Affiliate Chapter Awards
Affiliate Chapter of the Year
Each year GHS recognizes a member-institution within the Affiliate Chapter Program for exemplary leadership in the field of Georgia state and local history.
Previous Winners
2020: Bartow History Museum
2019: Lower Altamaha Historical Society
2018: Thronateeska Heritage Center
2017: The Columbus Museum
2016: The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
2015: Historic Oakland Foundation, Inc.
2014: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation
2013: Georgia Battlefields Association
2012: Dalton Civil War 150th Commission
2011: Old Capital Museum
2010: Historic Augusta
2009: Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute
2008: Stephens County Historical Society
2007: Thomas County Historical Society
2006: Augusta Canal Authority
2005: Georgia Public Broadcasting
2004: Cherokee County Historical Society
Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Awards
The Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Awards were given by the Georgia Historical Society until 2018 to recognize excellence in the preservation and presentation of local history by members of the GHS Affiliate Chapter program. Previous winners of this award are listed below:
Previous Winners
2018
Tattnall County Archives – 2018 – Special Projects
2017
Sumter Historic Trust – 2017 – Programs
Historic Rural Churches of Georgia – 2017 – Special Projects
Woodward Academy/GMA Archives – 2017 – Exhibits
2016
Historic Oakland Foundation, Inc. – 2016 – Programs
The Columbus Museum – 2016 – Exhibits
Massie Heritage Center – 2016 – Media
2015
Thronateeska Heritage Foundation, Inc. – 2015 – Archival Excellence
Bulloch County Historical Society – 2015 – Exhibits
Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Augusta Civil War Roundtable, Augusta Museum of History, Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society, Center for the Study of Georgia History at Regents University, Historic Augusta, Inc. & Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, and Morris Museum of Art – 2015 – Programs
2014
Bulloch County Historical Society – 2014 – Programs
Georgia College and State University, and Old Governor’s Mansion – 2014 – Preservation Project
2013
Historic Augusta, Inc. – 2013 – Preservation Project
Cherokee County Historical Society – 2013 – Programs
Thomaston/Upson Archives and the Upson County Historical Society – 2013 – Archival Excellence
2012
The Columbus Museum – 2012 – Exhibits
2011
The Columbus Museum – 2011 – Exhibits
2010
Legacy Museum on Main and the Troup County Historical Society – 2010 – Exhibits
2009
Historic Augusta, Inc. – 2009 – Programs
Thomaston/Upson Archives and the Upson County Historical Society – 2009 – Media Project
Historic Augusta, Inc. – 2009 – Preservation Project
2008
Cherokee County Historical Society – 2008 – Archival Excellence
Columbus Museum and the Shaw High School Young Historians Club – 2008 – Exhibit
Georgia Public Broadcasting – 2008 – Media Project
Cook County Historical Society – 2008 – Preservation Project
Historic Columbus Foundation – 2008 – Programs
2007
Fayette County Historical Society – 2007 – Archival Excellence
Friends of Bulloch Hall – 2007 – Exhibits
Haralson County Historical Society – 2007 – Media Project
Historic Effingham Society – 2007 – Preservation Project
Upson Historical Society and the Thomaston-Upson Archives – 2007 – Programs
2006
Thomasville Genealogical, History, and Fine Arts Library, Inc. – 2006 – Archival Excellence
Old Governor’s Mansion – 2006 – Exhibits
Lost Worlds, Inc. – 2006 – Media Project
Old Governor’s Mansion – 2006 – Preservation Project
DeKalb History Center – 2006 – Programs
2005
Georgia Women of Achievement – 2005 – Media Project
Historic Augusta’s – 2005 – Preservation Project
Carroll County Historical Society – 2005 – Programs
2004
Tybee Island Historical Society – 2004 – Preservation Project
Historic Oakland Foundation – 2004 – Preservation Project
Augusta Canal Authority – 2004 – Programs
Contact the GHS Membership and Outreach Coordinator for more information.
