National History Day/Texas History Day Special Award
Best Use of Texas Archival Collections

 

 

Established in 2016, the purpose of the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board's Best Use of Texas Archival Collections award is to encourage the use of historical records as primary sources created in Texas or held in a Texas repository in support of National History Day in Texas.  The awards are intended to recognize junior and senior division projects that utilize archival collections in a substantive way. 

National History Day and the Society of American Archivists collaborated on an Archives Toolkit for the student, teacher, archivist, or researcher to provide information on National History Day and how archives can be used in history day projects. Visit National History Day and Archives.

For information and resources from TSLAC, visit: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/nationalhistoryday


2024 Winners

Grant Gillum

Fueling Victory: How the Inch Pipelines Became a Turning Point in World War II

Category: Individual Website (Senior Division)

School: Dripping Springs High School

 

Adalyn Ramos, Emry Olivarez, Isabelle Howson, Lydia Droege

LBJ: Turning Lives Around

Category: Group Documentary (Junior Division)

School: North Belton Middle School

2023 Winners

Grant Gillum

Power for the People: How LBJ Tamed the Frontiers of Texas Hill Country Electrification

Category: Individual Website (Senior Division)

School: Dripping Springs High School

 

Alexa Harbour, Brynlee Newberry, Kinleigh Fulton, McKenna Brindley, Swikriti Lamichhane

Me for Ma: A Frontier for Women in Politics

Category: Group Exhibit (Junior Division)

School: North Belton Middle School

2022 Winners

Liceth Meza

Debate and Diplomacy: Perspectives on the Annexation of the Republic of Texas

Category: Individual Exhibit (Senior Division)

School: Bryan Collegiate High School

 

Annaliese West, Izabella Briones, Sadie Carter

It Lies in the Desert: Tragedy at Porvenir

Category: Group Performance (Junior Division)

School: Marathon Independent School District 

 

2021 Winners

Lily Coffman 

Hidden on the "B" Side: Black Gospel Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Category: Individual Documentary (Senior Division)

School: Waco High School

 

Colton Payne

Resolved: African Americans Found their Voice Through Debate

Category: Individual Documentary (Junior Division)

School: Sante Fe Junior High School

 

David Bode

Waco's Greatest Photographer: Fred Gildersleeve 

Category: Individual Website (Junior Division)

School: Atlas Academy (Waco)

 

Watch the Texas History Day Award Ceremony 

 

 

2020 Winners 

Lily Coffman 

Sandtown Erased: How Geographic and Cultural Barriers Were Broken by Urban Renewal

Category: Individual Documentary (Senior Division)

School: Waco High School

 

Colton Payne

Barbara Jordan: Breaking Racial and Gender Barriers - Equality for All; Privileges for None

Category: Individual Documentary (Junior Divison)

School: Santa Fe Jr. High School

 

Texas History Day Virtual Award Ceremony

 

2019 Winners

Lily Coffman

Leon Jaworski: From Waco to Watergate

Category: Documentary (Senior Division)

School: Waco High School

 

Hannah Wood, Jordan Cain, Madison Flor, Rebekah McGuire

Before Little Rock: Tragedy in a Small Texas Town

Category: Group Documentary (Junior Division)

School: North Belton Middle School

2018 Winners

Lira Ramirez

José T. Canales, Conflict and Compromise, Tejano Identity in Politics (PDF)

Category: Individual Paper (Senior Division)

School: Firelight Academy

 

Lily Coffman

The Integration of Waco: A Story Behind the Secret

Category: Individual Documentary (Junior Division)

School: Atlas Academy

2017 Winners

Norah Rami

Oveta Culp Hobby: From Media to Military (Video |Transcript)

Category: Individual Documentary (Junior Division)

School: Sartartia Middle School

 

Rylee Hernandez and Bryson Ward

Standing Firm in Pursuit of the American Dream (Video | Transcript)

Category: Group Documentary (Senior Division)

School: Taft High School

2016 Winners

Chancellor Aikins and Kathryn Britz

Topic: The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (PDF)

Category: Group Documentary (Junior Division)

School: EC Heritage Middle School

 

Rylee Hernandez

Topic: Borders, Bandits, and One Revolting Plan (PDF)

Category: Individual Paper (Senior Division)

School: Taft High School

Picture of Jelain Chubb and Malinda Cowen with Rylee Hernandez, recepient of the THRAB's Special Award

Winner Rylee Hernandez with THRAB members Jelain Chubb (left) and Malinda Cowen (right)

 

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