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The Academy of Accounting Historians Section of the American Accounting Association selected faculty Kelly Kilcrease and Yvette Lazdowski to receive the 听for their book, 鈥淢anchester鈥檚 Shoe Industry.鈥� The annual award recognizes authors who support and participate in the development of accounting history literature.

In 鈥淢anchester鈥檚 Shoe Industry,鈥� and explore the impact shoe production had on the economy of Manchester, once affectionately called 鈥淪hoe City.鈥� More than 70 different shoe companies once called Manchester home, and thousands of area residents worked tirelessly to produce some of the best-known shoes in America and throughout the world. The book reveals how Manchester-based shoe shops were vital to the area's economic and employment prosperity, especially among the immigrant population.

Kilcrease, associate professor of , has had a passion for history since his time in grade school drawing the maps from famous battles of the Napoleonic Wars and the American Revolution. He has published numerous articles on small business development and business history, including the transformation of Manchester鈥檚 Amoskeag Mill Yard, the economic history of Boston鈥檚 Long Wharf, Daniel Webster as a farmer, the world鈥檚 first business incubator and the oldest company in America, the J.E. Rhodes Co.

Accounting and business history are the primary research interests for Lazdowski, an assistant professor of . A member of the Academy of Accounting Historians, she was awarded the Alfred R. Roberts Memorial Research Award in 2013 for her extensive research and a doctoral dissertation on the early accounting history of the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, Mich.