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Contact: Mary
Margaret Colliver
Thomas
Clark
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LEXINGTON,
Ky. (Jan. 16, 2004) -- Thomas
Clark, noted Kentucky historian, was presented
with the American Historical Association Award
for Scholarly Distinction. The award was presented
by the association's president, James McPherson,
Friday at the organization's annual meeting in
Washington, D.C., according to the Lexington
Herald-Leader.
Clark,
who received his master’s degree in history
from UK in 1929, served as a professor and department
chair in the UK Department of History. He has written
numerous books, including The Emerging South; Pills,
Petticoats, and Plows: The Southern County
Store; The Greening of the South; The
Southern Country Editor; Kentucky: Land of Contrast;
and A History of Kentucky.
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