The Sowell Collection
The Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World
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:
Barry Lopez, Rick Bass, Max Crawford, William Kittredge, David Quammen, Bill McKibben, Annick Smith, Pattiann Rogers, Walter McDonald, Doug Peacock, and David James Duncan.
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 Texas Tech University is rapidly becoming one of the finest repositories of natural history materials in the world.
Finding aids for these manuscript collections can be found at Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO).
For additional information, please contact: Dr. Diane Warner diane.warner@ttu.edu Phone (806) 742-3749