Wheeler, Betty 2017-11-21
This interview features Betty Wheeler as she recounts her childhood growing up in North Carolina and then in Lubbock Texas. In this interview, she describes what it was like growing up on a farm, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, and then her college experience at Texas Tech University.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Betty Wheeler
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 21, 2017
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 01:48:31 (1 hour 48 minutes)
Abstract
Background information; Betty’s father; What it was like growing up on a farm; The day Pearl Harbor was bombed; Her parents meeting and separation; Her grandfather trading his land and moving to New Mexico; Lubbock childhood; What inspired her to major in sociology and Spanish; What Lubbock was like when she was a young girl; The jobs she has held since she was a teenager; How she met her husband; Porter oil
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/10605/362915>
Related Interview: Wheeler, Betty 2017-12-12
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