For a distinguished American biography or autobiography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, Five hundred dollars ($500).
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War , by David Donald (Knopf )
The Jury
The Jury
Francis Brown
New York Sunday Times Book Review
C. Vann Woodward*
Johns Hopkins University
Winners in Biography
Douglas Southall Freeman with John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth
Volume VII was finished by Carroll and Ashworth following Freeman's death in 1953. However, the $500 Prize was given to Freeman's estate.
1961 Prize Winners
No author named
A distinguished example of American book publishing.
Carey Orr
For "The Kindly Tiger," published on October 8, 1960.
William J. Dorvillier
For his editorials on clerical interference in the 1960 gubernatorial election in Puerto Rico.