Snyder Book Collecting Contest

49th Snyder Book Collecting Contest 2005 Winners

2005 Snyder Undergraduate Winners 2005 Snyder Graduate Winners

Dean of Libraries, Stella Bentley, celebrates with Snyder winners

Undergraduate Division

  • 1st place
    Jay Kimmel, Wichita,
    "Silk Road Journeys"
  • 2nd place
    Ian Lewis, Galva,
    "Science Fiction First Editions"
  • Honorable Mention
    Wm Jay Carter III, Topeka,
    "The Origins and Significance of Faerie Tales and Folklore"
  • Honorable Mention
    Rebekah Heacock, Lawrence,
    "The Bookshelf of an Aspiring Polyglot"

Graduate Division

  • 1st place
    Erin S. Finzer, Batesville, AR,
    "Binding Times: Central American and Caribbean Literature Created in Crisis"
  • 2nd place
    Michael D. Johnson, Marion, IA,
    "Of Suicides and Fairytales, Memory and Books: Stanislaw Przybyszewski, the Polish Moderna, and Literature of the Russian Silver Age"
  • Honorable Mention
    Brian Lee Beatty, Gainesville, FL,
    "History of Vertebrate Paleontology Collection"
  • Honorable Mention
    Shannon O'Connor, Lawrence, "Hats, Shoes and Dresses--Books, Catalogs and Magazines Related to Fashion, Accessories and Collecting Vintage Clothing"

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Contact

  • Media & Publicity
    Rebecca Smith
    864-1761
    rasmith@ku.edu
  • Contest Entry Information
    Kristin Zachrel
    864-8897
    kaz@ku.edu
  • Jayhawk Ink, a division of KU Bookstore
    Lisa Eitner
    864-2481
    leitner@ku.edu