2006 Award Winners

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REMBERT PATRICK BEST ACADEMIC BOOK AWARD

Brent R. Weisman and Phyllis E. Kolianis

The Lost Florida Manuscript of Frank Hamilton Cushing

and

The Florida Journals of Frank Hamilton Cushing

University of Florida Press

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CHARLTON TEBEAU BOOK AWARD

GARY ROSS MORMINO

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams

University of Florida Press

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SAMUEL PROCTOR ORAL HISTORY AWARD

BENJAMIN D. BROTEMARKLE

Crossing Division Street:  An Oral History of the African-American Community in Orlando

The Florida Historical Society Press

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JAMES J. HORGAN BOOK AWARD

MARILYN BISHOP SHAW

Solomon

Pineapple Press

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HARRY T. and HARRIETTE V. MOORE AWARD

PAUL ORTIZ

Emancipation Betrayed:  The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920

University of California Press

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MARINUS H. LATOUR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER

FOR 2006

DELORES SPEARMAN

For Her Work As A Volunteer At The Florida Historical Society Library Of Florida History and Her Volunteer Contributions to The Florida Historical Society.

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2006

CATHERINE PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP

Charles Joyner

Coastal Carolina University

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2006

JILLIAN PRESCOTT MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP

Peyton McCrary

U.S. Department of Justice

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2006

CAROLINE P. ROSSETTER

OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN FLORIDA HISTORY

Olive Dame Peterson

Fort Pierce, Florida

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SPECIAL

SESQUICENTENNIAL AWARD

Jerrell H. Shofner

President Emeritus

The Florida Historical Society

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SPECIAL

SESQUICENTENNIAL AWARD

Milton D. Jones

President Emeritus

The Florida Historical Society

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SPECIAL

SESQUICENTENNIAL AWARD

Olive Dame Peterson

President Emeritus

The Florida Historical Society

 

2006 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD OF DISTINCTION

C. S. MONACO

Moses Levy of Florida:  Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer

Louisiana State University Press

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2006 PATRICK D. SMITH LITERATURE AWARD

FREDRIC M. HITT

Wekiva Winter