The Brown
University Library announces Winners in the
2010 Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE –January 20, 2009
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.
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