[image] [image]

The Heritage Group Awards

Trophy Room

  1. [PlanetEarthInc Top 100 on the Planet] PlanetEarthInc Top 100 on the Planet
    Kansas Heritage 17-Dec-1995 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  2. [PlanetEarthInc Ultimate Site] PlanetEarthInc Ultimate Site
    Kansas Interactive Genealogy 1995 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
  3. [Magellan Internet Guide 3-Star Site] Magellan Internet Guide 3-Star Site
    Kansas State Historical Society 20-Jan-1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Kansas Heritage 20-Jan-1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    HNSource 20-Jan-1996 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
  4. [Ventana Walking the World Wide Web Premiere Site] Ventana Walking the World Wide Web Premiere Site
    Kansas Heritage 5-Apr-1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  5. [City Net] City Net
    Kansas Heritage 4-Nov-1995 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Kansas Sights 1995 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
  6. [City Link] City Link
    Kansas Heritage 5-Nov-1995 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  7. [NSBOL Community Spotlight for the Week Award] NSBOL Community Spotlight for the Week Award
    Abilene, Kansas Community Network 28-Apr-1996 Site Manager: Pamela Sexton
  8. [Lycos Top 5% Site] Lycos Top 5% Site
    Old West Kansas 12-Dec-1995 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Carrie 1995 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
    Kansas Sights 1995 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
  9. [Lycos City Guide] Lycos City Guide
    Lawrence 1996 Virtual Old West Lawrence & Lawrence Massacre (Kansas Collection)
    Russell 1996 Kansas Sights
    Topeka 1996 Interactive Santa Fe Trail & Topeka Kansas History
    Wichita 1996 Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka)
  10. [America's Best Choice Web Site] America's Best Choice Web Site
    Old West Kansas 23-May-1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Kansas Sights 1996 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
  11. [American Heritage Web Award] American Heritage Web Award
    Kansas Heritage 30-May-1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Old West Kansas 30-May-1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  12. [Excite Reviews 3-X Site] Excite Reviews 3-X Site
    Kansas Heritage 1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Kansas Sights 1996 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
    Kansas State Historical Society 1996 Site Manager: KSHS
    Kansas Interactive Genealogy 1996 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
  13. [Netguide Live's Best of the Web] NetGuide Live's Best of the Web
    4-Star Kansas Heritage 1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    3-Star HNSource 1996 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
    3-star Railroads in Kansas 1996 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  14. The Chronicle of Higher Education _Academe Today_ Internet Site of the Day
    Herman of Tournai 16-Oct-1996 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
  15. [WebCrawler Select Best of the Net] WebCrawler Select Best of the Web
    The Latin-English Word List 11-Jan-1997 Author: Lynn H. Nelson
  16. [KSHS Commendation] Kansas State Historical Society Commendation
    Recognition of the Heritage Group 12-Oct-1996
  17. Kansas Humanities Council Commendation
    Recognition of the Heritage Group 6-Mar-1997
  18. The Heritage Web site is featured in the new book Virtual Roots: a guide to genealogy and local history on the World Wide Web by Thomas Jay Kemp [publ. Scholarly Resources. Wilmington, DE. 1997]. Thomas J. Kemp is head of Special Collections Department, University of South Florida Library (Tampa, Florida).
  19. [Parenting of K-6 Children at The Mining Company] Parenting of K-6 Children at The Mining Company
    Old West Kansas 15-Jun-1997 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Old West Kansas site chosen as a featured site in "The State-by-State Guide to Family Travel in the U.S."
  20. [Awesome Library Star Rating] Awesome Library Star Rating
    Index of Resources for Historians 10-Aug-1997 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
  21. [Cultural Studies Virtual Library] Cultural Studies Virtual Library
    Index of Resources for Historians 21-Aug-1997 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
  22. [Discover It!] Discover It! - The Best of the Web
    Index of Resources for Historians 26 Aug 1998 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
    The Kansas Heritage Server 10 Mar 1999 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  23. [Library of Congress Today in History]
    Library of Congress Today in History for 29 Jan 1998
    Kansas Collection 26-Jan-1998 Site Manager: Dick Taylor, Susan Stafford
  24. Encyclopedia Britannica Internet Guide
    two-star, exceptional
    Kansas Collection 04-May 1998 Site Manager: Dick Taylor, Susan Stafford
  25. Links2Go Key Resource Award
    Plains and Emigrant Tribes of Kansas 22 Jul 1998 Site Manager: Steve Chinn
    HNSource, The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: History 22 Jul 1998 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
    Lawrence Cybervillage 1998 Site Manager: Karen Davis
    Carrie: an Electronic Library: Catholic Church 06 May 1999 Site Manager: Kendall Simmons
    Interactive Santa Fe Trail 08 Jul 2000 Site Manager: Nancy Sween
    Kansas Slide Show 13 Jul 2000 Site Manager: Steve Chinn
  26. Snap Editors' Choice Award
    Manhattan, Kansas Community Network 19-Oct-1998 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
    Lawrence Cybervillage 1998 Site Manager: Karen Davis
  27. MCI "Cybrarian of the Year" Award for the State of Kansas
    Lawrence Public Library 1998 Site Manager: Karen Davis
  28. _MuniNet Guide and Review_ (a newsletter on community and municipal networks) "Top Web Sites for 1998"
    Lawrence Cybervillage JAN-1998 Site Manager: Karen Davis
  29. Geohistory Recommended Internet Link
    The History Index 1 Jun 1999 Site Manager: Lynn H. Nelson
  30. [Pre-Search Pre-Search Best of the Net Website
    The History Index 27 July 1999 Site Manager: Lynn H. Nelson
  31. [Rated by Schoolzone's panel of expert teachers] Schoolzone List of Educationally Useful Sites
    The Latin-English Word List 13-Jul-2000 Author: Lynn H. Nelson
  32. [UNESCO Millennium Guide to Cultural Resources on the Web]
    UNESCO Millennium Guide to Cultural Resources on the Web
    Kansas Heritage 08 Nov 2000 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn
  33. [edHelper.com Honor Roll Selected Site!]
    edHelper.com Honor Roll Selected Site!
    alpamysh: central asian identity under Russian rule 07 Nov 2000 Site Manager: Lynn Nelson
  34. [Awesome Library Editor's Choice Award]
    Awesome Library Editor's Choice Award
    Top 5% in K-12 Education
    WWW-VL History: Ancient Rome 16 Feb 2001 Site Manager: Bill Thayer
  35. [Featured Site in the Encarta Web Center] Featured Site in the Encarta Web Center
    Kansas Heritage 9-Mar-2001 Site Manager: Stephen Chinn

    The World War I Document Archive (WWI/WWW) Awards

    • Veterans Association Award
    • Writeup in the Chronicle of Higher Education
    • PBS Award
    • The Great War Society "Top Ten World War I Site" Award
  36. [The History Channel Recommended Site] The History Channel Recommended Site
    The World War I Document Archive (WWI/WWW) 16-JUL-1997 Site Manager: Jane Plotke
  37. [Los Angeles Times Pick] Los Angeles Times Pick
    The World War I Document Archive (WWI/WWW) 10-Nov-1997 Site Manager: Jane Plotke
  38. American War Library BestSite
    The World War I Document Archive (WWI/WWW) 23 Jul 1998 Site Manager: Jane Plotke
  39. American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit
    Kansas State Historical Society 1997 Site Manager: (see table)
    This is the highest award AASLH bestows on historical agencies. KSHS received their award certificate at the AASLH's annual awards banquet in October 1997.
    KSHS Web team
    [AASLH Award of Merit]
    David Haury Assistant Executive Director
    Bobbie Athon Public Information Officer
    Suellyn Lathrop Reference Archivist
    Kim Rivera Sites Architect
    Rebecca Martin Assistant Museum Director
    Mark Sarver Systems Manager
    Mark Adams Education Outreach Supervisor

 
   
 

The Kansas Heritage site is maintained by George Laughead, manager, WWW-VL: United States History.
Thanks to the late Dr. Lynn H. Nelson, History Professor Emeritus, University of Kansas, author, Kansas History Gateway, established in 1993.


Kansas Heritage Index | About Kansas Heritage |
| Kansas Towns | Kansas History |


Return to the Top.

 
     
   

© Copyright 2001-2015