Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Letter from Sister John Francis Schuh to Harper Lee May 16, 1964

Item

Schuh to Lee May 16 1964.jpg

Title

Letter from Sister John Francis Schuh to Harper Lee May 16, 1964

Description

This is a short letter written by Sister John Francis Schuh to Harper Lee discussing the upcoming commencement ceremonies at Mount Mary.

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

Sister John Francis Schuh

Date

1964-05-16

Source

School Sisters of Notre Dame North American Archives

Identifier

https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/377e24b2b01e411d33926ed876d3a2fb.jpg

Rights

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

Subject

Lee, Harper
Correspondence
Sister John Francis Schuh

Type

Text

Format

JPEG

Language

eng

Citation

Sister John Francis Schuh, “Letter from Sister John Francis Schuh to Harper Lee May 16, 1964,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1329.