Interview with Joanne Sawyer, January 27, 2011
Project: Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project
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In this interview, Joanne Sawyer provides her life story. She describes her career, marriage, and parenting. Of particular interest are her accounts of being Dean of Admissions at Berea College and Transylvania University, and how she envisions the role of small liberal arts colleges. Ms. Sawyer also talks about the origin of her family, and how her two grandfathers were both involved in state politics.Interview Accession
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Sawyer, Joanne Interview by Patricia Ann Nation. 27 Jan. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Sawyer, J. (2011, January 27). Interview by P. A. Nation. Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Sawyer, Joanne, interview by Patricia Ann Nation. January 27, 2011, Reflections: Lexington - Hospice of the Bluegrass Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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