Brewer, Dr Mary Louise 1976-04-16

Dr. Mary Louise Brewer recounts her days at Texas Tech and discusses how the university has changed.

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Interviewee Name: Dr. Mary Louise Brewer

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Date: April 16, 1976

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Joanna Shurbet

Length: 1 hour

Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Early history, Education, Marriage, Widowed, Teaching at Texas Tech, Honors program, Creative writing, Students, past and present, Black students, Sponsoring of various groups, Faculty and tenure problems

Tape 1, Side 2: Lack of action by administration, Double life as a professor, Teaching, Goals, Needs fulfilled, Large classes, Techniques, Making literature relevant, Philosophy of education, Texas Tech quality of education, Early discrimination against female instructors

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