KU News Release

Snyder Book Collecting Contest winners to be announced in Nov. 10 ceremony

LAWRENCE — The winners of the 50th Snyder Book Collecting Contest at the University of Kansas will be announced at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Oread Books in the Kansas Union.

Lorraine Haricombe, dean of libraries at KU, will host the event, which is open to the public.

The contest was open to all KU students and has undergraduate and graduate divisions. The first-place winner of each division will receive an $800 prize and a $100 gift certificate from the KU Bookstores. Second-place winners will receive a $500 prize and a $50 gift certificate.

Judges for this year’s contest all are former contest prizewinners:

Joel Boggess, Lawrence, 2003 graduate prizewinner
David Chiles, Tonganoxie, 1985 undergraduate prizewinner
Michael Foubert, Olathe, 1996, 1999 and 2000 graduate prizewinner
Susan Pentlin, Warrensburg, Mo., 1975 graduate prizewinner
Diana Weaver, Lawrence, 2004 undergraduate prizewinner

The winning collections will be on display at Oread Books until Nov. 27.

The late Elizabeth M. Snyder of Kansas City, Mo., was the contest benefactor through a fund administered by KU Endowment. University Libraries and Oread Books organize and co-sponsor the contest. For more information about the contest and its history, visit the University Libraries' Web site.

Finalists are listed below by hometown, major and level in school, parents’ names, previous school attended (when available) and title of collection.

CLOUD COUNTY
From Jamestown and Courtland
John Michael Kuhn, senior in English; son of Daniel Kuhn of Jamestown; Concordia High School; “Shoestring Modernism: The Early 20th Century on an Undergraduate Budget.”

DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Baldwin City and Mission
Travis Matthew Canaday, junior in anthropology; son of Sandra Davidson of Mission; “Life and Times of an Outlaw Journalist: Hunter S. Thompson’s Articles and First Editions.”

JOHNSON COUNTY
From Mission and Baldwin City
See Douglas County: Travis Matthew Canaday.

LYON COUNTY
From Emporia
David J. Peavler, doctoral student in history; son of David L. Peavler; bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Emporia State University; “Race Relations in Middle America.”

REPUBLIC COUNTY
From Courtland and Jamestown
See Cloud County: John Michael Kuhn.

TEXAS
From Dallas
Todd R. Giles, doctoral student in English; master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Texas Tech University, Lubbock; “Advice to the Young Poet: William Carlos Williams and the Next Generation of American Poets.”

-30-

The University of Kansas is a major comprehensive research and teaching university. University Relations is the central public relations office for KU's Lawrence campus.