Book Collectors Contest

Since 1947, the Friends have presented the contest in alternate years to promote reading for enjoyment and the development of students' personal libraries.  The 2013 contest was named for Dr. Andrew T. Nadell M'74, an avid collector in the areas of Gothic Revival, Doctors of Medicine, and Learned Professions and Occupations.  The contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate students who are regularly enrolled at Duke University. 

The next contest will take place in 2015.

Winners from the 2013 Book Collectors Contest:

Oxford University: Two Centuries of Magical History (link to PDF) - Kenny Gould (first place, undergraduate)

Another World and Yet Our Own: A Speculative Fiction Collection (link to PDF) - Laurel Burk (second place, undergraduate)

New Orleans' Nourishing Networks: Foodways and Municipal Markets in the Nineteenth Century Global South (link to PDF) - Ashley Young (first place, graduate)

More than Magic: Disney in Books (link to PDF) - Beth Sanchez (second place tie, graduate)

American Manna: Religious Foodways in the United States (link to PDF) - Adrienne Krone (second place tie, graduate)