Word: memoir
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Boston Society of Natural History offers annually through the provisions of the will of the late William Johnson Walker, two prizes for the best memoirs written in English on the subject proposed by a committee of the Society. For the best memoir presented a prize of $60 will be awarded; if, however, the memoir is one of marked merit, the amount may be increased to $100 at the discretion of the committee. The writer of the next best paper will be awarded a prize not exceeding $50. Prizes will not be awarded, however, unless the memoirs presented are of adequate...
...Anything in the memoir which shall furnish proof of the identity of the author shall be considered as debarring the essay from the competition...
...Each memoir must be accompanied by a sealed envelope enclosing the author's name and superscribed with a motto corresponding to one borne by the manuscripts, and must be in the hands of the secretary on or before March...
Leaving the problems of today's military problems, we turn over a page, and back to a hero of a generation gone--to a short memoir of the lamented Governor John Davis Long '57, whose happy connection with this college is treated warmly in some delightful biographical bits from the pen of Mr. W. R. Thayer...
...Rosenbach of Philadelphia, has prepared a catalogue of this Stevenson collection, and written an appreciative memoir of the late H. E. Widener '07. The basis of this catalogue is the notes and memorandum slips left by Mr. Widener, showing his great knowledge of Stevenson and his work...