The Brown University Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition:
FIRST PRIZE Sherry Romanzi, Barrington (Gordon School)
SECOND PRIZE Audrey Chisholm, Providence (Gordon School)
THIRD PRIZE (TIE) Gianna Jasinski, Greenville (LaSalle Academy)
THIRD PRIZE (TIE) Sabrina Fowler, Millville, Massachusetts (LaSalle Academy)
HONORABLE MENTION:
Marydjina Barionnette, Providence (Nathanael Greene Middle School)
Mia Murphy, Barrington (Gordon School)
Katherine Rogers, Rumford (La Salle Academy)
Adianna San Lucas, Providence (La Salle Academy)
The Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition forms part of an ongoing joint effort by the Brown University Library and Hildene to promote the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Hildene, located in Manchester, Vermont, was built by Robert Todd Lincoln in 1905 and was the home of Lincoln descendents until 1975. Today, it is a non-profit museum and education center. Brown University’s John Hay Library, named for the 1858 Brown alumnus who served as Lincoln’s private secretary, holds an extensive collection of manuscripts and printed materials documenting Lincoln’s life and legacy, a portion of which has been made publicly available in digital format at http://dl.lib.brown.edu/lincoln/index.html
The eight winners were selected from a strong pool of 67 entries from students living, working and/or attending public and private schools across Providence County. Winners will attend a Lincoln Birthday Luncheon on January 31st, where the First, Second and Third Prize winners will read their essays aloud. All eight award winners and their parents, or a parent and a teacher, will be guests of Hildene and Brown University at this special event marking Lincoln’s birthday, at which noted Lincoln scholar and former Rhode Island Chief Justice Frank J. Williams will preside.
The Brown University Library and Hildene congratulate the winners, and hope the competition will serve to encourage further study of the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln throughout Rhode Island, capitalizing on the superior resources available at Brown for this purpose.
The essay competition is part of the Brown University Library’s ongoing programming for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, and has been endorsed by the Rhode Island Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.