Cundill History Prize
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Edition 3 (2010) Winner
Marla R. Miller
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Marla R. Miller
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Amherst, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- historian, public historian, professor
- Active Years
- 1995-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, National Council on Public History
- Memberships
- National Council on Public History
- Nominations
- Finalist, Cundill Prize in History (2010)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | Department of History | PhD | — | United States |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of History
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Millia Davenport Publication Award | The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution | best book in the field | Costume Society of America | won |
| 2008 | H.F. DuPont Winterthur Museum and Library research fellowship | — | — | H.F. DuPont Winterthur Museum and Library | fellowship |
| 2009 | Patrick Henry Fellowship | — | — | C.V. Starr Center for the American Experience | fellowship |
| 2010 | Cundill Prize in History | Betsy Ross and the Making of America | — | McGill University | finalist |
| 2012 | Strickland Distinguished Visiting Scholar | — | — | Middle Tennessee State University | scholar |
| 2014 | Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship | — | — | UMass Amherst | fellowship |
Millia Davenport Publication Award
2007
Work:
The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
Category:
best book in the field
Organization:
Costume Society of America
Result:
won
H.F. DuPont Winterthur Museum and Library research fellowship
2008
Organization:
H.F. DuPont Winterthur Museum and Library
Result:
fellowship
Patrick Henry Fellowship
2009
Organization:
C.V. Starr Center for the American Experience
Result:
fellowship
Cundill Prize in History
2010
Work:
Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Organization:
McGill University
Result:
finalist
Strickland Distinguished Visiting Scholar
2012
Organization:
Middle Tennessee State University
Result:
scholar
Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship
2014
Organization:
UMass Amherst
Result:
fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
2006 HistoryScholarship on women's work in the United States prior to industrialization, focusing on material culture and craft.
women's workmaterial culturecraft
Cultivating a Past: Essays in the History of Hadley, Massachusetts
2009 Historical EssaysEssays in the history of Hadley, Massachusetts.
local history
Betsy Ross and the Making of America
2010 Biography/HistoryChallenges popular narratives about Betsy Ross and the U.S. flag.
Betsy RossU.S. flagmyth-making
University of Massachusetts Amherst: A Campus Guide
2013 Campus GuideCampus guide with Max Page.
university history
Rebecca Dickinson
2013 BiographyLives of American Women series.
women's lives
Bending the Future: Fifty Ideas for the Next Fifty Years of Historic Preservation in the United States
2016 Historic PreservationIdeas for historic preservation with Max Page.
historic preservation
Entangled Lives: Labor, Livelihood, and Landscapes of Change in Rural Massachusetts
2019 HistoryLabor and landscapes in rural Massachusetts.
rural historylabor
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly stylefocus on material culture
- Recurring Motifs
- women's laborcraftpre-industrial America
Legacy
American public historian known for work on women's labor, material culture, and craft in pre-industrial United States. Directed Public History Program at UMass Amherst and served as NCPH president.
Academic Societies
- National Council on Public History
- Organization of American Historians