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1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
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2007 Wyoming History Day Special Awards    
 


All awards are subject to change. To be eligible for special awards, students must submit 3 copies of their Process Papers and Annotated Bibliography with registration information for state contest. These do not replace the copies of the process papers and annotated bibliographies students are required to present to the judges at the state contest. Students who wish to be considered for the WSHS Scholarship are required to complete a separate application.

Name

Award

American Heritage Center Primary Sources Award

Best use of primary resources

$200

American Heritage Center/University of Wyoming Scholarship

Best individual senior division entry

$1,000

William H. Barton Award

Best use of oral history in an entry

$100

Liz Byrd Cultural Diversity Award

Best entry which represents an aspect of cultural diversity or human rights

$100

Gerald & Jessie F. Chambers Wyoming History Day Award

Best Junior and Senior Division entries

$500

College of Health Sciences Award

Best entry dealing with health/medical issues

$200

The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America Award

Best individual entry dealing with family history

$100 bond

Ft. Laramie National Historic Site Award

Best junior an dsenior division entries that integrates Trans-Mississippi history (fur trade, emigrants, Native Americans, frontier military history)

$100

Fred & Flossie Graves Homestead Award

Best entry featuring an aspect of homesteading

$100 bond

Heart Mountain Foundation Award

Best entry dealing with Heart Mountain Wyoming

$100

Clara Jensen Award

Best overall entry on Wyoming History

$100

Jurisprudence Award

Best junior and senior division entries dealing with jurisprudence or legal issues

$125

George M. Nelson Aviation Award

Best entry illustrating the importance of aviation in history with special consideration given to entries that emphasize the importance of aviation in Wyoming.

$100 bond

Glendolene Myrtle Kimmel Award

Best entry on agricultural or rural issues

$100

Roger Williams International Award

Best entry dealing with international issues

$100

Taco John's International Scholarship Special Award

Senior in high school planning to attend a Wyoming college

$3000

Simpson Institute Award

Best junior and senior division entries dealing with political history and leadership

$250

UW American Indian Studies Award

Best entry dealing with American Indian History

$100

UW History Department Award

Best entry that exemplifies outstanding research

$150

UW Women's Studies Award

Best entry on a woman or women in history

$100

Wyoming Association of Professional Archeologists Award

Best entry on archeological issues

$100

Wyoming Council of Social Studies

Best entry dealing with economic issues

$100

Wyoming Pioneer Association Award

Best junior and senior division individual performance dealing with a Wyoming pioneer consistent with annual theme

$100

Wyoming Public Employees Association Award

Best entry dealing with labor issues

$100 bond

Wyoming State Archeological Society Award

Best entry on archeological issues

$100

Wyoming State Historical Society Scholarship

Scholarship for 12th grade student who intends to attend Wyoming community college or the University of Wyoming

$1000 1st, $500 2nd and/or 3rd

Wyoming State Museum Award of Excellence

Outstanding exhibits in junior and senior division

$100

Wyoming State Museum Volunteers Award

Outstanding junior and senior division exhibits

$100
       
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