Mahoney, Sylvia Gann 2022-09-12
This is interview number two of the series. Sylvia Gann Mahoney provides more stories of living in northern New Mexico, various family friends, and her brief encounter with then Prince Charles. She tells about her children and her thoughts on public education. The interview then shifts to discuss her returning to Lea County in 1961, going to a New Mexico Junior College and Eastern New Mexico University for her associates, undergraduate, and then graduate degrees in English. She provides teaching stories and educational philosophies observed while teaching in Hobbs. Then she explains her work at the junior college, teaching English and coaching rodeo. Interspersed are stories of her children, parents, and family in general. Mahoney also outlines a bit of the inception of the Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. The interview ends with her meeting and eventually marrying her second husband.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name:Sylvia Gann Mahoney
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: September 11, 2022
Location:Frisco, Texas
Interviewer:Elissa Stroman
Length: 02:28:30 (2 hours 23 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction; Northern New Mexico and moving back to Lovington; Visiting friends abroad; enrolling at New Mexico Junior College; Raising her children; activities her children participate in; Her Associate’s Degree; her Bachelor’s Degree; Reading and learning styles; teaching at Hobbs high school; Getting her Master’s Degree; The importance of family; being around politics; Her parents’ ties to the community and their farm; Being a college rodeo coach; The Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center; Calling people to help her coach rodeo; Closing thoughts and remarks about rodeo
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/10605/375179>
Related Interview: Mahoney, Sylvia Gann 2022-09-11; Mahoney, Sylvia Gann 2023-07-17 ; Mahoney, Sylvia Gann 2023-07-18
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