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NHF Announces Knox Prize for Naval History

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

In the minutes of the 1948 annual meeting of the Naval Historical Foundation that detailed a post-World War II fundraising campaign led by NHF President Fleet Admiral Ernest King for a naval museum that would open in downtown Washington in … Continue reading →

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Three Alaska Students Awarded NHF National History Day Prize

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

In an energetic National History Day ceremony at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center in mid-June, three middle school students from Alaska were awarded the Naval Historical Foundation’s Captain Kenneth Coskey Award for Naval History scholarship. The 2012 NHD theme … Continue reading →

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2012 Beach Naval History Award: Midshipman Zach Schwartz

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Continuing a 10-year tradition, the Naval Historical Foundation on 24 May 2012 presented the Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr. Naval History Award to Midshipman First Class Zachary D. Schwartz, for his contributions to the study of naval and military history … Continue reading →

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Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Book Prize in Military History

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

The U.S. Commission on Military History announces the inauguration of the Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Book Prize in Military History. The prize entails a $1,000 award to the author of any nationality of the best book written in … Continue reading →

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2012 Cold War Essay Prize Competition

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

For the eighth year, the John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis at the Virginia Military Institute is pleased to announce that it will award prizes for the best unpublished research papers dealing with the United … Continue reading →

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Edward S. Miller Research Fellowship in Naval History

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

The Naval War College Foundation intends to award one grant of $1,000 to the researcher with the greatest need and can make the optimum use of the research materials for naval history located in the Naval War College’s Archives, Naval … Continue reading →

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Henry N. Barkhausen Award For Original Research in Great Lakes Maritime History

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Deadline: May 15, 2012 Guidelines for Entrants The Henry N. Barkhausen Award is sponsored annually by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History (AGLMH) to recognize and encourage new research in the field of Great Lakes maritime history. Submissions are … Continue reading →

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Naval History Sweeps Government History Book Prizes

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

At the Society For History in the Federal Government Awards Luncheon held at Archives II at College Park, MD on 21 March 2012, two monographs on naval history captured the prestigious George Pendleton Prize and Henry Adams Prize. George C. … Continue reading →

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Call for Proposals for the Adams-Collins Dissertation Prize 2012-13

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

The John A. Adams ‘71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis Department of History Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Virginia 24450 For the academic year 2012-13, the John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis at the … Continue reading →

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Admiral Holloway Receives Dewey Award from Naval Order

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

On Saturday, 22 October, the Naval Order of the United States (NOUS) held its annual Dewey Luncheon in which Admiral James L. Holloway, III, USN (Ret.) – former Chief of Naval Operations, and Chairman Emeritus of the Naval Historical Foundation … Continue reading →

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