Board of Curators Awards
Board of Curators Awards
Each year, the Wisconsin Historical Society's governing Board of Curators recognizes individuals and organizations for meritorious work in areas relating to the Society's mission. Learn about how you can participate and see past winners.
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2025 Awards
Nominations for the 2025 Board of Curators Awards will be accepted after January 1, 2025. All nominations must be postmarked or delivered by March 10, 2025.
Awards are reviewed by a committee of judges appointed by the Society and then approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Curators. The judges reserve the right to make no award in any given year. The decision of the judges is final.
Have Questions?
For more information about Society awards, contact Janet Seymour by phone at 715-836-2250 or by email below:
Award Submission Guidelines
- About the Book of Merit Award
The Wisconsin Historical Society invites submissions for the Society's annual Book of Merit Award, awarded in June of each year. - About the Genealogy-Family History Book Award
The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society invite nominations of published genealogies of Wisconsin families. - About the Governor's Archives Awards
The Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board (WHRAB) and the Wisconsin Historical Society invite nominations for the Governor's Archives Awards. - About the Historic Preservation and Restoration Awards
The Historic Preservation and Restoration Awards recognize exemplary projects that have preserved or restored a part of Wisconsin's heritage. - About the Museum Exhibit Awards
The Wisconsin Historical Society invites nominations for its Museum Exhibit Awards. - About the Public Program Award
The Wisconsin Historical Society invites nominations for an award that honors outstanding work in a new Wisconsin history public program. - About the Reuben Gold Thwaites Trophy for Local History
The Reuben Gold Thwaites Trophy is presented annually to an affiliate for excellence in service to its community. - About the William Best Hesseltine Award
Each year, member readers vote for the best original article of the volume year of the Wisconsin Magazine of History.
2024 Award Winners
- Book of Merit Award
A History in Indigenous Voices: Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown Interactions in the Removal Era, by Carol Cornelius, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press - Genealogy-Family History Book Award
Ancestors of Olive Marie Schmidt: The Schmidt/Krier Family, by Rebecca Bley Shamblin - Governor's Award for Archival Achievement
Carol Bannen, Research Librarian, Wauwatosa Historical Society, Wauwatosa, WI &
Wisconsin Latinx History Collective, Statewide - Governor's Award for Archival Innovation
Milwaukee Hip Hop Archive Project, Milwaukee, WI - Governor's Award for Archival Advocacy
Ann Waidelich and the Historic Madison Inc. Volunteers, Madison, WI - Historic Preservation Award
Georgia Kestol-Bauer for Heart Prairie Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church, Delevan, WI - Historic Restoration Award (budget over $1 million)
West Center-North 32nd Historic District (Community Within the Corridor), Scott-Crawford, Inc., Milwaukee, WI - Historic Restoration Awards (budget under $1 million)
Fort Winnebago Surgeon’s Quarters, Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Portage, WI &
Effigy Mounds Initiative, Nitschke Mounds County Park, Dodge County, WI - Museum Exhibit Award
"Neenah and Menasha Sesquicentennials: Two Cities, One Community," Neenah Historical Society, Neenah, WI - Reuben Gold Thwaites Trophy for Local History
Bayfield Heritage Association
Past Award Winners
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