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 |
| 1955 | Pauline Saunders | "Settlement on the Miramichi | Yes |
| 1956 | Elizabeth Cattley | No | |
| 1957 | Elizabeth Steeves
Gayle Wilson |
No
No | |
| 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 |
| 1959 | Shirley McPhee | "The political career of Lemuel Allan Wilmot in the era of responsible government, 1830-1955" | Yes |
| 1960 | Anneke Deichmann | "The historic buildings of Fredericton" | Yes |
| 1961 | Rebecca E. MacVicor | No | |
| 1962 | Carol Ann Seeley | "British travellers' impressions of New Brunswick" | Yes |
| 1963 | Joanne Murphy | "Pre-loyalist era in New Brunswick from 1762-1783" | Yes |
| 1964 | Angela Walsh | "The pre-loyalist era in New Brunswick" | Yes |
| 1965 | Erma P. Allan | "The Intercolonial Railway as a factor in the movement for the union of the provinces" | Yes |
| 1966 | Carmen P. Cogswell | No | |
| 1967 | Kristina Valcuilenas | No | |
| 1968 | Nancy A. MacDonald | "New England assault on Louisbourg, 1745" | Yes |
| 1969 | Catherine R. Cox | "New Brunswick acts to Confederation: opinion in N.B. on Canadian Confederation, 1868-1815" | Yes |
| 1970 | Avis A. Tatlock | "The value of loyalist poetry as an historical source" | Yes |
| 1971 | Constance L. Seymour | "Sacrificed to the wolf: Maritime public opinion of the Treaty of Washington" | Yes |
| 1972 | Janet Moodie | "The building of the Atlantic Entrepot, 1805-1815" | Yes |
| 1973 | Janet McBride | "The New Brunswick school question" | Yes |
| 1974 | Heather M. Conners | No | |
| 1975 | Mary E. Nicholas | "New Brunswick during the Great Depression, 1930-1935" | Yes |
| 1976 | Nancy J. Colpitts | "Who were the Smashers?" | Yes |
| 1977 | Janet L. Dixon | "A discussion of the lumbering industry" | Yes |
| 1978 | S. Miller | No | |
| 1979 | Rhonda L. McAllister | "Equal opportunity" | No |
| 1980 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1981 | Elizabeth Campbell | "Prohibition in New Brunswick: why did it fall?" | Yes |
| 1982 | Carolyn Young | "A living cell: a study of the development of a residential block in Fredericton" | Yes |
| 1983 | Ellen Hambrook | "The rise and fall of Sabbies Mill" | Yes |
| 1984 | Joanne Spencer | "Women's organization in New Brunswick between 1870-1820: a significant move towards liberation" | Yes |
| 1985 | Katherine Biggs | "Alexander Gibson's enterprise on the Nashwaak" | Yes |
| 1986 | Not awarded | No | |
| 1987 | Barbara Buchanan | "The achievements of the feminist movement to 1920 in New Brunswick" | Yes |
| 1988 | Janice Cook | "What happened to the poor in Colonial Maritime society?" | Yes |
| 1989 | Marilyn Sarchfield | No | |
| 1990 | Christina Mullin | No | |
| 1991 | Rachel Tanya Brown | No | |
| 1992 | Shelly Spencer | "A Portrait of New Brunswick Representatives in the 1945 Federal Election and their role in the Post World War Reconstruction" | Yes |
| 1993 | Audrey Marie Cormier | "The Saint John county Almshouse and Workhouse: 1885-1857" | Yes |
| 1994 | Carla Kelly | "Creating a National Policy: Fredericton City Council and the Hartt Boot and Shoe Company, 1898-1899" | Yes |
| 1995 | Kimberley Branch | "Charlotte: Mother of Tabusintac" | Yes |
| 1996 | Vanessa Childs | "The Changing role of the Irish in Saint John" | Yes |
| 1997 | Krista Lee Harquail | No | |
| 1998 | Stephanie Grotegut | No | |
| 1999 | Donna Lynne Mandeville | "Proper Spheres and Improper Remuneration: The Feminization of Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Canada" | Yes |
| 2000 | Unknown | ||
| 2001 | Caroline Victoria Humar | No | |
| 2002 | Natalie Leveille
Wendy Anne Miller |
No | |
| 2003 | Tanya Dawn Daley | No | |
| 2004 | Caroline Mann | No | |
| 2005 | Laura L. Anderson | No | |
| 2006 | Jazmine Belyea | No | |
| 2007 | Rose Lydia Mae Donovan | ||
| 2008 | Rachel Backa | No | |
| 2009 | Not awarded | No | |
| 2010 | Kelsey O'Brian | "The Loyalist Environment: The Regulation of Rivers and Harbours in Colonial New Brunswick" | No |
| 2011 | Susan Patricia McAdam | No | |
| 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” |
No
No |
| 2013 | Brittany Alexandra Hannah | No |
Source(s):
- UA Case 147.
© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2012