Society for the History of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Prizes and Awards

SHGAPE sponsors several prizes and awards, in order to encourage scholarship in the field and to recognize scholars whose contributions to the study of the GAPE, or whose service to SHGAPE, merits special attention.

  • The 2008 Fishel-Calhoun Prize

    The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces its biennial competition for the Fishel-Calhoun Prize for the best article dealing with any aspect of United States history between 1865 and 1917. The prize is open to new scholars, defined as graduate students or PhD's who received their doctorate since 1997 and who have not yet published a book. The article must have appeared in a journal dated 2006 or 2007. The winner of the prize will receive $250 and is asked to serve on the next Fishel-Calhoun Prize Committee. An article may be submitted for consideration by the author or by others (e.g. a journal editor). Deadline: December 31, 2007. Submissions -- three photocopies of the article plus a copy of the table of contents of the issue in which it appeared -- or questions should be directed to: David Blanke, SHGAPE Prize Committee, Department of History, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, FC 266, Corpus Christi, TX, 78412. email david.blanke@tamucc.edu.

  • The 2009 Vincent DeSantis Prize

    The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces the inaugural competition for the Vincent P. DeSantis Prize. The prize will be awarded in odd-numbered years for the best book treating any aspect of United States history in the period 1865-1920 published during the two years preceding the year of the award. It must be the author’s first book. The prize is given in honor of Vincent P. DeSantis, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, a distinguished historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Books written in English and published between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008 are eligible for the 2009 prize. Authors or their publishers should send a copy of the book to each committee member by October 1, 2008. Final page proofs may be substituted for books published after October 1, 2008 and before January 1, 2009, but in such cases, a bound copy must be provided by January 14, 2009. If a book is published during the eligible period but carries a later copyright date, please include a letter of explanation with each copy of the book mailed to committee members.

    The prize will be awarded at the SHGAPE luncheon held at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, March 26-29, 2009. The winner of the prize will receive $500 and a certificate from SHGAPE. Authors or publishers with an eligible first book must directly mail one copy of each entry (three copies in all), clearly labeled “2009 Vincent P. DeSantis Prize Entry,” to:

    Thomas R. Pegram, committee chair Department of History Loyola College in Maryland 4501 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21210-2699

    Nora Faires Department of History Western Michigan University 1903 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5334

    Christopher Waldrep Department of History San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, California 94132

  • Best Article Prize. The Prize is awarded in even numbered years to the author of the best article published in The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era during the two years preceding the year of the award. The winner receives a certificate and an honorarium.

  • Distinguished Historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Selected by the immediate past President, the current President, and the President-Elect of the Society in odd-numbered years, the Distinguished Historian addresses the luncheon meeting of the Society held at the meeting of the Organization of American Historians. The Distinguished Historian receives a commemorative plaque or certificate and an honorarium.

  • Roger D. Bridges Distinguished Service Award: Awarded by the SHGAPE Executive Council at its discretion to no more than two members of the Society who have contributed especially valuable and distinguished service to the SHGAPE. The President shall announce the recipient(s) at the annual luncheon held during the annual meeting. The recipient(s) of the award shall receive a commemorative plaque or certificate

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