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Mount Mary Alumnae News summer 1964

Item

AlumnaeNewsSummer1964.jpg

Title

Mount Mary Alumnae News summer 1964

Description

This brief article in the Mount Mary Alumnae News discusses the 1964 commencement ceremonies and Harper Lee's visit to Mount Mary College.

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.

Creator

Mount Mary Alumnae News

Date

1964

Source

School Sisters of Notre Dame North American Archives

Identifier

https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/admin/files/show/1282

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject

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

Type

Text
Still Image

Format

JPEG

Language

eng

Citation

Mount Mary Alumnae News, “Mount Mary Alumnae News summer 1964,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed November 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1324.