| Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | significant contribution to the field of children's literature |
| Presented by | Association for Library Service to Children |
| Country |  United States |
| First awarded | 1970 |
| Official website | |
The May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture was established in 1969 to honor American educator May Hill Arbuthnot.[1] The lecture is given each year by an author, artist, critic, librarian, historian or teacher who has made a significant contribution to the field of children's literature.[1] The lectureship is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.[1] In the past 40 years (1970-2009), 40 people have been honored with the award.[2]
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Criteria for award
The lecturer is chosen each year by a committee from a list of nominations. After the lecturer has been chosen and announced to the public, the committee chooses a host from another list of nominations. [3]
Lecturers
| Year | Lectuerer | Title | Host | City, State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Walter Dean Myers | to be announced 04/18/09[4] | Langston Hughes Library at the Children's Defense Fund Alex Haley Farm[2] | Clinton, Tennessee |
| 2008 | David Macaulay | "Thirteen Studios" | South Central Library System[2] | Madison, Wisconsin |
| 2007 | Kevin Henkes | "Books As Shelter: Going Home Again and Again" | McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature, University of Kentucky SLIS[2] | Lexington, Kentucky |
| 2006 | Russell Freedman | "The Past Isn’t Past: How History Speaks, and What It Says to the Next Generation." | Williamsburg Regional Library The Library of Virginia Virginia Foundation for the Humanities[2] |
Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 2005 | Richard Jackson | "Mutuality" | Free Library of Philadelphia Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School[2] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia |
| 2004 | Ursula K. Le Guin | "Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature" | Maricopa County Library District Arizona State University Arizona Center for the Book[2] |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2003 | Maurice Sendak | Cambridge Public Library Children's Literature, Inc.[2] |
Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| 2002 | Philip Pullman | "So She Went Into the Garden" | Le Frak Hall, Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies[2] | Flushing, New York |
| 2001 | Susan Cooper | "Time and Again" | Scottish Rite Center Multnomah County Library[2] |
Portland, Oregon |
| 2000 | Hazel Rochman | "A Stranger Comes to Town" | Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut[2] | Storrs, Connecticut |
| 1999 | Lillian N. Gerhardt | "Editorial License: On Library Selection Connections" | San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science[2] | San Jose, California |
| 1998 | Susan Hirschman | "Instead of a Lecture" | Richland County Public Library and the College of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina[2] | Columbia, South Carolina |
| 1997 | Katherine Paterson | "In Search of Wonder" | Northern State University[2] | Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| 1996 | Zena Sutherland | "A Life in Review" | Dallas Public Library[2] | Dallas, Texas |
| 1995 | Leonard Everett Fisher | "Imaginings and Images" | University of Wisconsin[2] | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1994 | Margaret K. McElderry | "Across the Years, Across the Seas: Notes from an Errant Editor" | Coronado Public Library[2] | Coronado, California |
| 1993 | Virginia Hamilton | "Everything of Value: Moral Realism in the Literature for Children" | Virginia Center for the Book[2] | Richmond, Virginia |
| 1992 | Charlotte S. Huck | "Developing Lifetime Readers" | Montana Library Association annual conference[2] | Bozeman, Montana |
| 1991 | Iona Opie | "The Nature and Function of Children's Lore" | Library of Congress[2] | Washington, DC |
| 1990 | Ashley Bryan | "A Tender Bridge" | University of New Orleans[2] | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1989 | Margaret Mahy | "A Dissolving Ghost: Possible Operations of Truth in Children's Books and the Lives of Children" | University of Pittsburgh[2] | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 1988 | John Bierhorst | "Pushing up the Sun a Little" | University of Oklahoma[2] | Norman, Oklahoma |
| 1987 | James Archibald Houston | "A Primitive View of the World" | Northern Illinois University[2] | DeKalb, Illinois |
| 1986 | Aidan Chambers | "All of a Tremble to See His Danger" | University of Arkansas[2] | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 1985 | Patricia Wrightson | "Stones into Pools" | Indiana University Stone Hills Area Library Services Authority[2] |
Bloomington, Indiana |
| 1984 | Fritz Eichenberg | "Bell, Book and Candle" | Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center[2] | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 1983 | Leland B. Jacobs | "Children and the Voices of Literature" | Center for the Study of Literature for Young People at the University of Georgia[2] | Athens, Georgia |
| 1982 | Dorothy Butler | "From Books to Buttons: Reflections From the Thirties to the Eighties" | Florida State University[2] | Orlando, Florida |
| 1981 | Virginia Betancourt | "Information: A Necessity for Survival: Strategies for the Promotion of Children's Books in a Developing Country" | Texas Woman's University[2] | Denton, Texas |
| 1980 | Horst Kunze | "German Children's Literature From Its Beginning to the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Perspective" | University of Wisconsin[2] | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1979 | Sheila Egoff | "Beyond the Garden Wall: Some Observations on Current Trends in Children's Literature" | University of South Carolina[2] | Columbia, South Carolina |
| 1978 | Uriel Ofek | "Tom and Laura from Right to Left: American Children's Books Experienced by Young Hebrew Readers" | Boston Public Library[2] | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1977 | Shigeo Watanabe | "One of the Dozens" | Boise State University[2] | Boise, Idaho |
| 1976 | Jean Fritz | "The Education of an American" | Los Angeles Public Library[2] | Los Angeles, California |
| 1975 | Mollie Hunter | "Talent Is Not Enough" | Drexel University[2] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1974 | Ivan Southall | "Real Adventure Belongs To Us" | University of Washington[2] | Seattle, Washington |
| 1973 | Bettina Hürlimann | "Fortunate Moments in Children's Books" | University of Missouri[2] | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1972 | Mary Ørvig | "One World in Children's Books" | University of Chicago[2] | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1971 | John Rowe Townsend | "Standards of Criticism for Children's Literature" | Atlanta Memorial Arts Center[2] | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1970 | Margery Fisher | "Rights and Wrongs" | Case Western Reserve University[2] | Cleveland, Ohio |
Repeat lecturers
- Three lectures have been hosted in California.
- Three lectures have been hosted in Pennsylvania.
- Two lectures have titles referring to The Secret Garden
- Two lectures have been hosted in Georgia
- Two lectures have been hosted in Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b c "ALSC May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award". American Library Association. 2008. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/arbuthnothonor/arbuthnothonor.cfm. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "Past Lecturers". American Library Association. 2008. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/arbuthnothonor/pastlecturers/pastlecturers.cfm. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Committee Manual". Association of Library Services for Children. December 2007. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/arbuthnothonor/arbuthnot_manual_dec2.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ "2009 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture". Eventbrite. http://arbuthnotlecture2009.eventbrite.com/. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
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