Carolyn Bennett-Patterson
From the time she was a child in Kosciusko reading about author Robert Louis Stevenson's travels through the mountains of France, Carolyn Bennett Patterson wanted to write. Years later, as the first woman editor at National Geographic Magazine, she would retrace Stevenson's steps.
On April 12, 1999, Patterson traveled to Mississippi State to donate papers that span her 37-year career at the Washington publication. Her collection will be housed in Mitchell Memorial Library Special Collections Department.
- Hear Carolyn Bennett-Patterson talk about her adventures.
- View a biography of Carolyn Bennett-Patterson.
- Learn more about the donation of papers by Patterson.
- Hear the Dedication Speech.
- Learn about the collective nickname "Owls" of Patterson and her college friends.
- View Patterson's photo album.
