{"id":72,"date":"2010-05-10T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/dukelibrariesrbmscl\/2010\/05\/10\/999-99-more-than-a-penny-for-your-thoughts\/"},"modified":"2011-10-15T21:38:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T01:38:28","slug":"999-99-more-than-a-penny-for-your-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2010\/05\/10\/999-99-more-than-a-penny-for-your-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"$999.99 More Than a Penny for Your Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_x6JoOYdrEMM\/S-hbcILnocI\/AAAAAAAAAc0\/OeBcVEH45Es\/s1600\/rbmscl-research-web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;cursor: pointer;width: 190px;height: 245px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/files\/2010\/12\/rbmscl-research-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Just think how many loads of laundry you could do or how many cases of . . . soda you could buy with $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>If you, like the gentlemen on the left, have pored over RBMSCL manuscripts, books, broadsides, maps, etc. (with or without a magnifying glass) and turned your brilliant discoveries into a brilliant paper, why not submit it for a chance to receive one of two <a href=\"http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/research\/awards\/middlesworth\/index.html\">Chester P. Middlesworth Awards<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The two awards, one for an undergraduate and one for a graduate student, each carry a cash prize of $1000.00. The awards will be given at a reception held during Parents&#8217; and Family Weekend (October 22-24, 2010).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dukelibrariesrbmscl.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/congratulations-to-2009-middlesworth.html\">Click here<\/a> for our post about last year&#8217;s happy recipients!<\/p>\n<p>A few stipulations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your paper must have been prepared to meet requirements of a course in any academic department at Duke University or of an independent study project for credit at Duke University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your paper must be based largely or wholly on sources in the <a href=\"http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/specialcollections\/index.html\">RBMSCL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your paper must be nominated by a faculty member. Faculty may use <a href=\"http:\/\/library.duke.edu\/research\/awards\/middlesworth\/Middlesworth-nomination-form.doc\">this nomination form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Oh, and the deadline for submissions is Saturday, May 15th!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just think how many loads of laundry you could do or how many cases of . . . soda you could buy with $1,000. 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