Reference Awards archive
The Walford Award
2006 Diana Dixon, PhD
2005 Alan Day
2004 Ian Maxted
2003 Paul W Nash
2002 Professor Robin Alston OBE MA PhD onFCLIP FSA
2001 Professor John McIlwaine BA MCLIP
1999/ 2000 Charles Toase HonFLA
1998 George Ottley FLA
1997 Barry Bloomfield MA FLA HonFLA
1996 Professor Ian Rogerson MLS PhD Dlitt FLA
1995 Magda Whitrow BA ALA
1994 Professor S W Wells
1993 Professor D F McKenzie
1992 Professor Robin Alston OBE MA PhD HonFLA
1991 Professor James Douglas Pearson MA FLA
2006
Electronic Category
Oxford African American Studies Centre, published by the Oxford University Press
Printed Category
Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 by Neil Jeffares published by Unicorn Press
2005
Electronic Category – not awarded
Printed Category
Oil Paintings in Public Ownership - West Sussex edited by a team led by Andrew Ellis published by the Public Catalogue Foundation
2004
Electronic Category
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography edited by H C G Matthew & Brian Harrison, published by Oxford University Press
Printed Category
The Design encyclopaedia by Mel Byars, published by Laurence King Publishing.
2003
Electronic Category
xreferplus www.xrefer.com published by xrefer Ltd.
Printed Category
Early Printed Books Catalogue 1478-1840: catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints Collection, vol 5. Compiled for the Royal Institute of British Architects British Architectural Library by Paul W Nash, Nicholas Savage, Gerald Beasley, John Meriton and Alison Shell, published by K G Saur.
2002
Electronic Category
The Visual Culture of Wales: Imaging the Nation by Peter Lord, published by University of Wales Press (CD-ROM)
Printed Category
20th Century Ceramic Designers in Britain by Andrew Casey, published by Antique Collectors' Club.
2001
Electronic Category
The World Shakespeare Bibliography Online, www-english.tamu.edu/wsb/ by James L Harner, published by The Folger Shakespeare Library
Printed Category
The Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards / Michael Twyman (Ed.) published by The British Library
2000
Electronic Category
The British 1881 Census Index on CDROM published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Printed Category
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson published by Oxford University Press
List of Besterman Medal winners
1998 The Victoria and Albert Museum – a Bibliography and Exhibition Chronology 1852-1996 by Elizabeth James. Fitzroy Dearborn.
1997 Handbook for British and Irish Archaeology by Cherry Lavell. Edinburgh University Press.
1996 The World Shakespeare Bibliography 1990-1993 on CD/ROM by Professor James L Harner. Cambridge University Press.
1995 A Football Compendium: a comprehensive guide to the literature of Association Football by Peter J Seddon. The British Library.
1994 Bibliography of Printed Works on London History to 1939 by Heather Creaton. Library Association Publishing.
1993 Africa: A Guide to Reference Material by John McIIwaine. Hans Zell.
1992 Award withheld.
1991 A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland and English books printed abroad 1475-1640...volume 3 by Katherine Pantzer. Oxford University Press/The Bibliographical Society.
1990 British architectural books and writers 1556-1785 by Eileen Harris and Nicholas Savage. Cambridge University Press.
1989 Bibliography and index of English verse printed 1476-1558 by William Ringler Jnr. Mansell.
1988 T E Lawrence: a bibliography by Philip O'Brien. St Paul's Bibliographies.
1987 Dickens dramatized by Philip H Bolton. Mansell.
1986 English poetry of the Second World War: a bibliography by Catherine W Reilly. Mansell.
1985 Employee relations bibliography and abstracts by Arthur Marsh. Employee Relations Bibliography and Abstracts.
1984 A bibliography of the Kelmscott Press by William S Peterson. Clarendon Press.
1983 London illustrated, 1604-1851: a survey and index to topographical books and their plates by Bernard Adams. Library Association Publishing.
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Ted Hughes: a bibliography, 1946-1980 by Keith Sagar and Stephen Tabor. Mansell.
1982 Walford's guide to reference material; edited by A J Walford. 4th edition. Vol. 2: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion. Library Association Publishing.
1981 British and Irish architectural history: a bibliography and guide to sources of information by Ruth H Kamen. Architectural Press.
1980 Alchemy: a bibliography of English-Language writings, by Alan Ritchard. Routledge and Kegan Paul jointly with The Library Association.
1979 Knowhow: a guide to information, training and campaigning materials for information and advice workers compiled by G Morby, edited by E Kempson. Community Information project.
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South Asian bibliography; a handbook and guide compiled by the South East Asia Library Group, general editor J D Pearson. Harvester Press.
1978 Award withheld.
1977 A bibliography of cricket compiled by E W Padwick. Library Association Publishing for the Cricket Society.
1976 Guide to official statistics, No 1, 1976 by Central Statistical Office. HMSO.
1975 Printed maps of Victorian London by Ralph Hyde. Dawson.
1974 Agriculture: a bibliographical guide by E A R Bush. Macdonald and Jane's.
1973 Award withheld.
1972 A bibliography of British and Irish municipal history by Dr G H Martin and Sylvia McIntyre. Vol.1: General works. Leicester University Press.
1971 Sourcebook of planning information: a discussion of sources of information for use in urban and regional planning; and in allied fields
by Brenda White. Bingley.
1970 English theatrical literature 1559-1900 by J F Arnott and J W Robinson. Society for Theatre Research.
List of McColvin Medal winners 1998 Parrots by Tony Juniper and Mike Parr. Pica Press.
1997 Ancestral Trails by Mark D. Herber. Sutton Publishing/ Society of Genealogists.
1996 Who’s Who 1897-1996 on CD/ROM by Christine Ruge-Cope and Roger Tritton. A & C Black and Oxford University Press.
1995 The Tithe Maps of England and Wales by Roger Kain and Richard Oliver. Cambridge University Press.
1994 Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists by Ray Desmond. Taylor and Francis.
1993 History of Canal & River Navigation edited by Edward Paget-Tomlinson. Sheffield Academic Press.
1992 The New Grove Dictionary of Opera edited by Stanley Sadie. Macmillan.
1991 The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology by Michael Brooke and Tim Birkhead. Cambridge University Press.
1990 William Walton: a catalogue by Stewart Craggs. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press.
1989 The Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition edited by John Simpson and Edmund Weiner. Oxford University Press.
1988 The Encyclopaedia of Oxford edited by Christopher Hibbert. Macmillan.
1987 Fermented foods of the world: a dictionary and guide by Geoffrey Campbell-Platt. Butterworths.
1986 The British musical theatre by Kurt Ganzl. Vol 1: 1865-1914; Vol 2: 1915-1984. Macmillan.
1985 The artist's craft: a history of tools, techniques and material by James Ayres. Phaidon.
1984 The history of glass general editors Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd. Orbis.
1983 Dictionary of British book illustrators: the twentieth century by Brigid Peppin and Lucy Micklewait. Murray.
1982 The dictionary of blue and white printed pottery, 1780-1880 by A W Coysh and R K Henrywood. Antique Collectors' Club.
1981 The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians edited by Stanley Sadie. Macmillan.
1980 Guide to the local administrative units of England, Volume 1: Southern England by Frederic A. Youngs Jr. Royal Historical Society.
1979 Award withheld.
1978 Award withheld.
1977 Award withheld.
1976 A manual of European languages for librarians by C. G. Allen. Bowker.
1975 Folksongs of Britain and Ireland by Peter Kennedy. Cassell.
1974 Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources edited by W. F. Maunder, Volumes 1 to 3. Heinemann Educational Books published for the Royal Statistical Society and the Social Science Research Council.
1973 Award withheld.
1972 Music yearbook 1972/3 edited by Arthur Jacobs. Macmillan.
1971 Shepherd's glossary of graphic signs and symbols by Walter Shepherd. Dent.
1970 Councils, committees and boards: a handbook of advisory, consultative, executive and similar bodies in British Political life. CBD.
Updated: 10 July 2008