[Telegram from John Ben Shepperd to Caro Brown, May 3, 1955]

Title

[Telegram from John Ben Shepperd to Caro Brown, May 3, 1955]

Identifier

MSS044_telegram_19550503

Type

Telegrams

Manuscripts

Contributor

Brown, Caro

Ben Shepperd, John

Date

5/3/1955

Description

Telegram from John Ben Shepperd to Caro Brown to congratulate her on receiving the Pullitzer Prize for Outstanding Journalistic Achievement for her reporting on political corruption in Duval County, TX.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist from Texas. Graduate of Texas Woman's University.

Subject

Brown, Caro

Format

1 pg.

Language

en

Rights

Materials may not be used without permission. For more information, contact us at (940) 898-3751 or womenshistory@twu.edu.

Rights Holder

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

https://twu.edu/library/womans-collection/

Is Part Of

MSS 044, Caro Brown Papers

Accrual Method

Gift

Provenance

Sparks, Mary K.

extracted 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,
[Added by hand in black ink. “Grayson Kirk”]
Grayson Kirk
President, Columbia University
GK/cl
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