Every year the Labor History Association presents a prize for the best undergraduate paper on labor history. The winner, in addition to receiving $250.00 will carry the honor of having won a national competition.
I will probably encourage a couple of you to submit your papers, but anyone can enter. I will be willing to work with any of you in the upcoming semester to continue to refine your paper if you are interested in entering the competition. Below is the announcement of the 2009-2010 winner as well as further information about this year's competition:
The New York State Labor History Association is proud to announce that the 2010 Barbara Wertheimer Prize has been awarded to Rose Friedman for her essay, "The IWW and the Mesabi Miners, 1916-1917." The Wertheimer committee was very impressed by Ms. Friedman's sophisticated handling of the idea of “race management” and her thoughtful analysis of the divergent forces at work in the IWW and the Mesabi mines. Her research paper was written for Professor Peter Rachleff at Macalester College.
BARBARA WERTHEIMER PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY
To recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association will award the Barbara Wertheimer Prize of $250.00 for the best research paper written during the 2010-2011 academic year. An abstract of the winning entry will, with permission, be posted on the NYLHA website. Please encourage your best undergraduate students to submit their work.
Papers on any aspect of labor or work history will be considered. Entries will be evaluated on the basis of scholarship and literary merit.
Entrants should send one copy of their paper to:
Brian Greenberg,
Department of History and Anthropology,
Monmouth University,
West Long Branch, NJ 07764.
The deadline is June 15, 2011
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