The American Library Association lists the "Clarence Day Award" as given-1959-1980:
Clarence Day Award | ALA Donor: American Textbook Publishers Institute
There is not much information about the Award or full names of recipients on the ALA website.
Below is more information.
Clarence Day (Clarence Shepard Day Jr.) ( 1874 – 1935) was an American author and cartoonist.
His famous quote: "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; and, after an era of darkness, new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again, and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead."
--Clarence Day (1920). "The story of the Yale University Press told by a friend.")
Honorees:
*1960- Lawrence Clark Powell- Lawrence Clark Powell - Wikipedia
*1961- William Bernard Ready. Author of The Great Disciple, The Poor Hater- William Bernard Ready - Catholic Authors
*1962- Lillian H. Smith - Lillian H. Smith - Wikipedia
*1963- Robert B. Downs - Robert B. Downs - Wikipedia.
*1964-No Award
*1965- Elizabeth Nesbitt - Elizabeth Nesbitt - Wikipedia
*1966- Frances Clarke Sayers - Frances Clarke Sayers - Wikipedia
*1967-No award
*1968-Granville Hicks - Granville Hicks - Wikipedia
*1969-Clifton Fadiman - Clifton Fadiman - Wikipedia
*1970-no award
*1971-Dee Brown (writer) - Dee Brown (writer) - Wikipedia
*1972-Robert Cromie, author, newspaper columnist, and host of the "Book Beat" television program, has been honored with this award for promoting the love of books and reading. Though his newspaper work was noted in the citation accompanying the award, special recognition was given to his moderating of "Book Beat," which since 1964 has demonstrated that television need not be an enemy of books but can indeed promote a love of reading.
*1973-Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin - Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin - Wikipedia
*1974- Augusta Braxton Baker - Augusta Braxton Baker - Wikipedia
*1975- Margaret Craig McNamara - Margaret McNamara - Wikipedia
The award does not seem to have been given 1975-1980.
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