The Journal of San Diego History

SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

39th Annual Institute of History

The San Diego Historical Society’s Institute of History

encourages research on San Diego subjects of historical

significance. Papers pertaining to California, the Southwest,

and Baja California are appropriate to submit to the

Institute when they involve events or individuals with some

relationship to San Diego’s past. Students, non-professional,

and professional writers are encouraged to submit papers.

Awards, which include cash prizes, may not be given in a
category if no papers of sufficient merit are submitted, as
determined by the judges. All papers submitted to the Institute

of History will be considered for publication in the Society’s

quarterly The Journal of San Diego History.

The 2006 Institute of History Award Winners were:

Charles W. Hughes: Marc Tarasuck Award - $600 - Architects and

Architecture for La Mojonera & The Marking of California’s Mexico-U.S.

Boundary Line

Ernie Liwag: Joseph L Howard Fund Award - $500 - Business and

Business People for Craft Beer in San Diego Society

Scott Fraser: Mary Ward Memorial Award - $500 - San Diego County

History and Historic Preservation for The Need for Water: The Federal Gov-

ernment, San Diego, and the Growth of a Major U.S. Metropolis from 1940-1955

Joshua Grace, Christopher Rhamey, Megan Dukett, Kaylin Gill, Ricky

Bell: James S. Copley Library Award - $300 - The American Period of

San Diego History for Coming Out Gay, Coming Out Christian: The Begin-

nings of GLBT Christianity in San Diego, 1970-1979

Jennifer C. Dawson Nolan: Jane Booth Award - $300 - for Women in

San Diego History for By Example: How the Southland Anti-Suffrage

Movement Helped California Women Gain the Vote in 1911

Awards not given:

Judge Jacob Weinberger Award - $600 - Legal History

Milton Fintzelberg Award - $600 - Native, Spanish and Mexican Eras

Dr. Charles Fenn Memorial Award - $500 - Medical History

Deadline for submission of papers

September 14, 2007