Wisconsin Magazine of History

William Best Hesseltine Award Winners

The William Best Hesseltine Award was established in 1965 in memory of historian and Wisconsin Historical Society past president William B. Hesseltine. Each year member readers vote from a list of the previous year's eligible writers and articles, selecting the best original article. Each award winner receives a $100 prize. Results of each year's voting are published in the winter issue of the magazine.

Click on the author's name below to find more information about each award winner, including links to each award winning article as published online in the Wisconsin Magazine of History's archives.

• 2006 – 2007 - Erika Janik
  for the article, "Good Morning Homemakers!"



• 2005 – 2006 - Amelia Klem Osterud
  for the article, "A Life of Her Own Choosing: Anna Gibbons’ Fifty Years as a Tattooed Lady"



• 2004 - 2005 - Russell Horton
  for the article, "Unwanted in a White Man's War: The Civil War Service of the Green Bay Tribes"



• 2003 – 2004 - Clark Kidder
  for the article, "West by Orphan Train"



• 2002 - 2003 - William H. Tishler and Erik M. Ghenoiu
  for the article, "Conservation Pioneers: Jens Jensen and the Friends of Our Native Landscape."



• 2001 - 2002 - Jim Draeger and Gerry Strey (tie)
  for Jim Drager's article, "Postal-Perfect: My Pursuit of Mail-Order Homes in Wisconsin" and Gerry Strey's article, "The 'Oleo Wars': Wisconsin's Fight over the Demon Spread."