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Clay S. Jenkinson is a 2009 AASLH Award Winner
7/20/2009
NASHVILLE, TN—July, 2009—The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announces that Clay S. Jenkinson is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards for the documentary When the Landscape is Quiet Again: The Legacy of Art Link. Jenkinson, Director of The Dakota Institute of the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Washburn, co-directed the film with David Swenson of Bismarck. Produced by the Institute, the film is the first of many documentary films planned.
The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 64th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. Awards for 2009 represent 59 organizations and individuals from across the United States. Award winners will be honored at a special banquet during the 2009 AASLH Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday, August 29. A generous contribution from The History Channel will once again help underwrite the cost of the awards banquet.
Jenkinson is also Distinguished Visiting Humanities Scholar at Bismarck State College and serves as lead scholar at the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. He is a nationally-recognized humanities scholar, portraying Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt and J. Robert Oppenheimer, among many others. His “Thomas Jefferson Hour” is broadcast nationally on public radio stations, and he is the author of award-winning books.
The AASLH awards program was initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history throughout the United States. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards not only honor significant achievement in the field of state and local history, but also
brings public recognition of the opportunities for small and large organizations, institutions, and programs to make contributions in this arena. For more information
about the Leadership in History Awards, contact AASLH at 615-320-3203, or go to www.aaslh.org.
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