Helen Z. Papanikolas

Helen Zeese Papanikolas (29 ga Yuni, 1917 - 31 ga Oktoba, 2004)  masaniyar tarihi ce ta ƙabilar Girka-Amurka, marubuciya kuma mai ba da labarin al'adu wadda ta rubuta abubuwan da suka faru a Utah da Yammacin Amurka ta hanyar tarihi, tarihin rayuwa, almara, da waƙoƙi. Jigogin al'adunta sun dogara ne akan gogewarta a matsayin Ba'amurke ɗan Girka-Amurka a cikin ƙaramin al'umma ta yamma.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
Helen Zeese an haife ta ne a cikin al'ummar hakar ma'adinai ta Cameron (kusa da Castle Gate) a cikin Carbon County, Utah, ga iyayen baƙi na Girka George da Emily Zeese (asalin Yiorgis da Emilia Zisimopoulos). Iyalin sun koma Helper da ke kusa kuma, a 1933, zuwa Salt Lake City, Utah inda suka kafa jerin shagunan kayan masarufi. A lokacin ƙuruciyarta, Zeese ta halarci Helper Central School da Carbon High School yayin da take zaune a Carbon County, da East High School a Salt Lake City.

 Ayyuka da gudummawar al'adu 
A cikin 1950, an tambayi Papanikolas ya rubuta game da al'ummomin Girka don Utah Historical Quarterly . Labarin da ya biyo baya na 1954 The Greeks of Carbon County ya fadada girman tarihin Utah da aka buga, wanda a baya ya mayar da hankali kan sasantawa da ci gaban gudanarwa da membobin Ikilisiyar Yesu Almasihu na Kiristoci na Ƙarshe. Labarin ya ba da gudummawa ga cikakken fahimtar al'adun Utah da al'adun kabilanci kuma ya zama misali mai dorewa ga masana tarihi na kabilanci. Shekaru hamsin, an buga ayyukanta kan tarihin kabilanci a cikin Utah Historical Quarterly da Western Humanities Review . Ta rubuta littattafai bakwai, duka fiction da wadanda ba fiction ba. Littattafai sun haɗa da litattafan tarihi da litattaffaffi irin su Toil and Rage in a New Land: The Greek Immigrants of Utah (1970) da The Peoples of Utah (1976). An nuna kwarewar Papanikolas a matsayin marubuci da mai ba da labari a cikin The Time of the Little Black Bird, wanda ya lashe kyautar Utah Fiction na shekara ta 2000. 

 Kyaututtuka 
Kyaututtuka don gudummawar da ta bayar ga tarihin al'adu sun haɗa da: :

 Babban Bishop na Amurka Iakovos Saint Paul Medal (1972);
 Fellow na Utah State Historical Society (1975);
 Kyautar Ƙungiyar 'Yan ƙasa ta Japan da Amurka (1976);
 Kyautar Brotherhood, Taron Kasa na Kiristoci da Yahudawa, Utah Babi (1978);
 Kyautar Alumna mai daraja, Jami'ar Utah (1983); da kuma
 Dokta mai daraja na Harafin Dan Adam, Jami'ar Utah (1984).

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1917