Sowell, Carolyn 2021-01-13

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This interview features Carolyn Sowell as she discusses the multiple collections that she has donated to the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. In this interview, Sowell describes all the collections she has brought to the Southwest Collection. She then moves on to explain her involvement with the Rhodes Scholar program and all the places she has been to.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Carolyn Sowell

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: January 13, 2021

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez

Length: 02:11:26 (2 hours 11 minutes)


Abstract

Donations to the Southwest Collection; Teaching and other collections; Family records and creating a scholarship in her father’s name; The Bush family collection she wants to donate; England monarchy; Louise Hopkins Underwood’s collection; Organizations she is a part of; Rhodes Scholar; Doing services projects in Germany and Hawai’i for the Rhodes Scholar program; Philadelphia trip and other trips; Her favorite trips and destinations; Future Farmers of America

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace

Related Interview: Sowell, Carolyn 2020-12-17


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