Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Harper Lee on stage

Item

HarperLee02.jpg

Title

Harper Lee on stage

Description

Harper Lee on stage as Sister John Francis Schuh prepares to award her Honorary Degree.

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/671faecf1ef40bc54b0eb7ea06df72a8.jpg

Rights

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

Subject

Lee, Harper
Commencement ceremonies
Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Sister John Francis Schuh

Type

Still Image

Format

JPEG

Citation

“Harper Lee on stage,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1319.