Thomas Jefferson Prize

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2017     The papers of Andrew Jackson, volume X, 1832, edited by Daniel Feller, Thomas Coens, and Laura-Eve Moss
2016     No award
2015     Land and labor, 1866–67 (Freedom : a documentary history of Emancipation, 1861–1867 : series 3, volume 2), edited by René Hayden, et al.
2013     Documentary history of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789–March 3, 1791 : Correspondence: Second Session, Volumes 18-20, edited by Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, Helen E. Veit, and William C. diGiacomantonio
2012     Guide to research in Federal judicial history, edited by Jonathan White
2011     Foreign relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume VIII: Vietnam, January–October 1972, edited by John M. Carland
2010     World War II : guide to records relating to U.S. participation, compiled by Timothy P. Mulligan
2009     The papers of Joseph Henry : volume 11 : the Smithsonian years : January 1866–May 1878, edited by Marc Rothenberg
2008     Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present. Millennial edition. Edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott S. Gartner, Michael B. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, Gavin Wright
2007     Foreign relations of the United States : 1969-1976, Vol. XVII : China, 1969-1972, Office of the Historian, Department of State, Steven E. Phillips, ed., and Edward C. Keefer, gen.ed.
2006
     No prize awarded
2005     Documentary history of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791 : volume 15 : correspondence : March-May 1789; volume 16 : correspondence : June-August 1789; volume 17 : correspondence : September-November, 1789, edited by Charlene Bangs Bickford, Kenneth R. Bowling, William Charles diGiacomantonio, and Helen E. Veit; The Dolley Madison Edition (http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/dmde), edited by Holly Shulman (certificate of commendation)
2004     United States Army unit and organizational histories : a bibliography by James T. Cantrovich
2003     The papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, volume 11 : August 1792-January 1793, edited by Philander D. Chase and Christine Sternberg Patrick (non-scholarly edition here)
2002     Historic U.S. court cases : an encyclopedia, edited by John W. Johnson
2001     Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program, volume 4 : accessing space, edited by John M. Logsdon, Ray A. Williamson, Roger D. Launius, Russell J. Acker, Stephen J. Garber, and Jonathan L. Friedman (online access available here)
1999     Letters of delegates to Congress 1774-1789 : volume 25 : March 1, 1788-July 25, 1789 edited by Paul Hubert Smith and Ronald M. Gephart
1998     Guide to federal records in the National Archives of the United States.  National Archives and Records Administration
1997     The emerging nation : a documentary history of the foreign relations of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789, Mary A. Giunta, editor-in-chief, and others
1996     The Trans-Mississippi West, 1804-1912, compiled by Robert M. Kvasnicka; The Hot Springs of Arkansas through the years, 1803-1996 by Sharon Luvois Shugart; and, Finding aid to the Hot Springs National Park Architectural/Technical Drawing and Map Collection, 1875-1990 by Sharon Luvois Shugart
1995     The wartime genesis of free labor : the upper South (Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867; series 1, volume 2), edited by Ira Berlin
1994     Unlocking the files of the FBI : a guide to its records and classification system by Gerald K. Haines and David A. Langbart; Historic U.S. court cases, 1690-1990 : an encyclopedia, edited by John W. Johnson (2nd edition (2001) here)
1993     The naval war of 1812 : a documentary history, volume 2 : 1813, edited by William S. Dudley
1992     W. Averell Harriman : a register of his Papers in the Library of Congress, prepared by Allan Teichroew and others.  (online version, revised in 2001, available here)
1991     The wartime genesis of free labor : the lower South (Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867; series 1, volume 3), edited by Ira Berlin
1990     United States. Congress. Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundredth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1989, inclusive (up-to-date version here)
1989     Documentary history of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, 4 March, 1789-3 March, 1791, volume 9 : the diary of William Maclay and other notes on Senate debates, edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Helen E. Veit
1988     A reference guide to United States Department of State special files by Gerald K. Haines
1987     The destruction of slavery (Freedom, a documentary history of emancipation, 1861-1867; series 1, volume 1), edited by Ira Berlin