Lee, Harper: 1926 - 2016

Information by Harper Lee

  • Harper Lee presents herself
  • Articles written for various magazines
  • Telephone message from Harper Lee to Mrs. Underwood's reading class at Fergus Falls MN, Middle School, thanking for an invitation. MPR Radio; December 31, 2001

    Unfortunately the phone message has voice over in the middle:
    "Hi, this is Harper Lee speaking. I'm calling Mrs. Underwood's reading class. I was calling in response to a very kind letter, including a brochure about

    ... some reading of Mockingbird in ... January ... I suppose. And I'm delighted to receive this information and the brochure and the letter. And I wish you all very very good luck with all your endeavors.

    I wouldn't be able ... I was given an invitation to be with you, but of course my age and my infirmity forbid me from traveling too much. But thank you so very much all of you... bye bye."

  • Harper Lee accepts an award from the Birmingham Pledge Foundation
  • In 1964, Harper Lee sat down with WQXR host Roy Newquist. This interview is the only known recording of Lee discussing "To Kill a Mockingbird," and one of the last interviews she would ever give.