Overview
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2023
First given in 2005, the Friend of History Award recognizes an institution or organization, or an individual working primarily outside college or university settings, for outstanding support for historical research, the public presentation of American history, or the work of the OAH.
Recipients will be selected by the OAH Executive Committee from nominations that should include a statement of no more than five pages describing the nominee’s distinguished contributions and, if for an individual, a CV of no more than five pages. The nomination packet also may contain up to ten additional pages of supporting materials that document the nominee’s distinguished service or letters that support the nomination. Nominations will remain active for three years.
Please indicate “2024 Friend of History Award” in the subject line and send nomination as a PDF by 11:59 p.m. (PST) on October 1, 2023 to [email protected].
2023
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
2022
Made by History
2021
Refusing to Forget
2020
Ulysses S. Grant Association
2019
Natasha Trethewey, Northwestern University
2018
Civil War Trust
2017
Lonnie G. Bunch III, National Museum of African American History and Culture
2016
NASA Johnson Space Center History Office
2015
Colin G. Campbell, Chairman Emeritus, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
2014
Stephen A. Briganti, President and Chief Executive Officer, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
2013
The almost 85,000 participants in the US Department of Education’s Teaching American History Program
2011
Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor
2010
The Newberry Library
2009
Brian P. Lamb, Founder and CEO, C-SPAN, host of Booknotes
2008
Ruth J. Simmons, President, Brown University
2007
Senator Robert C. Byrd and Libby O’Connell and The History Channel
2006
Geoffrey C. Ward, Independent Scholar
2005
Sy Sternberg, New York Life Insurance Company and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Anthea M. Hartig, National Museum of American History, President
David W. Blight, Yale University, President-Elect
Annette Gordon-Reed, Harvard University, Vice President
Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor, Treasurer
Erika Lee, Immediate Past President
Beth English, Executive Director, ex officio
Steve Andrews, Interim Executive Editor, Journal of American History, ex officio