| Year
| Recipient
| Title of Book/Publisher
|
| 1985 |
Joe C. Truett &
Daniel W. Lay |
Land of Bears & Honey: A Natural History of East Texas
University of Texas Press |
| 1986 |
Thad Sitton &
James Conrad |
Every Sun That Rises: Wyatt Moore of Caddo Lake
University of Texas Press |
| 1987 |
Elizabeth Silverthorne |
Plantation Life in Texas
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1988 |
Kenneth B. Ragsdale |
The Year America Discovered Texas: Centennial'36
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1989 |
Bob Bowman
Donald R. Walker |
35 Best Ghost Towns of East Texas
Best of East Texas Publishers
Penology For Profit: A History of the Texas Prison System
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1990 |
Robert W. McDaniel &
Henry C. Dethloff |
Pattillo Higgins & the Search for Texas Oil
Texas A & M University Press
|
| |
Randolph B. Campbell |
An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas 1821-1865
Louisiana State University Press |
| 1991 |
Harold M. Hyman |
Oleander Odyssey: The Kempners of Galveston, Tx, 1854-1980s
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1992 |
Marguerite Johnston |
Houston: The Unknown City, 1836-1946
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1993 |
Madge Thornall Roberts |
Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam & Margaret Houston
University of North Texas Press
|
| |
Paul Lack
|
The Texas Revolutionary Experience: A Political & Social History 1835-1836
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1994 |
Douglas Hale |
The Third Texas Calvary in the Civil War
University of Oklahoma Press |
| 1995 |
W. T. Block |
East Texas Mill Towns & Ghost Towns
Best of East Texas Publishers |
| |
Patricia S. Prather &
Jane C. Monday |
From Slavery to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
University of North Texas Press |
| 1996 |
F. Todd Smith
|
The Caddo Indians Tribes at the Convergence of Empires 1542-1854
Texas A & M University Press |
| |
Thad Sitton
|
BACKWOODSMEN: Stockmen and Hunters along a Big Thicket River Valley
University of Oklahoma Press |
| 1997 |
Carol Morris Little |
A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas
University of Texas Press |
| |
Ellen Beasley |
The Alleys and Backbuildings of Galveston
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1998 |
Jerry Bryan Lincecum
Edward Hake Phillips &
Peggy A. Redshaw |
Science on the Texas Frontier: Observations of Dr. Gideon Lincecum
Texas A & M University Press |
| |
Elizabeth Hayes Turner |
Women, Culture & Community
Oxford University Press |
| |
Jonathan Hook (Hon Men) |
The Alabama-Coushatta Indians
Texas A & M University Press |
| 1999 |
M. Jane Johansson |
Peculiar Honor: A History of the 28th Texas Cavalary, 1862-1865
University of Arkansas Press |
| 2000 |
George Dawson, Sr. &
Richard Glaubma |
Life Is So Good
Random House |
| 2001 |
Betje Black Klier |
Pavie in the Borderlands: The Journey of Théodore Pavie To Louisiana and Texas, 1829-1830 Including Portions of His Souvenirs Atlantiques
Louisiana State University Press |
| |
Gregg Cantrell |
Stephen F. Austin: Empresario Of Texas
Yale University Press |
| 2002 |
Robert Mayberry, Jr. |
Texas Flags
Texas A & M University Press |
| 2003 |
Bob Bowman, Doris Bowman, and Edward Barrett |
The Mystery of Lady Bountiful
Best of East Texas Publishers |
| |
Jo Ann Stiles, Judith Linsley, and Ellen Rienstra |
Giant Under the Hill: A History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery in Beaumont, Texas, in 1901
Texas State Historical Association |
| |
Caleb Pirtle II and Terry Stembridge |
Echoes From Forgotten Streets: Memories of Kilgore, Texas: The Oil Capital of America
Dockery House Publishing |
| 2004 |
Helen G. Green |
East Texas Daughter
Texas Christian University Press |
| 2005 |
Ricky F. Dobbs
|
Yellow Dogs and Republicans: Allan Shivers and Texas
Two-Party Politics
Texas A&M University Press |
| 2006 |
Charles H. Russell |
Undaunted: A Norwegian Woman in Frontier Texas
Texas A&M University Press |
