Oscar Lewis Awards
The Club established the Oscar Lewis Awards in 1994 in honor of the prolific and popular San Francisco writer-historian who served as The Book Club secretary from 1921 to 1946.
Oscar Lewis Awards Party February 11th, 2008
The 2008 annual Oscar Lewis Awards of The Book Club of California honors Malcolm Margolin for his contributions to Western History and David Lance Goines for his contributions to the Book Arts. Friends and members are invited to a reception for the honorees on February 11, 2008, 5pm-7pm at the Book Club of California club rooms, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 510, San Francisco. For more information contact Lucy Rodgers Cohen, Executive Director at 415 781-7532 or lucyrcohen@bccbooks.org
| Patrick Reagh (center) receives
award from J. Curtiss Taylor and Jerry Cole at the Club
on February 5, 2007 |
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| Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle reporter, (center)
reading award given by J. Curtiss Taylor and Jerry Cole
at the Club on February 5, 2007 |
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Club members are invited to submit their nominations for the Oscar Lewis Awards, which are given for achievement in Western History and the Book Arts. Members should use the form supplied with their Quarterly News-Letter or submit nominations by letter.
Past Oscar Lewis Awards for Western History have been made to:
- Dr. Albert Shumate (1994)
- Michael Harrison (1995)
- Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., (1996)
- Lawrence Clark Powell (1996)
- Richard H. Dillon (1997)
- Gary F. Kurutz (1998)
- Allan R. Ottley (1999)
- J. S. Holliday (2000), Msgr. Francis J. Weber (2000)
- Muir Dawson (2001) and Glen Dawson (2001)
- Ferol Egan (2002)
- Kevin Starr (2003)
- Robert G. Harlan (2004)
- David F. Meyrick (2005)
- Robert V. Hine (2006)
- Carle Nolte (2007)
and for the Book Arts, to:
- Ward Ritchie (1994)
- Stella Patri (1995)
- Albert Sperisen (1995)
- Lewis and Dorothy Allen (1996)
- Marjorie G. Stern (1997)
- Sandra Kirshenbaum (1998)
- S. Gale Herrick (1998)
- Jack W. Stauffacher (1999)
- Andrew Hoyem (2000)
- Wolfgang Lederer (2001)
- Carolyn and James Robertson (2002)
- Joanne Margarethe Sonnichsen (2003)
- Eleanor Edwards Ramsey (2004)
- Joseph J. D'Ambrosio (2005)
- Peter Rutledge Koch (2006)
- Patrick W. Reagh (2007)
THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA
Announces the 2008 Grants Competition
THE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA has established a program of grants to assist individuals in research, writing, and other projects in the fields of Western American history and the book arts. Once each year, The Book Club will provide grants in the range of $1,000 to $5,000 to individuals whose project proposals are judged most likely to result in a significant contribution in the form of a publication or an example of design printing. The number of grants will depend on the number of projects accepted for awards, but the total of all grants will not exceed $20,000 in any one year.
Awards will be based on the scholarly or aesthetic merit of the individual proposals. A condition of accepting the award will be the recipient's assurance to the Book Club that the project will result in a publishable text or an example of a product of the book arts.
Opening date for applications is January 3, 2008, and applications must be received by April 2, 2008.
Complete information
and application in Word format |
