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SOA State History Day Winners 2000
The Society of Ohio Archivists (SOA) presented cash awards to two winners
at State History Day on Saturday, May 6, 2000.
The Senior Division award went to Elyse Meena for her Individual
Performance project, "The Fix that Turned Baseball," on the
1919 Black Sox World Series scandal. Meena attends Hathaway Brown School
in Shaker Heights,Ohio. She used the archives at the National Baseball
Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, the baseball collection at the Cleveland
Public Library, and the photographic resources at the Western Reserve
Historical Society to examine and cite books, news articles and letters
from the early 20th century for information essential
to her performance.
The Junior Division award was given to Lucille Frey for her Individual
Exhibit on "Sputnik: A Turning Point in History." Sputnik, the
first man-made satellite to orbit the earth, was launched in October,
1959.Frey attends St. Peter School in Huron, Ohio. She incorporated
information from local and national newspapers, news magazines and
scientific magazine sources from the 1950s along with United States and
(translated) Russian government memoranda and documents from the same
period, and conducted an interview with a person who worked with Wehner
Von Braun in her exhibit
Each student was presented with a $50 check. This year was the second
year for the SOA award.
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George W. Bain, Head of Archives & Special Collections
Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH 45701-2978
Tel.
740.593.2710 Fax
740.593.0138
Email <gbain1@ohiou.edu>