May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture
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The May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture was established in 1969 to honor American educator May Hill Arbuthnot
. The lecture is given each year by an author, artist, critic, librarian, historian or teacher who has made a significant contribution to the field of children's literature. The lectureship is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children
, a division of the American Library Association
. In the past 41 years (1970-2010), 41 people have been honored with the award.
May Hill Arbuthnot
May Hill Arbuthnot was an educator, editor, writer, and critic who was selected for American Libraries article “100 Most Important Leaders we had for the 20th Century”. Arbuthnot devoted her career to the awareness and importance of children's literature...
. The lecture is given each year by an author, artist, critic, librarian, historian or teacher who has made a significant contribution to the field of children's literature. The lectureship is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children
Association for Library Service to Children
The Association for Library Service to Children is a division of the American Library Association. Its members are concerned with the profession of children's Librarianship...
, a division of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
. In the past 41 years (1970-2010), 41 people have been honored with the award.
Criteria for award
The lecturer is chosen each year by a committee from a list of nominations. After the lecturer has been chosen and announced to the public, the committee chooses a host from another list of nominations.Lecturers
| Year | Lecturer | Title | Host | City, State |
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| 2010 | "Can Children's Books Save the World?" | Riverside County (Calif.) Library System | ||
| 2009 | "The Geography of the Heart" | Langston Hughes Library at the Children's Defense Fund Alex Haley Farm | ||
| 2008 | "Thirteen Studios" | South Central Library System | ||
| 2007 | "Books As Shelter: Going Home Again and Again" | McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature, University of Kentucky SLIS | ||
| 2006 | "The Past Isn’t Past: How History Speaks, and What It Says to the Next Generation." | Williamsburg Regional Library The Library of Virginia Virginia Foundation for the Humanities |
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| 2005 | "Mutuality" | Free Library of Philadelphia Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School |
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| 2004 | "Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature" | Maricopa County Library District Arizona State University Arizona Center for the Book |
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| 2003 | Cambridge Public Library Children's Literature, Inc. |
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| 2002 | "So She Went Into the Garden" | Le Frak Hall, Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies | ||
| 2001 | "Time and Again" | Scottish Rite Center Multnomah County Library Multnomah County Library Multnomah County Library is a public library system serving Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. Started in 1864, the system has 19 library locations with books, magazines, DVDs, and computers. It is the largest library system in Oregon serving a population of 724,680, with more than 425,000... |
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| 2000 | "A Stranger Comes to Town" | Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut | ||
| 1999 | "Editorial License: On Library Selection Connections" | San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science | ||
| 1998 | "Instead of a Lecture" | Richland County Public Library and the College of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina | ||
| 1997 | "In Search of Wonder" | Northern State University | ||
| 1996 | "A Life in Review" | Dallas Public Library | ||
| 1995 | "Imaginings and Images" | University of Wisconsin | ||
| 1994 | "Across the Years, Across the Seas: Notes from an Errant Editor" | Coronado Public Library | ||
| 1993 | "Everything of Value: Moral Realism in the Literature for Children" | Virginia Center for the Book | ||
| 1992 | "Developing Lifetime Readers" | Montana Library Association annual conference | ||
| 1991 | "The Nature and Function of Children's Lore" | Library of Congress | ||
| 1990 | "A Tender Bridge" | University of New Orleans | ||
| 1989 | "A Dissolving Ghost: Possible Operations of Truth in Children's Books and the Lives of Children" | University of Pittsburgh | ||
| 1988 | "Pushing up the Sun a Little" | University of Oklahoma | ||
| 1987 | "A Primitive View of the World" | Northern Illinois University | ||
| 1986 | "All of a Tremble to See His Danger" | University of Arkansas | ||
| 1985 | "Stones into Pools" | Indiana University Stone Hills Area Library Services Authority |
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| 1984 | "Bell, Book and Candle" | Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center | ||
| 1983 | "Children and the Voices of Literature" | Center for the Study of Literature for Young People at the University of Georgia | ||
| 1982 | "From Books to Buttons: Reflections From the Thirties to the Eighties" | Florida State University | ||
| 1981 | "Information: A Necessity for Survival: Strategies for the Promotion of Children's Books in a Developing Country" | Texas Woman's University | ||
| 1980 | "German Children's Literature From Its Beginning to the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Perspective" | University of Wisconsin | ||
| 1979 | "Beyond the Garden Wall: Some Observations on Current Trends in Children's Literature" | University of South Carolina | ||
| 1978 | "Tom and Laura from Right to Left: American Children's Books Experienced by Young Hebrew Readers" | Boston Public Library | ||
| 1977 | "One of the Dozens" | Boise State University | ||
| 1976 | "The Education of an American" | Los Angeles Public Library | ||
| 1975 | "Talent Is Not Enough" | Drexel University | ||
| 1974 | "Real Adventure Belongs To Us" | University of Washington | ||
| 1973 | "Fortunate Moments in Children's Books" | University of Missouri | ||
| 1972 | "One World in Children's Books" | University of Chicago | ||
| 1971 | "Standards of Criticism for Children's Literature" | Atlanta Memorial Arts Center | ||
| 1970 | "Rights and Wrongs" | Case Western Reserve University |
Repeat lecturers
- Three lectures have been hosted in California.
- Three lectures have been hosted in Pennsylvania.
- Two lectures have titles referring to The Secret GardenThe Secret GardenThe Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in the autumn of 1910, and was first published in its entirety in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's...
- Two lectures have been hosted in Georgia
- Two lectures have been hosted in Massachusetts