Editing Pulitzer Prize for History (section)

=== 1910s''–''1970s ===
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|+Pulitzer Prize for History winners, 1917–1979<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/220 |access-date=20 April 2015 |website=[[Pulitzer Prizes]] |publisher= |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406045457/https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/220 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Ref.
|-
![[1917 in literature|1917]]
|{{sortname|last=Jusserand|first=Jean Jules}}
| ''[[With Americans of Past and Present Days]]''
|
|-
![[1918 in literature|1918]]
|{{sortname|last=Rhodes|first=James Ford}}
| {{Sort|History of the Civil War, 1861-1865|''[[A History of the Civil War, 1861-1865]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999">{{cite book |author1=Elizabeth A. Brennan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA280 |title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners |author2=Elizabeth C. Clarage |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1999 |isbn=978-1-57356-111-2 |pages=280– |accessdate=12 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
![[1919 in literature|1919]]
! colspan="2" |No award presented
!
|-
![[1920 in literature|1920]]
|{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Justin H.|link=Justin Harvey Smith}}
| {{Sort|War with Mexico|''[[The War with Mexico]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1921 in literature|1921]]
|{{sortname|last=Sowden Sims|first=William}} and [[Burton J. Hendrick]]
| {{Sort|Victory at Sea|''[[The Victory at Sea]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1922 in literature|1922]]
|{{sortname|last=Truslow Adams|first=James}}
| {{Sort|Founding of New England|''[[The Founding of New England]]''}}
|<ref name="FischerFischer2011">{{cite book |author1=Heinz-D Fischer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3CdrctE80IC&pg=PA304 |title=Complete Historical Handbook of the Pulitzer Prize System 1917-2000: Decision-Making Processes in all Award Categories based on unpublished Sources |author2=Erika J. Fischer |date=9 May 2011 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-093912-5 |pages=304– |accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
![[1923 in literature|1923]]
|{{Sortname|link=Charles Warren (U.S. author)|first=Charles|last=Warren}}
| {{Sort|Supreme Court in United States History|''The Supreme Court in United States History''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1924 in literature|1924]]
|{{sortname|last=McIlwain|first=Charles Howard}}
| {{Sort|American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation|''[[The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation]]''}}
|
|-
![[1925 in literature|1925]]
|{{sortname|last=Paxson|first=Frederic L.}}
| ''[[History of the American Frontier]]''
|
|-
![[1926 in literature|1926]]
|{{Sortname|Edward|Channing}}
| {{Sort|History of the United States, Vol. VI: The War for Southern Independence (1849–1865)|''A History of the United States, Vol. VI: The War for Southern Independence (1849–1865)''}}
|
|-
![[1927 in literature|1927]]
|{{sortname|last=Flagg Bemis|first=Samuel}}
| ''Pinckney's Treaty''
|
|-
![[1928 in literature|1928]]
|{{sortname|last=Parrington|first=Vernon Louis}}
| ''[[Main Currents in American Thought]]''
|
|-
![[1929 in literature|1929]]
|{{sortname|last=Shannon|first=Fred Albert}}
| {{Sort|Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861–1865|''[[The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861–1865]]''}}
|<ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=Heinz Dietrich |url=https://archive.org/details/americanhistorya0000unse_q0g1/page/53 |title=American History Awards, 1917-1991: From Colonial Settlements to the Civil Rights Movement |author2=Erika J. Fischer |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=1994 |isbn=3-598-30177-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/americanhistorya0000unse_q0g1/page/53 53]}}</ref>
|-
![[1930 in literature|1930]]
|{{sortname|last=Van Tyne|first=Claude H.}}
| {{Sort|War of Independence|''[[The War of Independence]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1931 in literature|1931]]
|{{sortname|last=Schmitt|first=Bernadotte E.}}
| {{Sort|Coming of the War, 1914|''The Coming of the War, 1914''}}
|
|-
![[1932 in literature|1932]]
|{{sortname|last=Pershing|first=John J.}}
| ''[[My Experiences in the World War]]''
|
|-
![[1933 in literature|1933]]
|{{sortname|last=Turner|first=Frederick J.}}
| {{Sort|Significance of Sections in American History|''The Significance of Sections in American History''}}
|
|-
![[1934 in literature|1934]]
|{{Sortname|Herbert|Agar}}
| {{Sort|People's Choice|''The People's Choice''}}
|
|-
![[1935 in literature|1935]]
|{{sortname|last=McLean Andrews|first=Charles}}
| {{Sort|Colonial Period of American History|''The Colonial Period of American History''}}
|
|-
![[1936 in literature|1936]]
|{{sortname|last=McLaughlin|first=Andrew C.}}
| {{Sort|Constitutional History of the United States|''A Constitutional History of the United States''}}
|<ref name="FischerFischer2004">{{cite book |author1=Heinz Dietrich Fischer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okvYMZnx4ykC&pg=PA254 |title=Complete Bibliographical Manual of Books about the Pulitzer Prizes, 1935-2003: Monographs and Anthologies on the Coveted Awards |author2=Erika J. Fischer |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-598-30188-9 |pages=254– |accessdate=13 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
![[1937 in literature|1937]]
|{{sortname|last=Brooks|first=Van Wyck}}
| {{Sort|Flowering of New England, 1815–1865|''The Flowering of New England, 1815–1865''}}
|
|-
![[1938 in literature|1938]]
|{{sortname|last=Buck|first=Paul Herman}}
| {{Sort|Road to Reunion, 1865–1900|''[[The Road to Reunion, 1865–1900]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1939 in literature|1939]]
|{{sortname|last=Mott|first=Frank Luther}}
| {{Sort|History of American Magazines|''[[A History of American Magazines]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1940 in literature|1940]]
|{{Sortname|Carl|Sandburg}}
| ''[[Abraham Lincoln: The War Years]]''
|
|-
![[1941 in literature|1941]]
|{{sortname|last=Hansen|first=Marcus Lee}}
| {{Sort|Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860|''[[The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860]]''}}
|
|-
![[1942 in literature|1942]]
|{{Sortname|Margaret|Leech}}
| ''[[Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1943 in literature|1943]]
|{{Sortname|Esther|Forbes}}
| ''[[Paul Revere and the World He Lived In]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1944 in literature|1944]]
|{{Sortname|Merle|Curti}}
| {{Sort|Growth of American Thought|''The Growth of American Thought''}}
|
|-
![[1945 in literature|1945]]
|{{Sortname|Stephen|Bonsal}}
| ''Unfinished Business''
|
|-
![[1946 in literature|1946]]
|{{sortname|last=Schlesinger, Jr.|first=Arthur M.}}
| {{Sort|Age of Jackson|''The Age of Jackson''}}
|
|-
![[1947 in literature|1947]]
|{{sortname|last=Baxter III|first=James Phinney}}
| ''[[Scientists Against Time]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1948 in literature|1948]]
|{{Sort|DeVoto, Bernard|[[Bernard DeVoto]]}}
| ''[[Across the Wide Missouri (book)|Across the Wide Missouri]]''
|
|-
![[1949 in literature|1949]]
|{{sortname|last=Nichols|first=Roy Franklin}}
| {{Sort|Disruption of American Democracy|''The Disruption of American Democracy''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1950 in literature|1950]]
|{{sortname|last=Larkin|first=Oliver W.}}
| ''Art and Life in America''
|
|-
![[1951 in literature|1951]]
|{{sortname|last=Buley|first=R. Carlyle}}
| ''The Old Northwest, Pioneer Period 1815–1840''
|
|-
![[1952 in literature|1952]]
|{{Sortname|Oscar|Handlin}}
| ''The Uprooted''
|
|-
![[1953 in literature|1953]]
|{{Sortname|George|Dangerfield}}
| ''The Era of Good Feelings''
|
|-
![[1954 in literature|1954]]
|{{Sortname|Bruce|Catton}}
| ''[[A Stillness at Appomattox]]''
|
|-
![[1955 in literature|1955]]
|{{Sortname|Paul|Horgan}}
| ''Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History''
|
|-
![[1956 in literature|1956]]
|{{Sortname|Richard|Hofstadter}}
| ''The Age of Reform''
|
|-
![[1957 in literature|1957]]
|{{sortname|last=Kennan|first=George F.}}
| ''Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920''
|
|-
![[1958 in literature|1958]]
|{{Sortname|Bray|Hammond}}
| ''Banks and Politics in America''
|
|-
![[1959 in literature|1959]]
|{{sortname|last=White|first=Leonard D.}} and [[Jean Schneider]]
| ''The Republican Era: 1869–1901''
|
|-
![[1960 in literature|1960]]
|{{Sortname|Margaret|Leech}}
| ''[[In the Days of McKinley]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1961 in literature|1961]]
|{{Sortname|Herbert|Feis}}
| ''[[Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1962 in literature|1962]]
|{{sortname|last=Gipson|first=Lawrence H.}}
| {{Sort|Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West, 1763–1766|''The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West, 1763–1766''}}
|
|-
![[1963 in literature|1963]]
|{{sortname|last=McLaughlin Green|first=Constance}}
| ''[[Washington: Village and Capital, 1800–1878]]''
|
|-
![[1964 in literature|1964]]
|{{sortname|last=Powell|first=Sumner Chilton}}
| ''[[Puritan Village|Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1965 in literature|1965]]
|{{Sortname|Irwin|Unger}}
| {{Sort|Greenback Era|''[[The Greenback Era|The Greenback Era: A Social and Political History of American Finance, 1865–1879]]''}}
|
|-
![[1966 in literature|1966]]
|{{Sortname|Perry|Miller}}
| {{Sort|Life of the Mind in America|''[[The Life of the Mind in America]]''}}
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1967 in literature|1967]]
|{{sortname|last=Goetzmann|first=William H.}}
| ''[[Exploration and Empire|Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West]]''
|<ref name="BrennanClarage1999" />
|-
![[1968 in literature|1968]]
|{{Sortname|Bernard|Bailyn}}
| {{Sort|Ideological Origins of the American Revolution|''[[The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution]]''}}
|
|-
![[1969 in literature|1969]]
|{{sortname|last=Levy|first=Leonard W.}}
| ''[[Origins of the Fifth Amendment|Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination]]''
|
|-
![[1970 in literature|1970]]
|{{Sortname|Dean|Acheson}}
| ''[[Present at the Creation|Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department]]''
|
|-
![[1971 in literature|1971]]
|{{sortname|last=MacGregor Burns|first=James}}
|''[[Roosevelt: The Soldier Of Freedom]]''
|
|-
![[1972 in literature|1972]]
|{{sortname|last=Degler|first=Carl N.}}
| ''[[Neither Black nor White|Neither Black nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States]]''
|
|-
![[1973 in literature|1973]]
|{{Sortname|Michael|Kammen}}
| ''[[People of Paradox|People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization]]''
|<ref>{{cite web |date=January 1, 2008 |title=Kammen, Michael G. 1936- (Michael Gedaliah Kammen) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3070000080.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902134009/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3070000080.html |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |access-date=December 9, 2012 |work=Contemporary Authors }}</ref>
|-
![[1974 in literature|1974]]
|{{sortname|last=Boorstin|first=Daniel J.}}
| {{Sort|Americans: The Democratic Experience|''[[The Americans: The Democratic Experience]]''}}
|<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Boorstin, Daniel J. |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Judaica  |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2587503326.html |date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114005812/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2587503326.html |archive-date=November 14, 2018 |url-status=dead |accessdate=December 9, 2012}}</ref>
|-
![[1975 in literature|1975]]
|{{Sortname|Dumas|Malone}}
| ''[[Jefferson and His Time]]''
|
|-
![[1976 in literature|1976]]
|{{Sortname|Paul|Horgan}}
| ''[[Lamy of Santa Fe]]''
|<ref>{{cite web |date=March 9, 1995 |title=Deaths |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-824446.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416055754/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-824446.html |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |accessdate=December 9, 2012 |work=The Washington Post }}</ref>
|-
![[1977 in literature|1977]]
|{{sortname|last=Potter |first=David M.}} (Completed and edited by [[Don E. Fehrenbacher]])
| {{Sort|Impending Crisis, 1848–1861|''[[The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861]]''}}
|
|-
![[1978 in literature|1978]]
|{{sortname|last=Chandler, Jr.|first=Alfred D.}}
| {{Sort|Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business|''[[The Visible Hand|The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business]]''}}
|<ref>{{cite web |date=May 14, 2007 |title=Noted Economic Historian Alfred Chandler Jr., 88 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5981455.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311202100/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5981455.html |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |access-date=December 9, 2012 |work=The Washington Post }}</ref>
|-
![[1979 in literature|1979]]
|{{sortname|last=Fehrenbacher|first=Don E.}}
| {{Sort|Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics|''[[The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics]]''}}
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