PRIZES FOR
ORIGINAL STUDIES
IN
AMERICAN HISTORY

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PRIZES FOR
ORIGINAL STUDIES
IN
AMERICAN HISTORY

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BUILDING
199 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
BOSTON, MASS.

To encourage investigation into the origins,
the achievements and the problems of the United
States; to interpret and perpetuate the American
principles of liberty, popular sovereignty and
government by consent; to promote American
solidarity; and to exalt the American ideal : the
Knights of Columbus Historical Commission
announces a series of five prizes for the best studies,
based on research in primary sources, in the field
of American History.

COMMITTEE OF JUDGES FOR AWARDING OF PRIZES
Gaillard Hunt, State Department, Washington, D. C, Chair
man.
Professor Frederick A. Cleveland, Boston University.
Professor David A. McCabe, Princeton University.
Frank I. Cobb, Editor New York World.
John H. Edmonds, Chief of Archives Division, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Edward F. McSweeney, Chairman.
Rear Admiral William S. Benson, U. S. N.
Professor Henry Jones Ford, Princeton University.
Maurice Francis Egan, formerly U. S. Minister to Denmark.
Hannis Taylor, formerly U. S. Minister to Spain.
Professor Charles H. McCarthy, Catholic University
of America.
Professor George Hermann Derry, Union University.

CLASSIFICATION OF CONTESTANTS
Class A. Professors or instructors in history or in other social
sciences in the colleges of the United States.
Class B. Specialists, not college teachers, in history or in
other social sciences.
Class C Scholars and graduate students who have access
to material in the universities, libraries and
archives of Mexico, of Central and of South
America, and the Caribbean Republics, deal
ing with the international relations of the
Americas.
Class D. School superintendents and teachers in the United
States.
Contestants in Class D should confine their studies
to the consideration of history curricula in
both elementary and advanced schools as co
ordinated with aims in citizenship and national
responsibilities.
Class E. Undergraduates in the colleges of the United States.

A Prize of Three Thousand Dollars is offered to con
testants in Class A.
A Prize of Two Thousand Dollars is offered to contestants
in Class B.
A Prize of One Thousand Dollars is offered to contestants
in Class C.
A Prize of One Thousand Dollars is offered to contestants
in Class D.
A Prize of Five Hundred Dollars is offered to contestants
in Class E.

CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE

Any particular topic arising out of the following periods
suggested for individual studies may be taken as a theme of
special investigation.
1492-1763 European Rivalries and Colonial Institutions
From the era of Columbus to the Treaty of Paris,
1763.
1643-1781 Colonial Union.
From the New England Confederation for mutual
defense until the adoption of the Articles of Con
federation and Perpetual Union.
1765-1783 The Revolutionary Era.
From the passage of the Stamp Act to the definitive
Treaty of Peace with Great Britain.
1787-1789 The Constitutional Convention and its work.
1783-1823 Independence Fortified.
(a) The Jay Treaty.
(b) The Louisiana Purchase.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Treaty with Spain.
(e) The Monroe Doctrine.
1783-1823 Diplomatic Independence.
From the Treaty of Peace, 1783, with Great
Britain, to the Message of President Monroe,
December 2, 1823.
1783-1869 Territorial Unity.
From the Treaty of Peace, 1783, with Great Britain,
to the completion of the Union Pacific Railway.
(a) The extension to the Gulf of Mexico.
(b) The approach to the Pacific.
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1787-1861 The Great Experiment.
From the Constitutional Convention to the
ratification of the Constitution of the Confed
erate States of America.
The enforcement of the Alien and Sedition
Laws, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolu
tions, the Hartford Convention, Nullification,
and Secession.
1860-1870 Preservation of the Union.
From the secession of South Carolina to the restora
tion of a loyal government in Texas.
1865-1901 Economic Unity.
From the close of the Civil War to the Pan-Ameri
can Exposition at Buffalo.
1776-1922 Federal Centralization.

The Extension of Federal Activities.
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Commerce and Labor.
(c) Taxation.
(d) Education.

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

1776-1864 Policy of "no Entangling Alliances".
From the discussion preceding the Alliance with
France to the joint international treaty with
Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands,
October 22, 1864, relative to the Shimonoseki
indemnity.
1844-1922 Diplomatic Relations with the Far East.
From the first treaty with China to the present
time.
1864-1919 Policy of Concerted Action.
From the joint international treaty with Great
Britain, France, and the Netherlands, October
22, 1864, to the Treaty of Versailles.
1898-1922 The United States in World Politics.

1809-1922 The International Policy of the Americas.
From the revolt of the Spanish Colonies to the
present time.
1783-1922 Relations of the United States with British
America.
The Later History of the Monroe Doctrine.

Origins of the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty and of
Government by Consent.
History of the Doctrines of the Natural Law and of
Inalienable Natural Rights.
The Conceptions of Liberty, Tyranny, Liberties, Guaran
tees of Liberty, Natural Rights and Acquired
Rights in the Minds and Writings of the Framers
of the Constitution.
Sources of Jefferson's Political Philosophy.
What Constitutes the American Tradition in Domestic
Affairs.
What Constitutes the American Tradition in Foreign
Affairs.

Underlying Social and Moral Concepts Since the Days of
Our Struggle for Independence : Liberty, Equal
ity, Brotherhood, Service.
Changing Standards for Judgments in Arbitration and
Settlement of Controversies — Political and
Legal.
The Adjustment of Group and Individual Conduct to the
Common Consciousness of Justice.
The Evolution of a National Conscience.

CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE HISTORICAL CON
TEST.
Should the quality of the studies submitted, in the opinion
of the judges, not warrant an award, the Commission reserves
the right to withhold prize in any class.
The ownership of the copyright of the successful papers will
vest in this Historical Commission. This condition will not
preclude the use of the papers by the authors as theses for
higher degrees.

CONDITIONS CONCERNING THE SUBMISSION OF
MANUSCRIPTS.
Each study must be scholarly and comprehensive, written
in English, in triplicate typewritten form, fully annotated, as
regards the authority for statements made, and must include a
complete bibliography.
Monographs submitted, though not limited in length should
not be unduly expanded.
It is understood that manuscripts previously published
in any form will not be considered.
Studies submitted in competition for prizes must have been
prepared especially for this purpose, and deposited in the mail
on or before May 31, 1922.
To guarantee fairness in the award, which will be safeguarded
in every possible way, each manuscript should be signed with
an assumed name and should state the class in which it is to be
included. Accompanying the manuscript should be a sealed envelope,
inscribed with the writer's assumed name and enclosing the
writer's real name and address and, if the contestant is in
Class A or Class E, the name of the writer's college or university.
Manuscripts unavailable for prizes will be returned to the
authors.

The manuscript and the sealed envelope should be addressed
Knights of Columbus Historical Commission,
Studies in American History.
National Shawmut Bank,
Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A.
which bank will be the sole custodian of the sealed envelopes
until after the announcement of the award.

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