Kamp, Dan 2021-08-19
This interview features Dan Kamp as he discusses his university years and the Texas Tech agriculture and architecture departments. Kamp explains his decision to go to college and what his freshman and sophomore years were like. He describes how he got interested in park management and planning and his friendship with Professor Urbanovsky. The interview closes with Kamp recalling spending a summer with Charles Doell, who was a guest professor at Texas Tech.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Dan Kamp
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: August 19, 2021
Location: phone interview
Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez
Length: 01:49:29 (1 hour 49 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and decision to go to college; Registering for classes and class choices; Livestock judging and Future Farmers of America; Extracurricular activities he participated in at college; anecdotes; Dating culture at Texas Tech; Boarding houses and driving; the Bloated Goat; His last years at Texas Tech; Becoming friends with professor Urbanovsky; Texas Tech football games; racial diversity on campus; Why he considered graduate school; Kamp’s graduate thesis; the Architecture department; Closing stories and thoughts
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374071 >
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