Eunice White Robertson Memorial Prize
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The Eunice White Robertson Memorial Prize is awarded to the woman student who has made a careful investigation of some subject of local history of the Province of New Brunswick selected by the Department of History of the University, and has submitted a competent essay thereon, and has obtained a high standing in the History courses of the Junior level at the university. The essay is the principal criterion of the award, although the student's class standing will also be considered.
| Year | Name | Title of essay | Held at UNB Archives | Student of |
| 1955 | Pauline Saunders | "Settlement on the Miramichi | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1956 | Elizabeth Cattley | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 1957 | Elizabeth Steeves
Gayle Wilson |
No
No |
UNB Fredericton | |
| 1958 | Carolyn Ann MacCollum
M. Joan Young |
"Rise and fall of wooden shipbuilding on the Atlantic coast in the 19th century"
"History of British North American shipping" |
Yes
Yes |
UNB Fredericton |
| 1959 | Shirley McPhee | "The political career of Lemuel Allan Wilmot in the era of responsible government, 1830-1955" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1960 | Anneke Deichmann | "The historic buildings of Fredericton" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1961 | Rebecca E. MacVicor | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 1962 | Carol Ann Seeley | "British travellers' impressions of New Brunswick" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1963 | Joanne Murphy | "Pre-loyalist era in New Brunswick from 1762-1783" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1964 | Angela Walsh | "The pre-loyalist era in New Brunswick" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1965 | Erma P. Allan | "The Intercolonial Railway as a factor in the movement for the union of the provinces" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1966 | Carmen P. Cogswell | No | Unknown | |
| 1967 | Kristina Valcuilenas | No | Unknown | |
| 1968 | Nancy A. MacDonald | "New England assault on Louisbourg, 1745" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1969 | Catherine R. Cox | "New Brunswick acts to Confederation: opinion in N.B. on Canadian Confederation, 1868-1815" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1970 | Avis A. Tatlock | "The value of loyalist poetry as an historical source" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1971 | Constance L. Seymour | "Sacrificed to the wolf: Maritime public opinion of the Treaty of Washington" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1972 | Janet Moodie | "The building of the Atlantic Entrepot, 1805-1815" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1973 | Janet McBride | "The New Brunswick school question" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1974 | Heather M. Conners | No | Unknown | |
| 1975 | Mary E. Nicholas | "New Brunswick during the Great Depression, 1930-1935" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1976 | Nancy J. Colpitts | "Who were the Smashers?" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1977 | Janet L. Dixon | "A discussion of the lumbering industry" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1978 | S. Miller | No | Unknown | |
| 1979 | Rhonda L. McAllister | "Equal opportunity" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1980 | Not awarded | No | ||
| 1981 | Elizabeth Campbell | "Prohibition in New Brunswick: why did it fall?" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1982 | Carolyn Young | "A living cell: a study of the development of a residential block in Fredericton" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1983 | Ellen Hambrook | "The rise and fall of Sabbies Mill" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1984 | Joanne Spencer | "Women's organization in New Brunswick between 1870-1820: a significant move towards liberation" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1985 | Katherine Biggs | "Alexander Gibson's enterprise on the Nashwaak" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1986 | Not awarded | No | ||
| 1987 | Barbara Buchanan | "The achievements of the feminist movement to 1920 in New Brunswick" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1988 | Janice Cook | "What happened to the poor in Colonial Maritime society?" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1989 | Marilyn Sarchfield | No | Unknown | |
| 1990 | Christina Mullin | No | Unknown | |
| 1991 | Rachel Tanya Brown | No | Unknown | |
| 1992 | Shelly Spencer | "A Portrait of New Brunswick Representatives in the 1945 Federal Election and their role in the Post World War Reconstruction" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1993 | Audrey Marie Cormier | "The Saint John county Almshouse and Workhouse: 1885-1857" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1994 | Carla Kelly | "Creating a National Policy: Fredericton City Council and the Hartt Boot and Shoe Company, 1898-1899" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1995 | Kimberley Branch | "Charlotte: Mother of Tabusintac" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 1996 | Vanessa Childs | "The Changing role of the Irish in Saint John" | Yes | Unknown |
| 1997 | Krista Lee Harquail | No | Unknown | |
| 1998 | Stephanie Grotegut | No | Unknown | |
| 1999 | Donna Lynne Mandeville | "Proper Spheres and Improper Remuneration: The Feminization of Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Canada" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 2000 | Unknown | |||
| 2001 | Caroline Victoria Humar | No | Unknown | |
| 2002 | Natalie Leveille
Wendy Anne Miller |
No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2003 | Tanya Dawn Daley | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2004 | Caroline Mann | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2005 | Laura L. Anderson | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2006 | Jazmine Belyea | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2007 | Rose Lydia Mae Donovan | UNB Fredericton | ||
| 2008 | Rachel Backa | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2009 | Not awarded | No | ||
| 2010 | Kelsey O'Brian | "The Loyalist Environment: The Regulation of Rivers and Harbours in Colonial New Brunswick" | Yes | UNB Fredericton |
| 2011 | Susan Patricia McAdam | No | UNB Fredericton | |
| 2012 | Chantal Allen
Conor Falvey |
“The Origins of Moncton”
“‘Hope to finish my sock today’: The Diary of Laura Howland, Lumber Camp Cook, 1941-1942” |
Yes Yes |
UNB Fredericton |
| 2013 | Brittany Alexandra Hannah | No | Unknown |
Source(s):
- UA Case 147.
- UNB Fredericton Emeritus
- UNB | Online Phonebook | David Frank (Shelly Spencer)
- UNB Phonebook | David Frank (Clara Kelly)
- UNB Fredericton | Faculty of Arts | Dean's List 2002-2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2006-2007; 2007-2008; 2008-2009; 2010-2011; 2011-2012
- UNB Fredericton | Faculty of Arts | Linda Kealey
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