Kelley, Rebecca and Megan 2019-04-10
This interview features Rebecca and Megan Kelley as they discuss their mother, Jane Holden and her role as an archaeologist and anthropologist. In this interview the two sisters describe what it was like to be at an excavation site as kids and how moving to Canada impacted their mother. The two also explain their own education and what they have been doing with their degrees. They end the interview by discussing the Olive Holden materials that they brought to the Southwest Collection.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Rebecca and Megan Kelley
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 10, 2019
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 00:52:04 (52 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; Being the only kids on an excavation site; their mom’s research; Realizing the importance of the work their mom was doing; Their mother’s history during the thirties and forties; How living in Canada impacted their mother; What Megan and Rebecca did with their educations; The social outreach that their parents did; Olive Holden materials
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/363071>
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