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Essay Prize


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2009 Award Announced

The winner of the 2009 Western Front Association - Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate Essay Prize is Richard Allen Hulver of Shepherd University for his paper entitled: A Faith Kept: The Leadership of John J. Pershing in the American Battle Monuments Commission. Mr. Hulver receives a check for $1,000 for his winning effort.

Click Here To Download the Winning Essay in PDF format.

A Faith Kept: The Leadership of John J. Pershing in the American Battle Monuments Commission


The WFA - Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate Essay Prize is awarded annually for a paper examining the impact of The Great War on the United States. The winner is selected by a panel chaired by Professor Graydon Tunstall of the University of South Florida, Executive Director of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society.

The Committee Members:

  • Robert Denison, The Great War Society
  • Karen Goodno, Salem State College, Massachusetts,
  • Sanders Marble, Northern Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed US Army Medical Center
  • David Woodward, Marshall University
  • Graydon Tunstall, Chairman
Information on the competition for the 2010 prize can found below.



2010 Competition Announced
Deadline: January 31, 2011

Phi Alpha Theta and the Western Front Association award an annual prize of $1,000 for an essay written by an undergraduate student at an American college or university. Honorable Mention certificates will be given to runners-up.

 

The essay must address the American experience in World War I and contribute to a better understanding of the impact of that global conflict on the United States and its people. It may treat virtually any aspect of the American involvement in the WWI era during the period from 1911 (the Second Moroccan Crisis) to 1924 (the Dawes Plan).

 

The paper must be from 12 to 15 double-spaced typed pages in length (using twelve-point font), exclusive of the title page, endnotes, and bibliography. There must be evidence of the use of primary sources.

 

Submit:

  • Five (5) copies of the paper

  • One disk containing a file of the paper and the cover letter

  • A cover letter with the following information: (a) author’s name, (b) author's permanent mailing address, (c) author's email address, (d) author's college/university, and (e) professor's name and email address.

To:

Dr. Graydon A. (Jack) Tunstall Jr.
Phi Alpha Theta
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave SOC107
Tampa, Florida 33620-8100

Phone: 1-800-394-8195
Phone: 813-974-8212
Fax: 813-974-8215
Email: info@phialphatheta.org




Previous Essay Winners

Click on Name To Download Essay (htm file or pdf file if indicated)
2008

Laurene Hedrick Eheman

The Death of Ethnic Pride:
The Demise of German-American Culture Due to WWI (pdf file)

University of Delaware
2007

Andrew Breer

American Acquisition of French Field Artillery in the Great War. (pdf file)
Virginia Military Institute
2006

Mary E. Osborne

Fighting in the Trenches of the Mind: How the Committee on Public Information 'Held Fast the Inner Lines' in 1917-1918. (pdf file)
University of the Cumberlands
2004

Annessa Stagner

Reevaluating Society's Perception of Shell Shock: A Comparative Study Between Great Britain and the United States.
West Texas State University
2003

Justin Elhoff

Shells and Scalpels: The Development of Military Surgery in the Great War and the Benefit to Soldiers in the AEF
University of South Dakota
2002

Blaine A. Horton

"A Most Efficient Officer in Every Respect" -- George C. Marshall in World War I (1917-1919)
Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
2001

Nathan Williams

German Americans in
World War I

Wittenberg University,
Ohio
2000

Justin Snead

Main Street Shepherdstown, West Virginia as a Microcosm for Small Town America in the Great War.
Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.


rev. 16 Mar 2010


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