"Honorary Degree Citations" in the Amherst Alumni News

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“‘Honorary Degree Citations’ in the Amherst Alumni News”. 1968. Series_VII_Personal Papers, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38727

Title: "Honorary Degree Citations" in the Amherst Alumni News
Description: "Honorary Degree Citations" in the Amherst Alumni News. James Merrill's honorary degree from Amherst was the third for the Merrill family (Charles had received two). Amherst asked James Merrill about collecting his literary papers, which were already going to Washington University.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 264, Folder 5509
Date: 1968: Summer
Relation: Series_VII_Personal Papers; Exhibit Cases 5-6: Greece; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 428
Language: English
Type: Clippings
Format: 3 leaves. Recto and verso.; 2 jpegs. 600 ppi.
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Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Greece - Publications

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