Department of History

Best Paper Awards

 

The History Department of the University of Dayton is pleased to announce the competition for two awards:
 

¨The Dr. George Ruppel Award — for the best history paper submitted by a University of Dayton undergraduate student.

 
 

¨The Betty Ann Perkins Award — for the best paper submitted by a University of Dayton undergraduate student which deals with any topic covering women’s or family history.

 
 

All manuscripts must be submitted to the Chairperson of the History Department before February 15, 2003.Papers become the property of the Department of History.

 

Papers must be well-written, use primary sources, demonstrate an acquaintance with the secondary source literature on the subject, and show originality as well as sound historical methodology.

 

Papers should not exceed 25 typewritten pages in length.Style should conform with the Turabian Manual for Writers.Three copies of each paper must be submitted.

 

Students submitting manuscripts must have taken at least six hours of history at the University of Dayton.

 

Faculty members from the History Department will judge the manuscripts.

Their decision will be announced in March.