Society, IHPA announce Hostick Award winners

The Illinois State Historical Society and the Illinois Historical Preservation Agency announce the winners of the 2002 King V. Hostick Awards, the annual scholarships that provide financial assistance to graduate students in history and library science. The awards were established to honor the late Springfield manuscript dealer, whose own interest in Lincoln and Illinois history was sparked by the late Governor Henry Horner. Hostick, a former officer and life member of the Illinois State Historical Society, died in 1993. The Illinois State Historical Library first granted the award in the 1996-'97 academic year, fifty-one students have earned awards thus far. The 2002 Hostick Award winners are:

*Sarah Boyle, Johnson City New York, for her dissertation '"Creating a Union of the Union': The Place of Regionalism in the Development of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1880-1900."

*Cheryl R. Ganz, Chicago, Illinois, for "A Century of Progress: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair."

*Linda V. Carlisle, Edwardsville, Illinois, for '"New Notions and Wild Vagaries': Elizabeth Packard's Quest for Personal Liberty."

* Stephen M. Hagerman, Champaign, Illinois, for "This is a Terrible Thing: Race, Class, and Gender on Chicago Southwest Side, 1950-1970."

*Michael J. Sherfy, Champaign, Illinois, for "Narrating Black Hawk: Constructing and Reconstructing a Native American Historical Subject, 1832-2002."

*Steve Burnett, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for '"Cheat You Fair: Maxwell Street Market and Chicago's Working Poor."

*Michael T. M. McCoyer, Chicago, Illinois, for "Mestizaje Meets the Color Lines: Mexican and Racial Formation in the Chicago-Calumet Region, 1917-1960."

The Hostick Awards are jointly funded by the ISHS and IHPA. For guidelines or more information contact Tom Teague, Executive Director, Illinois State Historical Society, 210-1/2 South Sixth Street, Suite 200, Springfield, Illinois 62701. You can also visit the Society's web site at www.historyillinois.org.

Windy City wanders

If you're traveling to Chicago this summer and have a taste for historic buildings, you'll want to visit the web site of the Chicago Architecture Foundation at www.architecture.org. The site lists several dozen on-going tours of the Windy City, everything from "Lake Forest Bike Rides" to "Riverwalks" to "Bungalows by Bus." Historic and modern skyscrapers, the Loop, Jackson Park, Graceland Cemetery, and the Lincoln Park Zoo are also featured, and prices, times, and meeting places are provided. For a printed copy of the Foundation's summer calendar of events, call 312-922-TOUR.

Work * People * Art

The era of America's Depression saw the implementation of one of the great experiments in government-sponsored culture: the Works Progress Administration, or WPA. The Illinois State Museum's collection of artwork from this period encompasses painting, sculpture, watercolors, and prints. More than 100 works have been selected for the exhibit "Work* People * Art:

Selections from the Works Progress Administration Collection," on display now through November 3, 2002, at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield. The works are grouped in five themes: A Stolen Moment, The American Worker, Rural and Urban America, Social Realism, and A Modern Sensibility. This exhibition is a colorful legacy of the men and women who struggled to maintain their creative freedom during a period of economic hardship. Museum hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free.

"Give," by Joseph Vavak, a 1940 lithograph on paper. From the Illinois State Museum WPA Collection.

Trail and Transport theme of 2002 History Symposium

The Illinois State History Symposium will be held December 6-7, 2002, in Springfield at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. This year's symposium revolves around a "Trail and Transport" theme and will include presentations on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Edwards Trace and Galena Trail, the Underground Railroad, the Ocean to Ocean and Dixie highways, and many others. More than twenty sessions covering various aspects of Prairie State history will be presented throughout the two-day symposium, and the Society will once again offer Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs) for teachers seeking reccrtification. For more information or to register for the Symposium, call the Society office at 217-525-2781.

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