The Missouri History Book Award is given annually to the author of the best book written on the history of Missouri and Missourians. Original scholarship in the form of historical biographies, monographs, and/or general studies is eligible for a $1,500 cash award and a citation.
A panel of judges selected by the executive director determines the winner of the award from submissions made by publishers and authors. The closing date for submissions is June 30 of each year, and the winner of the award is announced at the fall annual meeting.
Persons wishing to nominate a book for the award should send a letter of nomination and three copies of the book to:
Gary R. Kremer
Executive Director
State Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, MO
65201-7298
Missouri History Book Award Recipients
2010
- William Garrett Piston and Thomas P. Sweeney - Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Missouri in the Civil War
2009
- Jay H. Buckley - William Clark: Indian Diplomat
2008
- Harry Haskell - Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star
2007
- Stephen Aron - American Confluence: The Missouri Frontier from Borderland to Border State
2006
- Daniel W. Pfaff - No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III
2005
- William E. Foley- Wilderness Journey: The Life of William Clark
2004
- James C. Olson - Stuart Symington: A Life
2003
- Walter A. Schroeder- Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830
2002
- Harper Barnes - Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David R. Francis
2001
- William Garrett Piston and Richard W. Hatcher III - Wilson’s Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It
2000
- Robert H. Ferrell - Truman and Pendergast
2000 - Special Award of Merit
- Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn - Dictionary of Missouri Biography
1999
- Dominic J. Capeci Jr. - The Lynching of Cleo Wright
1998
- Lawrence O. Christensen and Gary R. Kremer - A History of Missouri, Volume IV, 1875-1919
1997
- Kenneth C. Kaufman - Dred Scott's Advocate: A Biography of Roswell M. Field
1996
- Raymond A. Young - Cultivating Cooperation: A History of the Missouri Farmers Association
1995
- Robert H. Ferrell - Harry S. Truman: A Life
1994
- Sally M. Miller - From Prairie to Prison: The Life of Social Activist Kate Richards O'Hare
1993
- R. Douglas Hurt - Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri's Little Dixie