Award Recipients:
The Maybeck Foundation - restoration of the Palace of Fine Arts - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Marilyn Blaisdell - SF photo books - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Dr. Gray Brechin - architectural historian, columnist and TV producer - Oscar Lewis Award
Bernal History Project - archive and research about Bernal Heights - Walter Jebe, Sr. Neighborhood Award
2010 - 13th Annual Awards photo album
San Francisco Parks Trust - restoration of the Conservatory of Flowers - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Prelinger Library - SF history archive - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Lee Houskeeper - April 18, 1906 commemoration - Oscar Lewis Award
Ed Byberg - historian at The Presidio - Walter Jebe, Sr. Neighborhood Award
2009 - 12th Annual Awards photo album
Wells Fargo History Museum – SF and CA history archive & museum - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Bob Bowen - author - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Kevin Mullen - author - Oscar Lewis Award
Potrero Hill Archives – neighborhood archive - Walter Jebe, Sr. Neighborhood Award
2008 - 11th Annual Awards photo album
The San Francisco Arts Commission - preserving the Portals of the Past in Golden Gate Park - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library – SF history archive - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Heyday Books – publisher of SF and CA history books - Oscar Lewis Award
John Gaul – historian at Haas-Lilienthal House - Walter Jebe, Sr. Neighborhood Award
2007 - SFHA 25th Anniversary Celebration
2006 - 10th Annual Awards Dinner
San Francisco Fire Department Historical Society – 1906 Earthquake and Fire 100 year Expo and preserving the artifacts and history of the SFFD - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Kit Haskell – SFHA program chair for 9 years - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Arcadia Publishing – published over 30 history books of SF neighborhoods and local interest - Oscar Lewis Award
Lorri Ungaretti – authored neighborhood history books on the Sunset and the Richmond Districts - Walter Jebe , Sr. Neighborhood Award
2005 - 9th Annual Awards Dinner
The Victorian Alliance of San Francisco – preservation and restoration of Victorian an other historic structures - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Woody LaBounty – author and co-founded the Western Neighborhoods Project - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Rand Richards - author - Oscar Lewis Award
2004 - 8th Annual Awards
Market Street Railway Association – preservation of vintage street railway cars - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Jose Sarria a.k.a. The Widow Norton - leads processions to pay respects to SF history character and activist for gay rights - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Charles A. Fracchia - author and founder of The San Francisco Historical Society. - Oscar Lewis Award
2003 - 7th Annual Awards
Kathleen Manning – author and preservationist - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Edward Galland Zelinsky - preservation of the Musee Mecanque - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Br. Guire Cleary, S.S.F - Mission Dolores historian and author - Oscar Lewis Award
2002 - 6th Annual Awards
Golden Gate Ferry Division – 1906 Earthquake and Fire survivors commemorative ferry rides - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Donna Ewald Huggins – Panama Pacific International Exposition historian - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Taren Sapienza – 1906 Earthquake and Fire commemoration and celebration - Oscar Lewis Award
2001 - 5th Annual Awards
City Guides – preservation and history education - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
San Francisco Architectural Heritage Foundation – Haas-Lilenthal House - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Windgate Press – publishers of SF history books - Oscar Lewis Award
2000 - 4th Annual Awards
Walter G. Jebe, Sr. – historian - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Hon. George T. Choppelas – Judge Court of Historical Review - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Carl W. Nolte – SF Chronicle Columist reporting SF history preservation efforts - Oscar Lewis Award
1999 - 3rd Annual Awards
Mayor Willie L. Brown – City Hall restoration - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Alessandro Baccari Jr. – author and historian - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Malcolm E. Barker - author - Oscar Lewis Award
1998 - 2rd Annual Awards
Dr. Kevin Starr- author and historian - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Noah Griffin - historian - Award of Merit
Daniel Bacon – author and founder of Barbary Coast Trail - Award of Merit
Jane Bressler - SFHA program coordinator - Award of Merit
1997 - 1st Annual Awards
Ron Ross – founder of the San Francisco History Association - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Gladys Hansen – archivist - Ron Ross Founder’s Award
Elaine Molinari – Beach Chalet preservation - Dr. Albert Shumate Memorial Award
Elfreda J. Menzel - founding member and financial officer for the SFHA - Award of Merit
Jane Cryan – 1906 refugee shack preservation - Award of Merit