40th Annual Conference | Baton Rouge, La | October 16 – 19, 2008
2008 Awards
Henry H. Douglas Distinguished Service Award
Honors an individual who has made significant contributions in furthering the goals of the Pioneer America Society
Marshall S. McLennan, Professor Emeritus, Eastern Michigan University
Fred B. Kniffen Book Award
Recognizes a best-authored book in the field of North American material culture
Ann Smart Martin, University of Wisconsin, Buying into the World of Goods: Early Consumers in Back Country, Virginia
David Robertson, State University of New York at Geneseo, Hard as the Rock Itself: Place and Identity in the American Mining Town
Allen G. Noble Book Award
Recognizes a best-edited book in the field of North American material culture
No award was given in 2008
Warren E. Roberts Graduate Student Paper Award
Recognizes excellence in original graduate student fieldwork, documentary research, and writing in the area of traditional North American material culture
No award was given in 2008
Hubert G. H. Wilhelm Student Research Award
Awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student to recognize excellence in student fieldwork, research, and writing in the material culture of the Americas
Amy Potter, Louisiana State University, There’s No Place Like Home: rebuilding Community in the Lower Ninth Ward
PAS:APAL Historic Preservation Awards
Recognize the preservation, interpretation, instruction, celebration, or exhibition of North American material culture
Historic Preservation Award
Southern Forest Heritage Museum, Long Leaf, Louisiana, a historic sawmill complex devoted to examining and interpretating the heritage of the Gulf Coast region’s forest industry
Historic Preservation Certificate of Merit
Recreation and Park Commission, Parish of Eastern Baton Rouge (BREC) and the Magnolia Mound Plantation Museum for their efforts to preserve, restore, and interpret the circa 1791 Magnolia Mound Plantation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana