Announcements

Centennial Awards Nominations Due July 23, 2012; Awards will be presented September 22, 2012
Since 1984 more than 1,100 Illinois corporations have become Centennial honorees. If you know a business that will have been in operation for 100 years or more in 2012, please encourage them to submit an application (deadline: July 23, 2012). Centennial Awards will be presented at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield on Saturday, September 22.

Deadline for Call for Papers for 33rd Annual History Symposium: September 15, 2012
The Illinois State Historical Society will hold its 33rd annual Illinois History Symposium at the University of Illinois - Springfield February 28-March 2, 2013. The theme for the symposium is "Slavery and Emancipation: Global Perspectives." Click here for the Call for Papers (Deadline: September 15, 2013)

Register now for the 2012 Fall Tour to Galena: October 19-20, 2012
Register now for the 2012 Illinois State Historical Society Tour in Galena on Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20. Click here for more information and to register. The DeSoto House (230 South Main Street Galena, IL 61036) is offering a deeply discounted rate of $70/night for tour participants. Reserve your room today by calling (815) 777-0090.

2012 Illinois State Historical Society Annual Award Recipients
The Illinois State Historical Society announced the recipients of its 2012 Annual Awards program last Friday evening, April 27, during the 32nd annual Illinois History Symposium, held at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in East Peoria.

The Awards were presented in several categories: Publications, Scholarly and other; Public Programming, Educational and Exhibits; On-going Periodicals and Newspaper columns: Multimedia Productions; Special Projects; and Collections Preservation. The Society also awarded four "Lifetime Achievement" awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to "preserving, promoting, and commemorating Illinois history" in their communities.

"These awards acknowledge the highest individual and institutional achievement in historic preservation, history publications, and public education through exhibitions and programming," said ISHS Executive Director William Furry. "Through its awards programs the ISHS recognizes the extraordinary commitment of our historical societies, museums, and public and academic historians to articulate the Prairie State narrative in a state, national, and global context, and to give meaning and depth to the Illinois experience. We extend a hearty 'congratulations' to all our award recipients."

Lifetime Achievement Dr. Wayne C. Temple, Springfield Dr. Joseph Weber, Edwardsville Franklin DeLaine Donaldson, Effingham Diana Dretske, Wauconda

Olive Foster Teachers of the Year Steven Schumaker, Zion Lutheran School, Lincoln Donald A. Barbour, Urbana Middle School Joshua Bill, Waukegan High School

War of 1812 Student Scholarship Anna Sielaff, Zion Lutheran School "How Did the Edwards Trace Influence Eventual Settlement in Central and Southern Illinois?"

Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award Illinois in the War of 1812, 2012 Univ. of Illinois Press By Gillum Ferguson

Malkovich Award for Young Museum Professional Laura McDowell Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Publications Nobody Calls Just to Say Hello Philip J. Rock and Ed Wojcicki 2011 Southern Illinois University Press Superior Achievement

The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929 Christopher Robert Reed Superior Achievement

The Town Abraham Lincoln Warned: The Living Namesake Heritage of Lincoln, Illinois D. Leigh Henson Certificate of Excellence

The Muse in Bronzeville: African-American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950 Robert Bone and Richard A. Courage Superior Achievement

Chicago's First Urban Indians—The Potawatomi John N. Low Superior Achievement

Come and Get It! McDonaldization and the Disappearance of Local Food Robert Dirks Certificate of Excellence

Illinois: A History in Pictures Gerald A. Danzer Univ. of Illinois Press Superior Achievement

Publications/Other My Dear Aunt Martha: A 19th Century American Epic from the Letters of Those Who Lived It Barbara J. Shave Certificate of Excellence

Building a Lasting Dream, 1909-2009: The History of the Rockford Park District Webbs Norman Certificate of Excellence

Greetings from Starved Rock By Jim Ridings Award of Merit

Soldiers with Picks and Shovels: The CCC Camp at Carlinville, Illinois Tom Emery Certificate of Excellence

Ongoing Newspaper Columns "Illinois in the Civil War" Tom Emery Superior Achievement

"Pages from the Past" Bill Kemp Bloomington Pantagraph Superior Achievement

Springfield "History" Tara McClellan Andrews Illinois Times Superior Achievement

"Law and Public Policy" Ann Lousin Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Certificate of Excellence

Illinois Law History John Flynn Rooney Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Certificate of Excellence

"The Spirit Among Us" Marlene Gantt The Rock Island Argus Certificate of Excellence

Ongoing Periodical Springhouse Magazine Gary and Judy DeNeal Superior Achievement

Mutimedia Productions "Constant Motion: The Job of Railway Post Office Clerks" Cindy Rich, Eastern Illinois University's Teaching with Primary Sources program Superior Achievement

"Illinois Stories" Producer Mark McDonald, Executive Producer Dr. Jerold Gruebel Network Knowledge, PBS for West Central Illinois Superior Achievement

Public Programming/Educational Naperville Heritage Society "On the Road 2011 Walking Tour" Superior Achievement

Grayslake Historical Society "Reminisce" Certificate of Excellence

Public Programming/Exhibitions Naperville Heritage Society "North Central College: 150 Years—A Promising Start" Certificate of Excellence

Elk Grove Historical Museum "The Doctor is In: A History of Medicine in Elk Grove Village" Superior Achievement

Lewis University History Center/Lewis University Library/Gaylord Building "Lines and Shadows: Discovering the Adelmann Collection" Certificate of Excellence

Erin Hughes/Evanston History Center "A Curious Patchwork of Evanston Treasures" Superior Achievement

Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society Creative Partnership "Leveraging History and Dollars: Images of Grant, the Soldier" Superior Achievement

Vespacian Warner Library "The Civil War: A Soldier's Journey" Superior Achievement

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site "Enduring Legacy: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Coles County, 1935-1941" Certificate of Excellence

Special Project Naper Setttlement/Naperville Heritage Society "On the Road: 2011 Summer Guidebook" Superior Achievement

Collection Preservation The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Superior Achievement

Join ISHS or Renew Your Membership!
U of I Press is now processing membership applications for ISHS. Click here to join the ISHS or renew your membership!

See an empty spot where an ISHS Marker should be? Donate to the marker program.
Historical markers are expensive to create and maintain. Please support the ISHS Markers program by contributing toward a marker on the "wish list" or to the marker fund in general, which will help us maintain damaged markers. Click here for more information.

Check Out the New Google Map Empowered Historic Marker Pages
Check out the new Google Map empowered Historic Marker pages! View all markers in a county by choosing the county on a map. See individual markers on a map and add all contiguous markers with a single click!