The Sowell Family Collection in
Literature, Community and the Natural World
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Student Essay Contest - Sowell Collection Conference - 2013 - Blog - Links of Interest  Created through the generous support of former Texas Tech University Regent James Sowell, this collection contains the personal papers of some of the country's most prominent writers on the natural world. Writing with a profound respect for the grandeur and fierceness of the land, these writers are deeply engaged with questions of land use and the nature of community; the conjunction of scientific and spiritual values; and the fragility of wilderness.
Sowell Collection writers include:
Rick Bass,
Max
Crawford,
David James Duncan,
Gretel
Ehrlich,
Clyde Jones,
William
Kittredge,
John Lane,
Barry
Lopez,
Walter McDonald,
Bill McKibben,
Susan Brind
Morrow,
Gary Paul Nabhan,
Doug Peacock,
Robert Michael Pyle,
David Quammen,
Pattiann Rogers,
Sandra Scofield,
Annick Smith, and
Ro Wauer.
Supporting collections include:
Ed Abbey,
Edward Hoagland, and
Howard Norman. In addition to published
books, materials available
for research purposes
include correspondence;
drafts of manuscripts;
research notebooks; diaries
and calendars; and
photographs, computer files,
and film. With this
collection of natural
history writers, The
Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library at
Finding aids for these
manuscript collections can
be found at Texas
Archival Resources Online
(TARO).
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