as newspaper publisher
as parent
Peck’s meeting with
personality and demeanor of
physical appearance of
political career of
racial justice as viewed by
wife’s mental health and
Lee, Cader Alexander (grandfather)
Lee, Edwin (brother)
death of
marriage of
Lee, Frances Cunningham (née Finch; mother)
childhood and schooling of
courtship and wedding of
declining health and death of
family background of
household management of
mental health of
as parent
Truman’s short story about
Lee, Frances Louise (known as Louise; sister)
Lee, Gus
Lee, Nelle Harper (known as Harper). See also To Kill a Mockingbird
athleticism of
burned in kitchen accident
celebrity of
childhood of
in college
earliest writing efforts of
family background of
female role models of
gender conventions ignored by
honorary degrees awarded to
humor of
interviews with
jobs held by
in law school
as loner or recluse
mental abilities of
musical tastes of
name “Harper” used by
“nonfiction novel” attempted by
parents’ impact on
photographs of
physical appearance of
reading loved by
second novel attempted by
smoking of
as teenager
as tomboy
typewriter given to
Lee, Robert E.
Lee, Sara Anne (née McCall; stepsister)
marriage of
Lee, Theodocia Eufrassa (née Windham; grandmother)
Lett, Walter
Lincoln Memorial
Lippincott, J. B., & Co.
Literary Guild
“Love—in Other Words” (Lee)
Lowery, Naomi
Lucy, Autherine
Lyell, Frank
Lyon, Kenneth
Maxwell, W. M. “Willie Jo”
Mayes, Bill
McAtee, Charles
McCain, James
McCall, Sara Anne. See Lee, Sara Anne
McCall’s
McCoy, Kathy
McCullers, Carson
McKinley, Alice (née Finch; Nelle’s aunt)
McMillan, Amanda
McNeil, Leighton
Meador, Daniel J.
Megna, John
Meigs, Frank
Member of the Wedding, The (McCullers)
Methodist Church
Miller, B. M.
Mitgang, Herbert
Mobile Register
Monroe County Bank
Monroe County Courthouse
Monroe County Heritage Museums
Monroe County High School
Monroe Journal
Monroeville, Ala.:
demands on Nelle’s time in
history of
Mockingbird premiere in
Mockingbird tourism in
Nelle and Truman’s earliest writings set in
Nelle’s later years in
as Nelle’s refuge from celebrity
Peck’s visit to
segregation and open racism in
setting of To Kill a Mockingbird based on
Montgomery Advertiser
Moore, Barbara
Mulligan, Robert
Munro, Irene
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Book Award
National Council of Teachers
Newquist, Roy
Newsweek
New York City:
Nelle’s later years in
Nelle’s move to
New Yorker
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
New York World Telegram
Night Fire (Kimbrough)
“Nightmare” (Lee)
Now Is the Time for All Good Men (Lee)
Nunn, Grady H.
Nye, Harold
“Old Mrs. Busybody” (Capote)
Old Stone House (Ct.)
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Capote)
Oxford University
Pakula, Alan
Parks, Rosa
Peck, Gregory
Monroeville visited by
Peck, Mrs. Gregory
People
Persons, Archilus Julius (Truman’s father)
Persons, Lillie Mae (Truman’s mother)
Persons, Truman Streckfus. See Capote, Truman
Peters, Brock
Philipp, Sue
Polk, L. Reed
Prelude, The
Pride and Prejudice (Austen)
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize Novels, The (Stuckey)
Purdy, Mae
Racial injustice
A. C. Lee’s views on
Alice Lee’s achievements and
civil rights advances of 1950s and 1960s and
Nelle’s college writings and
rape case in Monroeville and
Scottsboro Boys trials and
as theme in To Kill a Mockingbird
Radney, Tom, Sr.
Rammer Jammer
Reader’s Digest
Reverend, The (Lee)
Revue Studios
Richards, Ann
Riviera Utilities Corporation
Roberts, Leo R.
Robinson, Earl
Rood, Tina
Ross, Harold
Rowley, Hazel
Rudisill, Marie Faulk (Truman’s aunt)
Rupp, Bobby
Ryland, Cecil
Sanford, Logan
Saturday Review, The
Sawyer, Elliott
Scottsboro Boys
Seed in the Wind (Griffith)
Sergel, Christopher
Siegel, Stanley
Simms, Zoot
Sims, Robert
Skinner, Charles Ray
Smart, William
Smith, Harrison
Smith, Perry
execution of
KBI interrogations of
trial of
Truman and Nelle’s first interview with
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
“Springtime” (Lee)
Stapp, Mary Lee
Stark, Dr.
Steiner, Roberta
Stevens, George
Stikes, Florence
Stuckey, W. J.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Supreme Court, U.S.
Tate, Roland
Tennessee Commercial Appeal
Till, Emmett
To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)
absence of mother in
Atticus as original title of
Atticus Finch character in
Aunt Alexandra character in
as book club selection
book-signings for
Boo Radley’s father in
Boo Radley’s home in
Browns’ gift of money and
Calpurnia character in
contract for
critical response to
differences between book and movie versions of
Dill character in
first-person narrative voices in
Mrs. Dubose character in
Nelle’s celebrity and
Nelle’s college writings as forerunners of
Nelle’s distancing of herself from
play based on
popularity of
as presumed start of long literary career
&n
bsp; Pulitzer Prize won by
rape case in Monroeville as basis for
To Kill a Mockingbird (cont.)
real-life details from Nelle’s life in
review of galleys for
sale of movie rights to
sales figures for
Scottsboro Boys and
setting of
taught in public schools
time frame of
Tom Robinson character in
translations of
Truman’s rumored participation in writing of
unifying story for events in
writing of
To Kill a Mockingbird (movie)
Academy Awards won by
Alabama premiere of
casting of
critical response to
editing of
filming of courtroom scenes for
filming of exterior scenes for
premiere of
title change contemplated for
writing of screenplay for
Tomlinson, Mary Benson
Torrence, Elon
Tracy, Spencer
Tucker, Mel
Universal Studios
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Untidy Pilgrim, The (Walter)
Van Vleet, Gerald
Vogue
Walter, Eugene
Washington Post
Watson, “Doc”
Watson, Gladys (later Mrs. Watson-Burkett)
Wee Diner (Monroeville)
Wells, Floyd
West Point, Nelle’s address at
“When Children Discover America” (Lee)
White, E. B.
William Morris Agency
Williams, Annie Laurie
Williams, Dickie
Williams, Jane
Windham, Donald
Windham, Theodocia Eufrassa (Nelle’s grandmother)
“Wink at Justice, A” (Lee)
Women’s College of Alabama
WQRX, Nelle’s interview on
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