Winning Collections 1970–1979

1970–1979

1979

Senior Prize Winner
David S. Rose, Pierson College, Class of 1979
Art of the book
Senior Honorable Mention

Robert S. Burton, Trumbull College, Class of 1979
Early American architecture and furnishings

Sophomore Prize Winner
Vincent R. Peterson, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1981
Afro-American literature
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Emily Rose, Berkeley College, Class of 1981
Shakespeare, with particular attention to Shakespeare on stage

1978

Senior Prize Winner
Katherine Morrissey, Pierson College, Class of 1978
American popular children's series, from Oliver Optic to the Stratemeyer Syndicate
Sophomore Prize Winner
Rueben Aguilera, Davenport College, Class of 1980
Phenomenology and existential philosophy
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Ross H. Frank, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1980
Early Netherlandish painting

1977

Senior Prize Winner
William S. Reese, Silliman College, Class of 1977
American bibliography
Senior Honorable Mention

John R. Block, Silliman College, Class of 1977
Journalism history and newspaper publishing

Jennifer Ann Alttin, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1977
Illustrated books

Sophomore Prize Winner
Robert Cruz, Davenport College, Class of 1979
Frank L. Baum’s "Oz" books
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Robert Stewart Burton, Trumbull College, Class of 1979
Architecture and interior furnishing

1976

Senior Prize Winner
Martha Gerson, Branford College, Class of 1976
Illustrated children's books
Senior Honorable Mention

David Elliot Pollens, Trumbull College, Class of 1976
Modern American poetry

Sophomore Prize Winner
James F. Clark, Silliman College, Class of 1978
American musical theater libretti
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Jessica G. Gordon, Morse College, Class of 1978
Literature

1975

Senior Prize Winner
John Henry Friedman, Silliman College, Class of 1975
Arts
Senior Honorable Mention

James Gilchrist, Berkeley College, Class of 1975
Literature, religion, and philosophy

Einar Robert Pettrson, Berkeley College, Class of 1975
Western European tradition of visual art

Sophomore Prize Winner
William S. Reese, Silliman College, Class of 1977
Western Americana: works of Audubon
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Theresa Louise Fairbanks, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1977
Arts and Crafts movement

William E. Watkins, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1977
China

1974

Senior Prize Winner
Clifford Ross, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1974
Books, papers, and illustrations related to the works of Edward Gorey
Senior Honorable Mention

Prassede Calabi, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1974
Folk and fairy tales

John B. Clayton, Pierson College, Class of 1974
American poetry and fiction, 1900-1974

Peter C. Diamond, Davenport College, Class of 1974
Modern Summer Olympic games

Steven E. Hyman, Berkeley College, Class of 1974
Philosophy

Sophomore Prize Winner
James Daniel Kinney, Berkeley College, Class of 1976
English literature and criticism
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Andrew Rosenheim, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1976
Modern American and English poetry

1973

Senior Prize Winner
W. Graham Arader III, Saybrook College, Class of 1973
The care and study of maps and charts
Sophomore Prize Winner
Patrick McEntee, Trumbull College, Class of 1975
Recent poetry

1972

Senior Prize Winner
Robert Paul Masland III, Saybrook College, Class of 1972
Jack Kerouac and American literature since 1950
Senior Honorable Mention

Jan A. Stevenson, Trumbull College, Class of 1972
Literature on firearms

Burr Thomas, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1972
Urban mass rapid transit

Sophomore Prize Winner
John B. Clayton, Pierson College, Class of 1974
American poetry, 1900-1972
Sophomore Honorable Mention

James Lee, Davenport College, Class of 1974
Literature on China

1971

Senior Prize Winner
Everard H. Smith III, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1971
Literature on the Civil War
Senior Honorable Mention

H. E. Anthony Duncan, Branford College, Class of 1971
Theoretical physics

Sophomore Prize Winner
Casimir T. Farley, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1973
English literature and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Michael Vlahos, Davenport College, Class of 1973
Ships and oceanic history

1970

Senior Prize Winner
Mark Dementi Kaplanoff, Silliman College, Class of 1970
Senior Honorable Mention

David Matthews Schoffer, Silliman  College, Class of 1970
Mark Daniel Tomasco, Trumbull College, Class of 1970

Sophomore Prize Winner
Charles Duncan Miller III, Trumbull College, Class of 1972
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Tyson Dines III, Berkeley College, Class of 1972