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For eighty years, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has presented Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful to all people.<\/p>\n
Today, AASLH announces the Awards of Excellence winners for this year. The 2025 Albert B. Corey Award winner and History in Progress winners were previously announced.<\/p>\n
Awards of Excellence Arizona California Japanese American Citizens League<\/span><\/strong> for Historic Japanese American Cemetery Rededication and Revitalization<\/em><\/p>\n SFO Museum\/SFO International Airport<\/strong> for Rosie the Riveter: Womanpower in Wartime<\/em><\/p>\n Connecticut Housatonic Museum of Art and Interpreting Sports<\/strong> for The Making of an Icon: Walter Iooss and Sports Photography<\/em><\/p>\n Mystic Seaport Museum<\/span> <\/strong>for Mainsheet: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Maritime Studies<\/em><\/p>\n Wilton Library Association<\/strong> for The Brubeck Collection and Digital Archive<\/em><\/p>\n District of Columbia Tudor Place Historic House & Garden<\/strong> for Ancestral Spaces: People of African Descent at Tudor Place<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Illinois Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition <\/strong>for Journey to Freedom: Illinois\u2019 Underground Railroad<\/em><\/p>\n McLean County Museum of History <\/strong><\/span><\/b>for A Deadly Deception: The Asbestos Tragedy in McLean County<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maryland<\/em> Massachusetts Padres Latinos de Somerville Public Schools <\/strong>and the Somerville Museum <\/strong>for Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville\u2019s Padres Latinos<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n United Lynn Pride <\/strong>for Through a Rainbow Lens, A Reflection on Lynn\u2019s LGBTQ+ History <\/em>*Albert B. Corey Award winner<\/strong><\/p>\n Michigan Jewish Historical Society of Michigan<\/strong> for In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street<\/em><\/p>\n Minnesota Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition<\/strong> for We\u2019re Still Here: Glendale Townhomes 70th Anniversary: 1952-2022<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Mississippi Missouri The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures<\/strong> for Portraits of Childhood: Black Dolls from the Collection of Deborah Neff<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Nevada<\/strong><\/em> New Jersey<\/strong><\/em> Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum<\/strong> for The Head that Wears the Crown: Black Women\u2019s Headwear from Slavery to Freedom<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum<\/strong> for 1899 Camp Meeting Reenactment<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n New Mexico<\/strong><\/em> New York Seward House Museum<\/strong> for Rooted in Reform<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Historical Society of Pennsylvania<\/strong> for Resurrecting Voices: The Philadelphia Black Experience Podcast<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Pennsylvania Trolley Museum\u2019s Welcome and Education Center<\/strong> for Pennsylvania Trolley Museum\u2019s Welcome and Education Center<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Rhode Island Tennessee Texas<\/strong><\/em> Neill-Cochran House Museum<\/strong> for Reckoning With the Past: The Untold Story of Race in Austin<\/em><\/p>\n Virginia The William & Mary Bray School Lab<\/strong> for The Williamsburg Bray School: A History Through Records, Reflections, and Rediscovery<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The Valentine Museum<\/strong> for Valentine Studio Project<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Washington West Virginia<\/strong><\/em> Wisconsin Publication Awards
<\/strong>The Award of Excellence is presented to recognize excellence for projects (including civic engagement, special projects, educational programs, exhibits, publications, etc.), and individual lifetime achievement. This is the main award in the Leadership in History Awards program.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum, Inc.<\/strong> for The World on Your Table<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Connie Young Yu\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>for decades of preserving and sharing Chinese American history in California<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Gunn Memorial Library and Museum <\/strong>for Letters Home: The Experiences of Helen Wersebe, World War II Army Nurse<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>The Committee of Incarcerated Artists and Writers <\/strong>for Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Lincoln Presidential Foundation <\/strong><\/span><\/b>for Fortifying Our Democracy: Lincoln\u2019s Lyceum Address<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/em>Elkhart County Historical Museum<\/strong> for Clues Through the Lens<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Kauffman Museum at Bethel College<\/strong> for A Day with the Birds: Community Science & the Audubon Christmas Bird Count<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Louisville Story Program<\/strong> for I\u2019m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981 <\/em>*History in Progress Award winner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Maryland Historical Trust\/Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum<\/span><\/strong> for Witnesses of Wallville<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Historic New England<\/strong> for The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Detroit Historical Society <\/strong>for The Hustle: Celebrating Detroit\u2019s Unsung Entrepreneurs <\/em>*History in Progress Award winner<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Minnesota Historical Society<\/strong> for Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place Exhibit at Historic Fort Snelling<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Katie Blount\u00a0<\/strong>for decades of visionary and inclusive leadership at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Lochmueller Group <\/strong>for The Foot: A Community Remembered
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Springs Preserve<\/strong> for Nuwu Pahsats<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
New Jersey Historical Commission dba RevolutionNJ <\/strong>for Tavern Talks<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Wingfield Heritage House Museum<\/strong> for Ruidoso Rewind<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Geoffrey Miller\u00a0<\/strong>for decades of preserving and sharing Ulster County\u2019s history
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<\/strong><\/em>North Carolina State Capitol<\/strong> for From Naming to Knowing: Uncovering Slavery at the North Carolina State Capitol<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Massillon Museum<\/strong> for Gilding Northeast Ohio: Fashion & Fortune 1870\u20131900<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Scott R. Becker <\/strong>for decades of leadership in the railway history community<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Newport Historical Society<\/strong> for A Name, A Voice, A Life: The Black Newporters of the 17th-19th Centuries Exhibition<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Belmont Mansion Association<\/strong> for Upon the Toils of Many: The Story of Enslaved, Free Black, and Immigrant Laborers at Belmont Mansion<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Bullock Texas State History Museum<\/strong> for Legacies of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Manassas Museum <\/span><\/strong>for Manassas Museum (re)Imagined<\/em><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Whitman College and Sheehan Gallery<\/strong> for Picturing Family : M\u00e9tis Life in the Walla Walla Valley<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Community Coalition for Social Justice, Inc. (CCSJ)<\/strong> for Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and West Virginians\u2019 Experiences in Civil Rights: How We Have Been Connected All Along<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/em>Neville Public Museum<\/strong> for Telling Our Stories: LGBTQ+ Voices of Northeast Wisconsin<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Large Press: <\/span><\/b>The Realms of Oblivion: An Excavation of the Davies Manor Historic Site\u2019s Omitted Stories<\/em> by Andrew Ross (Vanderbilt University Press)<\/p>\n