Guide to the Committee on Prizes and Premiums records, circa 1923-1976


John Hay Library , Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Published in 2013

Collection Overview

Title: Committee on Prizes and Premiums records
Date range: circa 1923-1976
Creator: Brown University.
Extent: 3.0 Linear feet
Abstract: The Committee on Prizes and Premiums records date from 1923 through 1976. Included in the collection are administrative records, correspondence, certificates, financial documents. essays, speeches, flyers and posters.
Language of materials: English
Repository: John Hay Library , Special Collections
Collection number: OF.1I.1

Scope & content

The Committee on Prizes and Premiums records is arranged in two series: I, Honors prizes, and II, General files. The records date from 1923 through 1976.

Series I. Honors prizes includes one box of essays and speeches that date from 1923 through 1941 (Box 9).

Series II. General files comprises the bulk of the collection and includes material related to the activities of the Committee itself (correspondence, meeting minutes, financial material) as well as numerous files devoted to specific awards in the Humanities, Sciences and Athletics.

Access Points

Subject Organizations Subject Topics Document Types Subject Topics

Arrangement

The collection is organized in two series: Series I. Honors prizes; Series II. General files

Administrative History

The Committee on Prizes and Premiums was a standing Brown University faculty committee with jurisdiction over all undergraduate academic prizes and premiums, as well as being in charge of the Faculty Scholars Program. The Committee's work was subsumed by the College Advisory Board in 2003.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials: Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation: Committee on Prizes and Premiums records, OF-1I-1, Brown University Archives.
Contact information: John Hay Library , Special Collections
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff.
Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013 January 28
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sponsor: Processing funded in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Additional Information

Inventory


Series I. Honors prizes

Container Description Date
Box 9 Essays and speeches
Contents Note: Material includes Honors Day speeches, department reports, and documents on prizes and premiums.

circa 1923-1941

Series II. General files, circa 1924-1976

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Awards
1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 2 Awards
1970-1971
Box 1, Folder 3 Awards
1969-1970
Box 1, Folder 4 Bills-Requisitions
1961-1963
Box 1, Folder 5 Brown Honors Convocation
1969-1970
Box 1, Folder 6 Brown Honors Convocation
1968-1969
Box 1, Folder 7 Brown Honors Convocation
1967-1968
Box 1, Folder 8 Brown Honors Convocation
1966-1967
Box 1, Folder 9 Brown Honors Convocation
1965-1966
Box 1, Folder 10 Brown Honors Convocation
1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 11 Brown Honors Convocation
1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 12 Brown Honors Convocation
1962
Box 1, Folder 13 Brown Honors Convocation
1961
Box 1, Folder 14 Brown Honors Convocation
1960
Box 1, Folder 15 Brown Honors Convocation
1957-1958
Box 1, Folder 16 Brown Honors Convocation
1954-1955
Box 1, Folder 17 Budget Sheets
Box 1, Folder 18 Catalog Description
Box 1, Folder 19 Certificates (old material)
Box 1, Folder 20 Certificates (sample)
Box 1, Folder 21 Committee
1969-1972
Box 2, Folder 22 Committee
1970-1972
Box 2, Folder 23 Committee
1974-1975
Box 2, Folder 24 Committee-Jurisdiction of
1931-1955
Box 2, Folder 25 Committee- Minutes
1934-1957
Box 2, Folder 26 Correspondence-English Department
1970
Box 2, Folder 27 Correspondence Music Department
1969-1970
Box 2, Folder 28 Correspondence
1968-1969
Box 2, Folder 29 Correspondence
1967-1968
Box 2, Folder 30 Correspondence
1966-1967
Box 2, Folder 31 Correspondence
1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 32 Correspondence
1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 33 Correspondence
1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 34 Correspondence
1962-1963
Box 2, Folder 35 Correspondence
1961-1962
Box 2, Folder 36 Correspondence
1960-1961
Box 2, Folder 37 Correspondence
1959-1960
Box 2, Folder 38 Duties of Chairman
1953-1954
Box 2, Folder 39 Financial
1938-1957 June
Box 2, Folder 40 Flyers
1970-1971
Box 2, Folder 41 Freshman Prizes
1974-1975
Box 2, Folder 42 Freshman Prizes & Premiums
1973-1974
Box 3, Folder 43 Honors Convocation
1952-1953
Box 3, Folder 44 Honors Day- Brown University
1945 December 6
Box 3, Folder 45 Honors Day- Brown University
1944 December 7
Box 3, Folder 46 Honors Day- Brown University
1943 December 2
Box 3, Folder 47 Honors Day- Brown- Nov. 12, 1942
1934-1942
Box 3, Folder 48 Brown & Pembroke
1946-1952
Box 3, Folder 49 Honors Day- Pembroke College
1945 December 6
Box 3, Folder 50 Honors Day- Pembroke College
1944 December 7
Box 3, Folder 51 Honors Day- Pembroke College
1943 December 2
Box 3, Folder 52 Honors Day- Pembroke College
1942 November 17
Box 3, Folder 53 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1968-1969
Box 3, Folder 54 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1967-1968
Box 3, Folder 55 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1966-1967
Box 3, Folder 56 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1965-1966
Box 3, Folder 57 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 58 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1963-1964
Box 3, Folder 59 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1962
Box 3, Folder 60 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1961
Box 3, Folder 61 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1959
Box 3, Folder 62 Pembroke Honors Convocation
1957-1958
Box 3, Folder 63 Posters- Preparation & Distribution
Box 4, Folder 64 Poster Material (sample)
Box 4, Folder 65 Prize Books- Manning, Wayland, Andrews
1938-1957
Box 4, Folder 66 Prizes and Premiums
1976
Box 4, Folder 67 Prizes and Premiums
1974-1975
Box 4, Folder 68 Prizes and Premiums
1925-1929
Box 4, Folder 69 Prizes and Premiums
1924-1925
Box 4, Folder 70 Prizes and Premiums- Meeting
1967-1968
Box 4, Folder 71 Prizes and Premiums- Meeting
1962
Box 4, Folder 72 Prizes and Premiums- Operating Procedures
1957-1970
Box 4, Folder 73 Prizes and Premiums- Pembroke Dean's Office
1957-1972
Box 4, Folder 74 Prizes and Premiums- Report
1974
Box 4, Folder 75 Purchase Orders
1964-1965
Box 4, Folder 76 Purchase Orders- Copies
1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 77 Scholastic Trophies Day
1957-1958
Box 4, Folder 78 Semester II Prizes
1974-1975
Box 5, Folder 79 Kim Allen Arstark Poetry Award
1973-1975
Box 5, Folder 80 Albert Bennett- 1941, 1971
1941-1971
Box 5, Folder 81 Philo Sherman Bennett Prize
1931-1975
Box 5, Folder 82 Hon. Thomas W. Bicknell Award
1962-1975
Box 5, Folder 83 Bruce Bigelow Trophy
1957-1958
Box 5, Folder 84 Lester W. Boardman Premium
1953-1958
Box 5, Folder 85 Borden Freshman Prize
1965-1970
Box 5, Folder 86 Brand Musical Premium
1960-1971
Box 5, Folder 87 Brown Engineering Association
1931-1961
Box 5, Folder 88 Tristam Burges Premium in Eng.
1953-1975
Box 5, Folder 89 Buxtehude Premium- 1961, 1971
1961-1971
Box 5, Folder 90 Carpenter Premiums
1943-1975
Box 5, Folder 91 Carpenter Prizes for Elocution
1931-1975
Box 5, Folder 92 Hope Chatterton Music Prize
1946-1975
Box 5, Folder 93 Chemistry Premium
1934-1964
Box 5, Folder 94 Chemical Rubber Company Prize
1955
Box 5, Folder 95 The Class of '52 Prize
1976
Box 5, Folder 96 Class of 1952 Premium
1953-1975
Box 5, Folder 97 Class of 1906 Memorial Premium
1957-1974
Box 5, Folder 98 Class of 1880 Prize Fund
Box 5, Folder 99 Class of 1873 Prize
1930-1975
Box 5, Folder 100 Myrtis Clayton Poetry Prize
1957
Box 5, Folder 101 J. Ackerman Coles Athletic Premium
1957
Box 5, Folder 102 Ruth Electa Collins Premium in French
1930-1975
Box 5, Folder 103 Clarkson A. Collins Jr. Premium
1941-1971
Box 5, Folder 104 Ducasse Premium
1959-1975
Box 5, Folder 105 Dunn Premium
1929-1975
Box 5, Folder 106 Adolph C. Ely Premium in German
1942-1975
Box 5, Folder 107 Engineering Premium
1931-1961
Box 5, Folder 108 Farband-Labor-Zionist Scholarship
1959-1970
Box 5, Folder 109 Beth Lisa Feldman Prize
1966-1975
Box 5, Folder 110 The Wm. Leopold Fitcher Premium in Spanish
1962-1975
Box 6, Folder 111 Foster Premium in French
1940-1975
Box 6, Folder 112 Foster Premium in Greek
1935-1975
Box 6, Folder 113 Freshman Entrance Premiums
1940-1975
Box 6, Folder 114 Gaspee Chapter D.A.R. Prize
1930-1976
Box 6, Folder 115 Wm. Gaston Prize Scholarship
1931-1975
Box 6, Folder 116 Gaston Prizes in Oratory
1937-1975
Box 6, Folder 117 Joel Goldberg Award in History
1954-1957
Box 6, Folder 118 Preston Gurney Literary Prizes
1929-1975
Box 6, Folder 119 Hamilton Award
1959-1964
Box 6, Folder 120 Hicks Prize for Ex. in Int. Cl. Debate
1930-1975
Box 6, Folder 121 Minnie Helen Hicks Prizes in Art
1942-1975
Box 6, Folder 122 Ratcliffe Hicks Premium in English
1930-1975
Box 6, Folder 123 Ratcliffe Hicks Premiums for Int. Debate
1930-1975
Box 6, Folder 124 Howell Premium
1929-1975
Box 6, Folder 125 Intfrat. Council Scholastic Improvement Premiums
1956
Box 6, Folder 126 Judson Prize
1950
Box 6, Folder 127 Israel J. Kapstein Prize
1973-1975
Box 6, Folder 128 Peter Kirby Lectureship
1975
Box 6, Folder 129 Samuel C. Lamport Prize
1944-1975
Box 6, Folder 130 The Lope De Vega Prize in Spanish- 1962, 1969
1962-1969
Box 6, Folder 131 Lucius Lyon Prize in Latin
1930-1975
Box 7, Folder 132 Bishop McVickar Prizes
1927-1975
Box 7, Folder 133 George H. Main '45 Fund
1968
Box 7, Folder 134 Muriel Hassenfeld Mann & Hassenfeld- 1960-61, 1971
1960-1971
Box 7, Folder 135 Henry Parker Manning Math. Prizes
1937-1975
Box 7, Folder 136 Alexander Meiklejohn Premium in Logic
1952-1975
Box 7, Folder 137 Isabel Harris Metcalf Prize
1942-1975
Box 7, Folder 138 The Gabriela Mistral Prize in Spanish
1962
Box 7, Folder 139 Monday Musical Club Awards
1950-1965
Box 7, Folder 140 Eva A. Mooar Prize
1972-1975
Box 7, Folder 141 Walter J. Nelson Memorial Premium
1957-1975
Box 7, Folder 142 Pell Medal for Excellence in Amer. History
1967-1972
Box 7, Folder 143 James Aldrich Pirce Prize
1930-1974
Box 7, Folder 144 Rose Low Rome Memorial Prize in Poetry
1963-1972
Box 7, Folder 145 Barry Jay Rosen Mem. Prem. for Molec. Bio.- 1966,1972
1966-1972
Box 7, Folder 146 Susan Colver Rosenberger Prize
1928-1971
Box 7, Folder 147 Rothstein Prize in Economics- 1961-92, 1967
1961-1967
Box 7, Folder 148 Mario di Sandro Premium in Italian
1954-1974
Box 7, Folder 149 Harold Schlosberg Mem. Prem. in Psychology
1952-1975
Box 7, Folder 150 Winfield Townley Scott Memorial Prize
1971
Box 7, Folder 151 Muriel Fain Sher Mem. Prize in Psychology
1952-1975
Box 7, Folder 152 Sigma XI Award
1954-1961
Box 7, Folder 153 Spanish Prize
1959
Box 7, Folder 154 Muriel Port Stevens Premium in Music
1944-1975
Box 7, Folder 155 Beatrice H. Stone Memorial Premium
1961-1975
Box 7, Folder 156 Gilbert Stuart Prize in Art
1955-1975
Box 7, Folder 157 Student Achievment award- 1958, 1962-63
1958-1963
Box 7, Folder 158 Tau Beta Pi
1957-1961
Box 7, Folder 159 The Rohn Truell Premium
1975
Box 7, Folder 160 Van Koppenhagen Premium- 1961, 1970-71
1960-1971
Box 7, Folder 161 Francis Wayland Freshman Prizes in Greek & Latin
1975
Box 7, Folder 162 Marjorie Harris Weiss Mem. Prize in History
1971-1974
Box 7, Folder 163 Fanny Fay Wood Poetry Prize
1961-1962
Box 7, Folder 164 Woods Hole Prize in Biology- 1952, 1956
1952-1956
Box 7, Folder 165 Rosamond Lemaire Woodwind Prize
1958-1974
Box 8 Certificates
Box 8 Committee on academic honors-Annual reports
1935-1936
Box 8 Committee on academic honors-Minutes
1925-1929
Box 8 Committee on academic honors-Recommendations
1927-1928
Box 8 Committee on academic honors-Reports
1925-1931
Box 8 Committee on prizes and premiums-Correspondence
1927-1937
Box 8 Freshman honors
Box 8 Honors work
Box 8 Prize funds
Box 8 Prizes
1935-1936
Box 8 Prizes
1936-1937
Box 8 Prizes--Class of 1880
Box 8 Prizes--Clement
Box 8 Prizes--Colonial Dames
Box 8 Prizes--Daughter of the American Revolution
Box 8 Prizes--French Government book prize
Box 8 Prizes--Gurney
Box 8 Prizes--Lida Shaw King book fund
Box 8 Prizes--Roosevelt
Box 8 Prizes--Rosenberger
Box 8 Prizes--Sons of Italy
Box 8 Prizes--Taxation
Box 8 Prizes--Statistics