Ransom Walker Papers, 1925-1961

Texas Technological College

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Dr. Billy Ross, the chair of the School of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University, and a Mass Communications faculty member, Richard Schroeder, went to Pueblo, Colorado, to film German World War II art works which were supposed to be returned to Germany. Ross received permission from the U. S. Army to film the works. Ross wrote down the documentation information that went with each art work while Schroeder did the photography work. From the guide to the German Art from the Bill...

Walker, Ransom

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Born in Vernon, Texas, Percy Ransom Walker was a star player for the Vernon Lions football team from 1922-1924. He went on to attend Texas Technological College from 1925-1930, where he was dubbed, "Handsome Ransom Walker, Tech's Galloping Gazelle," by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's sports editor, Rankin Dow. A variation of Walker's nickname was "the Galloping Gazelle of the Gridiron." During his time at Tech, Walker lettered in basketball, football and track. Awarded a...

Tarbox, Elmer L.

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Elmer Lois Tarbox was a Texas legislator, World War II veteran, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. Born in 1916 in Bishop, Oklahoma, he received a B.B.A. degree from Texas Technological College in 1939. He was active in football, basketball, and track programs, and set three NCAA records while attending Texas Technological College. Tarbox also participated in the 1939 Cotton Bowl game. During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India t...

Cawthon, Pete, 1898-1962

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