Oct
27
CAC Local History Publication Award Reception
October 27, 2014 | Comments Off on CAC Local History Publication Award Reception
Dr. Perry Bush is a Professor of History at Bluffton University. He received his master’s and doctorate degree in history from Carnegie Mellon University. His undergraduate degree is from the University of California, Berkeley in political science with highest honors. Dr. Bush received the independent, Local History Publication Award for his book, Rust Belt Resistance: How a Small Community took on Big Oil and Won, published by the Kent State University Press.
Dr. Larry Nelson is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Bowling Green State University, Firelands. He received his master’s degree in history from The Ohio State University and his doctorate degree in American history from Bowling Green State University. Dr. Nelson received the academic, Local History Publication Award for his journal article, A Mysterious and Ambiguous Display of Tactics: The Second Siege of Fort Meigs July 21-28, 1813, published in Ohio History.
The Center for Archival Collections seeks to encourage and recognize authors for outstanding publications in the field of Local History. For this award Local History is geographically defined as the nineteen counties within the Center’s collecting scope (Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot) The Firelands, and Maumee Valley Region.
For more information or to RSVP please contact
The Center for Archival Collections
419-372-2411 or eherten@bgsu.edu