The Wisconsin Historical Society’s Fall 2011 release, “People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1942“, has won USA Book News’ USA “Best Books 2011” Award in the category of Photography: People.
Among those who participated in the creation of the book was University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor of Photography Tom Jones, Wisconsin Historical Society Board Member Michael Schmudlach and Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Genealogist George A. Greendeer.
The book also was a finalist in the Best Interior Design category. Wisconsin Historical Society Press books were finalists in six other categories, according to the Society’s recent news release.
Here’s the text of the Wisconsin Historical Society’s News Release:
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