kirk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Gender, Race, and Capital Punishment in Arkansas: The Case of Mary Dinwiddie”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walter L. Brown County and Local Journal Awards<\/span>
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 <\/span><\/b>Best County or Local Journal<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashback<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honorable Mention<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Bulletin<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Prairie Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Use of Graphics<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark County Historical Journal<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark County Historical Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Article<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Benton Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Life and Times of Meriweather Lewis Randolph: Grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Arkansas’s Last Territorial Secretary”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark County Historical Journal<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark County Historical Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Biography, Autobiography, or Memoir<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. B. Hogan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“John Rollin Ridge, First Native American Novelist Once Called Fayetteville Home”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flashback<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Business History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollis Wayne Duncan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Arlington Hotel Family”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Record<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garland County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Family History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jodi Zaura and Ruth Heins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Gustave & Auguste Hentschel Family”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Journal<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Church History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sue Richmond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Charlotte Methodist Church”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independence County Chronicle<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best School History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenneth Rorie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Southside School District: ‘The Southerners'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independence County Chronicle<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Community History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jajuan S. Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dark Hollow: An African American Community in North Little Rock”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulaski County Historical Review<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulaski County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Edited Document<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glenn Mosenthin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Excerpts from the 1809-1810 Scull & Morgan Mercantile Store Ledger”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Bulletin<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Prairie Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Newsletter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Society News<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

White County Historical Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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