Winning Collections 1990–1999

1990–1999

1999

Senior Prize Winner
Anya Elizabeth Liftig, Morse College, Class of 1999
Ballet and modern dance
Senior Second Prize Winner

Kalyanee Mam, Morse College, Class of 1999
Khmer Rouge regime and its effects on Cambodian society today

Senior Honorable Mention

Daniel Kellum, Silliman College, Class of 1999
Megan Luke, Silliman College, Class of 1999
Tamara Sussman, Trumbull College, Class of 1999

Sophomore Prize Winner
Sarah Parcak, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 2001

1998

Senior Prize Winner
Noel Poyo, Morse College, Class of 1998
General library collection
Senior Second Prize Winner

Joshua Levithan, Berkeley College, Class of 1998
Books on military history

Senior Honorable Mention

Nicole Emmons, Calhoun College, Class of 1998
Children’s literature before 1950

Dara Epstein, Silliman College, Class of 1998
Books on fashion and style

Sophomore Prize Winner
Joseph Furia, Pierson College, Class of 2000
Books on angling
Sophomore Second Prize

Peter Eleey, Trumbull College, Class of 2000
Artist’s books and contemporary exhibition catalogues

Sophomore Honorable Mention

Alexis Jones, Trumbull College, Class of 2000
General library

Jeremy Melius, Branford College, Class of 2000
Books by Guy Davenport

1997

Senior Prize Winner
Timothy McCormick, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1997
Graphic design and typography
Senior Second Prize Winner

Giovindini S. Murty, Berkeley College, Class of 1997
Twentieth-century Canadiana

Senior Honorable Mention

Joel Burges, Saybrook College, Class of 1997
By and about Joyce Carol Oates

John M. James, Morse College, Class of 1997
Islam

Sophomore Prize Winner
Melissa de la Cruz, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1999
China
Sophomore Second Prize

Anya Elizabeth Liftig, Morse College, Class of 1999
George Balanchine

Sophomore Honorable Mention

Brian N. Garland, Pierson College, Class of 1999
Political philosophy, international relations, and world literature

1996

Senior Prize Winner
Joshua D. Chapman, Branford College, Class of 1996
First editions of twentieth-century fiction
Senior Second Prize Winner

Peter Morris, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1996
Sexuality and gay studies

Senior Honorable Mention

Joseph Z. Braude, Calhoun College, Class of 1996
Middle Eastern religious and intellectual history

Elizabeth Grandia, Trumbull College, Class of 1996
Women and sustainable development

David Winickoff, Davenport College, Class of 1996
History, poetry, and illustrated classics

Sophomore Prize Winner
Matthew Boudway, Branford College, Class of 1998
Catholic revival in English literature
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Daniel Ezra Johnson, Branford College, Class of 1998
Books by Vladimir Nabokov

1995

Senior Prize Winner
Bilge Ebiri, Davenport College, Class of 1995
Film studies
Senior Honorable Mention

Graham Boettcher, Pierson College, Class of 1995
Caspar David Friedrich and German romantic painting

Andrew Getman, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1995
Russian literature

Wendy Roth, Davenport College, Class of 1995
New York history and architecture

Sophomore Prize Winner
James Prosek, Branford College, Class of 1997
Trout and trout fishing
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Tim McCormick, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1997
Literary theory

1994

Senior Prize Winner
Joseph Bray, Trumbull College, Class of 1994
Apiarian literature
Senior Honorable Mention

Daniel Tauss, Branford College, Class of 1994
Mineralogy specializing in North American gemstones

Sophomore Honorable Mention

Grant Felgenhauer, Saybrook College, Class of 1996
Russian literature in English and Russian

David Winickoff, Davenport College, Class of 1996
Illustrated hardbacks: poetry and classics

1993

Senior Prize Winner
Joseph V. Agostini, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1993
Christopher Morley
Senior Honorable Mention

Caitlin DeSilvey, Berkeley College, Class of 1993
Nature writing

Miko MicGinty, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1993
Letterpress printing

Sophomore Prize Winner
Wendy Roth, Morse College, Class of 1995
First and other editions of The Wizard of Oz
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Peter J. Morris, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1995
Classical and modern literature

1992

Senior Prize Winner
Bill Johnson Gonzalez, Pierson College, Class of 1992
Chicano literature
Senior Honorable Mention

Anna Levak, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1992
Costume

Erin Leigh Shigaki, Davenport College, Class of 1992
Asian American experience

Sophomore Prize Winner
Joseph Bray, Trumbull College, Class of 1994
Bees and beekeeping
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Laurence Alexander, Jonathan Edwards College, Class of 1994
Antiquarian books in literature and philosophy

1991

Senior Prize Winner
Joshua Katz, Davenport College, Class of 1991
Literature on India
Senior Honorable Mention

Alec Christensen, Berkeley College, Class of 1991
Native American studies

Matthew Gerber, Davenport College, Class of 1991
Obscure poetry

Sophomore Prize Winner
Joseph V. Agostini, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1993
Sherlock Holmes
Sophomore Honorable Mention

Gerald Garcia, Ezra Stiles College, Class of 1993
Law and human rights

1990

Senior Prize Winner
Brent Edwards, Branford College, Class of 1990
Afro-American literature
Senior Honorable Mention

Hosea Baskin, Davenport College, Class of 1990
Graphic arts

Matthew Henerson, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1990
Shakespeare

Sophomore Prize Winner
Edward Liu, Timothy Dwight College, Class of 1992
Philosophy, mythology, and martial arts