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Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Award
The Virginia V. Hamilton Award honors contributions to Alabama history that promote an appreciation of and better understanding of Alabama history among the general public. The award is named in honor of preeminent Alabama historian Dr. Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton. The next award will be given in 2028.
2026: Steve Murray
2024: Barry McNealy
2022: Peggy Allen Towns
2019: Frazine Taylor
2017: Mary Ann Neeley
2015: Elizabeth Wells
2013: Jim Baggett
2011: Virginia Pounds Brown
2009: Jay Lamar
2007: B.B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga, Alabama
2005: Wayne Flynt
2003: Leah Rawls Atkins
2001: Mary Jane McDaniel and Lee Allen
1999: Hardy Jackson
1996: Robert Stewart
1993: Ed Bridges
1991: Michael Thomason
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