Justin Winsor Prize (1896–1930 and 1936–38)

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The Justin Winsor Prize was the first prize established by the American Historical Association. Initially awarded in 1896, it was offered annually thereafter until 1906 and then biennially until 1930, when it was discontinued. The Winsor Prize was revived in 1936 only to be cancelled two years later when the Albert J. Beveridge Award was created.

Justin Winsor (1831–97), in whose honor the prize was created, was the third president of the Association (1886–87). The prize was established in recognition of his contributions to American history and historical geography and focused on the history of the Western Hemisphere. The prize sought to encourage and acknowledge previously unpublished authors and young scholars without an established reputation in the profession and carried the then-substantial award of $200.

Past Recipients

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1937
Carl Bridenbaugh, Cities in the Wilderness: The First Century of Urban Life in America, 1625–1742

1930
L.W. Labaree, Royal Government in America: A Study of the British Colonial System Before 1783 (Yale Univ. Press)

1928
Fred A. Shannon, The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861–1865, 2 vols. (Arthur H. Clark)

1926
Lowell Joseph Ragatz, The Fall of the Planter Class in the British Caribbean, 1763–1833 (Century)

1924
Elizabeth B. White, History of Franco-American Diplomatic Relations

1922
Lawrence Henry Gipson, Jared Ingersoll: A Study of American Loyalism in Relation to British Colonial Government (Yale Univ. Press)

1920
F. Lee Benns, The American Struggle for the British West India Carrying Trade, 1815–1830 (Indiana Univ. Press)

1918
Arthur M. Schlesinger, The Colonial Merchants and the American Revolution, 1736–1776 (Longmans, Green)

1916
Richard J. Purcell, Connecticut in Transition, 1775–1818

1914
Mary W. Williams, Anglo-American Isthmian Diplomacy, 1815–1915

1912
Arthur Charles Cole, The Whig Party in the South

1910
Edward Raymond Turner, The Negro in Pennsylvania; Slavery—Servitude—Freedom, 1639–1861

1908
Clarence Edwin Carter, Great Britain and the Illinois Country, 1765–1774

1906
Annie Heloise Abel, The History of Events Resulting in Indian Consolidation West of the Mississippi River

1904
William R. Manning, The Nootka Sound Contorversy

1903
Louise Phelps Kellogg, The American Colonial Charter; A Study of Its Relation to English Administration, Chiefly After 1688

1902
Charles McCarthy, The Anti-Masonic Party

1901
Ulrich B. Phillips, Georgia and State Rights

1900
William A. Schaper, Sectionalism and Representation in South Carolina

1896
Herman V. Ames, The Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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Justin Winsor Prize (1896–1930 and 1936–38)

Submissions Are Closed

Past Recipients

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