A Piece of the Past Museum Essay Contest

“A Piece of the Past” Museum Essay Contest was inaugurated in 2010-2011 to encourage student research into the artifacts of the Dunham Bible Museum, the Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts, and the Museum of Southern History.

Funding for the contest has been generously provided by The Joella and Stewart Morris Foundation and Mr. Isaac Heimbinder.

How to Enter

2020 Winners – 10th Annual Piece of the Past essay Contest

•  GRAND PRIZE  ($1500)-Hannah Gentry, “The Knightley Family Bible: Faith Throughout the Years” (Dunham Bible Museum)
  
• SOUTHERN HISTORY/AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS
  • 1^st   ($500)     Colleen Dunne, “The 79^th Field Artillery: Christmas Day 1917, Camp Logan”
  • 2^nd   ($250)    Andrea Matis, “The Original Timekeeper: The Railroad Clock”
• DUNHAM BIBLE MUSEUM
  • 1^st    ($500)    Kalon Corrallo, “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and the Protestant Reformation”
  • 2^nd    ($250) Michella Taylor, “The Trial of Henry Garnet and Jesuit Equivocation in Early Modern England”
    
•  ART MUSEUMS
  • 1^st        ($500)Sofia Guzman, “Chagall’s Creativity For Change”
    
  • 2^nd      ($250) Rebecca L. Torres, “The Last Judgment: Tribunal of Penance”
• FRESHMEN/ACADEMY
  • 1st      ($500) Rebecca S. Rizzotti, “A Threefold Legacy: How Adoniram Judson’s Wives Contributed to the Ministry of the Man Who First Translated the Bible for the Burmese People” (Dunham Bible Museum)
    
  • 2^nd      ($250) Mary S. Napper, “Die Heilige Bibel: Bach’s Bible” (Dunham Bible Museum)

 Plus the following Honorable Mention ($50)

Marissa Campisse, Daniel Dicken, Linh Dinh, Alan Omar Garay, Diana Gonzalez, Caroline Gillispie, Hailey Harvey, Daniel Idowu, Michael Knapton, Tieu Phuong Nguyen, Obianuju Favour Onyenso, Brandon Patterson, Renee Peters, Erik Pho, Esther Pouluse, Anissa Sanchez, Jayden Seals, Zeinah Wafi, Kayla Wilson, Alvina Zia

View a list of prior winners