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Newfoundland Historical Society Heritage Awards

The Newfoundland Historical Society Heritage Fellowship Award was instituted in 1976, when Paul O'Neill, in his annual President's Report, stated that it was to be presented to the person or persons who, in the judgement of the Council has contributed significantly to the preservation and/or dissemination of the written record of the history of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Nominations may be made by any member of the Society. The winner is chosen by the Executive and Council from the nominees. It is hoped in this way to sometimes honour contributions to the written history of Newfoundland by persons who otherwise might be ignored.

The first recipient was the Society's own Office Secretary, and staunch supporter, collector, preserver and disseminator of Newfoundland history, Bobbie Robertson. It has been awarded annually, with a few exceptions, since then, and in recent years to multiple recipients.

1975-76	Bobbie Robertson	1995-96	Encyclopedia
1976-77	Agnes O'Dea		of Newfoundland
1977-78	Joseph R. Smallwood		& Labrador
1978-79	Ted Drover		Gordon Handcock
1979-80	Ronald Seary	1996-97	Paul Johnson
1980-81	Frederick W. Rowe		Marguerite Linthorne
1981-82	Louise Whiteway	1997-98	Gilbert Higgins
1982-83	George Story		Janet Story
1983-84	Doris Saunders		Raymond W. Guy
1984-85	Paul O'Neill	1998-99	Ena Farrell Edwards
	Michael Harrington	1999-00	William J. Kirwin
1985-86	Harry Cuff	2000-01	Alley O'Brien
1986-87	no recipient	2001-03	no recipient
1987-88	Burnham Gill	2003-04	James Tuck
1988-89	Hal Andrews		Rolland Abbott
1989-90	Ed Coady		Baccalieu Trail
1990-91	Leslie Harris		Heritage Society
1991-93	no recipient	2008	William F. Coaker
1993-94	Otto Tucker		Heritage Foundation
1994-95	Naboth Winsor Peter Neary