Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Harper Lee with Mount Mary graduates Brenda Lockwood and Louise Mueller

Item

Harper with students.jpg

Title

Harper Lee with Mount Mary graduates Brenda Lockwood and Louise Mueller

Description

From left to right: Brenda Lockwood, Harper Lee, and Louise Mueller. 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/1649328a4ea4f0a9cfc90c40ea41ea40.jpg

Rights

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

Subject

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

Type

Still Image

Format

JPEG

Citation

“Harper Lee with Mount Mary graduates Brenda Lockwood and Louise Mueller,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1327.