The Utah State Historical Society honored authors for excellence in researching and reporting on historical aspects of Utah during its annual meeting Friday evening at Westminster College. The awards were presented following a day of presentations of history papers.
The Dale L. Morgan Award for the best scholarly article of the year was given to Noel Carmack, Logan, for his article titled "Running the Line: James Henry Martineau's Surveys in Northern Utah, 1860-1882." The article ran in the Fall 2000 issue of the Utah Historical Quarterly.
Winner of the Morris S. Rosenblatt Award for the best general interest article in the Quarterly was J. Michael Hunter, Lehi, whose article, "The Monument to Brigham Young and the Pioneers: One Hundred Years of Controversy," also appeared in the Fall 2000 issue.
Ronald G. Watt of West Valley City won the Nick Yengich Editors' Choice Award for an article on the Intermountain Music Festival that was held in Price for some time. It was in the Summer 2000 issue.
The Antiquities Award was presented to Ken Field and Karen Aqua of Cambridge, Mass.; Karey Rawitscher, Salt Lake City; the Children's Museum of Utah; and Leigh Luddington's fourth grade class at Creek View Elementary in Price. The Historic Preservation Award went to Elizabeth Giraud, Steve England, Kim Hyatt, Carol Edison, Bonnie Stephens and Eloise Sahlstrom, all of Salt Lake City, and Gerhard Koenig, Layton, for the work in renovating the Chase House in Liberty Park.
Chris Keeler of Park City and Bea Kummer of Salt Lake City won a Service Award for maintaining the Snyder Cemetery in Park City for many years. The Crossroads Chapter of the Oregon California Trails Association also was honored for installing 222 markers on historic trails and raising funds for interpretive kiosks at Donner Spring, Donner Museum and Bidwell Pass. Jack Goodman was recognized for newspaper and journal articles and newspaper presentations on the architectural history of Utah. Paul Harbrecht received a Service Award for photo documentation of the reconstruction of I-15 and for presenting some 4,000 color images of the project to the state historical photo archives.
Two members of the Board of State History, Carol Cornwall Madsen, Salt Lake City, and Christie Smith Needham, Logan, received distinguished Service Awards for eight years of service each on the board.
Wes Curtis, Cedar City, was honored with a Utah Heritage Award for his leadership role on the Board of Utah Heritage Products Alliance, Heritage Highway 89, and Alan Barnett, Salt Lake City, received the Utah History Media Award for his book, "Seeing Salt Lake City: The Legacy of the Shipler Photographers."
A book on the Mormon Battalion, "Army of Israel, Mormon Battalion Narratives," won the Military History Award for Will Bagley and David Bigler. The book recounts one of the most colorful episodes in American military history.
The Teacher Award went to Gary Wilder, Ogden, a teacher at Mount Fort Middle School, for motivating students to appreciate history. The William P. MacKinnon Award for meritorious service as a Historical Society employee went to Kent Powell, coordinator of public history. The award will include his attendance at the 2002 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Washington, D.C.
The Best Article Award for an article appearing in a publication other than the Historical Quarterly was presented to William G. Hartley, whose research on LDS pioneer Howard Egan appeared in Mormon Historical Studies.
An extended family history, "4 Zinas: A Story of Mothers and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier," won the Best Book Award for Martha Sonntag Bradley, Salt Lake City, and Mary Brown Firmage Woodward, Provo.