Patterson Harris, Shelia 2022-12-08
In this second with Shelia Patterson Harris, we dive further into her time at North Texas State. She explains having her son while she was still in high school, and the community/family that surrounded them and helped raise him. Community and family was a central focus in this interview. After discussing her college years, internship in Dallas, she speaks about returning to Lubbock and working at KFYO. She then shifted careers, getting a degree in speech pathology at Texas Tech, and began working for the Lubbock County Juvenile Probation Office as a field officer and later supervisor—telling stories about the various kids she worked with and the problems Lubbock youth faced at the turn of the 21st century. She describes the Mary and Mack private school, and the various groups her family was involved in. Overall, she talks about her mom and dad and changes to Lubbock and the African American community from the 1980s through the 2000s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Shelia Patterson Harris
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: December 8, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 02:03:57 (2 hours 3 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and college advice; her son; Her community; first years at college; Media class she took in college; interest in music; What she enjoyed about radio; returning to Lubbock after college and working at KFYO; Going back to college for speech pathology at Texas Tech; working for the county; Changes she has seen with kids in the juvenile system; Relationships; memorable cases; How Lubbock’s changes have impacted her work; The community her parents helped grow; the Mary and Mac school; What it’s like being the daughter of a notable Lubbock figure; Raising her children and other things she did during the 2000s; Memories of when I-27 was built
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/10605/374112 >
Related Interview: Patterson Harris, Shelia 2022-11-14, and Patterson Harris, Shelia 2022-12-19, and Patterson Harris, Shelia 2023-01-23
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