Barbara Wertheimer and Bernard Bellush Prize
The New York State Labor History Association is proud to announce that the 2016 Barbara Wertheimer Prize is being awarded to Luke Mielke for his Macalester University American Studies Honors thesis, “Racial Uplift in a Jim Crow Local: Black Union Organizing in Minneapolis Hotels, 1930-1930. His thesis was directed by Duchess Harris. The Committee was very impressed with the original way Luke defined his topic and with his sophisticated handling of the primary records. His thesis was also well-written.
BARBARA WERTHEIMER PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY To recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association annually awards the Barbara Wertheimer Prize for the best research paper written during the previous academic year. Wertheimer was a leading labor educator and scholar.
BERNARD BELLUSH PRIZE The Bernard Bellush Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship by graduate students in labor and work history. Please do not send full dissertations. The Bellush Prize honors the contribution to labor history made by Bernie Bellush, as a scholar and as an activist.
Both the Bellush and Wertheimer Prize provide an award of $250 for the best research paper written during the 2015-2016 academic year. An abstract of each paper will be posted on the NYLHA website. Please encourage your graduate and undergraduate students to submit their work. Entries will be evaluated on the basis of scholarship and literary merit.
Entrants should send (email acceptable) one copy of their paper to: Brian Greenberg 18 Borden Street Shrewsbury, New Jersey Email: bgreenbe@monmouth.edu The deadline is June 15, 2017.
Brian Greenberg
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