Albany, NY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Cooperstown Central High School student Alexandra Rheinhardt as the recipient of the 2008 Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 9-12 for her entry Sounds of Conflict: A Cultural Divide.
A framed certificate and a cash gift will be presented to Alexandra at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Department in Albany on October 20, 2008. Her teacher, Glen Noto, will also be recognized at the luncheon.
Using a variety of primary sources from repositories such as the University of Massachusetts, Hartwick College Library, Newpaperarchive.com, Smithsonian Institute, Library of Congress, and the National Archives, Alexandra created an excellent audio-visual presentation on the interplay of music and culture in the 1960s. Panelists were impressed with the variety of sources and types of documents used. Panelists called this project insightful, with Alexandra’s voice coming through in her thoughtful analysis.
The Student Research Awards, named for Regent Emerita Laura Chodos and her husband Dr. Robert Chodos, who created an endowment to encourage the educational uses of historical records in the classroom, are presented annually to a student or group of students in New York State who have made outstanding use of historical records in their research. They recognize student work for demonstrating excellence based on specific criteria: using a variety of historical records, drawing on information from those records, and interpreting and integrating that information with creativity and imagination.
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year’s award recipients follows:
Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the State Archives
Dr. Michael R. Fein, Johnson & Wales University
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Essex County Historical Society/Adirondack History Center Museum, Elizabethtown, New York
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Ulster County
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
New York State Consumer Protection Board
Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by a Local Government
Jamestown City School District
Bruce W. Dearstyne Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records
Rick Walters, Jeff Kresge, Grace Johnson, Jamestown City School District
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4–5
Walden Elementary History Club, Walden Elementary School, Valley Central School District
Nancy Phelps, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6–8
Students from Persell Middle School, Jamestown City School District
Jeff Kresge and Grace Johnson, Educators
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 9–12
Alexandra Rheinhardt, Cooperstown Central High School, Cooperstown Central School District
Glen Noto, Educator