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WNCHA |
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| 1954 | Sadie Smathers Patton |
| 1955 | George William McCoy |
| 1956 | Clarence W. Griffin |
| 1957 | Owen Gudger |
| 1958 | Margaret W, Freel |
| 1959 | Glen Tucker |
| 1960 | Hiram C. Wilburn |
| 1961 | Asheville Citizen Times |
| 1962 | Vetust Study Club |
| 1963 | Samuel E. Beck |
| 1964 | Cordelia Camp |
| 1965 | Paul A. Rockwell |
| 1966 | Florence A. Harrison Dunlop |
| 1967 | Myra Chapman |
| 1968 | William Ernest Bird |
| 1969 | W. Clark Medford |
| 1970 | Carson House |
| 1971 | John A. Parris |
| 1972 | Cratis D. Williams |
| 1973 | Bascom Lamar Lunsford |
| 1974 | Goingback Chiltoskey |
| 1975 | Mary Myrtle Cornwell |
| 1976 | Appalachian consortium |
| 1977 | Lena Penland Purkey |
| 1978 | Ora Blackmun |
| 1979 | George Meyers Stephens |
| 1980 | Bob Terrell |
| 1981 | Mrs. Joshua F.B. Camblos |
| 1982 | Harley E. Jolley |
| 1983 | Sarah G. Upchurch |
| 1984 | John Baxter |
| 1985 | Robert G. Fortune, Jr. |
| 1986 | S. Kent Schwarzkopf |
| 1987 | Roy A. Taylor |
| 1988 | Big Ivy Historical Society |
| 1989 | Millie Barbee |
| 1990 | Appalachian Cultural Center |
| 1991 | Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County |
| 1992 | Walter F. Ashe |
| 1993 | Historic Valdese Foundation |
| 1994 | |
| 1995 | Waynesville Historical Society |
| 1996 | Betty Sherrill |
| 1997 | Cherokee Historical Association |
| 1998 | Richard Dillingham |
| 1999 | Doris Cline Ward |
| 2000 | Museum of the Cherokee Indian |
| 2001 | Ronald Holland |
| 2002 | Historic Resources Commission |
| 2003 | Harriet Styles |
| 2004 | N.C. Department of Cultural Resources |
| 2005 | South Asheville Cemetery Association |
| 2006 | A-B Technical Community College |
| 2007 | Harley and Betty Jolley |
| 2008 | Dr. George A. Jones |
| 2009 | Henderson County Heritage Museum |
| 2010 | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville |