Interview with Karl Lewis
IntervieweeInterview with
Karl Lewis
InterviewerInterviewed by
Eva Perkins
Date1 March 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 43 Minutes, 7 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Karl Lewis. He was interviewed by Eva Perkins on 1 March 2025 in New Britain, Connecticut.
Karl Lewis was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
Karl Lewis discussed his career history as a corrections officer and lecturer. He talked about what it is like to work in corrections and teaching. He further explained the misconceptions about working for corrections. He discussed what it was like to get married and have children and the effect his career had on him and his family.
Karl Lewis was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in his life.
Karl Lewis discussed his career history as a corrections officer and lecturer. He talked about what it is like to work in corrections and teaching. He further explained the misconceptions about working for corrections. He discussed what it was like to get married and have children and the effect his career had on him and his family.
Object number2024.79.13
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
Subject Terms
- New Britain
- Oral history
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Men
- White people
- Professors
- Corrections officer
- Students
- College students
- College teachers
- Children
- Fatherhood
- Prisons
- Incarcerated persons
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Born Digital Audio
- Community History Project U.S. Department of Education grant
- Redefining Moments of Change Collection
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