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Awards
State History Award
The Historical Society of Michigan’s annual State History Awards - Awards of Merit are prized statewide and are the highest recognition presented by the state’s official historical society and oldest cultural organization.
Award Categories: Recent Awards, Michigan Notable Books, State History Awards, Other Awards
2008 Award Recipients
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A Picturesque Situation
Mackinac before Photography, 1615-1860By Brian Leigh Dunnigan
From the author of the award-winning Frontier Metropolis, a comprehensive visual history of the straits of Mackinac in pre-photographic images.
2007 Award Recipients
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My Brave Mechanics
The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil WarBy Mark Hoffman
Foreword by William M. AndersonAn important and little-known chapter of Michigan’s Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment.
2006 Award Recipients
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I Hope to Do My Country Service
The Civil War Letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan InfantryEdited by Robert Beasecker, Foreword by William M. Anderson
A revealing firsthand account of the Civil War as told through the letters of a Michigan regimental surgeon.
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To Keep the South Manitou Light
By Anna Egan Smucker
An exciting story laced with regional history, young readers will be captivated by the adventures of a twelve-year-old girl as she learns about courage and responsibility in a late-nineteenth-century Lake Michigan lighthouse.
2005 Award Recipients
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American Vanguard
The United Auto Workers during the Reuther Years, 1935-1970By John Barnard
Geared toward general readers and scholars alike, American Vanguard presents the first history of the UAW, one of America’s most significant workers’ organizations, from its origins through its period of greatest impact.
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The Dodge Brothers
The Men, the Motor Cars, and the LegacyBy Charles K. Hyde
The first comprehensive biography of John and Horace Dodge and the history of their company, Dodge Brothers.
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Rendezvous at the Straits
Fur Trade and Military Activities at Fort de Buade and Fort Michilimackinac, 1669-1781By Timothy J. Kent
A detailed chronicle of events in colonial-era Michilimackinac, drawing extensively on previously unpublished primary source material.
2003 Award Recipients
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Michigan’s Early Military Forces
A Roster and History of Troops Activated Prior to the American Civil WarCompiled by Le Roy Barnett, Histories by Roger Rosentreter
The first extensive treatment of Michigan's early military forces, this book includes the names of all known Michiganians who answered the call to arms prior to the Civil War and explains the circumstances of each major conflict.
2002 Award Recipients
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Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit, Volumes I and II
By Timothy J. Kent
The complete anatomy of the interior post and settlement of Detroit’s historic fort and all aspects of life in “New France” are vividly documented in this illustrated text.
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History of the Finns in Michigan
By Armas K. E. Holmio, Translated by Ellen M. Ryynanen
Holmio combines firsthand experience and personal contact with the first generation of Finnish immigrants with research in Finnish-language sources to create an important and compelling story of an immigrant group and its role in the development of Michig
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A Museum on the Verge
A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882-2000By Jeffrey Abt
Now Jeffrey Abt tells how the DIA has had to struggle to maintain its fine art collection with barely enough income to remain open.
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The Reuther Brothers
Walter, Roy, and VictorBy Mike Smith and Pam Smith
In intimate detail, the author reveals the man who pioneered a guaranteed annual wage for the American worker, led the first nuclear-power protest, brainstormed the Peace Corps, civil rights demonstrations, and a host of humanitarian programs far beyond t
2001 Award Recipients
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Frontier Metropolis
Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838By Brian Leigh Dunnigan
No other book so vividly depicts Detroit's growth from struggling agricultural community and trading post to industrial giant.
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Mail by the Pail
By Colin Bergel, Illustrated by Mark Koenig
A delightful story that illustrates the mail delivery system for Great Lakes freighters.
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This Is Detroit, 1701-2001
By Arthur M. Woodford
As the city's history unfolds, he describes the issues facing its inhabitants in different eras, including westward expansion, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and two world wars. Woodford brings his history up to the present day by surveying Detroit'