Milton V. Backman, Jr., &
Lawrence Foster-MHA President

J. Talmage Jones Awards of Excellence - $500
($250 ea.)
Stephen C. LeSueur
“The Community of Christ and the Search for a Usable Past”
John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, Vol. 22 (2002)

Jeremy Bonner
“The New Deal in Orem, Utah, 1933-1940”
Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 28 (Fall 2002)

Juanita Brooks Best Graduate Paper - $350
Matthew J. Grow, Graduate Student,
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
“The Whore of Babylon and the Abomination of
Abominations: Nineteenth-Century Catholic and Mormon Perceptions of Each Other”

Juanita Brooks Best Undergraduate Paper - $250
Timothy G. Merrill, Student,
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
“The Price of Polygamy: Mormon Polygamists
Under Federal Prosecution, 1879-1895”

Certificate of Merit - $100
Shawn Callahan
Previously awarded at the Brigham Young University
Annual Religious Education Student Symposium

Thomas L. Kane Award
Mario Marcopoli
Former Mayor of Kirtland who encouraged the restoration of historic Kirtland sites.

Mario Marcopoli &
Lawrence Foster-MHA President

Turner-Bergera Best Biography Award - $1,000
Boyd Jay Peterson
Hugh Nibley, A Consecrated Life
Greg Kofford Books
Buy it now!

Christensen Best Documentary Award - $700
Roger Robin Ekins
Defending Zion, George Q. Cannon and the California Mormon Newspaper Wars of 1856-1857
The Arthur H. Clark Company
Buy it now!

Special Merit Citation - $700
Glen M. Leonard
Nauvoo, A Place of Peace, A People of Promise
Deseret Book & Brigham Young University Press
Buy it now!

T. Edgar Lyon Best Article of Year Award - $300
Ronald W. Walker
“Walkara Meets the Mormons, 1848-52: A Case Study in Native American Accommodation”
Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 70, (Summer 2002)

Special Citations
Donald L. Enders
Ronald K. Esplin
Susan Easton Black & Harvey B. Black