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The Millia Davenport Publication Award is named to honor the
memory of Millia Davenport (1896-1992), noted costume scholar
and theatre designer. Her work The Book of Costume (1948),
a pioneering comprehensive reference work on the history
of costume, brought international recognition to this woman
whose theatre design career included collaborating with
Robert Edmond Jones and Donald Oenslager at the Provincetown
Playhouse, Eve Le Galliene at the Civic Repertory Theatre,
and James Reynolds and Maxwell Anderson on Broadway.
The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in scholarship
in the study of costume and to promote research and publication
on costume. It is awarded to a published book or exhibition
catalog that makes a significant contribution to the study
of costume, reflects original thought and exceptional creativity,
and draws on appropriate research methods and techniques.
The author of the winning book receives $500, a certificate,
and an invitation to speak at the annual Symposium of the
Costume Society of America the following year.
Publications must meet the following requirements:
- Published books
and exhibition catalogues, single author or multiple authors,
including edited books, are eligible.
- The subject of the book may pertain
to any aspect of costume (history, theatre, fashion. design, etc.)
but must reflect the
goals and philosophy
of the Costume Society of America.
- The awardee(s) does (do) not
have to be a member(s) of the Society.
- The author(s), or majority of authors
of a multi-authored work, must be citizens of the Americas. In the
case of edited books,
a majority of both editors and contributors must be citizens
of the
Americas.
- The book must have been published during the calendar
year preceding the date of the award. Books dated a year earlier
may be considered
if they did not become available until the following
year, or if nominations closed earlier than usual because the
Symposium was
scheduled earlier than usual.
- For practical reasons, the
book should be published in English.
The closing date for nominations is January 15, assuming that the
annual Symposium is scheduled in June.
The Board of Directors will designate the source of funding for this
annual award.
Nominations may be made by anyone and should be in the form of
a letter addressed to:
Chair of the Millia Davenport
Publication Award Committee
The letter should include
the complete title of the book, names of the author or authors,
name and location
of publisher, and
supporting information that the nominating person wishes to
provide.
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1991:
Kate C. Duncan, Northern Athapaskan Art: A Beadwork Tradition
1992:
Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Prehistoric Textiles
1993:
Dale Carolyn Gluckman & Sharon Sadako Tekeda, When Art Becomes Fashion:
Kosode in Edo-Period Japan
1994:
Liza C. Dalby, Kimono: Fashioning Culture
1995:
Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years
1996:
Joan Severa, Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion
1840-1900
1997:
Judy Frater, Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic
Rabaris
1998:
Betty Kobayashi Issenman, Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of
Inuit Clothing
1999 [2 books awarded]:
Betty Kirke, Madeleine Vionnet
and
Dr. Beverly Lemire, Dress, Culture and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade
Before the Factory, 1660-1800
2000:
Dr. Elizabeth Wayland Barber, The Mummies of ærmchi
2001:
Nancy Rexford, Women's Shoes in America: 1795 - 1930
2002:
Valerie Steele, The Corset - A Cultural History
2003:
Linda Baumgarten, What Clothes Reveal,
The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America
2004:
Sharon Sadako Takedo in collaboration with Monica Berthe and
Other Contributors, Miracles and
Mischief: Noh and Kyõgen
Theatre in Japan
2005:
Irene Guenther, Nazi Chic? Fashioning Women in the Third Reich
2006:
David and Barbara Fraser, Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh
[Honorable Mention: Melissa Leventon, Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion]
2007:
Marla R. Miller, The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution
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For application
materials, specific eligibility requirements, or more detailed
information, please contact the National Office. Please include
the name of the grant in your
request.
The Costume Society of America
203 Towne Centre Drive
Hillsborough, NJ, USA 08844.
Fax: 908-359-7619
E-mail: CSA National Office
For shipping that requires a street address, please contact the CSA National Office at 800-CSA-9447 or, if you're outside the U.S., at 908-359-1471, or via email. |
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