Recipients of Honorary Degrees at Yale Commencement
PhotographerPhotographed by
Wide World Photos, Inc.
Date1932
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 5/8 x 8 3/8in. (16.8 x 21.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 8 7/8in. (17.8 x 22.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 x 8 7/8in. (17.8 x 22.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA group of men wearing academic robes pose on the stone steps of an academic building. Most are elderly. Most hold scrolls of paper in their hands. One man wears a medal around his neck. In the background, two men in military uniforms hold American and Connecticut State flags.
Object number2006.93.95
InscribedOn sheet of paper attached to verso, mimeographed in purple ink, "764483--- TEN ARE HONORED AT YALE COMMENCEMENT. / NEW HAVEN, CONN.--THOSE WHO RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREES AFTER THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT YALE UNIVERSITY ARE SHOWN ON THE STEPS OF WOOLSEY HALL AFTER 1,241 STUDENTS HAD RECEIVED THEIR DEGREES. LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT; GOVERNOR WILBUR L. CROSS OF CONNECTICUT, PRESIDENT JAMES R. ANGELL OF YALE, NEWTON D. BAKER, FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION, WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS, AND LIEUT. COL. FIELDING H. GARRISON, BALTIMORE, MD., LIBRARIAN, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY OF MEDICINE, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LETTERS. LEFT TO RIGHT, CENTRE; CARL L. BECKER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LETTERS, PROF. WILLIAM LYONS PHELPS OF YALE WHO PRESENTED THE RECIPIENTS OF THE HONORARY DEGREES, MAYOR JOHN MURPHY OF NEW HAVEN, EUGENE MEYER, GOVERNOR OF THE RESERVE BOARD, WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS, O.H. AMMANN, CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE PORT OF NEW YORK AUTHORITY, WHO RECIEVED THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE, AND GEORGE A. BUTTRICK, PASTOR OF MADISON AVENUE (N.Y.) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF DIVINITY. LEFT TO RIGHT, REAR ROW; FRANK B. NOYES, WASH., D.C., WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS, WILLIAM I. GRUBB, BIRMINGHAM, ALA., WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS, AND LEE LAURIE, NEW YORK, WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS. D--6/22/32."; lower right, in pencil, accession number.On View
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