In Memoriam: David Herbert Donald

Lincoln Man extraordinaire...and great friend of our Round Table. For six years Harvard's Professor Emeritus without fanfare has served as an advisor to our Barondess/Lincoln Award's Committee. Quietly he guided our decisions and pointed out pitfalls to our deliberations. Best of all - and there could be more than one best - was his graceful, southern accented, almost honeyed tones when he said "Elegant, quite elegant" to support our Special Barondess Prize in honor of William E. Gianappe. Neither of his Pulitzers was received for his legacy works on Lincoln, perhaps why he considered our Barondess (1996) his prize among prizes.

He passed away May 17, 2009, age 88, and took with him a storytelling ability within the confines of history that made accessible to all comers the narration of Lincoln's life. He caught America's pulse whenever he found history in need of telling. Perhaps his Southern roots created the imaginative insight required to understand Lincoln by overcoming the barricades his heritage erected. In the end, despite the heady brew of celebrity he remained open to all lovers of knowlege-for in teaching he knew he would be taught. Farewell, Lincoln Man of Lincoln, Ma.

 

The Barondess/Lincoln Award

The Bicentennial Celebration Teamwork Winners, Prizes, Sponsors, Spouses

 

The Benjamin Barondess Award was established at a meeting held December 13, 1960, through a suggestion by Dr. John McGowan. Mr. Barondess was a distinguished charter member and former vice president of the Civil War Round Table of New York and this award was to be presented in his memory. The award, in the form of a copy of a bust of Lincoln, is presented annually at the February meeting of the Round Table "to any person or institution and for any contribution to the greater appreciation of the life and works of Abraham Lincoln as decided upon by the award committee."

Year
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976

1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

Winner
Neil Harris
Adele Gutman Nathan
Lloyd Ostendorf and Charles Hamilton
Louis A. Warren
Della Crowder Miller
Kenneth A. Bernard
Richard Allen Heckman
Paul M. Angle
Victor Searcher
David Plowden and Bryan Holme
Michael Davis
Frankie Hewitt
Arnold Gates
Lincoln Memorial University
Floyd E. Risvold

Stefan Lorant and Mable Kunkel
Stephen B. Oates
Louis A. Warren, Curator
Harold Holzer
Herbert Mitgang
LaWanda Cox
Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr.
Gore Vidal
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Ralph G. Newman
William Safire
Gabor Boritt
Don Fehrenbacher
Mario Cuomo/Harold Holzer
Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Garry Wills
Harold Holzer
Philip S. Paludan
David Herbert Donald
Don E. and Virginia Fehrenbacher
Lincoln National Historic Site
Douglas L. Wilson
William C. (Jack) Davis
Barry Schwartz
George Craig
William Lee Miller
Stewart Winger
Harold Holzer
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Gabor Boritt
Brian Dirck
Craig Symonds

Book or Contribution
Philosophy of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's America
Lincoln in Photographs
Lincoln's Gettysburg Declaration
Abraham Lincoln - the Boy - the Man - the President
Lincoln and the Music of the Civil War
Lincoln vs. Douglas
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Today
Lincoln and his America
The Image of Lincoln in the South
Founder: Ford's Theater Society
Lincoln: Author, Lecturer
Publication: The Lincoln Herald
A True History of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
and of the Conspiracy of 1865
Abraham Lincoln - Unforgettable American
With Malice Toward None - The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Library and Museum Library
Portraits, prints and sculptures of Lincoln
Various Lincoln writings
Lincoln and Black Freedom: A Study in Presidential Leadership
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia
Lincoln
Contributions to Lincolniana
Contributions to Lincolniana
Freedom
The Historian's Lincoln: Pseudohistory, Psychohistory, and History
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 1832 - 1865
Lincoln on Democracy Project
The Fate of Liberty
Lincoln at Gettysburg
The Lincoln Douglas Debates
The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln
Contributions to Lincolniana
Honor's Voice
Lincoln's Men
Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory
Contributions to Lincolniana
Lincoln's Virtues
Lincoln, Religion and Romantic Cultural Politics
Lincoln at Cooper Union
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Gospel
Lincoln the Lawyer
Lincoln and his Admirals

Special Barondess Awards

1973	Julie Harris	Actress - The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976	Hal Holbrook	Actor - Sandburg/Lincoln TV Series
	Cyrus Gordon	Past Chairman. Barondess Award Committee
1978	National Park Service	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
2008	William E. Gienapp	Lifetime Contributions to Lincolnianaz
2009 (Bicentennial)	Harold Holzer	Lincoln President-Elect