The John J. Baughman Archives Research Award provides DePauw University students an opportunity to have their work published in both the Scholarly and Creative Work Institutional Repository and the Digital Library, receive recognition at the Student Awards Convocation, and collect up to $250.00 in award money.
Students must agree to the following award guidelines by completing the submission form:
Entries must have been created during the student's tenure at DePauw.
Examples include, but are not limited to, research papers, multi-media productions or websites incorporating photographic, moving image, music spoken word files, and etc.
All entries should be footnoted when applicable; citation style appropriate to the discipline.
Exclusive use of the Archives is not required, but a significant portion of the research for the project must have been conducted from resources in the Archives.
Students are required to include a 150-word statement describing their use of the Archives.
Entries will be judged by the University Archivist and up to three randomly selected DePauw faculty and/or staff. Judges will base their decisions on the contest rules and overall quality of the entry.
Entries should be submitted via the John J. Baughman Archives Research Award submission form by Friday, May 8, 2026.
John J. Baughman was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1925. He graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1948 with a BA in history. He received an AM in history from Harvard and PhD in European history from the University of Michigan and then taught at DePauw University for 37 years before he retired in 1990. A combat infantryman in World War II, he received a Purple Heart for his service. Dr. Baughman published several books, articles and reviews on a variety of historical topics. Among his other civic and historical activities, Dr. Baughman was a long-time friend and supporter of the DePauw University Archives and received the Midwest Archives Conference President's Award. He served as president of the Joint Archives Committee, chairman of the United Methodist Indiana Conference Commission on Archives and History and was a co‐founder and president of the Indiana United Methodist Historical Society. Baughman passed away in 2020.
2004: Amanda Stoermer '07 (paper, photo)
2005: no award given
2006: Austin Arceo '06 (paper)
2007: Jessica Howard '08 (paper, photo)
2008: Laura Parks '08 (paper, photo)
2009: no award given
2010: Andrew Bruner '09 (paper, photo)
2011: Tyler Archer '11 (paper, photo) (poster)
2012: Samuel Spahn '12 (paper, photo)
2013: Carroll Bible '13 (paper, photo)
2014: Kristine Ruhl '14 (paper, photo)
2015: Rachel Robin '15 (paper, photo)
2016: Nicole Darnall '16 & Grant Walters '16 (photo) (video - password = Monon)
2017: Eric Heaton '17 (paper, photo)
2018: Rachel Higson '18 (paper, photo)
2019: Sydney Majka '21 (paper, photo)
2020: James Rueff '20 (paper, photo)
2020: Sheraya Smith '20 (paper, photo)
2021: no award given
2022: Leah Smith '22 (paper, photo)
2023: Lauren Nguyen '23 (exhibit, photo)
2024: no award given
2025: Megan McClaren '25 (paper)
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