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August 17, 2006: Cornell University Dominated Collegiate Book Collecting Contest
"Daniel McKee of Cornell University has won the first Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship, which honors winners of the colleges and universities (some three dozen) that already hold their own student book-collecting contests. For his collection, "Educational Books from Japan's Meiji Period (1868–1912)," McKee wins $2500, a trip to New York for the awards ceremony Sept. 16 at the Grolier Club, a one-year membership in the club, and a $1000 donation in his name to the Cornell library. William Miglore of Amherst College won second place for his "Ray Bradbury" collection. He'll get $1000, a trip to the awards ceremony, a scholarship to the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia, and $500 donation in his name to the Amherst library. "
