The Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World

The Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World The personal papers of some of the United States' most prominent writers on the natural world.

Want read something about the environment and our connections to it today? The Sowell Collection is full of books all ab...
06/05/2026

Want read something about the environment and our connections to it today? The Sowell Collection is full of books all about nature and community.

June is National Pollinator Month! A couple of our authors are big into these little guys, so check out their collection...
06/04/2026

June is National Pollinator Month! A couple of our authors are big into these little guys, so check out their collections for more pollinator info.

05/29/2026

It's National Paperclip Day! Here are all the weird paperclips we've collected over 5 years and our stash of colorful plastic paperclips used in collections. We use these and remove the metal ones to avoid rust in the collections!

There are a lot of notebooks in the Sowell Collection. Field notes, observances, and doodles all kept in notebooks for y...
05/21/2026

There are a lot of notebooks in the Sowell Collection. Field notes, observances, and doodles all kept in notebooks for you to find in the archives!

05/20/2026

Happy World Bee Day! Remember to take care of our very important pollinators and maybe read something about these honey making friends!

05/20/2026

Get news about the weird and bizarre on Coast to Coast AM from radio host George Noory every night!

Happy National Limerick Day! We wrote some archival limericks just for you to enjoy.
05/12/2026

Happy National Limerick Day! We wrote some archival limericks just for you to enjoy.

05/08/2026

The editors of Terrain.org, the Sowell Family Collection in Literature, Community and the Natural World, and Texas Tech University Press are delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize: The Greenhorn by Grace Schwenk. Schwenk wins $1,000 and publication of her memoir b...

05/07/2026

As part of America's 250th anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence, the Texas state Library and Archives Commission is bringing its traveling exhibit to libraries and universities to educate folks about the lone star state.

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