Collection number: UA 1/5/4
Size: 3 boxes
(1.5 cu.ft.)
About Honorary Degrees
The first honorary degree was awarded in 1881 by the Trustees to Jeremiah W. Sanborn of Gilmanton, NH for his years of service as the manager of the College farm. The practice of awarding honorary degrees has been suspended twice, once during the latter part of President Gibb’s administration, when the alumni passed a resolution disapproving the granting of the Master of Science as an honorary degree, and again by President Engelhardt, who did not believe in honorary degrees so none was awarded during his administration (1936-1944).
About the Honorary Degrees Files
This series contains files from the president's office concerning nominations for honorary degrees. It also contains citations given to those on whom degrees were conferred.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the University of New Hampshire.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [Folder], [Box], Honorary Degrees Files, 1881-1956, UA 1/5/4, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.
Acquisitions Information
These records were transferred to the University Library for storage prior to the establishment of the University Archives in 1992.
Related Material
More honorary degree files may be found in the Office of the Presidents, UA 2/1/12; Gregg Sanborn's files UA 2/2/6 and in the vertical file folder titled Trustees Honorary Degrees and Awards Recipients, 1901-
Collection Arrangement
Alphabetically by recipient's last name
Collection Contents
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | 1881-1915 | List of Honorary Degree Recipients |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | 1932 | Abbott, Grace, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | 1953 | Adams, Arthur Stanton, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | 1949 | Adams, Sherman, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | 1954 | Alexander, Marion Goodwin, Master of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | 1930 | Baker, Benjamin Ward, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | 1958 | Barnard, Harry Everett, Doctor of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | 1947 | Bass, Robert Perkins, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | 1928 | Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | 1954 | Beach, Robin, Doctor of Engineering |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | 1951 | Beane, Fred Ellsworth, Master of Agriculture |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | 1934 | Beard, Mary, Doctor of Humanities |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | 1941 | Blood, Robert O., Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | 1935 | Bridges, Henry Styles, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | 1930 | Britton, Wilton Everett, Doctor of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | 1922 | Brown, Albert G., Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | 1945 | Brown, Charles Owen, Doctor of Engineering |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | 1924 | Brown, Fred H., Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | 1937 | Buschmeyer, Fred Sherman, Doctor of Letters |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | 1931 | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | 1937 | Cannon, Ida Maud, Doctor of Humanities |
| Box 1, Folder 22 | 1934 | Carroll, Gladys Hasty, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 23 | 1932 | Coolidge, Mary Hill, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 24 | 1945 | Dale, Charles Milby, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 25 | 1933 | Dallas, John Thomas, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 26 | 1953 | Dawson, Charles Reginald, Doctor of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 27 | 1952 | Day, George Arthur, Doctor of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 28 | 1924 | Demeritt, Elizabeth Pickering, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 29 | 1953 | Dickey, John Sloan, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 30 | 1946 | Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 31 | 1947 | Dolloff, Charles Hall, Doctor of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 32 | 1955 | Dwinnell, Lane, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 33 | 1947 | Dreller, Louis, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 34 | 1949 | Elliott, John Spaulding, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 35 | 1946 | Everett, Frederic Elwin, Doctor of Engineering |
| Box 1, Folder 36 | 1935 | Fahey, John Henry, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 37 | 1932 | Falconer, John Ironside, Master of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 38 | 1944 | Felker, Andrew Llewellyn, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 39 | 1930 | Frost, Robert, Doctor of Letters |
| Box 1, Folder 40 | 1929 | Gibbs, William David, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 41 | 1933 | Gibson, Harvey Dow, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 42 | 1945 | Goldthwait, James Walter, Doctor of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 43 | 1947 | Graham, Roy C.L., Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 44 | 1953 | Gregg, Hugh, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 45 | 1953 | Groves, Gladys Hoagland, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Box 1, Folder 46 | 1922 | Harriman, Alcie, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 47 | 1937 | Hauck, Arthur Andrew, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 48 | 1937 | Hetzel, Ralph Dorn, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 49 | 1951 | Hill, Edward Burlingame, Doctor of Music |
| Box 1, Folder 50 | 1937 | Hunter, Roy Deneale, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 1, Folder 51 | 1931 | Kennedy, Carl Duncan, Master of Science |
| Box 1, Folder 52 | 1932 | Kerr, Robert Brown, Master of Arts |
| Box 1, Folder 53 | 1946 | Keyes, Donald Babcock, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2 | ||
| Box 2, Folder 1 | 1950 | Keyes, Frances Parkinson, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Box 2, Folder 2 | 1935 | Kingsbury, Albert, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 3 | 1933 | Knox, William Franklin, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 4 | 1954 | Knox, William Edward, Doctor of Engineering |
| Box 2, Folder 5 | 1956 | Langley, James McLellan, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 6 | 1924 | Little, Clarence Cook, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 7 | 1924 | Loveland, George Andrews, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 8 | 1928 | MacDowell, Marian Nevins, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 9 | 1956 | Magrath, Raymond Charles, Doctor of Business Administration |
| Box 2, Folder 10 | 1953 | Makins, Roger Mellor, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 11 | 1931 | Morrison, Henry Clinton, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Box 2, Folder 12 | 1937 | Murphy, Francis Parnell, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 13 | 1944 | Neal, Robert Abbott, Doctor of Engineering |
| Box 2, Folder 14 | 1948 | O'Neil, James Francis, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 15 | 1924 | Otis, Edward Osgood, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 16 | 1931 | Page, Elwin Lawrence, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 17 | 1954 | Parrish, Maxfield, Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 18 | 1944 | Parsons, Charles Lathrop, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 19 | 1932 | Perry, Lewis, Doctor of Letters |
| Box 2, Folder 20 | 1935 | Peterson, John Bertram, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 21 | 1931 | Pringle, James Nelson, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 22 | 1929 | Putnam, George Martin, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 23 | 1948 | Randall, Frank Wiggin, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 24 | 1928 | Ritzman, Ernest George, Master of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 25 | 1944 | Rochemont, Louis de, Doctor of Humaine Letters |
| Box 2, Folder 26 | 1948 | Sargent, Abbie Chase, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 27 | 1933 | Savage, Elmer Seth, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 28 | 1952 | Sawyer, Charles Henry, Doctor of Fine Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 29 | 1947 | Sawyer, Elizabeth Coffin, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 30 | 1955 | Sawyer, Herbert Leslie, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 31 | 1929 | Schofield, Mary Lyon Cheney, Master of Arts |
| Box 2, Folder 32 | 1948 | Smith, Joseph Lindon, Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Box 2, Folder 33 | 1928 | Spaulding Huntley Nowell, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 34 | 1934 | Speare, Frank Palmer, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 35 | 1951 | Stoke, Harold Walter, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 36 | 1953 | Smith, Walter Bedell, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 37 | 1945 | Sughrue, Timothy George, Doctor of Engineering |
| Box 2, Folder 38 | 1949 | Sullivan, John Lawrence, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 39 | 1930 | Swasey, Ambrose, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 40 | 1955 | Thackery, Russell Ira, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 41 | 1929 | Tobey, Charles William, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 42 | 1930 | Watson, Thomas Augustus, Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 43 | 1955 | White, George W., Doctor of Science |
| Box 2, Folder 44 | 1950 | Whittemore, Lawrence Frederick, Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 45 | 1953 | Wilder, Thornton Nivan, Doctor of Literature |
| Box 2, Folder 46 | 1926 | Winant, John C., Doctor of Laws |
| Box 2, Folder 47 | 1935 | Wood, Mary Inez, Master of Arts |
| Box 3 | ||
| Box 3, Folder 1 | 1928-1939 | Suggestions for honorary degrees, committee reports, misc. correspondence |
| Box 3, Folder 2 | 1944-1950 | Suggestions for honorary degrees, committee reports, misc. correspondence |
| Box 3, Folder 3 | no dates | Suggestions for honorary degrees |
| Box 3, Folder 4 | Honorary degree nominations, A-B | |
| Box 3, Folder 5 | Honorary degree nominations, C-D | |
| Box 3, Folder 6 | Honorary degree nominations, E-G | |
| Box 3, Folder 7 | Honorary degree nominations, H-J | |
| Box 3, Folder 8 | Honorary degree nominations, K-P | |
| Box 3, Folder 9 | Honorary degree nominations, R-Z | |
