Bancroft Prize

Not to be confused with the Bancroft Award of the Royal Society of Canada.

The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas.[1]

It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, diplomat and attorney, Edgar Addison Bancroft.[2][3]

The Bancroft Prize has been generally considered to be among the most prestigious awards in the field of American history writing.[4] It comes with a $10,000 stipend (raised from $4,000 beginning in 2004). Seventeen winners had their work supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and 16 winners were also recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for History.

Following independent investigations, the Bancroft Prize was rescinded from Michael A. Bellesiles after he had received it in 2000.

  1. ^ "The Bancroft Prizes | Columbia University Libraries". library.columbia.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Education: Historian's Heritage". Time. May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 8, 2023). "Histories of Hoover, the Mexican Revolution and 1790s New York Win Bancroft Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 7, 2019). "Bancroft Prize for History Is Awarded to 2 Scholars". The New York Times.