Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, the Oklahoma Historical Society will honor award recipients and Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame inductees at our annual Awards Banquet. This event is held at the Oklahoma History Center, located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City. A cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., and dinner and the awards program will follow at 6:30 p.m. Cocktail attire is requested, and guests are asked to RSVP by March 10.
Tickets and Tables
Tickets and tables are now available to purchase online. Individual tickets are available for $100 and include one ticket to the reception and banquet. Tables include eight reception tickets, a banquet table for eight, and the sponsor’s name listed on the printed program and the OHS website. Donation levels are Silver $1,000; Gold $2,500; and Platinum $5,000.
Purchase Tickets and Sponsorships
Please contact Development Officer Brittney Berling for more information at brittney.berling@history.ok.gov
Awards and Honors Presented
Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame Inductees
Dr. Rachel Caroline Eaton (posthumous)
Carolyn G. Hanneman
Dr. Sarah Eppler Janda
Guardians of History Honorees
Senator Jo Anna Dossett
Representative John Pfeiffer
E. E. Dale Award
Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land, Rebecca Nagle (HarperCollins, 2024)
Linda Williams Reese Award
Outstanding Dissertation on Oklahoma History
“Indian Removal and the Native Nations of Northeast Oklahoma,”
Sheldon Yeakley, Oklahoma State University
Bruce T. Fisher Award
Outstanding Oklahoma History Project
“How did Oklahoma Become the Location of a Real-Life Lord of the Flies?,” How Curious podcast, Rachel Hopkin, KGOU
Muriel H. Wright Award
Outstanding Article Published in The Chronicles of Oklahoma
“The Westmoreland Gang and the Outlaws of Keystone,” (Winter 2024–25), Damon T. Cagle
William D. Pennington Award
Outstanding Social Studies Teacher
Lisa Burton, Keys Public Schools
Joseph B. Thoburn Award
Outstanding Student Historian
Kaylee Walker, Stilwell Public Schools
National Register of Historic Places Designations
Altus Junior College Library, Altus
Booker T. Washington School, Enid
Charles and Bertha Blevins House, Tulsa
Chisholm Springs Springhouse, Asher
Clyde’s Supermarket and T.G.&Y., Oklahoma City
Covington Jail, Covington
Okeene Oil Co., Okeene
Frisco Railroad Depot, Clayton
Dr. William L. and Susie Price Haywood Estate, Oklahoma City
Prairie House, Norman
St. George Episcopal Church, Bristow
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Okarche
Tipton Orphans Home, Tipton
Past Awards Banquets
2024 Awards Banquet
2023 Awards Banquet
2022 Awards Banquet
2021 Awards Ceremony (online)
