Letter to Caro Brown from Grayson Kirk, May 3, 1955

Title

Letter to Caro Brown from Grayson Kirk, May 3, 1955

Subject

Brown, Caro

Description

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from Texas. Graduate of Texas Woman's University.
Letter to Caro Brown from Grayson Kirk, the president of Columbia University, to notify her that she won the Pulitzer Prize for "distinguished local reporting on a deadline."

Date

5/3/1955

Contributor

Brown, Caro; Kirk, Grayson

Rights

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Format

1 pg.

Language

en

Type

Letters
Manuscripts

Identifier

MSS044_letter_19550503

Is Part Of

MSS 044, Caro Brown Papers

Accrual Method

Gift

Provenance

Sparks, Mary K.

Rights Holder

Woman's Collection, Texas Woman's University, P.O. Box 425528, Denton, TX 76204.

Text

Columbia University
in the City of New York
NEW YORK 27, N.Y
ADVISORY BOARD OF PULITZER PRIZES

May 3, 1955

Mrs. Caro Brown
THE ALICE DAILY ECHO
Alice, Texas

Dear Mrs. Brown
I am very glad to send you the certificate of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for distinguished local reporting on a deadline. This prize was awarded to you by action of the Trustees of Columbia University on May 2nd.
Please accept my congratulations.
Sincerely yours,
[Handwritten] Grayson Kirk
Grayson Kirk
President, Columbia University
GK/cl
Enclosure

Files

MSS044_letter_19550503.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Letter to Caro Brown from Grayson Kirk, May 3, 1955,” TWU Digital Exhibits, accessed April 25, 2024, http://exhibits.twu.edu/ex/items/show/228.