Nancy Cantwell Collection, 1938-1956

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Nancy Cantwell Collection, 1938-1956

The collection consists of two scrapbooks and memorabilia from Nancy Cantwell and her father, H. Taylor McKissack.

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Zeta Tau Alpha

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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...

Cantwell, Nancy

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Nancy McKissack, whose married name is Cantwell, was born in 1933 and attended Texas Technological College in the early 1950s. During her years at Texas Tech, McKissack was involved with Zeta Tau Alpha and the drama fraternity Alpha Psi Omega. Zeta Tau Alpha was founded at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia, on October 15, 1898. It became the first sorority to be chartered in Virginia in 1902 and later, in 1909, became a member of the National Panhellenic Conference...

McKissack, H. Taylor

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Texas Tech university

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Organized on the Texas Technological College campus as the Eagle Scout Club in the fall of 1938, the club officially became the Beta Sigma Chapter on April 30, 1939. A service organization, APO is a national service fraternity affliated with the Boys Scouts of America. The chapter was recognized in 1942 for having the nation's largest pledging class. Service projects have included placing benches across campus, helping conduct student elections and the Carol of Lights events, planning homecoming...