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2011 Local History Publication Award Winners Announced

September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment

John Husman, Sandy Husman, and Ken Levin

John and Sandy Husman and Ken Levin won the 2011 Local History Publication Award

The winners of the Local History Publication Award for 2011 were announced at a conference held at the Wolcott House. You Will Do Better in Toledo, by Sandy Husman, John R. Husman and Ken Levin won in the Independent Scholar Division. The book features commentary on some three hundred postcard views of Toledo from 1893-1929, taken from the collection of Ken Levin. A searchaable CD accompanies the volume and includes images of 2,000 historical postcards.

An Honorable Mention in the Independent Scholar Division was awarded to Something for Nothing: Gambling in the Glass City, 1910-1952, by Kenneth R. Dickson.

The Academic Scholar Division was highlighted by Honorable Mention awards to Chemistry 100, by Dr. George B. Clemans, a history of chemistry at Bowling Green State University and to A Beacon in the Wilderness: A History of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio, 1836-2009, by Marilyn Wendler.

A list of past winners of this award and the qualifications for the 2012 award are available online.

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