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James Gordon Bennett Prize Essays, 1900-1956, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet in one manuscript box

Scope and Contents

The James Gordon Bennett Prize was awarded to student work on contemporary American government, domestic policy, and foreign policy. Materials include award winning essays dating from 1900-1956, with the bulk of the material dating from 1925-1942.

"The Government of Federal Dependencies," Henry Noble MacCracken (not a prize essay), 1900

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Government of Federal Dependencies," Joseph H. Altman, 1900

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Government of Federal Dependencies," Stanley H. Molleson, 1900

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Relation of the Tariff to the Trusts," William H. Orr, 1903

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Interpretation of the Hay-Paunceforth Treaty in Regard to the Panama Canal Tolls," Joseph R. Amilcaro, 1915

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"History of Federal Attempts to Regulate Child Labor," Clifford Rowe, 1925

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The World Court as an American Ideal," Joseph Lotterman, 1926

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"Recent Centralising Tendencies in State Administration," Nathaniel Jones, 1928

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"American Merchant Marine Policy since the World War," Sidney Louis Feiler, 1930

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"American Policy regarding the Debts of Nations Allied with the United States during the World War," Sidney Greenman, 1932

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"History of the Attempts at Reorganisation of the Federal Administrative Services since 1905," Myron Krotinger, 1933

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"American Recognition of the U. S. S. R.," Edwin A. Gross, 1935

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Attitude of the American Government towards Manchukus," Alvin J. Bernstein, 1936

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"Federal Regulation of Companies Engaged in the Production and Distribution of Electric Power," Norman Moloshok, 1937

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"Federal Regulation of Radio Broadcasting with Special References to the Question of Freedom of Speech," Robert J. Kaller, 1939

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"American Legislation on the Subject of Old Age Pension," Justin M. Golenbosk, 1940

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"American Foreign Policy Concerning Outposts of Defense in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea since 1898," Robert M. Bor, 1942

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Problem of Self Government for the District of Columbia," Robert Price, 1953

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"The Problem of Statehood for Hawaii," David L. Mitchell, 1954

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.

"Merits and Defects of the Proposal to Fix a National Minimum Age of Eighteen for the Suffrage," Stephen Roger Langenthal, 1956

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Language of Materials

English.
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