Nancy Cantwell:

An Inventory of Her Collection, 1938-1956, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Biographical Sketch

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. Members of Las Vivarachas social club at Texas Technological College became pledges of the Gamma Tau Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha on December 5, 1952, and were initiated as member in April, 1953.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two scrapbooks donated by Nancy Cantwell. The first scrapbook is comprised of Get Well cards and notes for the donor’s father, H. Taylor McKissack. The second scrapbook consists of memorabilia from Cantwell’s college days at Texas Technological College. The bulk of the scrapbook concerns the activities of the Gamma Tau chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha, although there are also many memorabilia items concerning other social organizations such as Alpha Psi Omega, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Most of the 27 photographs are from college dances.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

Related Material

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Nancy Cantwell Collection, 1938-1956, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Collection accession #(s):
1999-0395-B

Gift, 1999

Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, August 2006

Collection Inventory