Oscar O. Winther Award

The Oscar O. Winther Award is an annual prize established by the Western History Association Council to recognize excellence in historical scholarship. The award honors the best article published in the Western Historical Quarterly during each academic year. Award recipients are selected by the WHQ Board of Editors through a competitive review process. The award carries a monetary prize of $500 and recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of western history. Named after Oscar O. Winther (1903-1970), a distinguished scholar of western transportation and the second President of the Western History Association, this award celebrates scholarly achievement in the study of the American West and related topics. The award has been given annually since the early 1970s and has recognized groundbreaking research on topics including Native American history, borderlands studies, environmental history, gender history, and regional development.