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The Homer D. Babbidge, Jr. Award

Established in 1985, the Babbidge Award is given to the scholar judged to have published the best book on Connecticut history in the previous calendar year. The Association for the Study of Connecticut History invites nominations for the 2008 Homer D. Babbidge, Jr. Award which will be presented at its 2008 annual meeting. The award is given for the best work on a significant aspect of Connecticut’s history published in 2007. The types of works that are eligible include monographs, articles, edited works, films, exhibitions, television programs, etc. A work will be considered only if nominated by someone other than the author. A copy of the work must accompany the nomination. Also considered will be persons or organizations whose achievements as a whole, rather than one specific work, merit recognition.

Nominations for the awards should be sent to:

Nancy H. Steenburg
493 Pequot Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355

The deadline for nominations is August 31, 2008.

Award Recipients

(2002) Cecelia Bucki for Bridgeport’s Socialist New Deal, 1915-36.

(2001) Thomas J. Farnham, lifetime recognition.

(2000) Christopher Grasso, A Speaking Aristocracy: Transforming Public Discourse in Eighteenth Century Connecticut.

(2000) Lisa Wilson, Ye Heart of a Man: the Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England.

(1999) Freeman Meyer and Estelle Feinstein, lifetime recognition.

(1998) James Kirby Martin, Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: an American Warrior Reconsidered.

(1997) Mark Williams, Tempest in a Small Town; the Myth and Reality of Country Life, Granby, Connecticut, 1680-1940.

(1996) Cornelia Hughes Dayton, Women Before the Bar; Gender, Law, and Society in Connecticut, 1639-1789.

(1995) Bruce M. Stave, John F. Sutherland, and Aldo Salerno, From the Old Country: An Oral History of European Migration to America.

(1994) James O. and Janet C. Robertson, All Our Yesterdays: A Century of Family Life in an American Small Town.

(1993) David B. Potts, Wesleyan University, 1821-1910: Collegiate Enterprise in New England.

(1992) Herbert F. Janick, lifetime recognition.

(1991) Connecticut Humanities Council, for its sustained support of Connecticut history programs.

(1990) Roger Parks, Connecticut; A Bibliography of its History and New England; Additions to the Six State Bibliographies.

(1989) No award given.

(1988) Bruce C. Daniels, lifetime recognition.

(1987) No award given.

(1986) David M. Roth for Connecticut History and Culture: An Historical Overview and Resource Guide for Teachers.