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