Annual Report 2025 Awards

Every year the Vermont Historical Society gives out a number of awards, fellowships, and other program-related superlatives. The following were awardees and winners in FY 2025.

Richard O. Hathaway Award: Alice M. Evans, for her book Our Suffering Brace: Waitsfield Boys and the Men in the Civil War.

Weston A. Cate, Jr. Fellowship: Miles McCallum of Burlington. A graduate student studying history at UVM, McCallum’s project is titled “Blackface Minstrelsy in the Green Mountain State.”

Geiger Fellowships:
Ellie Feinstein, Stowe High School
Delphi Lyra, Northfield Mount Herman (Mass.)
Caroline Murray, Mount Holyoke College
Colby Tuller, U-32

LLHSM Achievement Awards

Award of Excellence

Townshend Historical Society
For their West Townshend Stone Arch Bridge Project

Award of Merit

Chester Historical Society
For their Facebook Project

Colchester Historical Society
For their 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Fair Haven Historical Society
For the Fair Haven Historical Society Newsletter

Randolph Historical Society
For their Flickr Commons Photo Archive

Individual Achievement Award

Lorraine Brown
Fair Haven Historical Society

Patrick Farmer
Montgomery Historical Society

Elizabeth “Betty” Walker
Orwell Historical Society

Jane and Paul Willard
Waterbury Historical Society

Vermont History Day Winners

The full list of 2025 Vermont State Contest winners can be found here

National History Day- Best of Vermont Awards

Junior Division
Paper “The Case of Mendez v. Westminster: How it Changed School Segregation and Civil Rights for Children of Mexican Descent” by Aitana Seville

Senior Division
Documentary “The Equal Rights Amendment: Where are We Now?” by Ace McCarthy-Beam and Jumana Nsour received Outstanding Affiliate Awards.