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Kansas Historical Society - Awards

The Kansas Historical Society has received several awards and honors from other organizations and associations related to the history profession:

  • 1989 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – Voices From the Heartland: A Kansas Legacy
  • 1994 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – The Summer of '93: Kansas and the World's Columbian Exposition
  • 1995 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit How Kansas Gave Texas the Boot
  • 1995 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, Autumn Special Issue
  • 1998 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Native American Heritage Museum State Historic Site
  • 1999 - Santa Fe Trail Association – Award of Merit – Website
  • 2001 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Wheat People
  • 2001 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains Review Series
  • 2002 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Forts Book Series
  • 2002 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher and Sinners and Saints: Vice and Reform in Kansas
  • 2003 - Travel Industry Association of Kansas - Award of Merit - Kansas Historical Society website
  • 2004 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – Territorial Kansas Online
  • 2006 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – Blazing Guns & Rugged Heroes: Kansas in the Westerns
  • 2006 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – Territorial Kansas Reader
  • 2007 - Family Tree Magazine Award – 101 Best Family History Websites
  • 2008 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Kansas Memory
  • 2008 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit –  Read Kansas!
  • 2008 - Western Writer’s Association of America – Spur Award – Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains article on George Catlin
  • 2009 - Oregon-California Trail Association – Outstanding Educator – Wagons Ho!, Duane Durst, Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site
  • 2011 - United States Department of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award - Project Archaeology
  • 2013 - Family Tree Magazine Award - 75 Best State Genealogy Websites
  • 2014 - Kansas Reading Association Professional Literacy Award
  • 2015 - Society for American Archaeology - Excellence in Public Education Award - Kansas Archeology Training Program (KATP)
  • 2015 - Best Museum, Kansas Museum of History, Best of Topeka 2015, Topeka Capital-Journal
  • 2015 - Family Tree Magazine Award - 75 Best State Genealogy Websites
  • 2017 - American Association for State and Local History – Award of Merit – Captured: The Extraordinary Adventures of Colonel Hughes

Entry: Kansas Historical Society - Awards

Author: Kansas Historical Society

Author information: The Kansas Historical Society is a state agency charged with actively safeguarding and sharing the state's history.

Date Created: June 2014

Date Modified: April 2023

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