Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Graduation procession 1964

Item

Graduation procession.jpg

Title

Graduation procession 1964

Description

Harper Lee (front row, second from left) stands next to Dr. Edward Teller outdoors on the Mount Mary campus before proceeding into the Mount Mary Theater for commencement ceremonies.

In May 1964, Mount Mary College awarded an Honorary Degree to Nelle Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize winning author of To Kill A Mockingbird. In accepting the honor Ms. Lee traveled to Mount Mary and took part in commencement ceremonies, which resulted in a friendship between her and Sister John Francis Schuh, President of Mount Mary.

Date

1964-05-31

Source

School Sisters of Notre Dame North American Archives

Identifier

https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/596f6914237d2e5e4a256c0446f912ed.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Subject

Lee, Harper
Commencement ceremonies
Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Type

Still Image

Format

JPEG

Spatial Coverage

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Citation

“Graduation procession 1964,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1318.