Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet
On Thursday, March 21, 2024, the Oklahoma Historical Society honored award recipients and Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame inductees at our annual Awards Banquet held at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.
Thank You to Our Supporters and Sponsors
PLATINUM LEVEL
The Chickasaw Nation
SILVER LEVEL
Duke and Linda Ligon
Ann Felton Gilliland
The Friends of the Oklahoma History Center
Skydance Brewing Co.
Awards and Honors Presented
Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame Inductees
Hannibal B. Johnson
Debra Echo-Hawk
Guardians of History Honorees
Representative Bob Ed Culver
Senator Kevin Matthews
E. E. Dale Award
Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History
Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street, Victor Luckerson
Linda Williams Reese Award
Outstanding Thesis on Oklahoma History
“‘The Modern Frontier’: Oklahoma Settler Memory in the mid-Twentieth Century,” Martha Beliveau, University of Oklahoma
Bruce T. Fisher Award
Outstanding Oklahoma History Project
“Gardens on Blue Hawk Peak,” Pawnee
Muriel H. Wright Award
Outstanding Article Published in The Chronicles of Oklahoma
“The Influence of Oklahomans on the Bakersfield Sound: One of Country Music’s Greatest Eras,” Phil Neighbors (Spring 2023)
Honorable Mentions
“Lucile Spire Blachly and the Politics of Women’s Health Reform in Oklahoma,” Kathi Nehls (Fall 2023)
“On Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Tribal Timber Transactions,” Matthew Armor (Winter 2023–2024)
William D. Pennington Award
Outstanding Social Studies Teacher
Jaime Lee, Bixby 9th Grade Center
Joseph B. Thoburn Award
Outstanding Student Historian
Adrian Pan, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
National Register of Historic Places Designations
Abe Lincoln Trading Company, Clearview
Bank of Drummond, Drummond
Claud Collier Chevrolet & Buick Company, Atoka
Delaware School, District No. 64, Jay vicinity
Dr. William A.T. and Lillian Robertson House, Ponca City
Grayson Jail, Grayson
John and Hazel Adams House, Vinita
John and Helen Cleary House, Ponca City
Meade and Eudora Gill House, Ponca City
Will Rogers Memorial Library, Claremore
Past Awards Banquets
2023 Awards Banquet
2022 Awards Banquet
2021 Awards Ceremony (online)
