US-RPB-of1I.1 Guide to the Committee on Prizes and Premiums recordscirca 1923-1976 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff. Processing funded in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 3.0 Linear feet circa 1923-1976 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. Brown University. Brown University Committee on Prizes and Premiums records 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.

 Honors prizes Series I undated Essays and speeches 9 circa 1923-1941 Scope and Contents note

Material includes Honors Day speeches, department reports, and documents on prizes and premiums.

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

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.

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

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.

Committee on Prizes and Premiums records, OF-1I-1, Brown University Archives.

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.

 Administrative information

Additional information

Names Brown University--Prizes and premiums Pembroke College (Brown University). Subjects Education Occupations

Types of Materials Administrative records Awards Budgets Certificates Correspondence Essays Financial records Fliers (Printed matter) Minutes Posters Reports Speeches RIAMCO Browsing Term Education