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Marietta College freshman receives Showalter Special Collections Award

Reece Nichols '20 honored for project completed in History 202

Marietta, Ohio (05/08/2017) — Freshman History major Reece Nichols '20 (Vincent, Ohio) recently received the Kenneth E. Showalter '50 Special Collections Research Award, which is awarded annually by the Legacy Library.

Nichols, who was nominated by Dr. Matt Young, won for his work "Temperance in Marietta: The Riverside Speakeasy." Nichols completed this work as part of the History 202 Professional Historian project.

"Reece does a nice job using primary sources to develop the history of temperance/Prohibition in Marietta as well as develop the wider context with secondary sources," said Young, Professor of History. "I've had several students tackle this topic, but Reece is the first to do this justice."

The $500 award is presented annually to an undergraduate or graduate student who authors the best research paper using the primary sources of the Slack Research Collections of the Legacy Library. The Kenneth E. Showalter '50 Special Collections Memorial Endowment that was established in 2010 by Robert and Shirley Showalter funds the award.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers 45 majors and has been listed among Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com.

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