[SOA] SOA History Day Award Winners

[Angela O'Neal]

On Saturday, over 600 students competed in the National History Day in
Ohio competition at the Ohio Union building on the campus of OSU. This
year we selected two winners for the Junior Division. They are: 

 

1)      Stephen Cosco for "The Making of the Movies: Opening Horizons
and Transforming Entertainment." Stephen's documentary focused on the
creation of the movies and the work of two Ohio inventors: Thomas Edison
and C.F. Jenkins. For his research, he visited Greenfield Village, the
Wayne County Historical Society in Richmond, Indiana, the Public Library
of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and the Cincinnati Historical Society.

2)      Amir Farhat of Birchwood School for "Garrett Augustus Morgan: An
Inventor Whose Inventions Still Save Many Lives Today." Amir's research
paper discussed the inventions of African American inventor Garrett
Augustus Morgan.  For his research, Amir visited the Western Reserve
Historical Society, where he viewed letters, patent documents,
advertisements and newspaper articles. 

 

In the Senior Division, the award went to Claire Lo of Shaker Heights
High School for "The Devil's Rope: Pioneering the West." Claire's
exhibit on barbed wire and its role in the settlement of the west. For
her research, Claire used the National Archives' patent collection and
original artifacts from the Devil's Rope Museum in McLean, Texas. She
also used the Cleveland Public Library's microfilm collection.

 

Congratulations to our award winners and all of the students who
participated in History Day. Special thanks to Sharon Dean for assisting
with the judging process and to the staff of the Ohio Historical Society
for coordinating the event. 

 

Angela

 

Angela O'Neal
Director, Information Technology

Ohio Historical Society
(614) 297-2576 

www.ohiohistory.org <http://www.ohiohistory.org>  

 

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