Historical information

An honour board recording winners of the Barbara Rutherford Memorial Braille Reading competition. From 1985, the decision was made to expand the children's Braille book collection in lieu of an award.
The Barbara Rutherford Memorial Braille Reading competition was created by James and Margaret Rutherford when their daughter Barbara died in 1974, in recognition of her enjoyment as a transcriber at RBS. They donated $1000 to RBS, for the purpose that it be invested and the interest used as prize money, and that it be administered by the Braille Writers Association.

Physical description

Wooden board with plastic lettering

Inscriptions & markings

The Barbara Rutherford Memorial
National Braille Reading Competition
Winners
1975 Merrilyn White
1977 Joan Ryan
1979 Nola Flommersfeld
1981 Katherine Brookes
1983 Katherine Brookes, Josephine Nicholson

From 1985 the Memorial has become a Children's Braille Book Collection