Dorothy Schwieder Excellence in Research Award
- Joe L. Anderson
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, Pork, and Power in America
Excellence in Archaeology and Historic Preservation Award
- Horace Mann Elementary School
- Iowa City, Iowa
Owner: Iowa City Community School District
Architects: Rohrbach Associates (Iowa City, Iowa) & BCDM Architects (Omaha, Nebraska)
- State Capitol Dome Restoration (Honorable Mention)
- Des Moines, Iowa
Owner: State of Iowa Capitol Complex
Architect: OPN Architects (Des Moines, Iowa)
William J. Petersen & Edgar R. Harlan Lifetime Achievement Award
- Michael Gibson (2020)
- Dubuque, Iowa
Michael Gibson has served as the Director of the Loras College Center of Dubuque History from 1983 through 2020. Over his 37 year career, he has built the Center into a vital repository of Dubuque and Loras College history. Gibson’s determined, strong measure of persistence and commitment to developing personal contacts earned him well-deserved trust and made him the “go-to guy” for local history questions.
- Robert Neymeyer (2019)
- Waterloo, Iowa
Robert Neymeyer taught Iowa history for more than 50 years at the University of Northern Iowa. He also worked as a historian at Waterloo's Grout Museum District where he has completed more than 2,400 video interviews to capture and preserve the stories of Iowa veterans and farmers. Neymeyer has written books on a range of topics and has served on several boards related to Iowa history.
Loren Horton Community History Award
- Mary Beth Costello and Beverly Dashner
- Malvern, Iowa
Malvern, Iowa at One Fifty
- Dr. Steven Collins, Iris Hemmingson, Dr. Wayne Marty, Linda Mayrose, Mary Reynolds and Richard Ziettlow
- Le Mars, Iowa & Fort Myers, Florida
Outstanding Research or Publication
(Certificate of Recognition)
Le Mars, Iowa - A Pictorial History, 1869-2019
George Mills & Louise Noun Popular History Award
- Jerry Harrington
- Iowa City, Iowa
"Carrie Chapman Catt: Special Series Examines Groundbreaking Work of Women’s Suffrage Leader"
Iowa History Journal, March-August 2019
- Michael Swanger (Honorable Mention)
- West Des Moines, Iowa
"Not Fade Away: Legends of the 1959 Winter Dance Party Rave On"
Iowa History Journal, January/February 2019
- Shelbi Thomas (Honorable Mention)
- Iowa City, Iowa
"The Real Nancy Drew"
Iowa Magazine, Fall 2019
Mildred Throne & Charles Aldrich Academic History Award
- Anna Thompson Hajdik
- Madison, Wisconsin
"The Surf Ballroom: Rock & Roll, 1950s Nostalgia, and Cultural Memory in Clear Lake"
Annals of Iowa, Spring 2019
- Pamela Riney-Kehrberg (Honorable Mention)
- Ames, Iowa
"A Special and Terrible Irony: Hunger on Iowa's Farms during the Agricultural Crisis of the 1980s"
Annals of Iowa, Fall 2019
Benjamin F. Shambaugh Published Book Award
- Linda M. Clemmons
- Bloomington, Illinois
Dakota in Exile: The Untold Stories of Captives in the Aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War
University of Iowa Press
- Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd (Certificate of Recognition)
- Iowa City, Iowa
A Life on the Middle West’s Never-Ending Frontier
University of Iowa Press
- Brian W. Beltman (Certificate of Recognition)
- Rock Hill, South Carolina
Dutch Transplanters on the Grasslands and the Fruits of Chain Migration
Independently Published
Judith A. McClure Award
- John and Josephine Kuba House (Frankie House) (2020)
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- William H. Meek House (2019)
- Des Moines, Iowa
Adrian D. Anderson Award
- Paulson Barn (2020)
- Ogden, Iowa
- IOOF-Erickson Building (2019)
- Northwood, Iowa
Margaret Keyes Award
- Monroe Elementary School (2020)
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Building (2019)
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
William J. Wagner Award
- Fort Des Moines Historic Buildings 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 81, 83, and 86 (2020)
- Des Moines, Iowa
- John Deere C-2 Building (2019)
- Waterloo, Iowa
