"Because the Southern Authors' Award concerned books about the Southern region, this writer sought to evaluate their contribution to Southern literature through the reviews appearing in the Book Review Digest. This medium was chosen, because the writer is not qualified to analyze critically each book as to its importance. The procedure followed in this paper was: (1) to obtain background information relative to the Southern Author Award, (2) to gather up-to-date information from available sources, or from the award winners themselves, in order to write a sketch of each author, (3) to evaluate the Southern Authors' Award books through their reviews in Book Review Digest, and (4) to summarize the findings of this paper. Two Florida State University Library School Master's Studies were of aid to this writer in determining the form for the presentation of the data"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "May, 1956." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sarah Rebecca Reed, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-65).

"Since an award is an indication that someone believes a book is superior or significant in some respect, knowledge of literary prizes is of obvious value to a librarian responsible for the selection of suitable books to meet patrons' needs and interests. With this in mind I have undertaken a study of the annual book award of the Friends of American Writers. The purpose of this paper is to describe the prize and the F.A.W. Award books since 1948, when a change in policy raised the annual book award to $1,000, to examine the prize-winning books in relation to the opinion of the critics, to determine the meaning of 'high ideals' as expressed by the group offering the award, and to find how the prize-winning selections are chosen"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sarah Rebecca Reed, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-40).