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The Association
for Great Lakes Maritime History’s Award for Historic Preservation is given
annually to an individual who has made a major contribution to the
preservation of Great Lakes maritime history, in furtherance of the goals
of the Association. The honoree will be recognized at our Annual Maritime
History Conference in September, with the Association paying the lodging
and conference registration fee of the award recipient and his/her guest.
Please review the following
award criteria below and submit your nomination by e-mail to Bob O’Donnell,
chair of the Association’s Awards Committee at odonnell521@aol.com or print
out the paper nomination form
and mail it to the address shown on the form. Nominations are accepted
throughout the year.
Nomination Criteria
1. Nominees may be either paid professionals or volunteers
of an institutional member of the Association or an individual member of
the Association.
2. Nominees are evaluated based on their personal
contributions to an institution, several institutions, and/or the field of
Great Lakes maritime history.
3. Contributions to be recognized can be made in such areas
as the collection, management and preservation of artifacts and/or archival
material, restoration of historic buildings and ships, promotion of
collaboration among institutions, work to promote community support of
historic resources, etc.
4. Nominees should be recognized for contributions made over
a period of five years or more.
Nomination Guidelines
1. Nominations must be made by the executive director or a
board member of an institutional Association member, or an individual
Association member.
2. Nominators must complete a nomination form that includes
specific examples of the nominee's contributions to historic preservation.
3. Completed nominations should be submitted or mailed to
the chair of the Awards Committee and postmarked or submitted no later than
May 28th.
Judging Process
1. A three-person committee, selected by the Association’s
Board of Directors, will judge the nominations and make their
recommendations to the board prior to the annual meeting.
2. A short profile of the award winner will be published in
the annual meeting issue of the Association's journal/newsletter and on its
website.
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