Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Harper Lee meeting with Mount Mary community

Item

HarperLee01.jpg

Title

Harper Lee meeting with Mount Mary community

Description

Harper Lee seated talking with Sister John Francis Schuh and other members of the Mount Mary community. This photograph was likely taken at some point surrounding the 1964 Commencement activities.

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

Source

School Sisters of Notre Dame North American Archives

Identifier

https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/40b47e43423f34d1da150dc26f26fb16.jpg

Rights

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

Subject

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

Type

Still Image

Format

JPEG

Citation

“Harper Lee meeting with Mount Mary community,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1321.