John and Margaret Class
Student Book Collection Contest

The John and Margaret Class Student Book Collection Contest was established by Margaret Class in memory of her husband, John, to inspire students to create their own personal libraries and book collections and to take joy in the printed book. The contest is open to all currently enrolled full-time Chapman University undergraduate and graduate students and offers cash prizes to the first, second and third place winners.

Announcement of Winners:

Chapman Happenings: "Leatherby Libraries turns a new page with book contest"

Winning Entries:

Essay - "Co-Production: A Scientific Approach to the Humanities"
Annotated Bibliography<
Annotated Bibliography Wish List

Application Information:

• The John and Margaret Class Student Book Collection Contest is open to any currently enrolled full-time Chapman University student, undergraduate or graduate.


• The student must own and have collected all items in the collection being entered.


• Collections may contain no more than 50 items. Non-book materials, such as CDs and music scores, may be included but should not be more than 20% of the total collection. Collections of less than 50 items are always welcome. Collections will be judged not by quantity but by quality.


• Collections may focus on any subject, author, or book style (examples: binding, graphic novels, comic books, paperbacks). 


• Collections need not consist of rare or valuable books nor do they need to be tied to the student’s major.


• Application Form

Competition Rules:

Submissions must contain the following:

1. A one-page typed essay, double-spaced and in 12-point font, that describes the focus of the collection and why, how and when the collection was assembled. The essay may discuss the bibliographic elements of the books that make the items unique.


2. An annotated bibliography of the collection. Individual titles should be numbered and short annotations should discuss the importance of the items to the overall collection. Bibliographies may follow any format. Bibliographies remain the property of the Library and may be used for future collection development. Contestants are advised to keep a copy.


3. An additional annotated bibliographic “wish list” of up to 10 additional titles that the contestant would like to add to their collection in the future. Each annotation should briefly discuss in what manner the item would add value to the collection.


4. An application completely filled out.

The winners may be asked to display their collections in the Library’s exhibit cases. The book collections will be given the best of care; however, the Leatherby Libraries can not be held liable or responsible for the materials displayed.

Only one collection per student per year will be accepted. Winners from previous years may submit an entry, but only with a new collection.

Judging Criteria:

Each entry will be judged by a panel of judges on the extent to which the items in the collection form a coherent pattern of inquiry and/or represent a well-defined field of interest. Additionally, consideration will be given to how well the collection reflects the student’s stated goals and interests in his/her essay.

After reviewing the essays and lists, the judges may ask finalists to bring selected items from their collections to the Leatherby Libraries for final judging. After final judging, winners will be notified by letter, email, or telephone. 

Three cash awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place will be presented in the spring in the Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries.

Submission:

Each contestant will send their submission by April 20, 2012 in paper and electronic format to Claudia Horn, Head of Special Collections and Archives, horn@chapman.edu. 

About John and Margaret Class

John F. Class II and Margaret Lloyd met on a double date in Riverside, CA and married while John was serving as a 2nd Lieutenant USA at the Presidio, San Francisco. John attended UC Berkeley while Margaret attended Mills College.

The couple eventually moved to Riverside and then to their home of 45 years in Huntington Beach. John worked for Ford Aeroneutronics in Newport Beach where he was an engineering physicist developing drone planes and rockets.  During this time, Margaret enrolled in classes at UC Irvine and received a history degree and a teaching credential in 1967.  Margaret taught kindergarten at Christ Lutheran in Costa Mesa and taught science to first and fourth graders in the Anaheim School District. Margaret and John were blessed with four children: Becky, Don, Mets and Marianne.

John passed away in 2008 and Margaret took to traveling and volunteering. Her volunteering is legion and has included: the Junior League of Riverside, the Hoag Hospital Auxilliary, the Board of Directors of the Girls clubs, Girl Scout leader, teaching the history of Huntington Beach in various schools.

Margaret and John Class belonged to the Miniature Book Society, the Book Club of California, the Movable Book Society, and Los Compadres, among others.  Together they pursued their love of book collecting, and pursued the book arts, such as making books and bookbinding. They had owned the largest private collection of leaf books and Margaret currently owns a very large collection of miniature and movable books.