Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award

The Harvey M. Applebaum '59 Award is conferred on a Yale College senior for an outstanding essay based on research that has substantial use of national government or intergovernmental organization (IGO) information, including documents or data. The prize is an award of $500.

This prize was established in 2008 by the daughters of Harvey M. Applebaum, class of 1959, in honor of his 70th birthday. Mr. Applebaum is a senior counsel, specializing in international trade and antitrust law, with the Washington firm of Covington & Burling LLP and a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is a past Chairman of the Association of Yale Alumni and the Yale Alumni Magazine board.

Senior essays submitted must be based on research that has substantial use of government information, including documents or data. Qualifying government information can be from the local, state, national, or international level.

Government information is a term used to categorize any information disseminated by a government agency (again, at any geographic level - local, state, federal and international). This information can be published in all formats (paper, microform, and electronic) and include data, statistics, books, maps, articles, laws, regulations, patents, and trademarks. Questions about whether particular research resources fall within the eligibility criteria should be directed to jessica.otoole@yale.edu, Social Science & Government Documents Librarian, Marx Science and Social Science Library.

Senior essayists will also need to submit a statement explaining how they found out about the award and explaining their use of any of these collections in their essay. Statements may include phrases such as "the resource I used is central to my argument because...," "the variety of government documents used in my paper allowed me to...", and "this document best demonstrates the thinking of..."

The deadline for the Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award 2025 is Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 11:59 pm EDT. Please contact Jess O'Toole, Social Science & Government Documents Librarian, Marx Science and Social Science Library, with any questions about the Applebaum Award.

The Applebaum Award is one of several senior essay prizes awarded by Yale University Library to honor outstanding undergraduate research and encourage use of library collections. See all Yale Library prizes.