Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, the Oklahoma Historical Society honored award recipients and Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame inductees at our annual Awards Banquet.
Our keynote speaker was Dr. AJ Griffin. Dr. Griffin spent six years in the Oklahoma State Senate and is now the CEO of the Potts Family Foundation. Oklahoma politician and CEO of the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Joe Dorman served as the emcee for the event.
Thank You to Our Supporters and Sponsors
PLATINUM LEVEL
The Chickasaw Nation
Samonia Byford and Jack D. Baker
Leslie and Cliff Hudson
Linda and Duke R. Ligon
James and Cathy Waldo
Awards and Honors Presented
Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame Inductees
Dr. Rachel Caroline Eaton (posthumous)
Carolyn G. Hanneman
Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda
Guardians of History Honorees
Senator Jo Anna Dossett
Representative John Pfeiffer
E. E. Dale Award
Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land, Rebecca Nagle (HarperCollins, 2024)
Linda Williams Reese Award
Outstanding Dissertation on Oklahoma History
“Indian Removal and the Native Nations of Northeast Oklahoma,”
Sheldon Yeakley, Oklahoma State University
Bruce T. Fisher Award
Outstanding Oklahoma History Project
“How did Oklahoma Become the Location of a Real-Life Lord of the Flies?,” How Curious podcast, Rachel Hopkin, KGOU
Muriel H. Wright Award
Outstanding Article Published in The Chronicles of Oklahoma
“The Westmoreland Gang and the Outlaws of Keystone,” (Winter 2024–25), Damon T. Cagle
William D. Pennington Award
Outstanding Social Studies Teacher
Lisa Burton, Keys Public Schools
Joseph B. Thoburn Award
Outstanding Student Historian
Kaylee Newman, Stilwell Public Schools
National Register of Historic Places Designations
Altus Junior College Library, Altus
Booker T. Washington School, Enid
Charles and Bertha Blevins House, Tulsa
Chisholm Springs Springhouse, Asher
Clyde’s Supermarket and T.G.&Y., Oklahoma City
Covington Jail, Covington
Okeene Oil Co., Okeene
Frisco Railroad Depot, Clayton
Dr. William L. and Susie Price Haywood Estate, Oklahoma City
Prairie House, Norman
St. George Episcopal Church, Bristow
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Okarche
Tipton Orphans Home, Tipton
