The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) recently presented the 2016 Kentucky History Awards to people, communities and organizations across the Commonwealth who have shown a consistent effort to promote the preservation and appreciation of state and local history.
KHS honored these recipients at its annual Kentucky History Awards presentation:
Service/Special Awards
• Michael Ann Williams, Bowling Green: Kentucky, Award of Distinction
• William T. Turner, Hopkinsville, Kentucky: Lifetime Dedication to History
Education Awards
• Oldham County Historical Society, LaGrange, Kentucky for “Preservation of Archived Holdings of the J.C. Barnett Library & Archives”
• Lincoln County Historical Society, Stanford, Kentucky for “Oral History Project”
• Historic Paris-Bourbon Co./Hopewell Museum, Paris, Kentucky for “Paris City Schools: 150 Years of Academic Excellence Exhibit”
• Steve Oldfield and Sean Thomas (Touritz), Covington, Kentucky for “Covington at 200: Points of View Documentary”
• Jack Jouett House Historic Site, Versailles, Kentucky for “Frontier Day”
• Behringer-Crawford Museum, Covington, Kentucky for “Buffalos & Bourbon”
Publication Awards
• Michael W. Nagle, Ludington, Michigan for “Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933”
• Gerald L. Smith, Lexington, Kentucky; Karen Cotton McDaniel, Frankfort; and John A. Hardin, Bowling Green for “The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia”
• Bobbie Smith Bryant, Louisville, Kentucky for “Farming in the Black Patch”
• Glen Conner, Scottsville, Kentucky for “Frontiersmen in the War of 1812”
• Louisville Story Program, Louisville for “I Said Bang! A History of the Dirt Bowl”
• Honor Sachs, Asheville, North Carolina for “Home Rule: Households, Manhood, and National Expansion on the Eighteenth-Century Kentucky Frontier”
• Karl J. Lietzenmayer, Covington for “Northern Kentucky Heritage”
From Kentucky Historical Society