View C. Inquiries, applicants, form letters.
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the institution.
Anderson was the recipient of approximately 50 honorary degrees beginning in 1938 with her degree awarded by Howard University. These folders contain programs for the award ceremony and some diplomas; in some cases diplomas are in Oversize, Box 495. Correspondence related to granting the degrees and arrangements for Anderson's visits to these colleges and universities will be found in General Correspondence.
| Alderson-Broaddus College.
Doctor of Fine Arts, 26 May 1963.
Box 248 Folder 10090 |
| American International
College. Doctor of Humanics, 4 June 1961.
Box 248 Folder 10091 |
| American
University, Doctor of Humane Letters, n.d.
Box 248 Folder 10091 Degree not in folder. |
| Bethune-Cookman College. Doctor of Letters, 18 March
1975.
Box 248 Folder 10092 |
| Brandeis University. Doctor of Music, 12 June
1960.
Box 248 Folder 10093 |
| Catholic University of America. Doctor of
Music, 4 June 1967.
Box 248 Folder 10094 |
| Cleveland Institute of Music. Doctor of
Music, 1 June 1972.
Box 248 Folder 10095 |
| Colgate University. Doctor of Fine Arts, 28 May
1967.
Box 248 Folder 10096 |
| Combs College of Music. Doctor of Music, 18 May
1967.
Box 248 Folder 10097 |
| Curtis Institute of Music. Doctor of Music, 14 May
1981.
Box 248 Folder 10098 |
| Dickinson College. Doctor of Humane Letters, 23 April
1954.
Box 249 Folder 10099 |
| Duke University. Doctor of Humane Letters, 1974.
Box 249 Folder 10100 |
| Ewha Womens University (Seoul, Korea).
Doctor of Music, September 1957.
Box 249 Folder 10101 |
| Fairfield University. Doctor
of Humane Letters, 5 June 1966.
Box 249 Folder 10102 |
| Fisk University. Doctor of
Humane Letters, 7 May 1979.
Box 249 Folder 10103 |
| Fordham University. Doctor
of Humane Letters, 10 June 1964.
Box 249 Folder 10104 |
| Harvard University. Doctor
of Music, June 1977.
Box 249 Folder 10105 |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Honorary Fellow, December 1986.
Box 249 Folder 10106 |
| Howard University. Doctor
of Music, 10 June 1938.
Box 249 Folder 10107 |
| Ithaca College. Doctor of
Music, 18 May 1968.
Box 250 Folder 10108 |
| Lincoln University (Pa.). Doctor of
Laws, 2 May 1976.
Box 250 Folder 10109 |
| Loyola University of Chicago. Doctor of
Humane Letters, 13 June 1970.
Box 250 Folder 10110 |
| Medical College of Pennsylvania. Doctor of Music,
11 March 1953.
Box 250 Folder 10111 |
| Michigan
State University. Doctor of Music, 14 June
1970.
Box 250 Folder 10112 |
| Mills
College. Doctor of Fine Arts, 12 June 1966.
Box 250 Folder 10113 |
| Moravian
College. Doctor of Music, 9 June 1952.
Box 251 Folder 10114 |
| Morgan State
College. Doctor of Laws, 3 June 1957.
Box 251 Folder 10115 |
| Mount Holyoke
College. Doctor of Music, 1958.
Box 251 Folder 10116 |
| New England Conservatory
of Music. Doctor of Music, 14 June 1964.
Box 251 Folder 10117 |
| New York
University. Doctor of Music, 4 June 1958.
Box 251 Folder 10118 |
| Northwestern
University. Doctor of Fine Arts, 15 June
1959.
Box 251 Folder 10119 |
| Oberlin College.
Doctor of Music, 18 October 1958.
Box 252 Folder 10120 |
| Princeton
University. Doctor of Humanities, 16 June
1959.
Box 252 Folder 10121 |
| Queen's
University (Kingston, Ont.). Doctor of Laws, 10 December
1962.
Box 252 Folder 10122 |
| Rust College (Holly Springs, Miss.). Doctor of Humanities, 24 November
1974.
Box 252 Folder 10123 |
| Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Ind.). Doctor of Laws, 26 May 1957.
Box 252 Folder 10124 |
| Spelman College. Doctor of Fine Arts, 20 May
1979.
Box 252 Folder 10125 |
| Syracuse University. Doctor of Humane
Letters, 29 May 1960.
Box 252 Folder 10126 |
| Temple University. Doctor of Music, 12 June
1941.
Box 252 Folder 10127 |
| Thomas Jefferson University. Doctor of
Letters, 11 June 1976.
Box 252 Folder 10128 |
| University of Bridgeport. Doctor of
Laws, 2 June 1963.
Box 252 Folder 10129 |
| University of California, Los Angeles.
Doctor of Humane Letters, 11 June 1965.
Box 252 Folder 10130 |
| University of
Hartford. Doctor of Music, 8 June 1958.
Box 253 Folder 10131 |
| University of
Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). Doctor of Music, 13 June
1964.
Box 253 Folder 10132 |
| University of Michigan. Doctor of Music, 13 June 1959.
?
Box 253 Folder 10133 |
| University of Rochester. Doctor of Humane Letters, 9
June 1957.
Box 253 Folder 10134 |
| Virginia State College. Doctor of Humanities, 27 May
1957.
Box 253 Folder 10135 |
| Wayne State University. Doctor of Fine Arts, 10
December 1974.
Box 253 Folder 10136 |
| Western Connecticut State University. Doctor of Humane Letters, 23 May 1993.
Box 253 Folder 10137 |
| Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Doctor of Music, 11 March 1953. (see Medical College of Pennsylvania) |
View Series VIII. Marian Anderson Awards
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