preserving local history
Nominees chosen for 35th Annual Jeanne Clarke Awards
Jan 30, 2020 | 4:55 PM
PRINCE GEORGE–Nominees for the 35th Annual Jeanne Clarke Awards were announced on Thursday (Jan.30.)
The award was established by the Prince George Library Board in 1985, in memory of former library board chair Jeanne Clarke. The award is given to individuals or groups for outstanding contributions in the preservation and promotion of local and regional history in the categories of publication and service.
The nominees for the 2020 Jeanne Clarke Award:
- Witsuwit’en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913-1973 by Tyler McCreary (2018)
- Every Little Scrap and Wonder by Carla Funk (2019)
- Song of the Earth: The Life of Alfred Joseph by Ross Hoffman and Alfred Joseph (2019)
- Voices from the Skeena: An Illustrated Oral History by Robert Budd with Illustrations by Roy Henry Vickers (2019)
- A Milestone on the Nechako by Trelle A. Morrow (2019)
- Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid (2019)
- As the River Flows: Stories of Life Along the Nechako by the Nechako Valley Historical Society (2019)
- Uphill Both Ways by Curt Garland (2019)
