LACHS Scholarship

The LACHS Board approved implementation of a program to award scholarships to outstanding history graduate students at local universities and colleges. We hope that LACHS members who wish to support the program will donate funds to the program. Please note that 100% of all donations will go to students.

The Board recognizes the critical value of the study and analysis of history to our democracy and seeks to encourage outstanding students in the field.

Make a donation to our Scholarship Program

2023 Scholarships

Please click on each title below to read the essays.

California State University, Long Beach

Araceli Ramos - The 1956 Machris Brazilian Expedition: A Vehicle for Scientific Discovery and Ecological Conservation
Hazel Carias-Urbina - Conspirando en Los Ángeles

Please join us for a webinar with our 2023 LACHS Scholarship recipients from California State University, Long Beach. The two students will present their essays followed by a Q&A session. Click the link below to register for the webinar.

2022 Scholarships

Please click on each title below to read the essays.

Cal State University Los Angeles

Webinar on November 16, 2022 - Watch the recorded presentations

Christopher Empett - It’s Complicated: Cross Purpose Politics and Reassessing Community in New Deal Era Whittier

Jerry Sisneros - Shared Experiences and Regional Kinship Webs: Mid-Twentieth Century New Mexico, México, and Los Angeles

Cal State University Long Beach

Webinar on December 6, 2022 - Watch the recored presentations

Hector Gamboa - Militant Machismo: Hypermasculinity & The Brown Berets

Zachery Roethlisberger - The San Diego Blood Sisters: Highlighting Queer Women’s Activism During the AIDS Epidemic

2021 Scholarships

Please click on each title below to read the essays.

Cal State University Los Angeles

Webinar on November 16, 2021 - WATCH THE RECORDED PRESENTATIONS

Ariel Xochitl Hernandez - Calaveras in the Streets: Chicano Death, Art, and Día de los Muertos in Los Angeles, 1970-1980

Chris Fennessy - The Most Amazing Chapter in the Southland’s History: Mythmaking and Boosterism in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics

Cal State University Long Beach

Webinar on October 19, 2021 - WATCH THE RECORDED PRESENTATIONS

Valeria Martinez - The Formula for a Massacre: Growing Stereotypes and Rising Tensions Towards the Chinese Community in the Late 1800s

Angela Romero - Sorry Charlie: How a Cartoon Fish Became America’s most Enduring Icon of Counterculture Capitalism

In memory of Angela Romero
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of LACHS 2021 Scholarship recipient Angela Romero on April 8, 2022. She was only 43. Angela was very involved in sharing the history of San Pedro with the community, including founding a nonprofit dedicated to establishing the San Pedro Heritage Museum. We will miss her greatly and appreciate her contributions to the Los Angeles City Historical Society. She won her scholarship for her paper “Sorry Charlie: How a Cartoon Fish Became America’s most Enduring Icon of Counterculture Capitalism”.