Louise Seamen Bechtel Fellowship Past Winners

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* Please note: articles were not written or not available electronically for all years/winners.

2023: No fellows were selected.

2022: J. Joseph Prince

2021: No fellows were selected.

2020 award: No fellows were selected.

2019 award:

2018 award: Anne Mlod, JoAnna Schofield, and Lisa Von Drasek

2017 award: Angela Reynolds,

2016 award: Bridgid Mangan and Wendy Stephens

by Bridgid Mangan

by Wendy Stephens

2015 award: No fellows were selected

2014 award: Natalie Ziarnik, "Where Fantasy and Facts Meet: Fairy Science Books from 1870 to 1900."

Published in Children and Libraries, Vol. 13, no. 2, Summer 2015, pp.5-12 as "Where Fantasy and Facts Meet: Fairy Science Books from 1870 to 1900."

2013 award: Alison Anson and Susan Wackerbarth: ""

2012 award: Allison Angell, "School Stories"

2011 award: Allison G. Kaplan, "Board Books: From Toy to Literacy Tool"

Published in Children and Libraries, Vol. 10, no. 3, Winter 2012, pp. 41-44 as “”

Victoria Penny: ""

2010 award: Christina H. Dorr, "Searching for Heroes."

Published in Children and Libraries , Vol. 9, no. 2, Summer/Fall 2011, pp. 42-49 as "Searching for She-Roes: A Study of Biographies of Historic Women Written for Children."

2009 award: Linda Martin, "Storytelling in the Content Areas."

2008 award: Mary Elizabeth Land, "Home for the Holidays: The Depiction of Holiday Themes in Books for Children."

Published in Children and Libraries , Vol. 9, no. 3, Winter 2011, pp. 25-38 as "Home for the Holidays: The Depiction of Holiday Themes in Historical Children's Literature."

2007 award: Charmette Kendrick, "The Goblins Will Get Ya: A Survey of Horror in Children's Literature from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries."

Published in Children and Libraries , Vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 2009, pp. 19-23 as "The Goblins Will Get You: Horror in Children's Literature from the Nineteenth Century."

2006 award: Jacquelyn S. Rogers: "The child illustrated: Social roles revealed through dress depicted in 19th and 20th Century children's literature."

Published in Children and Libraries , Vol. 6, no. 3, Winter 2008, pp. 41-46 as "Picturing the Child in Nineteenth-Century Literature: The Artist, the Child, and a Changing Society."

Mary G. Marshall: Anatomy of a book collection: Ruth M. Baldwin and her quest to build an historical children's book collection (1953-1990)

Published in Children and Libraries, Vol. 12, no. 1, Spring 2014, pp. 21-26 as "The Inimitable Ruth Baldwin: Anatomy of a Collector and a Library."

2005 award; research done in 2006: Sharon Deeds: Mother Goose: An historical and social perspective

2004 award; research done in 2005:

Jean Hatfield: Literature of L. Frank Baum, and

Joyce Laiosa: Alphabet books of the 19th Century

Published in Children and Libraries, Vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 2011, pp. 28-33 as “”

2003 award; research done in 2004: Mary Humphrey: Heroic quest tales in fairy tales and folk literature

2002 award; research done in 2003: Leslie Barban: E. Nesbit and early 20th Century British children's literature.

Published in Children and Libraries, Vol. 3, no. 1, Spring 2005, pp. 43-47 as "The Evolution of Children's Literature: Getting Sidetracked--Delightfully--at the Baldwin Library."

2001 award; research done in 2002: Jane Marino: History and evolution of children's songs

Published in Children and Libraries , Vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 2003, pp. 17-25 as "Joyful Noise: A Study of Children's Music at the Baldwin Library for Historical Children's Literature."

2000 award; research done in 2001: Mary Ann Paulin: Choral reading and poetry for children

Kathleen Simonetta: Conflict resolution in early children's books

1999 award; research done in 2000: Julia Massie: Children's poetry

1998 award; research done in 1999: Floyd Dickman: 19th and 20th Century editions of Cinderella

1997 award; research done in 1998: Kathy East: Books children would have read in the 1880's, in preparation for establishing a one room 1880's school house for local children to visit.

1996 award; research done in 1997: Jan Watkins: Family stories from the 1930's and 1940's

1995 award; research done in 1996: Marsha Cutler: Fairy and folk tales to be used in storytelling

1994 award; research done in 1995: Kathy Toon: 19th and early 20th Century series books

1993 award; research done in 1994: Sue McCleaf Nespeca: 19th and 20th Century pop-up books